Top 20 Insane World Cup Moments

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These shocking World Cup moments truly are insane! For this list, we’ll be looking at some of the most bizarre, iconic and controversial moments that have ever happened at FIFA’s illustrious tournament. Our countdown includes The Disgrace of Gijón, Wrath of the Sheikh, The Hand of God, and more! What World Cup moment sticks out in your mind the most? Let us know below!
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[@Jaime.Lannister]

Watchmojo. Since you're making content about the FIFA WC, please make some content about the FIBA WORLD CUP as well to be held next year. Basketball is the next biggest sport in the world, I hope you take notice

[@mathijsbeute]

Van Persie’s 1st goal aginst spain in 2014 🤩🤩🤩

[@brandonhart4168]

How did Andres Escobar's own goal in 94 not make the list. There's an entire documentary about it.

[@pablofernandez2335]

You are right, Colombia's Andres Escobar scored an own gol in USA 1994 and it didn't have a happy ending, not just losing the match, something else happened after the match...

[@KamoteQue1127]

the story of escobar is between goons or mafia and its not happened in the pitch

[@andrewalaskiewicz38]

Own goals happen multiple times every World Cup. So I agree it’s left off the list. If the countdown was about Craziest things that happened because of the World Cup. It would be on the list for sure. Probably top 3. This new one with people dying in Qatar to build would take the cake I assume.

[@jimclark6493]

Because these people know very little about futbol.

[@AlbertoFlores-rz8bo]

Because that was a tragedy, not 'crazy thing, Huh?' moment. They have a list on tragedies in sports where they talk about it

[@ronaldomontero3624]

Luis Suarez biting was insane

[@dripkidd8572]

Were*

[@MisaelMatute76]

Lol not really. As they said this wasn't his first time. He gets desperate and uses that as a tactic to change the momentum of the game...

[@kingkush8729]

@@MisaelMatute76 I think he bite his wife 🐱 too 🤣

[@nomakgaming9458]

This world cup (2022) when Suarez was in tears because Ghana denied Uruguay. I couldn't help but think something came back to bite him.

[@phoenixadhikari]

Brazil's loss of 1-7 and of course, the infamous headbutt. Two memories witnessed LIVE and never forgotten.

[@argiebarge7955]

i think i'd agree with that, out of the footballing moments in my mind those stand out.

[@carloscatarino7890]

I watched the battle of Nuremberg first hand. It was brutal. I remember people saying the game wasn't going to reach 90 minutes as there weren't going to be enough players left. But then a while after I learned about the battle of Santiago. You know s*** is about to hit the fan when a player has to be removed from the pitch by the police.

[@Brenooomaniezo]

Batlle of Nuremberg is my favourite World Cup match.

[@user-qg2tl3jk9z]

Lmao

[@klovershows3823]

Zidane's legend is not tarnished one bit. That was well deserved.

[@xxon_kllko]

Petition for watchmojo to make top 50 most shocking world cup moments for 2014,2018 & 2022. Coz BBC won't do it

[@CannibalShadow]

The Zidane headbutt spawned many memes 😂💀💀

[@BrayanGomez-jq6nz]

And don't forget Luis Suarez

[@Chez114]

Moooooortal Kooooombat! 🔥 🥋 💪🏽

[@OceanWolf808]

Ahhh the early days of KZbin. ❤

[@vivaindian]

I strongly support Zizu in this matter. See the results, Italy watching World Cup in television and France strong contender for next win.

[@danger2bananas]

To be fair would you say to ZZ that you want to get to "know" his sister

[@ramirod43677]

#4 - Bro, Maybe Suarez got hungry. Imagined and thought Chiellini was a giant piece of Pizza 🍕🇮🇹

[@BrayanGomez-jq6nz]

Luis Suárez takes the whole bite to another level

[@muhizifabrice]

He can continue crying now...

[@Xerox0928]

Honestly my biggest upset was 2014 semi-final against Brazil and Germany. Before first whistle it was like "Damn, it will be great show" and great show that was. But only from Germans who just destroyed Brazil at Mineirao 7-1. I saw it and I know that I will NEVER see something like this ever again in my life. Two great teams and that score. I thought that 5-1 when Netherlands played against Spain was insane, but that was just a cherry on the top

[@gutsyjasmin4592]

I'm German and my god, was it beautiful. I had never seen anything like it. Against fucking BRAZIL! It was incredible.

[@Xerox0928]

@@gutsyjasmin4592 And now Germany failed 2 times in a row in a group stage. Maybe Brazil fans silently cursed them in act of revenge?

[@elidasilva5558]

As a Brazilian, You want to strike fear at anyone from the country just say 7(Sete) a 1(Um).

[@SethDU]

That was really awesome. Especially when even some german fans after the fifth goal thought "well, maybe this is enough now?" :D

[@matej9368]

​@@gutsyjasmin4592yeah and its fucking awesome to see germany failing to qualify for knockout stage 2 times in a row plus bad euro performance

[@osmondjacob8951]

You should have included 2010 World cup's Eng v Ger match when Frank Lampard's goal was disallowed 🚫, also 1998 World Cup Arg v Eng match where David Beckam was shown off red card 😳 which remains controversial as well as in 2002 World cup Portuguese player Pinto was sent off during a group match, but later banned by FIFA for punching the referee.

[@nameless.greyceo]

Lampards disallowed goal should be number one on all lists

[@NikiTheDancer]

@@nameless.greyceo Number 2. One should be the final match in 1966 ;)

[@JF1908x]

@@nameless.greyceo not really, Germany would’ve still ended up hammering England.

[@jonwarren8926]

I don't think they wanted to focus too much on those teams that are there just to make up the numbers though.

[@rstein926]

Saudi Arabia beating Argentina in my opinion is the biggest shock in World Cup history and something that will be talked about for years and decades to come.

[@anandasama15]

Japão ganhando da Alemanha tbm

[@pablofernandez2335]

As an Argentine myself i was in total shock, luckily we managed to recover by beating Mexico, but we still have to get past Poland to secure a passage to the knockout stages

[@emmanueljaramillo]

Maracanazo: obviously the most iconic moment in football history Mojo: Number 20...

[@melaniesenf7175]

The finale between Brasil and Germany was so crazy and probably one of the best finales I’ve ever watched. Well, besides the one between Argentina and France this year. But still

[@chelseacanales8763]

Man, I was angry that Germany crushed Brazil; 7-1 😢😢😢😢extremely mad at 2014. Luis Suarez is nothing but a cannibal athlete.

[@The.Electric.Viking]

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[@AntonXul]

Luis Suarez must be a Mike Tyson fan, a fellow cannibal athlete.

[@machenrix9128]

Hannibal Suarez bites again... Why on earth is he still allowed to play

[@dohanddonuts5716]

One acronym: FIFA

[@luziel3071]

I’ll never forget the Brazil vs. Germany game. Went to the bathroom at 3-0 came back and Germany had made it 5-0. Insane

[@saiyerugara9038]

I just love the pronunciation of Uruguay by the way.

[@oldfriend7618]

It sounds funny

[@remmidemmi496]

THAT Maradona goal. Probably the best ever.

[@alexcontreras1972]

I was expecting the penalty given to the Netherlands in the match vs Mexico in 2014

[@jrverse24]

So was I!

[@dohanddonuts5716]

From one of the best floppers in the world, Arjen Robben. I loved it.

[@frankie4493]

100% should have been there

[@anaramirez9454]

No Era penal!

[@sophiaisabelle01]

World Cup moments are memorable for the most part. Seems like they've all made history somehow.

[@The.Electric.Viking]

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[@bennymora3086]

True!⚽️

[@kayla1619]

biting the 5th person on a soccer field & not going to jail is INSANE.

