Picture : Mohamed Salah and Egypt finished unbeaten for the first time in history !
World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 16 (June 26) – Group G
Egypt vs Iran 1-1 (Group G)
*Egypt have finished a World Cup group stage unbeaten (1 win, 2 draws) for the first time in history.
*Egypt is the nation that has conceded the most penalties in World Cup history without having any of them converted in a goal.
*Mahmoud Saber scored the fastest goal in Egypt’s World Cup history (in 5th minute).
*Trezeguet tied Ahmed Hassan as the players with the most appearances for Egypt (both 32) in major tournaments (AFCON + World Cup), ahead of Mohamed Salah (30) and Essam El-Hadary (29).
*Iran are the 2nd team in the history of the World Cup to record three draws with different scorelines (0-0, 1-1, and 2-2) across their three group-stage matches.
The only previous instance was Belgium in 1998, with the exact same three scorelines.
*After awarding the penalty that Mehdi Taremi missed, Szymon Marciniak (Poland) has equaled the record for the most penalties awarded by a referee in the history of the World Cup, along with Arthur Ellis (England) and Edgardo Codesal (Uruguay).
*Three consecutive penalties were missed at the World Cup for the first time since the period of 2-3 July 2010.
New Zealand vs Belgium 1-5 (Group G)
*Belgium recorded the biggest (4-goal margin) World Cup victory in its history.
Previously, they won 3 games with 3-goal difference:
3-0 vs El Salvador in 1970
5-2 vs Tunisia in 2018
3-0 vs Panama in 2018
*Belgium scored 5 goals in a World Cup match for the second time, following the game against Panama (5-2) on 23 June 2018.
*Kevin De Bruyne became Belgium’s oldest-ever World Cup goal-scorer (34 years and 11 months), surpassing Lei Clijsters (33 years and 7 months).
*De Bruyne becomes the first Belgian player in World Cup history to score in three different editions (2014, 2018, and 2026).
*Romelu Lukaku scored just 56 seconds after coming onto the pitch. It is the fastest goal ever scored by a Belgian substitute in World Cup history.
The previous record was held by Marouane Fellaini (2014 vs the United States): 5 minutes after coming on.
*Lukaku became the first player in World Cup history to score a goal and provide an assist in the same match after coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute or later (excluding extra time).
*Lukaku became Belgium’s all-time leading World Cup goal-scorer (6 goals), overtaking Marc Wilmots (5).
*Lukaku is now the player with the joint-most goal contributions for Belgium (6 goals, 1 assist) in World Cup history, along with:
Jan Ceulemans (4 goals, 3 assists)
Eden Hazard (3 goals, 4 assists)
Kevin De Bruyne (3 goals, 4 assists)
*Thibaut Courtois became Belgium’s most-capped player in World Cup history (18 appearances), surpassing Enzo Scifo (17).