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| Founded | 1930 (1930) |
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| Region | International (FIFA) |
| Number of teams | 32 (finals) 211 (eligible to enter qualification) |
| Related competitions | FIFA Confederations Cup |
| Current champions |  France (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Brazil (5 titles) |
| Website | fifa.com/worldcup/ |
 2018 FIFA World Cup | |
The FIFA World Cup is the most watched tournament in football (soccer). The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) organises the World Cup every four years. More people watch the World Cup finals than any other sporting event in the world—even more people than the Olympic Games.[1] The most successful team has been Brazil.
The finals tournament is held every four years. In the other years there are only qualifiers (qualifying tournaments) in the six FIFA world regions. These games help to decide which teams will move on. Over 160 national teams play in the beginning games. The best teams from the beginning games win a place in the finals. The finals now include 32 teams. Before 1998, only 24 teams were in the finals; starting in 2026, there will be 48 teams in the finals. Many years before each World Cup, FIFA picks the host nation, the country where the finals will be held. Being the host nation means that their team has qualified for the finals tournament automatically and does not need to play any qualifying games. The 32 teams in the finals then play for four weeks, usually between June and July, to decide the champion (tournament winner).
Contents
1 Past World Cup results
2 Wins by team
3 Related pages
4 References
Past World Cup results |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runners-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
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| 1930 Details |  Uruguay |  Uruguay | 4 - 2 |  Argentina |  United States | [note 1] | [[File:flag alias-kingdom|30x27px|border |alt=|link=]] Yugoslavia |
| 1934 Details |  Italy |  Italy | 2 - 1 (a.e.t.) |  Czechoslovakia |  Germany | 3 - 2 |  Austria |
| 1938 Details | France | Italy | 4 - 2 |  Hungary |  Brazil | 4 - 2 |  Sweden |
| 1950 Details |  Brazil | Uruguay | [note 2] | Brazil | Sweden | [note 2] |  Spain |
| 1954 Details |  Switzerland |  West Germany | 3 - 2 |  Hungary | Austria | 3 - 1 | Uruguay |
| 1958 Details |  Sweden | Brazil | 5 - 2 | Sweden |  France | 6 - 3 | West Germany |
| 1962 Details |  Chile |  Brazil | 3 - 1 | Czechoslovakia |  Chile | 1 - 0 |  Yugoslavia |
| 1966 Details |  England |  England | 4 - 2 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |  Portugal | 2 - 1 |  Soviet Union |
| 1970 Details |  Mexico |  Brazil | 4 - 1 |  Italy | West Germany | 1 - 0 | Uruguay |
| 1974 Details |  West Germany | West Germany | 2 - 1 |  Netherlands |  Poland | 1 - 0 | Brazil |
| 1978 Details |  Argentina | Argentina | 3 - 1 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands | Brazil | 2 - 1 | Italy |
| 1982 Details |  Spain | Italy | 3 - 1 | West Germany | Poland | 3 - 2 | France |
| 1986 Details | Mexico | Argentina | 3 - 2 | West Germany | France | 4 - 2 (a.e.t.) |  Belgium |
| 1990 Details |  Italy | West Germany | 1 - 0 | Argentina | Italy | 2 - 1 | England |
| 1994 Details |  United States |  Brazil | 0 - 0 (a.e.t.) (3 - 2 PSO) | Italy | Sweden | 4 - 0 |  Bulgaria |
| 1998 Details | France | France | 3 - 0 | Brazil |  Croatia | 2 - 1 | Netherlands |
| 2002 Details |  South Korea Japan | Brazil | 2 - 0 | Germany |  Turkey | 3 - 2 |  South Korea |
| 2006 Details | Germany | Italy | 1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (5 - 3 PSO) | France | Germany | 3 - 1 | Portugal |
| 2010 Details |  South Africa |  Spain | 1 - 0 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands | Germany | 3 - 2 | Uruguay |
| 2014 Details | Brazil | Germany | 1 - 0 (a.e.t.) | Argentina | Netherlands | 3 - 0 | Brazil |
| 2018 Details |  Russia | France | 4 - 2 | Croatia | Belgium | 2 - 0 | England |
| 2022 Details |  Qatar |
- Notes
↑ There was no Third Place match in 1930, so FIFA decided that the United States finished third because they played better overall in the tournament than Yugoslavia.[2]
↑ 2.02.1 There was no official World Cup final match in 1950,[3] instead the winner was decided in a final group competition with four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden and Spain). Urugauy finished top of the league, so they were the champions. Brazil finished second, Sweden finished third and Spain finished fourth. Because Uruguay's last match was against Brazil, this match is often considered the final of the 1950 World Cup.[4]
Wins by team |
Map of winning countries
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | Top 4 |
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| Brazil | 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) | 2 (1950, 1998) | 2 (1938, 1978) | 2 | 11 |
| Germany | 4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) | 4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) | 4 (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010) | 1 | 13 |
| Italy | 4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) | 2 (1970, 1994) | 1 (1990) | 1 | 8 |
| Argentina | 2 (1978, 1986) | 3 (1930, 1990, 2014) | — | — | 5 |
| France | 2 (1998, 2018) | 1 (2006) | 2 (1958, 1986) | 1 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 2 (1930, 1950) | — | — | 3 | 5 |
| England | 1 (1966) | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Spain | 1 (2010) | — | — | 1 | 2 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 3 (1974, 1978, 2010) | 1 (2014) | 1 | 5 |
 Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 (1934, 1962) | — | — | 2 |
 Hungary | 0 | 2 (1938, 1954) | — | — | 2 |
 Croatia | — | 1 (2018) | 1 (1998) | — | 2 |
| Sweden | — | 1 (1958) | 2 (1950, 1994) | 1 | 4 |
Related pages |
- Ranking of clubs for number of world champion players with national football teams
References |
↑ World’s most watched TV sports events: 2006
↑ 1930 FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2009. Archived 17 January 2010 at WebCite
↑ 1950 FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2009.
↑ FIFA World Cup Finals since 1930 (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2009.
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