[@wham13456]

Wtf is a soccer lol I love in the UK and play football I never herd of soccer what does this thing called soccer do lol wanker

[@JF1908x]

Football…

[@wham13456]

@@JF1908x omg your so smart how do you know that what website do you look up what's books do you read in going to tell all my friends all about you so they can as Tobias a friend because you are so smart your an important person are you the 2nd coming of Crist

[@shotgunuser9560]

You could make this list 20 insane Luis Suarez clips

[@eliamgarcia2740]

This is passion as its best!!!!! no other sport come even close to capture this kind of hype around world.

[@JBDude52]

Top 3 (In my opinion): 1. Zidane's Headbutt 2. Hand of God 3. Chomping Chiellini This was a tough toss up, especially with how insane these moments are in the world cup. 3rd spot was between Chomping Chiellini and Dodgy Calls, in the end, I went with the biting incident because of how bad the incident was and the punishment he got. And the top 2 were tough to decide, but it was the headbutt that takes the top spot, even the Hand of God is the most famous moment in the World Cup for all the wrong reasons, but Zidane's headbutt was so shocking an unexpecting that no-one would see a headbutt incident in sports history.

[@glede9377]

Andres Escobar murdered?

[@AccipiterSmith]

Sadly, yes.

[@lillyvba7635]

Now you're talking!!!! Good to see something about World Cup in Ms.Mojo 🤩

[@gedhoughton9523]

Brazil losing was hilarious!

[@WesleyKokonoot]

World Cup: *exists* The Netherlands: so anyway, I started fouling!

[@veronicacornavaca9613]

Bro... I honestly didn't not know how fucking dirty they are. I just realized watching this video. Good thing we beat them!

[@irvinelawrence2733]

You left out the David Beckham foot flailing vs Argentina in 1998 and the Frank Lampard disallowed goal in 2010... Mind you, VAR was not in place in 2006 when ZZ was expelled and only when the four officials at the match saw the replay (illegal but accurate), then they gave him the red card...

[@GerdaWel]

As Dutch woman I am not proud of the times the Netherlands are in this list, especially knowing they didn't always qualify... Still a great video to watch

[@Chez114]

Although it wasn't technically during a World Cup match, but center back, Escobar's murder after Columbia's 1994 loss deserves at least a special mention

[@lucila5466]

Lol well, Looking at Suarez' teeth...he just had to use his greatest weapon😅

[@sassysalmon93]

Why does Brazils heartbreak in 1950 always get underrated?? Saying this as a Mexican.

[@inaweoftheworld]

It's actually overrated.

[@eldiego68]

The game itself wasn’t all that exciting. It’s the behind the scenes that makes it special. Brazil were arrogantly confident that they were gonna win. They printed newspapers declaring them champions before the game even kicked off and had parades among other festivities prepared as they were certain they would win.

[@223Drone]

"FIFA investigated but found no rules have been broken." What a shock that a criminal organization found no evidence of criminality.

[@andrewfraserjr]

Hand of god indeed😂

[@nameless.greyceo]

Lampards disallowed goal should be number 1 on all lists

[@DrTae233]

You know football is truly the biggest sport and truly the beautiful game when even WatchMojo covers it

[@tiestokygoericprydz3963]

And 2026 will be biggest ever with 48 countries

[@briannao9251]

3:29 - The only bad part of the Battle of Nuremberg was that it didn’t go into extra time!! Also imagine the carnage that Pepe would have done in that match had he been named in Portugal's 2006 World Cup squad (Pepe wouldn't make his debut with the Portugal National Team until November 2007) I’ll never forget that iconic image of Deco and Gio van Bronckhurst sitting next to each other (they were club teammates at Barcelona at the time) on the sidelines watching the match after they both got sent off.

[@mihaelajukic1314]

Brasil Germany is still the greatest game I've ever watched, and I watch football for more than 24 years (ever since I was less than 1 my dad was putting me to watch football). I witnessed amazing games, shocking ones and that one is still the greatest. Absolute madness

[@hectormayorga7057]

in USA 94, Mexico and Bulgaria met in the round of 16, one of the posts that support the net fell and the entire goal had to be replaced, I don't know if that counts as "insane" but it's something that doesn't happen normally.

