World Cup quiz questions and answers: how well do you know your football - put it to the ultimate test!

Put your football knowledge to the test with our World Cup quiz
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Occurring every four years, the FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious and important footballing event in the world.

Over the years the World Cup has featured the best football players in the history of the sport and each tournament draws in billions of fans from around the world. There were a series of stars at this year’s competition including Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski, with Kylian Mbappe and Messi hoping to win the Golden Boot as Argentina meets France at the 2022 final.

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The World Cup is a stage where legends are made in football and over the 92 year history of the competition there has been a host of iconic moments such as England’s World Cup triumph in 1966, Maradona’s hand of god and Mbappe’s heroics in the 2018 final against Croatia.

World Cup highlights include England winning World Cup 1966, Diego Maradona’s hand of god and Brazil winning World Cup  (Getty Images)World Cup highlights include England winning World Cup 1966, Diego Maradona’s hand of god and Brazil winning World Cup  (Getty Images)
World Cup highlights include England winning World Cup 1966, Diego Maradona’s hand of god and Brazil winning World Cup (Getty Images)

With that in mind we have written 10 World Cup questions and answers covering the tournament’s best players, teams and iconic moments from years gone by. This is your opportunity to put your football knowledge to the ultimate test. How many can you get right?

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Who qualified for the World Cup 2022?

There were 32 teams competing for World Cup glory at this year’s tournament. Hosts Qatar were the only team making their debut at this year’s tournament.

  • Qatar
  • Ecuador
  • Senegal
  • Netherlands
  • England
  • Iran
  • USA
  • Wales
  • Poland
  • Argentina
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Mexico
  • France
  • Australia
  • Denmark
  • Tunisia
  • Spain
  • Japan
  • Costa Rica
  • Germany
  • Croatia
  • Morocco
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Brazil
  • Switzerland
  • Cameroon
  • Serbia
  • Portugal
  • Ghana
  • Uruguay
  • South Korea

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