Croatia secure third place in the 2022 Qatar games, and Morocco become the first Arab and African team to make it to the top four in World Cup history.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says the new-look tournament "will take place in 2025 and will feature 32 teams, making it really like a World Cup."
Despite being renowned for his impressive speed across the field, France's Kylian Mbappe does make the list but is not the fastest player at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Les Bleus will take on Argentina in final after beating Atlas Lions in an absorbing game to stay on course for a successful title defence and end the fairytale run of the north Africans in Qatar.
France are favourites to win at Al Bayt Stadium in Qatar but face a team that have not conceded — except for an own goal — and ousted Belgium, Spain and Portugal on their extraordinary cruise to semi-final.
Morocco write football history as the first African and Arab country to reach the tournament's semi-finals, continuing their run in Qatar with a 1-0 victory over Portugal.
Forward Sports, a multinational sports equipment company in Pakistan's northeast, has worked with Adidas to produce 5.5 million Al Rihla balls, including 60,000 replicas.
Morocco has been the biggest surprise of World Cup 2022, as the only team from outside Europe or South America to make it to the last eight. Could this success be due to its new coach Walid Regragui?
Atlas Lions earn a historic spot for a quarter-final clash with Portugal, who demolished Switzerland 6-1.
Neymar, world's most expensive player, had sat out his team's last two matches with a sprained ankle suffered in their first game in Qatar, a 2-0 win over Serbia.
Japan's bid to reach the last eight for the first time in their history comes to a crushing end.
Spain and Morocco are far from geopolitical rivals, but their long and complex relationship will no doubt be part of the backdrop to the knockout game on Tuesday.
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