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World Cup quiz: Debuts, top scorers, hat-tricks and the team that’s played just one match
By Will Jeanes
World Cup quiz: Debuts, top scorers, hat-tricks and the team that’s played just one match
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June 8, 2026
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June 7, 2026 Updated 5:21 pm GMT+7
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Welcome to The Athletic’s ultimate World Cup quiz ahead of the tournament getting underway on June 11.
Below are 20 questions — which start off easy before getting harder — on the sport’s biggest competition. Think you know your footballing history? Fancy yourself as an expert on penalty shootouts? Or World Cup hat-tricks?
Dive into the quiz so you can find out how much you really know…
Will Jeanes is a senior editor at The Athletic.
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