Interesting Facts Before the Upcoming World Championship

2026-06-03 15:15 © scanpix

Before the 2026 World Cup begins, FIFA announced interesting statistics about the upcoming tournament.

A total of 891 players will be making their first appearance in World Cup squads, and overall, 925 footballers will have the opportunity to debut in the prestigious tournament.

The World Cup will feature players representing 449 different clubs from 71 countries around the world.

Manchester City is the most represented club - 19 players from this team will participate in the tournament.

As of June 11, 2026, the youngest participant in the World Cup will be Gilberto Mora from Mexico - 17 years and 240 days old.

The oldest participant will be Craig Gordon from Scotland - 43 years and 162 days old.

The English leagues will delegate the most players to the tournament - 200 footballers will come from them.

Qatar and Saudi Arabia will have the most players selected from their domestic leagues - each country will have 25 players.

The youngest team in the tournament will be Ivory Coast - their average player age is 25.8 years.

The oldest team will be Panama - their players' average age is 30.4 years.