Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a teammate.
Rules of the Game: Within each penalty area, a penalty mark is made 12 yards (11 m) from the midpoint between the goalposts and equidistant to them. An arc of a circle with a radius of 10 yards (9.15 m) from each penalty mark is drawn outside the penalty
Attendance for the 1950 World Cup Final at Maracana Stadium in Brazil was an amazing 199,500!
The Oceania Football Confederation consists of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and nine other Pacific island nations.
The current World Cup trophy will be retired in 2038 when there is no more room for the champion's name.