- 79 nations till daate have played in FIFA World Cup
- 13 nations have played in FIFA World Cup Finals: Germany, Brazil, Italy, Uruguay, Argentina, France, Croatia, the Netherlands, Spain, England, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Sweden
- 8 nations have won World Cup: Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, France, Spain and England
- Germany has played in eight FIFA World Cup finals – 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002 and 2014
- Brazil, having won five of the six World Cup finals they have played followed by Germany, four wins in eight and Italy, four wins in six appearances.
- Germany finished Runners-up maximum times – four: 1966, 1982, 1986 and 2002, Argentina and the Netherlands have finished Runners-up in three occasions.
- Argentina and Germany have faced against each other maximum times in finals: 1986, 1990, 2014
- Pele is the youngest player to ever play in a FIFA World Cup final.
- Pele is also the youngest player to ever score a goal in a FIFA World Cup final. He was then 17 years and 249 days old, when he scored a brace against Sweden in 1958 final.
- Pele is the youngest player to ever win a FIFA World Cup final in 1958
- Italian goal keeper Dino Zoff is the oldest player to have ever appeared in a FIFA World Cup final in 1982. He was 40 years and 133 days old at the time.
- Dino Zoff, again, is the oldest player (40 years, 133 days) to win a FIFA World Cup final in 1982.
- Sweden’s Nils Liedholm in the oldest goal-scorer in a FIFA World Cup final in 1958. He was 35 years and 264 days old at the time.
- Brazil’s Pele and Vava, France’s Zinedine Zidane and England’s Geoff Hurst each have scored three goals in World Cup Finals.
- Netherlands’ Johan Neeskens scored the fastest goal in a FIFA World Cup final in the 1974 edition, he scored through penalty in 90 seconds against West Germany.
- The 1994 final between Brazil and Italy saw the score remain 0-0 till extra time. This remains the only instance in the history of FIFA World Cup finals that both teams failed to score after extra-time ended.
- Two Finals were decided on penalties – The Brazil vs Italy final in 1994 (Brazil won 3-2) and Italy vs France in 2006 (Italy won 5-3)
