Highest goal average in a football (soccer) FIFA World Cup finals

The highest goal average in a football (soccer) FIFA World Cup finals is 5.38 goals and was achieved during the 1954 World Cup finals in Switzerland. A total of 26 matches featuring 16 teams were played at the 1954 World Cup Finals in Switzerland. If any spectators were lucky enough to attend every match they would have witnessed an absolute goal-fest with 140 goals scored during the event at an average of 5.38 goals per match. Hungary alone scored 25 goals in four matches to progress to the Final, where they lost 3­-2 to West Germany (Hungary had beaten the German team 8­3 earlier in the competition). The overall average for the 18 World Cup Finals is 2.91 goals per match, with no Finals since Sweden 1958 (3.60 goals per match) yielding an average greater than 2.97.