- The record for goals in a single World Cup is the French Fontaine with 13 goals ( scored in the 1958 World Cup ) . Have the overall record of the history of every World Cup is the Brazilian Ronaldo with 15 goals .
- Brazil is the only country to have participated in all World Cups .
- Brazil is the country with the most titles won : total of five .
- Italy was four times world champion . Germany was three times , followed by bi - champions Argentina and Uruguay . England and France have only one title each .
- The World Cup is the second largest sporting event in the world , behind only the Olympics .
- The World Cup of France ( 1998 ) and Japan / South Korea ( 2002 ) were the ones that had the participation of 32 teams . The World Cup in Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010 had the same number of participating teams ( 32 ) .
- The greatest knockouts in the history of the World Cup were : Hungary x 10 1 El Salvador ( World Cup 1982 ) ; Yugoslavia Zaire 9 x 0 ( World Cup 1974 ) ; Hungary x 9 0 South Korea ( World Cup 1954 ) ; Germany 8 x 0 Saudi Arabia ( 2002 World Cup ) ; Sweden 8 x 0 Cuba ( World Cup 1938) ; Portugal 7 x 0 North Korea ( World Cup 2010) and Poland 7 x 0 Haiti ( World Cup 1974 ) .
- The biggest win was imposed for Brazil at the Maracana , during the World Cup 1950 held in our country . At the end foursquare, Brazil beat Sweden by a score 7-1 .
