2022 Qatar Trivia

1. Which player, who had played for clubs like West Ham United and Everton, scored the first two goals of the 2022 World Cup that resulted in Ecuador's 2-0 win over Qatar?

From Quiz Goals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup - 1

Answer: Enner Valencia

The 2022 FIFA World Cup, unusually played at the end of the year rather than in the summer because of Qatar's weather, began on November 20, 2022. Qatar's national team was not expected to go far, and as a matter of fact, they did not. The hosts were embarrassingly eliminated in the group stage having scored no points. The inaugural match was exciting from the beginning: Enner Valencia scored for Ecuador just minutes after the game started. However, the goal was taken away by VAR due to a controversial offside. Valencia, one of the best Ecuadorian forwards, still led his team to victory by scoring a penalty kick at 16' and another goal at 31'. He would also score in Ecuador's next Group A match in the 1-1 tie with the Netherlands.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Stats and Records Part 2

Answer: France 1998

172 goals scored topped the previous total of 171 goals scored in 1998 in France, the 16th edition. An average of 2.69 goals were scored over 64 matches. France 1998 was the first time 32 teams qualified for the finals.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Stats and Records Part 1

Answer: Ghana

Ronaldo scored for Portugal in his first World Cup in 2006 when he was 21 years and 132 days old (21 yrs 4 mths). In his fifth World Cup in 2022, he scored a penalty against Ghana in the group stage on 24 November at the age of 37 years and 292 days old (37 yrs 9½ mths).

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Knock-Out Rounds

Answer: 3-0

Morocco beat Spain 3-0 on penalty kicks. Sarabia's penalty kick hit the left upright, and the penalties by Soler and Busquets were saved by the Moroccan goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou. The first two penalties by Morocco were scored by Sabiri and Ziyech. Benouri's kick was saved by Spanish goalkeeper, Unai Simon. Hakimi coolly slotted in the winning kick for Morocco.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Part 2: The Round of 16

Answer: Belgium

Italy ranked 6, and did not even qualify for the World Cup! The biggest surprise was Belgium, ranked 2 in the world, eliminated in the group phase. Denmark rated 10 in the world could only manage a single point out of nine in Group D. Mexico (13) only missed out on qualifying on goal difference and then by only a single goal. Uruguay (14) missed out by an even slimmer margin. They had an identical goal difference to the Republic of Korea but Mexico scored fewer goals.

From Quiz 2022 Qatar World Cup Group Stage

Answer: Lost all the 3 matches

Qatar lost all the 3 matches: 0-2 to Ecuador in the opening match, 1-3 to Senegal and 0-2 to the Netherlands. Mohammad Muntari was the first Qatari footballer to score a goal in the World Cup. He was born in Ghana in 1993, and became a naturalized Qatari in 2014. South Africa, host of 2010 World Cup, was the first host nation which failed to qualify to the knockout stage. They finished third in their group: drew 1-1 against Mexico, lost 0-3 against Uruguay and won 2-1 against France.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Part 2

Answer: Morocco

Morocco got a maximum of 18 points by winning all their 6 matches in Group I in the second round qualification. They scored 20 goals and conceded only 1. They won their 3rd round match against DR Congo and qualified for the finals tournament in Qatar.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Part 1

Answer: Italy

In UEFA Group C, Italy finished in second place with 4 wins and 4 draws to finish with 18 points behind Switzerland. They were surprisingly defeated by North Macedonia 0-1 in the second round of the play-off stage. Italy failed to qualify in 2018 when they were knocked out by Sweden in the play-off stage.

