Records wey dem break and set for 2026 Fifa World Cup

Di 2026 Fifa World Cup don end for US, Mexico and Canada afta one month of non-stop football fiesta.

Afta 104 games wit 48 teams, Spain na di team wey bin win di trophy wit dominant display against Argentina for di final.

Dis na only di second time La Roja bin reach di final wey dis na di second time dem win di trophy.

Celebrations continue overnight for Spanish players and fans, while Argentina players bin settle for silver medal – dem fail to defend di trophy wey dem win wit Lionel Messi for Qatar 2022.

Dis na some of di records wey dis tournament bin set and ones wey dem break

2026 World Cup record historic 6.8 million fans for stadium

Dis World Cup set historic all-time tournament attendance record wit ova 6.8 million fans wey visit all di 16 stadiums for US, Mexico and Canada; average of more than 65,000 spectators per match.

Dis na new record afta di 1994 tournament record of 3.6 million fans.

Dis also be more than di combined attendance for di most recent tournaments (2018 and 2022) of 6.4 million.

Apart from di fans for stadium, anoda 8.5 million pipo bin visit di official Fifa fan festivals for Canada, Mexico and US.

Fifa digital and social media channels bin get 34 billion impressions wit more than 2 billion engagement.

More dan 400,000 staff and volunteers work togeda to deliver di 2026 World Cup

Wit di tournament wey happun for three host kontris, Fifa hire plenty pipo to join hands to deliver di competition.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino tok say dem get ogbonge cooperation from di three kontris wey dia dedicated team also deliver on ground.

According to di Fifa boss, 5,000 staffers, 50,000 volunteers and 300,000 accredited pipo work across di 16 host cities and 646 official tournament sites.

2026 tournament set record for di most goals

For di 2022 World cup, dem score 172 goals throughout di competition, across 64 matches.

At di time, dat be di highest number of goals dem score for any World cup tournament.

Four years later, di 2026 competition bin record almost twice di number of goals for 2022.

2026 set record wit 308 goals across 104 games, wey mean say dem record average of 2.96 goals per game.

Di top scoring teams for di competition na England and France wit 20 goals each, Argentina wit 19 goals.

Spain bin win di tournament wit 14 goals.

Kylian Mbappe overtake Messi to break all-time top scorer record

France captain Kylian Mbappe score 10 goals to win di golden boot for dis tournament afta im win am for di 2022 edition wit eight goals – back-to-back golden boot awards for di 27-year-old.

Wit im 10 goals for dis tournament, eight goals from 2022 and four goals from 2018, im become di highest goalscorer for di World Cup wit 22 goals afta 22 games.

Bifor, Messi bin set di record wit 21 goals from 34 games for six tournaments (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026).

Miroslav Klose bin get 16 goals from 24 games for four World Cups, Ronaldo from Brazil get 15 goals from 19 games for four World cups.

Kylian Mbappe dey set to extend dis record as im get chance for at least one more World Cup as im just chop 27 years.

Michael Olise set record for most assists for single World Cup

France winger Michael Olise finish di tournament wit seven assists. Even though im no score single goal, im create many goals for im teammates.

Bifor now, Pele bin hold di record for highest assists for one tournament (6 assists, Brazil 1970)

Di table dey show as

Messi and Ronaldo be di only players to play for six World Cup tournaments

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both bin play for dia sixth World Cup tournament.

Bifor di 2026 competition, Messi, Ronaldo togeda wit Lothar Matthaus, Rafael Marquez, Andres Guardado, Antonia Carbajal bin play for five World Cups.

Guillermo Ochoa even though im go six world cups, im no play for di first two editions for 2006 and 2010.

But Messi and Ronaldo bin play for all di tournaments since 2006.

Ronaldo become di first player to score for six World Cup tournaments

Di Portuguese captain bin score three goals for dis tournament, two goals against Uzbekistan, wey im score penalty versus Croatia.

Wit im goals for dis tournament, di 41-year-old become di first player to score for six tournaments since 2006, total of 11 goals.

Messi be di oldest player to score hattrick & highest assist for World Cup history

Lionel Messi wit im three goals for di group stage of di World Cup against Algeria become di oldest player wey score hattrick for di tournament history.

Di 38-year-old at dat time overtake Cristiano Ronaldo (33 years) when im score hattrick against Spain for 2018.

Wit im four assists also for dis tournament, Messi become di highest assist maker for di World Cup history.

Lamine Yamal be di youngest player to win Euros and World Cup

Di Barcelona star bin win di Euros championship for 2024 wit Spain when im be only 16 years old.

Dat year, im win best young player award afta four assists and one goal for di semifinal against France for dat competition.

Three years later, im win di World cup at 19 years. Bifor im become 19 years for di World Cup, Yamal hold di record for di most World Cup appearances (6) by 1-year-old player.

Cubarsi become di first defender to win di youngest player of di tournament award

Spain centre-back Pau Cubarsi win di best young player of di tournament award.

Di 19-year-old bin play al di eight games for Spain on dia way to win di trophy.

Cubarsi become one of only five teenagers for history wey bin win di World Cup.

Im also be di first defender to win dis award.

Last six winners

Cape Verde become di smallest team to reach knockout stage of di World Cup

Cape Verde show body as one of di surprise teams for di World Cup.

Dem become di smallest kontri by population to eva reach di Fifa World Cup knockout stage, afta one of dia best performances against Argentina for di R32.

Di kontri wit 500,000 pipo wit dia goalkeeper Vozinha na one of di special revelation for di tournament.

Di 40-year-old keeper make plenty saves across di four games at di tournament to make di island kontri proud.