Some Interesting World Cup, 2006 Statistics

      The FIFA World Cup Football has already started on June 9 in Germany. Now, everybody in the world is suffering from this World Cup fever. The first stage of second round of this tournament is already over. Germany, Argentina, England, Portugal, Italy, Ukraine, Brazil and France -  these eight teams have qualified for the quarter finals.  Surely, this tournament will become more exciting and thrilling since, all these  eight teams have got high potential and skill... at the same time, this is a knock out round, that is, any team faces a defeat, will be out of the tournament.

       Now, let us look back some of the interesting statistics of this event so far (before quarter finals) :  

     #  Player who scored highest number of goals :

• Klose (Germany) scored 4 goals

     #  Team that scored highest number of goals :

• Argentina scored total 10 goals
• Germany scored total 10 goals
• Brazil scored total 10 goals

     #  Team that scored highest number of goals in a match :

• Argentina scored 6 goals against Serbia & Montenegro

     #  Highest number of goals in a match :

• Argentina defeated  Serbia & Montenegro by 6 - 0  >> total 6 goals .
• Germany defeated  Costa Rica by 4 - 2 >> total 6 goals .

     #  Player who passed highest number of balls that was later converted into goals :

• Schweinsteiger (Germany) -- 3 balls.

• Beckham (England)  -- 2 balls.

• Figo (Portugal) -- 2 balls.

     #  Goalkeeper with highest number of saves:

• Ricardo (Angola) -- 22 saves

• Kawaguchi (Japan) -- 18 saves

     #  Team that has not yet digested any goal :

• Switzerland

     #  Team that has failed to score any goal :

• Trinidad & Tobago didn't score any goal, since they played with a formation of 6-4-0 , as I think... :D