Ruwantha Perera

Sri Lankan | Josephian
MSc UoM | BSc STAT UoK

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FIFA World Cup Semi-Finalists Since 1998

1998
🥇 🇫🇷 France
🥈 🇧🇷 Brazil
🥉 🇭🇷 Croatia
4️⃣ 🇳🇱 Netherlands

2002
🥇 🇧🇷 Brazil
🥈 🇩🇪 Germany
🥉 🇹🇷 Turkey
4️⃣ 🇰🇷 South Korea

2006
🥇 🇮🇹 Italy
🥈 🇫🇷 France
🥉 🇩🇪 Germany
4️⃣ 🇵🇹 Portugal

2010
🥇 🇪🇸 Spain
🥈 🇳🇱 Netherlands
🥉 🇩🇪 Germany
4️⃣ 🇺🇾 Uruguay

2014
🥇 🇩🇪 Germany
🥈 🇦🇷 Argentina
🥉 🇳🇱 Netherlands
4️⃣ 🇧🇷 Brazil

2018
🥇 🇫🇷 France
🥈 🇭🇷 Croatia
🥉 🇧🇪 Belgium
4️⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

2022
🥇 🇦🇷 Argentina
🥈 🇫🇷 France
🥉 🇭🇷 Croatia
4️⃣ 🇲🇦 Morocco

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

Who’s gonna win the World Cup? 🏆🍿

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡: Kylian Mbappé vs Erling Haaland, all competitions.

[𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐯 @heis_fede]

This is the World Cup 😭😭😭

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🌎🇪🇨 Ecuador beat Germany and fly to next World Cup round among best 3rd! 💥

Who’s been your Man of the Match?

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

⚽ FIFA World Cup Balls: Manufacturing Locations

2026 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
2022 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
2018 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
2014 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
2010 — China 🇨🇳
2006 — Thailand 🇹🇭
2002 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
1998 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
1994 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
1990 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
1986 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
1982 — Pakistan 🇵🇰
1978 — West Germany 🇩🇪
1974 — West Germany 🇩🇪
1970 — West Germany 🇩🇪
1966 — England 🇬🇧
1962 — Chile 🇨🇱
1958 — Sweden 🇸🇪
1954 — Switzerland 🇨🇭
1950 — Brazil 🇧🇷
1938 — France 🇫🇷
1934 — Italy 🇮🇹
1930 — Uruguay 🇺🇾

[Score 90 @Score90_]

Will anyone ever break these Ronaldo records? 🇵🇹🐐 THREAD

🧵 (1/7) Most Goals in Football History

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🏆 FIFA World Cup Winner Prize

2026: Winner - $50M
2022: 🇦🇷 Argentina - $42.2M
2018: 🇫🇷 France - $38.1M
2014: 🇩🇪 Germany - $35.1M
2010: 🇪🇸 Spain - $30.1M
2006: 🇮🇹 Italy - $12.2M
2002: 🇧🇷 Brazil - $8.5M
1998: 🇫🇷 France - $6.4M
1994: 🇧🇷 Brazil - $4.5M
1990: 🇩🇪 West Germany - $3.5M
1986: 🇦🇷 Argentina - $2.2M
1982: 🇮🇹 Italy - $1.4M

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🌎🇧🇷🇲🇦 OFFICIAL: Brazil win their group as they qualify with Morocco to Round of 32!

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🇵🇹 Portugal FIFA World Cup 🏆

🇺🇾 1930 - Did not enter
🇮🇹 1934 - Did not qualify
🇫🇷 1938 - Did not qualify
🇧🇷 1950 - Did not qualify
🇨🇭 1954 - Did not qualify
🇸🇪 1958 - Did not qualify
🇨🇱 1962 - Did not qualify
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1966 - Third place 🥉
🇲🇽 1970 - Did not qualify
🇩🇪 1974 - Did not qualify
🇦🇷 1978 - Did not qualify
🇪🇸 1982 - Did not qualify
🇲🇽 1986 - Group stage
🇮🇹 1990 - Did not qualify
🇺🇸 1994 - Did not qualify
🇫🇷 1998 - Did not qualify
🇰🇷🇯🇵 2002 - Group stage
🇩🇪 2006 - Fourth place
🇿🇦 2010 - Round of 16
🇧🇷 2014 - Group stage
🇷🇺 2018 - Round of 16
🇶🇦 2022 - Quarter-finals
🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸 2026 - In progress 🔄

[Cristiano Ronaldo @Cristiano]

ESTAMOS AQUI!

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇦🇷 Argentina beat Austria as Messi makes history — and qualify to round of 32! 🌎✈️

Who’s been your Man of the Match?

