Better attack 1934 : Italy with 12 goals

Better strikers 1934 : E Conen (Germany), A Schiavio (Italy) and O Nejedly (Czechoslovakia) with 4 goals

Better striker 1982 : P Rossi (Italy) with 6 goals

Better striker 1990 : S Schillaci (Italy) with 6 goals

They have winned all their matches : Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1938 and Brazil in 1970 and 2002

De.Maria.A has played for 2 different teams : Argentina-1 match in 1930, Italy-1 match in 1934

Monti.L has played for 2 different teams : Argentina-4 matches in 1930, Italy-5 matches in 1934

Titleholders eliminated in the 1st turn of the following competition : Italy (1950), Brazil (1966), France (2002), Italy (2006), Spain (2014) and Germany (2018)

In the world cup 1954 in Switzerland, 5 teams met 2 times, Frg and Hungary, Frg and Turkey and Italy and Switzerland

Altafini.J has played for 2 different teams : Brazil-3 matches in 1958, Italy-2 matches in 1962

The 100th goal of Brazil in the world cup was marked by Pelé at the 18' of the final Brazil-Italy (4-1) Sunday June 21, 1970 in Mexico City

The 4th fastest goal was marked by B Lacombe (France) at the 37' second at the time of the world cup of 1978 (Argentina) during the match of 1st turn Italy-France (2-1) Friday June 2, 1978 in Mar del Plata (a gold chronometer was offered to him for this exploit)

In 1994, at the time of the 1st turn, Bulgaria and Argentina (Group 4), the Irish Republic and Italy (Group 5), the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia (Group 6) perfectly ex-aequo at the time of the 1st turn, were decided between by the match which opposed them but Argentina, Italy and Saudi Arabia were qualified all the same, belonging to best the 3rd

The 100th goal of Italy in the world cup was marked by L Di Biagio to the 7' at the time of the match of 1st turn Italy-Cameroun (3-0) Wednesday June 17, 1998 in Montpellier in France

For the first time in 2010, neither Argentina, Brazil, Frg or Italy were in the final

R Baggio (Italy) took part in 3 world cups of continuation and marked in each one of them (2 in 1990, 5 in 1994, 2 in 1998)

L Matthäus (Frg and Germany) : 2 (1982), 7 (1986), 7 (1990), 5 (1994) and 4 (1998) is the player to have taken part in greatest number of meetings out of world cup : 25 front M Klose (Germany) 24 : 7 (2002), 7 (2006), 5 (2010) and 5 (2014), P Maldini (Italy) 23 : 7 (1990), 7 (1994), 5 (1998) and 4 (2002), U Seeler (Frg) 21 : 5 (1958), 4 (1962), 6 (1966) and 6 (1970), W Zmuda (Poland) 21 : 7 (1974), 6 (1978), 7 (1982) and 1 (1986) and D A Maradona (Argentina) 21 : 5 (1982), 7 (1986), 7 (1990) and 2 (1994)

Number of participations in the world cup : Brazil: 21, Italy: 18, Argentina: 17

Number disputed matches : Brazil: 109, Italy: 83, Argentina: 81

Number gained matches : Brazil: 73, Italy: 45, Argentine: 43

Number of matches null : England and Italy: 21, Brazil: 18 and Argentina and Spain: 15

Number of marked goals : Brazil: 229, Argentina: 137 and Frg: 131

Best difference of goals : Brazil: 124, Frg: 54 and Italy: 51

The greatest number of matches played with extra time : England and Italy: 10, Argentina: 9 and Brazil, France and Spain: 7

They have winned several World Cups : For Brazil : Pelé (1958-1962-1970), Didi, Djalma Santos, Garrincha, Gilmar, Nilton Santos, Vava, Zagalo, Zito (1958-1962), Cafu (1994-2002), for Italy : G Ferrari, G Meazza, E Monzeglio (1934-1938)

G Bergomi (Italy) took part in 4 world cups (1982-1986-1990-1998)

G Buffon (Italy) took part in 4 world cups (2002-2006-2010-2014)

F Cannavaro (Italy) took part in 4 world cups (1998-2002-2006-2010)

P Maldini (Italy) took part in 4 world cups (1990-1994-1998-2002)

G Rivera (Italy) took part in 4 world cups (1962-1966-1970-1974)

The host country (Italy) went through the qualifying to participate in its World Cup (won 4-0 against Greece March 25, 1934 in the first match; the second match was not played due to the forfeit of Greece)