FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 DETAILS WITH AMAZING FACTS SSC GK

• Edition : 22nd

• Host Country : Qatar

• Teams : 32

• Champions : Argentina (3rd title)

• Runners-up : France

• Argentina captain : Lionel Messi

• France captain : Hugo Lloris

• Opening match : Qatar and Ecuador [Al Bayt Stadium]

• Final match : Lusail Iconic Stadium

• Prize Money Winner : $42 million

• Runner-up : $30 million

• Most successful team : Brazil (5 times)

• FIFA World Cup 2026 : Canada/Mexico/USA ( 48 team) 

• Golden Boot award (Top goalscorer)  :Kylian Mbappé (France) [8 goals]

• Golden Ball award (Best player)            :Lionel Messi (Argentina)

• FIFA Young Player Award                                 :Enzo Fernánde (Argentina)

• Golden Glove award (Best goalkeeper)      :Emiliano Martínez (Argentina)

• FIFA Fair Play Trophy.                                       :England

• French player Kylian Mbappé became the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final since Geoff Hurst in the 1966 final.

Argentina football team

• Captain : Lionel Messi

• Nickname : La albiceleste ('The White and Sky Blue')

• Argentina won three FIFA World Cups: in 1978, 1986 and 2022

• Argentina lifts FIFA World Cup after 36 years.

France Football team

• Captain : Hugo Lloris

• Nickname : Les Bleus (The Blues)

• France national football team has won the FIFA World Cup twice - in 1998 and 2018. 

• First FIFA World Cup was hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930.

• The winner of this first FIFA World cup was Uruguay and the runner-up was Argentina.