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The US Women's National Team has finished in 1st, 2nd or 3rd in every FIFA World Cup

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After working on the US bid for the 1986 World Cup, Henry Kissinger was quoted as saying "The politics of FIFA, they make me nostalgic for the Middle East".

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  1. Paul the Octopus was so precise in his predictions during the 2010 FIFA World Cup that he received death threats from German fans and had to be offered state protection.

  2. Before the FIFA World Cup 2014 Semi Final Match in which they lost 7-1 from Germany, Brazil hadn't lost a single match at a home stadium in competitive matches since 1975.

  3. A dog named Pickles found the stolen 1966 FIFA World Cup trophy while going for a walk

  4. The FIFA World Cup trophy is worth nearly $20 million, far more than any other pro-sports trophy. It is made of 6kg (13.5lb) of solid 18k gold. Winning teams are only given a gold-plated replica, the original stays in Zurich.

  5. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will take place at Lusail, Quatar, a city which does not exist yet.

  6. In 2000 german satire magazine "Titanic" succesfully bribed the FIFA with "A fine basket with specialties from the black forest" in exchange for their support of the German bid for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

  7. In 2010, an octopus from Germany named Paul would predict how every game in the FIFA World Cup would go. He ended up being 100% correct with every choice he made.

  8. The 2022 FIFA World Cup facilities, in Qatar, are currently being built by 'modern slaves' - foreign workers who, reportedly, are denied food and water, have their identity papers taken away from them when they begin working, and are for the most part not paid at all.

  9. Only 2 countries bid to host the 2015 Fifa Women's World Cup: Canada and Zimbabwe.

  10. The city which is set to host the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup final does not yet exist

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Distributions of height for the different positions in the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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Team wise combined faces of FIFA World Cup 2018

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Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein oversaw the imprisonment and torture of Iraqi athletes who were deemed not to have performed to expectations. In one case, imprisoned football players were forced to kick a concrete ball after failing to reach the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals.

One of the cities which is hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar isn't even built yet. - source

A Colombian footballer was murdered after scoring an own goal, knocking Colombia out of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The next day, a BBC commentator for another match remarked, "the Argentine defender warrants shooting for a mistake like that". - source

This summer there is a world cup occurring for "nations" and peoples that are not considered sovereign states by FIFA.

Chumbawamba turned down a $1.5 million offer from Nike (reportedly in 30 seconds) to use their signature song "Tubthumping" in a FIFA World Cup commercial - source

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The 2022 FIFA World Cup final will take place in Lusail, Qatar, which does not exist

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During WWII, in order to protect it from being seized by the Nazis, FIFA vice-president, Ottorino Barassi, hid the official World Cup trophy in a shoe-box under his bed

The Battle of Nuremberg, a match between The Netherlands and Portugal at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, during which 4 red cards and 16 yellow cards were issued

With 20 official titles including 2 FIFA World Cups, 2 Olympic golds, 15 Copa America wins Uruguay holds world record for most international titles held by any country.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup final will be played in Lusail, Qatar, a city that does not exist yet.

Leading up to the 1950 FIFA world cup, many people believed that Brazil would defeat Uruguay in the finals. When Brazil lost to Uruguay in the finals, many Brazilian newspapers refused to acknowledge the defeat. Many Brazilian soccer fans also committed suicide as a result of the defeat.

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Qualified countries for the 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups(x-post /r/MapPorn)


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My three weeks on Tinder in Russia during this year's FIFA World Cup


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Wales qualified for the 1958 World Cup because Asian countries refused to play against Israel. FIFA refused to let Israel qualify without playing and set a playoff against an already eliminated European team (Wales), which Israel lost. This was the only WC where Wales participated.

The guy who hosts the splendid educational youtube show "Crash Course World History" also wrote the NYT best-seller "The Fault in Our Stars", to top it off he also donates ad-revenue generated by streaming himself playing Fifa as AFCWimbledon (grass-roots fan owned English FC) to the club.

The ConIFA World Cup, a football tournament for countries not recognised as official by FIFA. Competitors include Tibet, North Cyprus, and West Armenia.

No host nation has ever lost the opening game of the FIFA World Cup.

North Korea’s national soccer team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup twice; once in 1966 and once in 2010

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Vatican City has its own national football team (although it's not a member of FIFA and thus can't compete in the World Cup)

Japan's 2021 Fifa's world cup bid included projecting 3D holograms of the games live onto fields across the world.

There is a project called RoboCup promoting robotics and AI research. Its goal: “By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup.”

Morocco won the vote to host the 2010 World Cup but FIFA was bribed by South Africa

The rugby world cup is the third largest sporting event in the world after the FIFA world cup and the summer Olympics

Greenland is unable to join FIFA because the harsh weather conditions there make is impossible to grow a grass field. Extreme conditions on the world’s largest island mean football can only be played there for four months of the year.

In 1969 El Salvador and Honduras had a brief war with each other after tension arose in a 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier. This war became later known as the "Soccer War".

In 1973 the Chilean National Stadium was used as a Prison Camp for Political Prisoners. When the USSR protested playing a qualifying match in it, FIFA inspected and approved the stadium for the match. The USSR refused to play and failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing the match 1-0.

The FIFI (Federation of Football Independents) Wild Cup held in 2006 was organized as an alternative world championship for countries not recognized by FIFA. Northern Cyprus emerged victorious over a field including Tibet, Zanzibar, Greenland, and the Republic of St. Pauli.

Nazi architect and minister of arms, Albert Speer, had a son who only recently died in 2017. His son, also named Albert Speer, ran his own architecture firm and was involved in both the Chinese and German Olympics and the upcoming Fifa World cup in Qatar in 2020

The 2006 FIFA world cup Final attracted 715.1 million people while the most watched Super Bowl XLIX attracted 114.4 million people

North Korea competed in the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England and got into the knockouts, but lost to Portugal in the Quarterfinals 5-3.

In 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo scored 42 goals for his franchise and earned the FIFA World Player of the Year award.

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