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  2. 2022 FIFA World Cup final - Wikipedia

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    The 2022 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 22nd edition of FIFA's competition for men's national football teams. The match was played at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2022, the Qatari National Day, and was contested by Argentina and defending champions France. With a record 1.5 billion ...

  3. FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia

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    The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed single sporting event in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The viewership of the 2018 World Cup was estimated to be 3.57 billion, close to half of the global population, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] while the engagement with the 2022 World Cup was estimated to be 5 billion, with about 1.5 ...

  4. 2022 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia

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    The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. [ 2] It was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and Persian Gulf countries, and the second ...

  5. List of FIFA World Cup finals - Wikipedia

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    FIFA World Cup final. Founded. 1930; 94 years ago. ( 1930) Current champions. Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team (s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global ...

  6. Brazil at the 2022 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia

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    With ten minutes left and leading by three goals, Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson was substituted for third-choice keeper Weverton, making Brazil the first team to ever use 26 different players play time in one World Cup. [12] [13] The match was the last held at the Stadium 974 before its demolition. [14]

  7. 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification - Wikipedia

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    The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was the qualifying process which decided the 31 teams that would join hosts Qatar, who received an automatic spot, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup . Parallel tournaments were organised by FIFA 's six confederations. Qualification began on 6 June 2019 with several matches of the AFC zone, the first being between ...

  8. List of sports attendance figures - Wikipedia

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    List of sports attendance figures. In Australian rules football, the AFL Grand Final, held annually at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, draws approximately 100,000 spectators, making it the world's highest attended league championship event. This article lists the attendance of many sports competitions around the world, based in some cases on the ...

  9. Paul the Octopus - Wikipedia

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    Paul the Octopus. Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 [ 1] – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who predicted the results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle . During divinations, Paul's keepers would present him with two food-containing ...