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Qatar 2022 Sets Record For Most Goals In FIFA World Cup History

Qatar 2022 has set a new record as the edition of the FIFA Men's World Cup to witness the most goals. A total of 172 goals were scored at the 2022 World Cup.

Robert Summerscales

Qatar 2022 Sets Record For Most Goals In FIFA World Cup History
Qatar 2022 Sets Record For Most Goals In FIFA World Cup History /

Sunday's epic final saw Qatar 2022 become the highest scoring men's World Cup in FIFA history.

Argentina and France shared six goals in a 3-3 draw before the South American nation prevailed in a penalty shootout.

Kylian Mbappe's 118th-minute equalizer was the 172nd goal scored at Qatar 2022, not including goals in penalty shootouts.

Prior to Qatar 2022, the record for the World Cup with most goals had been shared by France 1998 and Brazil 2014.

Both of those tournaments witnessed 171 goals.

There were 64 matches played at Qatar 2022, meaning that the tournament average was 2.6875 goals per game.

A photo of the scoreboard taken during the 2022 FIFA World Cup final
There were 172 goals scored at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, including six in the final :: IMAGO/Matthias Koch
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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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