FIFA 2022 World cup hosted 32 National teams from five confederations which was one of the prestigious sports event in year 2022 globally. Multiple records were made in this multi-national sports event with no shortage of wonderful moments which made fans wonder by largest sporting event. In this article we will relish some of the key records of the world cup, here we go FIFA 2022 World cup records.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man to score at five FIFA World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022) when he netted home a penalty in Portugal’s 3-2 victory over Group H rivals Ghana.At 37 years and 292 days old on 24 November, with that goal Ronaldo became the oldest player to score for Portugal at the World Cup.
He also holds the record for being the youngest, having scored for his nation at the 2006 World Cup at 21 years and 132 days old.But CR7 had to leave Qatar without the coveted trophy after Portugal’s shock ext in the quarter-finals after 1-0 loss to Morocco.
2. Lionel Messi became Argentina’s Top Scorer : After scoring a fifth goal of this World Cup against Croatia, and his 11th overall, Messi smashed a new string of records for Argentina as he became top-scorer for Argentina in World Cups, surpassing the previous record of Gabriel Batistuta (10), joint-sixth in all-time World Cup scorer charts, and the oldest man to score five goals in a single World Cup tournament.In the tournament’s opening stages, Messi became the first player to score in four World Cups for Argentina (2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022) after he netted a penalty in an opening-round loss to Saudi Arabia.
3. Mbappe magic takes France to the brink of retaining their title :With 10 minutes to go in the World Cup Final, Argentina led 2-0 with Messi on course for the one trophy to have eluded him.Kylian Mbappe had other ideas.
First, he scored from the spot before sweeping home moments later to take the match into extra time.And after his PSG teammate had put Argentina back in front, Mbappe converted another penalty to join Geoff Hurst as the only man to score a hat-trick in the World Cup Final and force a penalty shoot-out.That took Mbappe’s tally to eight for the tournament, securing the Golden Boot by one from Messi.
4. Olivier Giroud become France’s all time top scorer
With his goal at the end of the first half of France’s round-of-16 clash against Poland, Olivier Giroud became France’s all-time leading goalscorer with 52 goals, which he later extended to 53 with his headed winner in the quarter-final against England.The 36-year-old drew level with Thierry Henry’s previous mark of 51 when he scored twice in the 4-1 win over Australia.
5. Saudi Arabia Snapped Argentina win streak
Wales’ goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey became the first player at FIFA World Cup 2022 to see a red card after he collided with Iran’s Mehdi Taremi.The card shown was initially a yellow before it was upgraded to a red.Hennessey is now the third goalkeeper in World Cup history to be sent off with a red card.
7. FIFA 2022 World cup saw record draws as well as England made record
England and USA played out the fifth goalless draw of the FIFA World Cup 2022 on Friday (25 November). Six days later, Croatia and Belgium added another 0-0.The other four goalless draws so far: Mexico 0-0 Poland, Denmark 0-0 Tunisia, Croatia 0-0 Morocco and South Korea 0-0 Uruguay. Meaning Qatar 2022 has set another record, eight teams drawing the opening game 0-0 in the same World Cup for the first time ever.
England’s barren draw was the 22nd draw at World Cups which is a record. Italy is now second with 21 draws.
8. Morocco become first African Nation ever to advance to World cup Semi-finals
Morocco has reached the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in history after beating Portugal 1-0 on Saturday (10 December).In doing so, the Atlas Lions became the first African country ever to advance to the World Cup semis. They have only conceded one goal so far.
And Morocco are clinical from the spot too, with their goalie Yassine Bounou (aka Bono) saving two penalties in the epic 3-0 shootout win over Spain in the last 16. Achraf Hakimi – born and raised in Madrid – converted the decisive penalty for Morocco.
9. Goncalo Ramos’ historic hat trick
10. Record 18 Yellow Cards at Argentina vs Netherlands
Spanish referee Antonio Lohoz handed out a record 16 yellow cards to players during Argentina’s intense quarter-final win over the Netherlands which went to penalties.The previous record was 12 yellow cards which were given out in the games Senegal v Uruguay and Cameroon v Germany in the 2022 World Cup, as well as in the 2010 World Cup final between Span and the Netherlands.
Lohoz also yellow-carded Argentina’s coach Lionel Scaloni and his assistant coach Walter Samuel. The only player to receive two yellows was Dutch star Denzel Dumfries, the second coming AFTER Lautaro Martinez had converted the decisive penalty in the shootout.
