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World Cup Crossword: Quiz

How much do you know about the history of the World Cup? Who won the tournament in 1938? Where was the final played in 1974? Who was the top scorer in 1966? This is our World Cup crossword from 2010 so one or two of the questions are out of date (numbers 15 down and 16 across) but that just makes the crossword a little more difficult! Download the pdf file below, answer the questions and fill in the crossword. There is also an online version and of course there are answers provided.

World Cup Crossword.pdf | Answers

Across

2. Losing finalists in 1974 and 1978
6. The host nation of the first World Cup
8. One of the losing semi-finalists in the 2002 World Cup
13. The only person to have scored a hat trick in a World Cup final. Geoff ____________
14. Brazil beat which host nation 5-2 in 1958 to win the World Cup?
16. Cameroon and which other African nation have reached the quarter-final of the World Cup – the furthest an African team has made?
17. Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya. Which of these four North African nations has never appeared at a finals?
18. Sent off in the 2006 World Cup final
19. First person to win the World Cup as a player
and a manager?
20. Juste Fontaine scored the most goals in one World Cup than anyone else. Which country is he from?

Down

1. Eusebio starred for which country in 1966?
3. Germany beat which country 8-0 in the 2002 finals?
4. Host nation of 2010 World Cup
5. Three players from which London club played on the England World Cup winning team of 1966?
7. Host city of the 2002 World Cup final
9. Which country hosted the 1954 World Cup?
10. 1966 World Cup final stadium name.
11. This country has played in all World Cup finals
12. World Cup winners in 1978
15. The number of countries to have won the World Cup.

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