(QNA) The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) announced that about 5 billion people interacted with the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, following the content of the tournament through a group of platforms, noting that the final match between Argentina and France witnessed an attendance of 88,966. Spectators at Lusail Stadium, along with 1.5 billion people around the world.

FIFA said, in a report on its official website today, Wednesday, that a month after the day Lionel Messi and the Argentina national team lifted the World Cup, we are reviewing facts and figures from and outside the green carpet that reflect the huge size of the largest sports tournament ever.

He added, "The figures indicate that about 5 billion people interacted with the Qatar World Cup 2022, following the content of the tournament across a range of platforms and devices throughout the media world. On social media, there were 93.6 million posts across all platforms, with 262 billion cumulative access and 5.95 billion. sharing".

He explained that the matches of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 were attended by 3.4 million spectators from the stands, compared to 3 million who watched the 2018 edition, and that the tournament matches witnessed 172 goals to become the highest scoring version, breaking the previous record of 171 goals, which was witnessed in the 1998 and 2014 versions. .

He pointed out that three matches in Lusail Stadium, including the final match, witnessed the largest crowd attendance for a World Cup match since the 1994 World Cup final match in America, between Brazil and Italy in front of 94,194 spectators at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, pointing out that Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in 5 World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022), while Lionel Messi became the first player to score in 4 consecutive matches in the knockout stage of the World Cup since the introduction of the round of 16 in the modern era of the tournament in the Mexico version 1986, in addition to that Messi broke another record when he played his 26th match in the World Cup Finals in the final against France, surpassing the record registered on behalf of the German Lothar Matthaus.

And FIFA added that the fastest goal in the World Cup in Qatar came after only 68 seconds had passed when Canadian Alfonso Davies (22 years) scored a goal against Croatia, noting that Spaniard Javi became the youngest player (18 years and 110 days) to score in world championships since Pele in the version 1958, when he scored a stunning shot in Spain's great victory over Costa Rica (7-0).

FIFA considered that the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 witnessed many other outstanding achievements, as Stephanie Frappart became the first woman to referee a match in the World Cup, as she, along with assistants Noyes Pak and Karen Diaz, formed the first women's trio ever to run a match in the tournament, in addition to that the tournament It became the first edition in which an African team reached the semi-finals, as Morocco managed to qualify before losing to France (0-2).

FIFA said 1.85 million visitors attended a fan festival in Doha and it had its own anthem for the first time - Toko Taka was one of nine songs on the first official World Cup music album, which has 450 million views on YouTube.

In the conclusion of its report, FIFA stressed that "no tournament can be successful without hard work behind the scenes. About 20,000 volunteers participated in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, chosen from 150 nationalities, 17,000 residents of Qatar, and 3 Thousands from outside the country, and the ages of the volunteers ranged from 18 to 77 years, and in total, 180,000 people worked to make the tournament a success, including more than 10,000 media representatives who shared their impressions and pictures with the world at a time when a new football history was being made.

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 witnessed things happening for the first time in the areas of worker welfare and sustainability, as this was the first version of the World Cup to witness a descriptive audio commentary for blind and visually impaired fans worldwide via the Internet, as the service was available in English and Arabic, and it also included three stadiums Sensory rooms for fans with sensory accessibility requirements. Each tournament stadium is built according to strict accessibility standards for people with special needs, including car parks, seats, restrooms and food outlets.

It is noteworthy that the Argentine national team won the World Cup for the third time in its history, after defeating its French counterpart (4-2) on penalties, after the end of the regular time with a draw (2-2), while the extra time ended with a draw (3-3).