FIFA World Cup Facts

• The World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world
  An estimated 715 million people watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup held in Germany.
  
  
• During the 18 tournaments that have been held, seven national teams have won the title.
  
  
• Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament.
  
  
• Italy the current champions, have won four titles, and Germany are next with three titles.
  
  
• The other former champions are Uruguay, winners of the inaugural tournament, and Argentina, with two titles each,
  and England and France, with one title each.
  
  
• Pele has his name on the most world cup trophies, being a champion on three separate occasions (1958, 1962, 1970)

• Geoff Hurst's hat-trick for England against the Germans in the 1966 final remains the highest total of any player in one final.

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