Thirteen Goals in One Tournament

France's Just Fontaine scored 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup, a single-tournament record that has stood for more than sixty years. He reportedly played the tournament in borrowed boots after his own fell apart.

Japan's 2011 Title Meant More Than Football

Japan won the 2011 World Cup four months after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, beating the United States on penalties in the final. They were the first Asian nation to win a senior FIFA World Cup. Captain Homare Sawa took both the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot.