FIFA World Cup 2022 will be the shortest ever -- only 28 days.

Qatar emblem depicts no. 8, representing total stadiums and also depicts infinity.

Mexico qualified without winning the World Cup tournaments more than any other country (16 times). They've even been the host country twice in 1970 and 1986.

Iceland is the country with the smallest population to ever compete in the FIFA World Cup. (population: 334,000 approx)

With just two days to go until kick-off, Spain had also arrived on Friday. On the same day, the Poles were led out by their talisman, Robert Lewandowski. Photo: Twitter

Germany and Brazil played the most World Cup matches (109). However, Germany have appeared in the most finals (8), semifinals (13), and quarterfinals (16).

Brazil are the only team to appear in every edition of the World Cup. This will be the Selecao's 22nd appearance in the mega event.

New Zealand are the only team to go unbeaten in the World Cup as they drew all 3 of their group stage games in 2010.

Switzerland are the only team to be eliminated from the World Cup without conceding a goal. In 2006, they exited the tournament from the last-16 after losing in penalties against Ukraine.

The last nation to win the FIFA World Cup as the host was France in 1998.

France were also the first team to not win a World Cup in their first go as hosts. Uruguay and Italy had won the 1930 and 1934 editions, respectively, as hosts.

The host country has won six of the 21 World Cups.

The only host country not to have reached the second round is South Africa in 2010.

Qatar is spending around a staggering $220 billion on the projects undertaken for the World Cup, making it the most expensive World Cup.

There are only eight stadiums being used for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. This is the lowest number of stadiums for the World Cup since the 1978 edition in the host country of Argentina. They only used six stadiums.

France's Just Fontaine holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup, with his 13 goals in 1958.

Between 2002 and 2014, Germany's Miroslav Klose scored 16 World Cup goals -- most by any player.

Thomas Muller of Germany is the only one to be playing in the Qatar World Cup who comes close to Klose's record. Muller has scored 10 World Cup goals.

At 42 years and 39 days, Cameroon's Roger Milla became the oldest player to score a World Cup goal in June 1994 in a game against Russia in the United States.

Northern Ireland's Norman Whiteside became the youngest player, at 17 years and 41 days, ever to play in the FIFA World Cup in a game  against Yugoslavia in 1982.

FIFA and Qatar banned beer sales around the eight World Cup stadiums in a stunning policy u-turn just two days before the start of the tournament.

The fastest substitute from the start of the game was Italian Alessandro Nesta. He was replaced by Giuseppe Bergomi after only four minutes in a match against Austria in 1998.