DOHA: FIFA World Cup in Qatar has made many firsts in the history of the mega sporting event— this includes the 21-year-old British YouTube sensation becoming the first person in World Cup history to watch every game live, and breaking a Guinness World Record for the most World Cup games attended.
Theo Ogden, popularly known as Thogden on social media, accepted the Crypto.com and COPA90 challenge dubbed 'The Impossible Challenge' and successfully achieved the feat!
The challenge is for the footie vlogger to attend every game live and publish on his YouTube channel his experiences after each match. 
Image: Theo Ogden/Instagram
The 21-year-old launched his YouTube channel in 2014 where he uploaded videos of football matches he attended. So far, his channel has amassed over one million subscribers, thanks to Qatar World Cup, his followers are growing even more.
The video creator from Bolton, England has been travelling to football matches across the world for years, with the aim to document his journey and experiences and share with his followers for them “to get to feel what it's like from the stands”.
64 games, 29 days, 8 venues — Ogden said: “This is the hardest challenge I've ever done!”
“It is my chance to write history,” he said in his Instagram post on November 16, 2022. Ogden is also popular on Instagram with 295k followers.
Video grab from Crypto.com's Instagram
Fast forward to the kickoff on November 20, 2022, Ogden exclaimed: “The challenge begins here. Day one, out of 64.” This he said after attending the Qatar versus Ecuador match at the Al Bayt Stadium. He added: “The challenge is going to start getting a little more difficult, so I wouldn't miss it!”
During the group stage matches, Ogden had to leave the venue at half–time as some games were held simultaneously. And with Qatar World Cup being the most compact edition in modern history, with all eight stadiums just within an hour's travel time, he had not missed all the matches and even had great times with fans. In one of his videos, he was seen cheering for Argentina, and for Morocco in another. In his Instagram story, he said: “My wish for 2023 is to visit Morocco.”
Image: Theo Ogden/Instagram
In an interview, COPA90's Head of Growth, Ed Groves, said: “This FIFA World Cup is unlike any other, so we wanted to showcase a unique tournament in a totally unique way with a daring world first. 'The Impossible Challenge' will be a raw, unscripted, and ambitious adventure showcasing the stories from every single country and fanbase going.”
In Ogden's latest social media post, he thanked COPA90 and Crypto.com for planning, producing, supplying every ticket throughout the tournament, and making his dream a reality.
“Thank you for sending me on this mission! I'm physically and mentally drained but I've loved it,” he said. “64/64 World Cup matches attended and the Argentines took it home. A mix of emotions, many ups and downs but an unreal experience. Thank you all.”
Screengrab from FIFA World Cup's Instagram story
And today, December 20, 2022, FIFA World Cup on its Instagram story congratulated Theo Ogden for completing the challenge, making his record official!
As of this writing, just an hour ago, Ogden captioned his Instagram story with: “Thank you for everything Qatar. One final big up. If you ever want to visit Qatar, I would deffo recommend it.”
Theo Ogden is now an official FIFA World Cup record-holder and an official fan of Qatar!
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