[@siphesihlegushman6551]

You need to also include South Africa vs Egypt, Quarter Finals of Africa Cup Of Nations. Search what happened since I won't be able the incident, you explain it Better always...

[@rubyrubio3970]

Top 10 marvel characters that deserve a mcu special

[@gonzalvarodri]

what about that chilean goalkeeper that cut himself in the field and tried to accuss the rival

[@fir3cr4ck3r]

It happened during a qualifier.

[@Tony.L9793]

Some deserved an oscar awards, like Rivaldo in 2002

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! I didn't know about the goal of the century incident until today..!! 🤣

[@grahamgiancola6477]

This World Cup might be the most insane

[@pablofernandez2335]

And we still haven't got past the group stage, just wait for the knockout stage

[@Tony.L9793]

the most insane moment Morocco reached the semis vs France

[@TFIta369]

4:31 "What? What did I do?" 😂

[@colleenross8752]

Congrats to Argentina for their 2022 World Cup victory

[@pedrovidal9663]

As a Brazilian, I have forgiven many things in my life, but this game in Mineirão is taking more time than I thought it would. It even changed my perception about who is our greatest nemesis in football since I don't consider Argentina having that status anymore and I don't care if they have won their third World Cup star because they still have to win 2 titles to reach Brazil while germans only have to do it once more. Even though it´s been gone 8 years since that, there's no other game I'm looking forward to watching like this rematch against Germany on a World Cup stage. Unfortunately, it didn't happen this year in Qatar. And the reason I say all this, as I see, is because I have realized that what Brazilians miss the most is not just winning again. It´s also about having our joyful way of playing the game once more respected by the international community as it once was during old times. That 8th of July, 2014 affected our love for the game and the national team knows that. I have 21 years old and never felt the happiness of having the Seleção winning a World Cup. I really hope we win in North America again. It's one of my greatest desires for sure.

[@ElRadioDJ913]

Them headbutt and Luis Suarez vampire biting are glorious!

[@tcmatias]

Netherlands - Portugal is such a legendary game. Golden team 😂

[@abeldisla.5488]

Who did the Goal to in the Victory of Uruguay against Brasil on 1950 was Alcibiades Chiggia.

[@lalyangduyu9817]

For me Fifa WC 2010 Final was literally a shaolin soccer match .

[@brianpso]

"Tarnished"? Lmao, this made him more of a legend to me.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

Dude, even the statue is amazing.

[@nigelddragon]

I'm gonna bet luiz surez amazing goal saving handball and his celebration after the missed penalty by Ghana will be here

[@retrovideogamejunkie]

No maracanazo? I mean, roberto rojas fake bengala injure was way worse than 1962 incident....

[@rickvandijk5619]

Oh the battle of Neuremberg.. Still bad memories about that ..

[@mikeadldukakis3097]

Rio FERDINAND Goal Celebration v Denmark 2002 World Cup for England

[@vorakitlertackakorn2827]

"That's the lowest point of Brazilian football". Well, not until he watch Brazil-Germany match in WC2014 from heaven.

[@lyhaikudai3]

Hand of god

[@alphadraconis83]

Yup, “hand of god” is complete BS. Goal should’ve been disallowed.

[@pablofernandez2335]

@@alphadraconis83 England won the WC in their home country with a non existing goal and 2 long decades later karma kicked in

[@teenchai]

Thought that the penalty missed by Batistuta should be in the list.

[@minakomel]

it's 2023 and my italian boyfriend still talks to me about the byron moreno story 😆

[@jasonmillsom2981]

Fun fact Asamoah Gyan has forgiven Suaraz, stating he understands why he did it and would probably do the same

[@alonweinberg9248]

Ah yes, the world cup. There is just something so satisfying watching one country completely humiliate another in a game of football. And you don't even have to be a sports fan to appreciate it.

[@The.Electric.Viking]

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[@richeybaumann1755]

12:52 "Oh _surely_ not again" you can just hear the resignation in his voice.

