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The Matildas have been one of our greatest sporting sides for many years now and it is wonderful to see them playing against the best in the world. 

Football is so full of maths and numbers, so here is a short Women’s World Cup Maths Trivia game for you and your family. The good news is you don’t need to be a football expert to play. All of the questions can be answered either true or false. 

1. As of March 2023, Sam Kerr was the highest paid women's soccer player in the world, earning an estimated annual salary of around $513,000 USD. True or false? 

2. An Australian team has competed in seven of the eight women’s World Cup tournaments played prior to this one. They have either won or drawn 50% of their matches overall. True or false?

3. Prior to the start of this tournament Australia was in the top five for all time highest goal scoring sides at World Cups. True or false?

4. Being tall is exceptionally helpful as a goalkeeper as it means you can cover the most area of the goals. The tallest player competing at this year's World Cup is Philippine’s goalkeeper Kaija Jota Standing at 190 cm tall. True or false? 

5. 32 matches will be played in the 2023 women’s World Cup. True or false?

6. Australia has made the quarter-finals only once at the World Cup. True or false?

7. Excluding extra time, injury time and time on, a soccer game is longer than a standard AFL game or rugby game. True or false?

8. Lydia Williams and Clare Polkinghorne, revered figures in Australian football, have earned the distinction of being the only male or female Australian players to participate in five FIFA World Cup finals tournaments. True or false?

9. There are 27 players in Australia’s World Cup squad. True or false? 

10. The youngest player in Australia’s squad is Mary Fowler at 20 years old. True or false?

11. Sam Kerr holds the record for the most number of goals scored overall at the Women’s World Cup. True or false?

12. There are some records not to be so proud of. Australia holds the record for the most all time player sending offs at the World Cup. True or false?

13. Australia also holds the record for the fastest sending off. True or false? 

14. The average soccer player runs more kilometres in a game than the average AFL player. True or false?

15. A soccerball has 32 shapes on it. True or false?

16. There are more pentagons than hexagons on a soccer ball. True or false?

17. The pentagons on a soccer ball are all black. True or false?

18. If you bounce a soccer ball 15 times on your left foot and twice as many times on your right foot, it will bounce at 45 times in total? True or false?

19. The average soccer ball is heavier than the average AFL football? True or false?

20. Prior to the start of the 2023 tournament Clare Polkinghorne held the record for the most games ever played for the Matildas. True or false?

21. The Australian men’s soccer team was the first ever Australian team to win a knockout stage match at a World Cup. True or false?

22. The record attendance for a match at a women’s World Cup is greater than 90,000 people. True or false?

23. At the commencement of the tournament the Australian side is ranked in the top 10 international FIFA rankings. True or false?

25. Prior to the start of the 2023 tournament, Sam Kerr held the record for the most goals scored by a Matilda at a single Women’s World Cup tournament with five goals. True or false?

26. If the 20 hexagons on a soccer ball have six edges each then this gives 120 edges. If the 12 Pentagon’s have five edges each this gives 60 edges. This makes 180 edges in total. This means that 90 of these edges would have to be sewn together when making a soccer ball. True or false?

Source: Felstead Education

Laura Leung

Teaching and Learning