Brazil 2014: World Cup All Time Records At Stake As Tournament Looms

As the world prepare for another mundial in Brazil come June, participating teams has a huge task of doing better than they have done in previous appearances, they also will be looking to better some all time records that has been set in the history of the game since inception in 1930.
The Brazil tournament which will kick-off 12th June 2014 and run through until 13th July 2014, has all thirty two participating teams split into eight groups of four participant each.

Two teams with the highest points after playing a total of three matches from each group will qualify into the next stage of the competition and the other two with lower points crashes out.

Since inception of the tournament in Uruguay in 1930, several records has been set by teams over the years up until now and those records looks set to be broken or equaled as this year's tournament will be parading a host of world class players (the best the game has seen in several years with so much skills and tenacity to show for it) with four time and two time Ballon D'OR holders, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo respectively leading the foray.

See below some all time world cup records set to be broken or equaled:

•     Overall top goal scorer:  Ronaldo de Lima, (Brazil, 1998–2006), 15 goals

•     Highest goal scorer in a tournament: 13, Just Fontaine (France), Sweden 1958

•     Highest scoring team in a tournament: Hungry, 27 goals, (Switzerland 1954)

•     Most goals scored in a tournament: 171 goals, (France 1998)

•     Fewest goals scored in a tournament: 70 goals, 1930 and 1934 in Uruguay and Italy Respectively

•     Most scorers in a tournament: 111, (France 1998)

•     Most players scoring at least two goals in a tournament: 37, (France 1998)

•     Most players scoring at least three goals in a tournament: 21, (Switzerland 1954)

•     Most players scoring at least four goals in a tournament: 11, (Switzerland 1954)

•     Most players scoring at least five goals in a tournament: 6, USA 1994 – Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria), Oleg Salenko (Russia), Romário ( Brazil), Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany), Roberto Baggio (Italy) and Kennet Andersson (Sweden)

•     Most players scoring at least six goals in a tournament: 4, Switzerland 1954 – Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Erich Probst (Austria), Max Morlock (West Germany) and Josef Hügi (Switzerland).

•     Most players scoring at least seven goals in a tournament: 2, Mexico 1970 – Gerd Müller (West Germany) and Jairzinho (Brazil).

•     Most goals conceded in a tournament: 16, Hong Duk-Yung (South Korea), Switzerland 1954

•     Youngest player to play the world cup: 17 years and 41 days, Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland, vs Yugoslavia, Spain 1982)

•     Youngest player, to play in the final: 17 years and 249 days, Pele (Brazil, vs Sweden, Sweden 1958)

•     Youngest captain to play in the world cup: 21 years and 109 days, Tony Meola (United States, vs Czechoslovakia, Italy 1990)

•     Oldest player to play in the world cup: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (Cameroon, vs Russia, USA 1994)

•     Oldest player to play the final: 40 years and 133 days, Dino Zoff (Italy, vs Germany, Mexico 1982)

•     Most goals scored in a match: 5, Oleg Salenko (Russia, vs Cameroon, USA 1994)

•     Most goals scored by a single player in a final match: 3, Geoff Hurst (England, vs West Germany, England 1966)

•     Most wins in one tournament:  7, Brazil, (South Korea /Japan 2002)

•     Most goals scored, by a champion: 25, Germany, (Switzerland 1954)

•     Youngest goal scorer: 17 years and 239 days, Pelé (Brazil, vs Wales, Sweden 1958)

•     Youngest hat-trick scorer: 17 years and 244 days, Pelé (Brazil, vs France, Sweden 1958)

•     Youngest goal scorer, final: 17 years and 249 days, Pelé (Brazil, vs Sweden, Sweden 1958)

•     Oldest goal scorer: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (Cameroon, vs Russia, USA 1994)

•     Oldest hat-trick scorer: 33 years and 159 days, Tore Keller (Sweden, vs Cuba, France 1938)

•     Oldest goal scorer, final: 35 years, 263 days, Nils Liedholm (Sweden, vs Brazil, Sweden 1958)

•     Most goals scored in a lost match: 4, Ernest Wilimowski (Poland, vs Brazil, France 1938)

•     Fastest hat-trick: 8 minutes, László Kiss (Hungary), scored at 69', 72', and 76' against El Salvador, (Spain- 1982)

•     Most goals scored by a substitute in a match: 3, László Kiss (Hungary), against El Salvador, (Spain 1982)

•     Most hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, Switzerland 1954), Just Fontaine (France, Sweden 1958), Gerd Müller (West Germany, Mexico 1970), and Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina, USA 1994 and France 1998)

•     Fastest goal from kickoff: 10.89 seconds, Hakan Şükür (Turkey, vs Korea Republic, 29 June 2002, South Korea/Japan 2002)

•     Fastest goal by a substitute: 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand (Denmark, vs Nigeria, 28 June 1998, France 1998)

•     Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens (Netherlands, vs West Germany, 7 July 1974,  West Germany 1974)

•     Biggest margin of victory: 9, Hungary (9) vs South Korea (0), (Switzerland 1954); Yugoslavia (9) vs Zaire (0), (West Germany 1974); Hungary (10) vs El Salvador (1), (Spain 1982)

•     Most goals scored in a match, one team: 10, Hungary, vs El Salvador, (Spain 1982)

•     Most goals scored in a match, both teams: 12, Austria (7) vs Switzerland (5), (Switzerland 1954)

•     Highest scoring draw: 4–4, England vs Belgium (AET), (Switzerland 1954), and Soviet Union vs Colombia, (Chile 1962)

•     Most goals scored in a final, one team: 5, Brazil, (Sweden 1958)

•     Most goals scored in a final, both teams: 7, Brazil (5) vs.  Sweden (2), (Sweden 1958)

With all the records listed above, it is of course right to say this year's tournament is going to be an interesting one as every player will be looking to set a record of his own by breaking the existing one, thereby creating an avenue of intense competition among players and participating teams.