From Quiz Goals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup - 1

Answer: Jude Bellingham

Jude Bellingham, who was born in 2003, probably couldn't have scored a more meaningful goal as his first-ever international goal. Even though Iran's defense was a tough one to overcome, England managed to score the first goal of this Group B match through a fantastic header by Bellingham. After a successful youth career at Birmingham City, Bellingham moved to Germany's Borussia Dortmund in 2020.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Stats and Records Part 2

Answer: 8

Kylian Mbappe scored a total of 8 goals including a hat-trick in the final match. In the group stage, he scored 3 goals, 1 against Australia and 2 against Denmark. In the knock-out stage, he scored 2 against Poland in the Round of 16. He had a total of 12 goals scored in the World Cup matches, including 4 in 2018 at Russia. Lionel Messi was the second highest scorer with 7 goals.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Stats and Records Part 1

Answer: Pele (Brazil)

Messi scored a total of 13 goals at 4 World Cups - 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022. He surpassed the great Pele, who scored 12 goals in 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970. He drew level with Just Fontaine who still held the record of 13 goals in one tournament (in 1958). Gerd Muller scored 14 goals in 1970 and 1974. Ronaldo scored 15 goals over 4 tournaments in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Knock-Out Rounds

Answer: Goncalo Ramos

Goncalo Ramos, in his first start for his country, scored in the 17th, 51st and 63rd minutes for his hat-trick. The other goals for Portugal were scored by Pepe in the 33rd minute, Guerreiro in the 55th minute and Rafael Leao in the 92nd minute. Akanji scored the only goal for Switzerland in the 58th minute.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Part 3: The Finals

Answer: Croatia won on penalty shoot-out 4-2

In this match, possession was evenly shared but Brazil had 11 on-target scoring shots in total, to Croatia's 1. At the end of regulation time, it was 0-0. When Neymar scored for Brazil in the 106th minute, that was expected to be the final score but with three minutes of extra time remaining Petkovic slotted an equaliser. Croatia went first in the penalty shoot-out. They scored with their first four to lead 4-2 (Brazil missed their first). Brazil needed to score with their 4th to stay in the match but when Marquinhos hit a post, it was all over: Croatia had qualified for the semis with successive penalty shoot-out games. Brazil had qualified for the quarter-finals in the previous four World Cups but had crashed out before making the final. History repeats itself.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Part 2: The Round of 16

Answer: USA

The Netherlands were expected to win this cross-Atlantic match and had two goals in the net before halftime. The USA pulled back one in the 70th minute but when the Dutch team scored again in the 80th minute, it was all over. Final score Netherlands 3, USA 1.

From Quiz 2022 Qatar World Cup Group Stage

Answer: 7

Spain beat Costa Rica 7-0 in their first match in Group E. The 7 goals were scored by 6 different players: Olmo 11th minute Arsenio 21st minute F. Torres 31st (pen), 54 minute Gavi 74th minute Soler 90th minute Morata 92nd minute

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Part 1

Answer: 1958

In UEFA Group E, Wales finished second behind Belgium with 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss with 15 points. In the play-off stage, they defeated Austria 2-1 and Ukraine 1-0 in the final round to qualify. This was the second time Wales qualified for the finals. The first time was in 1958 where they reached the quarter-final stage, and lost 0-1 to eventual winner, Brazil.

From Quiz Goals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup - 1

Answer: Bukayo Saka

Bukayo Saka was born in Ealing, England in 2001 to Nigerian parents. Saka, who spent most of his youth career at Arsenal and then debuted with the main team in 2018, already had a few international goals under his belt before the World Cup. At minute 43, almost by the end of the first half, Shaw crossed the ball from a corner kick and Maguire used his head to assist Saka. Saka then fired a powerful shot and scored England's second.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Stats and Records Part 2

Answer: France

France scored 6 in the group stage: 4 against Australia and 2 against Denmark. In the knockout stage they scored 10: 3 against Poland in Round of 16, 2 against England in the quarter-final, 2 against Morocco in the semi-final and 3 against Argentina in the final.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Stats and Records Part 1

Answer: Thierry Henry

Giroud scored 2 goals against Australia to draw level with Henry as the all-time top scorer for France, with 51 goals. He surpassed Henry when he scored his 52nd goal against Poland in the Round of 16. In the quarter-final match against England, he headed in his 53rd goal for France.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Knock-Out Rounds

Answer: 4-0

Brazil scored all 4 of their goals in the first half: Vinicius Jr in the 7th minute, Neymar by penalty in the 13rd minute, Richarlison in the 29th minute and Paqueta in the 36th minute. Paik Seoung-ho scored a fantastic goal from outside the box for Korea in the 76th minute.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Part 3: The Finals

Answer: 2-2. Argentina win after penalty shootout 4-3

When Lionel Messi scored a 73rd-minute penalty, complementing Molina's 35th-minute goal to take the score to 2-0, most believed the Argentinians had done enough to win. But then Dutch substitute Weghorst scored twice, both late, including a sublime goal from a free kick set play in the 11th minute of stoppage time. However, in the tense penalty shootout, the Dutch missed on the first shot and were on the back foot for the entire shootout. They missed again so when Argentina missed one it was not costly. The South Americans booked a semi-final spot against Croatia winning the shootout 4-3.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Part 2: The Round of 16

Answer: Argentina 2 Australia 1

The Australians surprised everybody by winning two of their three group matches, qualifying with the same number of points as the more fancied France. However, the Australians were not intimidated by the South American powerhouse and played confidently. It took 35 minutes for Lionel Messi to find the back of the net and the commentators expected more to follow. They grabbed another in the 57th minute but when Australia scored in the 77th minute, it was a frantic last 20 minutes. Argentina hung on with a final score of Argentina 2 Australia 1.

From Quiz 2022 Qatar World Cup Group Stage

Answer: 8

In Group B opening match, England beat Iran 6-2. Mehdi Taremi became the first Asian player to score 2 goals against a European side in World Cup history. Taremi scored his first goal in the 65th minute and his second goal by penalty in 103rd minute in added on time. He signed for Porto in 2020. England and USA qualified for the last 16 in Group B. England topped their group with 7 points. USA finished second with 5 points, drew 1-1 with Wales, 0-0 with England and beat Iran 1-0.

From Quiz On The Way To Qatar 2022 - Interesting facts

Answer: Italy

The "Azzurri" were strong candidates to contend in the World Cup, but the world was shocked when they lost to North Macedonia in the second round play-offs, thus becoming the first former champion to miss two consecutive World Cups in 44 years (the previous case was England, champion in 1966, which failed to qualify for the 1974 and 1978 editions). The other three nations, all of them former champions, qualified for the 2022 tournament. Germany was the only other one that had won the Cup four times.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Part 2

Answer: DR Congo vs Morocco

Morocco defeated DR Congo 5-2 by aggregate score over two legs. Ghana drew with Nigeria 1-1, but won on away goal rule. Cameroon also won 2-2 on away goal rule against Algeria. Tunisia beat Mali 1-0. All the winning teams advanced to the finals.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Part 1

Answer: Denmark

Denmark topped Group F with 9 wins and 1 loss with 27 points. England finished first in Group F with 26 points. Netherlands topped Group G with 23 points.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Stats and Records Part 2

Answer: Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi scored 4 penalties: 1 against Saudi Arabia in the group stage, 1 against Netherlands in the quarter-final, 1 against Croatia in the semi-final and 1 against France in the final.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Stats and Records Part 1

Answer: Lilian Thuram

Lloris moved ahead of Lilian Thuram with his 143rd cap. He increased his tally to 144 against Morocco in the quarter-final and 145 against Argentina in the final.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Knock-Out Rounds

Answer: 4-2 on penalty kicks

Brazil took the lead when Neymar scored in the 106th minute (it was 0-0 at full time). Petkovic equalized in the 117th minute. Brazil was eliminated by Croatia 4-2 on penalty kicks. Rodrygo missed the first penalty kick of Brazil and Marquinhos missed the fourth penalty kick. Croatia scored all their 4 penalty kicks to eliminate Brazil.

From Quiz 2022 FIFA World Cup Part 3: The Finals

Answer: Morocco 1 Portugal 0

The Portuguese dominated possession with 74% of the ball, but could not convert and there were few chances for either team. A combination of a good header from En-Nesyri and a bad mistake from the Portuguese goalkeeper allowed Morocco to take the lead which they never relinquished. Ronaldo came on as a substitute and managed to get a shot on target as Portugal peppered the goal in desperation towards the end. The Moroccans held fast and became the first African team to play in a World Cup semi-final. No other team had managed to score against them at this late stage of the competition. A truly remarkable achievement.

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