By the numbers

5.38: Record for the average number of goals per game at a World Cup was 5.38, set in 1954. The average at the 2018 tournament was 2.64.

8: Stadiums used for this tournament, the fewest at a World Cup in the modern era.

13: Highest number of goals scored by a player at a single World Cup, set by France’s Just Fontaine in 1958.

29: Record for penalties awarded at the 2018 tournament in Russia, the first World Cup with VAR. That’s a 61% increase on the previous record.

48: Number of teams that will play in the next World Cup in 2026, with this being the last with 32 teams.

117: How many goals Cristiano Ronaldo has scored for Portugal, a record in men’s international soccer.

974: Recycled shipping containers used to build the temporary 40,000-capacity Stadium 974. Organizers say it is the first full demountable covered soccer stadium. Also, 974 is the international dialling code for Qatar.

5,850:Qatari Price in riyals ($1,607) for the most expensive tickets on general sale for the Dec. 18 final at Lusail Stadium, up 46% from the 2018 final won by France.

10,000:water Liters of needed every day for each of the eight fields used to stage games in Qatar.

69,174:Highest average match attendance at a World Cup, in the United States in 1994. Qatar will not come close, given only one of the eight stadiums has a capacity over 60,000.

130,000:Hotel rooms occupied per day for the World Cup.

1.2M : Fans coming to Qatar during the World Cup.

440M: Total prize money in U.S. dollars on offer at the World Cup, of which $42 million will go to the winner. The prize fund was $400 million at the 2018 tournament.

6B: FIFA is set to generate revenues of at least this amount in U.S. dollars from the World Cup in Qatar.