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Facts & Statistics

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Statistics About Previous Tournaments and the Current World Cup

It might have occurred to you to compare World Cup events?

Perhaps our statistics and facts collections will be a of great use to you!

It remains to be seen how this edition of the football games perform... How many goals will be scored, who will be the best player, the top scorer and whether the matches will be rather plain and boring or... exciting, dynamic and full of unpredictable moments with stunt-like performances.

World Cup Matches/Gameplay-related Statistics, Facts

Let's compare the 3 football World cups below in a comprehensive table.

Soccer World Cup Event:	Korea-Japan 2002 (June 9 - July 9)	Germany 2006 (May 31 - June 30)	South Africa 2010 (June 6 - July 6)
Nr. of Teams:	32	32	32
Nr. of Matches:	64	64	64
Nr. of Goals:	161 total (2,52 avg./match)	147 total (2,3 avg./match)	(remains to be seen)
Top Scorer:	Ronaldo 8 goals	Miroslav Klose 5 goals	(remains to be seen)
Best Player:	Oliver Kahn	Zinedine Zidane	(remains to be seen)
Winner Team:	Brazil	Italy	(remains to be seen)
Runner-up (2nd Place):	Germany	France	(remains to be seen)
3rd Place:	Turkey	Germany	(remains to be seen)
4th Place:	Korea Republic/South Korea	Portugal	(remains to be seen)

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The 2002 and 2006 Football World Cups both had Germany as a strong player, but preferred star Brazil has taken over in 2002. This strangely didn't happen in 2006, when Brazil unexpectedly dropped-out due to a powerful France.

Organizational Statistics & Facts

Organizational statistics, facts about the past 3 Football World Cup events are presented below.

Soccer World Cup Event:	Korea-Japan 2002 (June 9 - July 9)	Germany 2006 (May 31 - June 30)	South Africa 2010 (June 6 - July 6)
Organizing Costs¹:	approx. 7 billion USD	approx. 7,7 billion USD	approx. 3,7 billion USD
Nr. of Host Cities:	20	12	9
Nr. of Stadiums/Venues:	20	12	10
Nr. of Direct Spectators (Attendance):	2.705.197	3.353.655	(remains to be seen)
Nr. of Teams:	32	32	32
Official Mascots:	Ato, Kaz & Nik	Goleo	Zakumi
Official Soccer Balls:

Organizing Costs¹ = estimated numbers calculated by primarily taking account of the investments in infrastructure, sports facilities (such as the stadiums/venues), less about media and indirect costs

The costs of organizing this event in South Africa are lower than in the other 3 countries which have previously hosted the World Cup. Though, it is speculated that it will be harder for South Africa to recover the costs invested into building new stadiums and improving infrastructure.

But if the incomes will be higher than the investments, then the contribution to the South African economy will be tremendous.

The number of stadiums is in decrease, as we observe... fro

m 20 in Korea and Japan (each had 10 of their own) it went down to 12 in Germany and now only 10 in South Africa.

You decide which mascot is more sympathic!