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2022 World Cup Final (Argentina vs France)

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2022 World Cup Final (Argentina vs France)

Possibly the greatest football match ever played/Events & Phenomena

The 2022 FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Qatar was watched by an estimated 1.5 billion viewers worldwide. The match featured a hat trick from Kylian Mbappe, two goals from Lionel Messi, and went to a penalty shootout. The stadium held 88,966 spectators. Argentina won 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw.

Measurements

Pitch area7,140 m^2
5.71Olympic pool surfaces
7.9 thousandthsAirport runways
1.3 hundredthsGolf courses

105 x 68 meters

Match duration (including extra time)7,200 s
12Car washes
14.4Light-minutes to Earth
16.5 quadrillionthsUniverse ages

120 minutes plus penalties

Estimated player energy expenditure6 million J
300 septillionInfrared photons
2.86Dynamite sticks
95.2 billionthsHiroshima blasts

About 1,400 kcal per player

Average player distance run11,000 m
6,111Bookcase heights
55,000Dinner forks
12,035Window widths

About 11 km

Mbappe top speed10 m/s
30.3Crawling babies
7.14Swimming humans
4.55Olympic swimmers

About 36 km/h

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