[@power2k9]

I'm Surprised Saipan 2002 didn't get a mention

[@felipeaguena5289]

"Check out the amazing number 1 moment!" **censors it**

[@BrianStorm742]

The Netherlands don't look too good on this list

[@A-Random_Pakistani]

Italy got screwed over by the Zidane curse 💀

[@Bluestar-bh3bf]

I’ll never forget that match between Germany and Brazil I was working at my family owned business while watching the World Cup I couldn’t believe the five goals Germany scored before halftime my dad and older brother were in complete shock when the second half started and they scored two more goals my brother joked that they should make it ten to nothing after the game the internet became flooded with jokes about this game

[@sailormoonsault]

I STILL laugh at that 2014 Brazil Germany match. I got ditched at a bar by my Brazilian friend because he was so upset. I still go back and watch it sometimes.

[@Xerox0928]

And I am STILL shocked about that match. It was like 1:1 000 000 chance for this to happen and...that happened. I had to watch replays and rematch, cause between goals at 3-0 and 5-0 I had to go to toilet :D

[@markgaskell5370]

Rooney was sent off for that... "Accidental" stamp, not for the push

[@captainfalconmain6576]

2:00 you forgot the fact that they to even qualify lucky to even make the tournament

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Yes I agree with the escobar own goal it should of been there

[@mirador991]

You forget maradona being kicked out of 1994 World Cup for playing will having cocaine on his wristband.

[@kanyekubrick5391]

Good list

[@diazalghazali3849]

Where is Roberto Baggio penalty, Roger Milla and Bebeto Celebration?. They missed on the list.

[@briannao9251]

11:08 Have my popcorn ready for when Ghana and Uruguay play each other in the last Group Stage match

[@pablofernandez2335]

I made a comment about it, when i saw which teams were playing i immediately thought about that upcoming match, and Suarez is still playing, so it's definitely a must watch

[@briannao9251]

@@pablofernandez2335 There are at least 5 players (4 from Uruguay and 1 from Ghana , there could be more, idk) who were on either team in that 2010 World quarterfinal that are also part of the 2022 World Cup Squads for both teams

[@emilyclare9002]

Suarez should have been banned from football honestly. Constant cheating.

[@Xerox0928]

He was banned and he was given an ultimatum from Barcelona at that time, that if he try to do anything like that when he plays for them, then he will be immediately sacked without any compensation. And that was in his contract

[@joelupton7423]

Suarez should have his own list

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Some crazy moments

[@deltamovieshd9255]

Schumacar was the F1 driver, Smeichael was the goal keeper.

[@MrJzaldivar]

The yellow and red car system were introduced in the Mexico 1970 World Cup

[@darthnowlan]

What happened with France in the 2010 World Cup is karma for that Hand of Frog goal against Ireland in Paris.

[@juliodantas898]

7x1 should be the number 1 on this list

[@reeceboi24]

Where is the Croatia Vs Australia (2006 WC) match? Croatia's Josip Simunic, was given 3 yellow cards in that match.

[@NathanDrake_2023]

Maradona at No.10 nicely done.

[@Ockersvin]

Intervention! Intervention!

[@Ockersvin]

He was out cold😨

[@giulianosica4379]

Materazzi è caduto Gli hanno dato una testata La testata gliel'ha data Zinédine Zinédine Zidane❤ Absolutely legendary

[@KeyRo1392]

Was this a reupload? I swear I watched this same video a few days ago 🤔

[@kevinolguin9702]

all mexicans yelling it wasnt a foul lol

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

8:20 - That's only overlooked by the english. Everyone else in the world will never forget it.

[@brianonsongo]

You didn't explain reason for Zizou's headbutt though it's #1

[@superfrycook6360]

Netherlands is playing dirty in round of 16 and quarterfinals against Spain, Portugal, and even Argentina. There are multitudes of yellow and red cards due to fouls, play actings, and scuffles.

[@liverpool4129]

How didAndres Escobar 94 didn’t make this list?

[@mattiasbarnett3777]

The 2002 Korea vs Italy wouldn't be talked about if Vieri had put the easiest chance of the tournament. Not like Italians ever fixed anything Juventus 2005 & 2006 by any chance