[433 @433]

𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐊𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄'𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐏 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐋 🔥

World Cup topscorers:

1️⃣ Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 - 18 ⚽
2️⃣ Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷 - 16 ⚽
2️⃣ Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪 - 16 ⚽
3️⃣ Ronaldo 🇧🇷 - 15 ⚽

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🌎🍿 France beat Iraq with Mbappé, Dembélé and Olise show!

Who’s been your Man of the Match?

[TundeOfAllTrades🌴 @EverythingTunde]

What does your country not have?

Qatar 🇶🇦 = no forests
Iceland 🇮🇸 = no mosquitoes
Norway 🇳🇴 = no nights
Netherlands 🇳🇱 = no jails
Greenland 🇬🇱 = no trees
Bhutan 🇧🇹 = no mosques
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 = no temple
Kuwait 🇰🇼 = no railways
Ireland = no snakes
Costa Rica 🇨🇷 = no army
Nigeria 🇳🇬 = no jobs, no securities, no electricity, just think of anything bad

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨📊 Germany have tied Brazil for the most goals in World Cup history.

[Stats Globe @statsglobe]

Top 50 Most Powerful Countries in the World:

1. 🇺🇸 United States
2. 🇨🇳 China
3. 🇷🇺 Russia
4. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5. 🇩🇪 Germany
6. 🇰🇷 South Korea
7. 🇫🇷 France
8. 🇯🇵 Japan
9. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
10. 🇮🇱 Israel
11. 🇦🇪 UAE
12. 🇮🇳 India
13. 🇨🇦 Canada
14. 🇺🇦 Ukraine
15. 🇮🇹 Italy
16. 🇮🇷 Iran
17. 🇹🇷 Türkiye
18. 🇦🇺 Australia
19. 🇶🇦 Qatar
20. 🇨🇭 Switzerland
21. 🇪🇸 Spain
22. 🇧🇷 Brazil
23. 🇸🇬 Singapore
24. 🇳🇱 Netherlands
25. 🇰🇼 Kuwait
26. 🇸🇪 Sweden
27. 🇩🇰 Denmark
28. 🇿🇦 South Africa
29. 🇧🇾 Belarus
30. 🇻🇳 Vietnam
31. 🇧🇪 Belgium
32. 🇪🇬 Egypt
33. 🇲🇽 Mexico
34. 🇳🇴 Norway
35. 🇮🇩 Indonesia
36. 🇦🇹 Austria
37. 🇳🇿 New Zealand
38. 🇵🇱 Poland
39. 🇹🇭 Thailand
40. 🇵🇹 Portugal
41. 🇦🇷 Argentina
42. 🇨🇴 Colombia
43. 🇲🇾 Malaysia
44. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
45. 🇫🇮 Finland
46. 🇬🇷 Greece
47. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
48. 🇮🇪 Ireland
49. 🇵🇭 Philippines
50. 🇯🇴 Jordan

Source: U.S. News & World Report

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨📊World Cup Golden Ball ranking.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨📊 Most Goals at the FIFA World Cup 2026.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

🇵🇹 Christiano Ronaldo vs. 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi — total goals by year

2002: 🇵🇹 5 — 🇦🇷 0
2003: 🇵🇹 1 — 🇦🇷 0
2004: 🇵🇹 13 — 🇦🇷 0
2005: 🇵🇹 15 — 🇦🇷 3
2006: 🇵🇹 25 — 🇦🇷 12
2007: 🇵🇹 34 — 🇦🇷 31
2008: 🇵🇹 35 — 🇦🇷 22
2009: 🇵🇹 30 — 🇦🇷 41
2010: 🇵🇹 48 — 🇦🇷 60
2011: 🇵🇹 60 — 🇦🇷 59
2012: 🇵🇹 63 — 🇦🇷 91
2013: 🇵🇹 69 — 🇦🇷 45
2014: 🇵🇹 61 — 🇦🇷 58
2015: 🇵🇹 57 — 🇦🇷 52
2016: 🇵🇹 55 — 🇦🇷 59
2017: 🇵🇹 53 — 🇦🇷 54
2018: 🇵🇹 49 — 🇦🇷 51
2019: 🇵🇹 39 — 🇦🇷 50
2020: 🇵🇹 44 — 🇦🇷 27
2021: 🇵🇹 47 — 🇦🇷 43
2022: 🇵🇹 16 — 🇦🇷 35
2023: 🇵🇹 54 — 🇦🇷 28
2024: 🇵🇹 43 — 🇦🇷 29
2025: 🇵🇹 41 — 🇦🇷 46
2026: 🇵🇹 16 — 🇦🇷 18