FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia Facts and Figures |Football

FIFA World Cup 2018 is 21^st World Cup. It is 11^th time happening in Europe

First world cup played in two continent – Europe and Asia

World cup 2018 football name – Telstar

Stadium to host opening and closing ceremony – Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow)

Games played in 12 Stadium in 11 cities

First world cup to start VAR (Video Assistant Referees)

The first penalty was awarded to France as per VAR decision in their match against Australia on 16 June, 2018 and Antoine Griezmann scored goal

Out of 32 teams 20 teams made back to back appearance from 2014
Official Mascot of 2018 World Cup – Zabivaka. It is the name of a wolf in Russian language meaning
‘The Goalscorer’ and is chosen via internet voting.

World Cup 2018 Russia Statistics

First Goal – Yuri Gazinskiy (Russia against Saudi Arabia)

First Hat trick – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal against Spain)

Second Hat trick – Harry Kane (England against Panama)

First Red card – Carlos Sanchez Moreno (Colombia against Japan)

First VAR given penalty goal – Antoine Griezmann (France against Australia)

Highest number of goal scored by a team – 16 (Belgium)

Most Goals Conceded by a team – 11 (Panama)

Most attempts by a Player - 27, Neymar (Brazil)

Maximum Saves – 27, Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)

Total goal scored in FIFA World Cup 2018 – 169

Total Penalty Given – 29 (22 scored, 7 missed)

Total Penalty Missed or Saved – 7

Penalty after VAR review – 10  

Total Yellow Cards – 219

Highest number of yellow cards in a match - 8

Total Red Cards – 4 (2 direct and 2 indirect)

Top Scorer – Harry Kane (6 Goals with 3 Penalty goals)

Number of own goal – 12

Total number of referees - 36

100^th goal of World Cup 2018 – Lionel Messi

Last goal of World Cup 2018 – Mario Mandzukic (Croatia)

Awards and Trophies

FIFA World Cup 2018 WINNER – France (Captain- Hugo Lloris, Coach - Didier Deschamps)

FIFA World Cup 2018 Runner-Up – Croatia (Captain – Luka Modric, Coach – Zlatko Dalic)

Golden Ball – Luka Modric (Croatia)

Silver Ball – Eden Hazard (Belgium)

Bronze Ball - Antoine Griezmann (France)

Golden Boot – Harr Kane (England)

Silver Boot - Antoine Griezmann (France)

Bronze Boot – Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)

Golden Glove – Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)

Best Young Player – Kylian Mbappe (France)

FIFA Fair Play Trophy – Spain

Reminder : France team manager Didier Deschamps became one of the third person to win world cup as a player (1998) and a manager (2018).