Fastest opening goal of a FIFA World Cup

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What was the fastest opening goal of a FIFA World Cup? This is not the fastest opening goal in a single match across tournaments, but fastest goal(the first goal of that particular World edition) of the tournament as a whole.

Originally asked by Calidris on Stack Exchange (sports) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Here is an answer listing times of first goals in FIFA World Cups. It is community wiki, feel free to edit it - correct mistakes, add more sources, etc. 2026: Quiñones 9' 2022: Valencia 16' 2018: Gazinsky 12' 2014: Marcelo (own goal) 11' 2010: Tshabalala 55' 2006: Lahm 6' 2002: Diop 30' 1998: César Sampaio 5' (or 4' according to some sources) 1994: Klinsmann 61' 1990: Omam-Biyik 67' 1986: Altobelli 43' 1982: Vandenbergh 62' 1978: Rossi 29' 1 1974: Breitner 18' 1 1970: Dermendzhiev 13' 1 1966: Pelé 15', Held 15' 1 1962: Facundo 4' 3 1958: Simonsson 17' 1954: Milutinovic 15' 3 1950: Ademir 30' 1938: Gauchel 29' 1934: Belis 4' 3 1930: Laurent 19' 3 1 The first match of the tournament was a...

Full answer by Martin: https://sports.stackexchange.com/a/14893 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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