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Who scored the most goals in 1930, held in Uruguay?

Guillermo Stabile. Stabile scored 8 goals for Argentina, but they still lost to Uruguay 4-2 in the final.

1934 Cup held in Italy, who scored the most goals?

Nejedly. Nejedly (Czechoslovakia), scored 5 goals in the tournament, inlcuding a hat-trick in the semi-final vs. Germany, which Czechoslovakia won 3-1. Schiavio (Italy), and Conen (Germany), each scored 4 goals in the tournament. Some old sources credited Nejedly with 2 gaols in the semi-final, and Krcil with the other. This was subsequently corrected.

Who scored the most goals in 1938, held in France?

Leonidas da Silva. Leonidas scored 8 goals for Brazil in 1938, which was knocked by Italy in the semi-final, but won the third place game 4-2 over Sweden.

Who scored the most goals in 1950, held in Brazil?

Ademir de Menezes. Ademir scored 9 goals in the Cup, scoring in all the games except the final, which they lost 2-1 to Uruguay.

Who scored the most goals in 1954, held in Switzerland?

Sandor Kocsis. Kocsis scored a good 11 goals in 6 games for Hungary, but was unable to get to the score sheet in the final, as Hungary lost to Germany 3-2.

Who scored the most goals in 1958, held in Sweden?

Just Fontaine. Just Fontaine scored an amazing 13 goals for France in the tournament, which set the record for most goals in one World Cup tournament.

1962, held in Chile. How many players were tied with the same amount of goals?

6. Garrincha and Vava (Brazil), Sanchez (Chile), Jerkovic (Yugoslavia), Albert (Hungary) and Ivanov (Soviet Union). All were tied with 4 goals in the tournament.

Who scored the most goals in 1966, held in England?

Eusebio. The famous Portuguese striker scored 9 goals for his team, which won the won the third place game over the Soviet Union.

Who scored the most goals in 1970, held in Mexico?

Gerd Mueller. Gerd Mueller scored a fine 9 goals for Germany in 1970, where they finished third.

Who scored the most goals in 1974, held in Germany?

Lato. The striker scored 7 goals for Poland, who finished in 3rd place.

Who scored the most goals in 1978, held in Argentina?

Mario Kempes.

Who scored the most goals in 1982, held in Spain?

Paulo Rossi. Paulo Rossi scored 6 goals, including a shock hat-trick against the Brazilians. The Italians also took the trophy in 1982.

Who scored the most goals in 1986 held in Mexico?

Gary Lineker. Gary Lineker scored 6 goals for England in only 5 games, who didn't make past the quarter-finals, which they lost to Argentina 2-1, thanks to a brilliant Diego Maradona solo effort, and a dubious hand-ball effort.

Who scored the most goals in 1990, held in Italy?

Salvatore Schillaci. Schillaci scored 6 goals for Italy, which finished in 3rd place.

Which two players shared the honour of the Golden Boot in 1994, held in the US?

Oleg Salenko and Hristo Stoickov. Oleg Salenko and Romario shared the honour with 6 goals.

Who scored the most goals in 1998, held in France?

Davor Suker. Davor Suker had 6 goals, en route to a suprising 3rd place in the Cup by Croatia.

Who scored the most goals in 2002, held in Japan and Korea?

Ronaldo. Ronaldo was the man with 8 goals, including two in the final, giving Brazil its 5th World Cup.

Which of these players scored more goals in qualifying rounds and the World Cup finals tournaments?

Gerd Mueller. Indeed, his total goals for West Germany were 68.

Which of these players scored the most goals in one tournament?

Just Fontaine. Fontaine scored an amazing 13 goals in the 1958 World Cup.

Which of these players scored the most goals in one game?

Oleg Salenko. Salenko had a sizzling 5 goals against Cameroon, in the group phase, in the 1994 World Cup.