Which FIFA World Cup match witnessed the highest audience?
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FIFA World Cup 1950
The highly awaited and prestigious tournament, the FIFA World Cup 2022 is all at its corners and is set to begin on November 20 this month. Taking a look at the history and talking about the FIFA World Cup which had the highest number of audience will be the highly regarded FIFA World Cup of 1950.
The 1950 World Cup final between the highly respected teams Uruguay National Football team and Brazil National Football team featured the highest crowd ever for a World Cup match. Uruguay won the game 2-1, going on to win the championship that year.
The game took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s Marcana stadium. The finals match reportedly drew close to 200,000 spectators, a record that hasn’t been surpassed even 72 years later. The league structures back then were also different, with the top 4 teams competing in a mini-league to determine the champion.
Brazil was leading the contest during the first half, but Uruguay fought back to score a goal and then the game’s winning goal in the 79th minute, keeping the crowd on the edge of their seats. Ghiggia, a great player at the time, scored the winning goal.
Brazil vs Uruguay in 1950 FIFA World Cup
All fans are shocked to learn that England’s stadiums are expected to have the greatest crowds because that country developed football and its citizens are extremely passionate about the game in general. Surprisingly, the stadium in England does not even have the top 7 greatest attendance.
The Brazilian National Team was so confident that they would win the tournament that they pre-hand printed 22 gold medals with the names of each player on them, according to a number of interesting stories about the match from that year. And it was very unexpected that they would fail to Uruguay.
Brazil’s overconfidence
There were also reports that the Brazil National Team had already been proclaimed “World Champions” by a local newspaper before the match. In order to improve team spirit and motivate the players, the Uruguay team captain purchased newspapers and forced the players to urinate on them.
Brazil, the tournament’s host nation, attended each of the finals four games. The same’s scores were always intriguing. Spain, Sweden, and Yugoslavia were the opponents in the game. Brazil defeated each opponent with scores of 2-0, 7-1, and 6-1, respectively, to claim victory. The 2022 World Cup is anticipated to shatter all previous records.
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