Argentina won the World Cup 2022 for the third time in a row after defeating France on 18th December 2022 (Sunday) evening, making it the highest scoring tournament in history.

In a historic Matich at Lusail stadium, the Argentina national team won the title for the third time in history. With a 3-3 draw after the original and extra time of the match, Gonzalo Montiel scored the decisive goal in the penalty shootout.

Argentina won the FIFA World Cup 2022 final 4/2 in penalty shootouts.

The number of goals in the tournament reached 172 after Kylian Mbappe scored the third equalizing goal for the French national team following a handball on Gonzalo Montiel.

The 171 goals scored ensured that the tournament exceeded the record number of goals scored in 1998 and 2014.

Argentina and France's final match in which Messi won the championship title and the best player award was the first match in which both teams scored three goals.

In the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, Messi scored in all Argentina's matches from the group stage to the final.

Here is the list of winners for the title of Best Player in the World Cup tournaments.

* Italian Paolo Rossi (1982)

* Argentina Diego Maradona (1986

* Italian Salvatore Shillaci (1990)

* Brazilian Ronaldo (1998)

* German Oliver Kahn (2002)

* French Zinedine Zidane (2006)

* Uruguayan Diego Forlan (2010)

* Argentina Lionel Messi (2014)

* Croatian Luka Modric (2018)

* Argentina Lionel Messi (2022).

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Prize Money list ($440 million total):

1. Argentina (Champions) : $42 million

2. France (Runner-Up) : $30 million

3. Croatia (3rd Place) : $27 million

4. Morocco (4th Place) : $25 million

5. Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal and England (Quarter Finals) : $17 million each.

6. US, Senegal, Australia, Poland, Spain, Japan, Switzerland and South Korea : $13 million each.

7. Group Stages teams : $9 million each.

SOURCE : SAUDI EXPATRIATES