Since France 1998, the World Cup has been played with the format of 32 teams and this edition, the last one with that number of participants, none of them could win the three games of the initial phase.
The last time the 16 qualified for the round of 16 did not win all three games was in the United States in 1994.
Below are the main numbers left by the 48 group stage matches of Qatar 2022:
7: The points obtained by the best teams in the group stage: the Netherlands, England and Morocco. There were no ideal scoring teams for the first time since France 1998 when the 32-entry format began.
0: The triumphs of the worst selected: Qatar, Wales, Denmark, Canada, Serbia.
5: The unbeaten teams from the first round: The Netherlands, England, the United States, Morocco and Croatia.
120: The goals that became the first stage of the World Cup.
9: England and Spain were the top scorers, while Qatar, Wales, Tunisia, Denmark and Belgium said goodbye with one.
5: The number of top scorers with 3: Álvaro Morata (Spain), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Kylian Mbappé (France), Marcos Rashford (England) and Enner Valencia (Ecuador), the only one who is not still in competition.
3: Harry Kane’s assists. He is the second Englishman to give three assists in a World Cup after David Beckham in Korea and Japan in 2002.
eleven: Costa Rica was the team with the most goals with 11. There were no teams with an undefeated fence in three games.
13: Lionel Messi was the player with the most shots on goal above the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé (11) and the Germans Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry (12)
166: The yellow ones that were taken out during the first phase. Saudi Arabia was the one that received the most with 14 -and the one that committed the most fouls with 56- followed by Serbia with 12.
two: The red cards. One for Welsh goalkeeper Wayne Hannessey and the other for Cameroonian Vincent Aboubakar.
46,060: The passes that were completed in the first 48 games. Spain was the first with 2,737 with Rodri (461) in front and Argentina appears second with 2,005 and with Rodrigo De Paul, with 296.
19: The dribbling completed by the German Jamal Musiala. Ángel Di María is fourth with 9 and Messi follows him with 8.
22: The duels won by the Argentine defender Nicolás Otamendi.
Source: Ambito
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