Rules of the Game: During penalty kicks to determine the winner of a match, all players, except the player taking the kick and the two goalkeepers, must remain within the center circle.
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
The mascot for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain was an orange named Naranjito.
The first Women’s World Cup was held in China in 1991.
Substitutions were allowed for the first time in the 1970 World Cup.