FIFA World Cup

	Argentina, the current champions
Tournaments
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030; 2034;

FIFA World Cup
Founded	1930; 94 years ago
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	32 (finals); 211 (eligible to enter qualification)
Related competitions	FIFA Confederations Cup
Current champions	Argentina (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (5 titles)
Website	fifa.com/worldcup/
	2022 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.^[source?] Brazil is the most successful country in World Cup history, having won the tournament five times

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 amazing games help to decide which teams will move on. Over 160 national teams play in the qualifying games. The best teams from the qualifying 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.^[1] 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 who the champion (tournament winner) will be.

Results

Years	Hosts	Winners	Score	Runner's-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1930 Details	Uruguay	Uruguay	4 - 2	Argentina	United States	^{[note 1]}	Yugoslavia
1934 Details	Italy	Italy	2 - 1	Czechoslovakia	Germany	3 - 2	Austria
1938 Details	France	Italy	4 - 2	Hungary	Brazil	4 - 2	Sweden
1950 Details	Brazil	Uruguay	2 - 1	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	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	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	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)	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)	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	Argentina	3 - 3 a.e.t. (4 - 2)	France	Croatia	2 - 1	Morocco
2026 Details	Canada Mexico United States

↑ 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]
↑ "1950 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

Wins by team

Team	Titles	Runners-up	3rd Place	4th Place	Top of Players
Brazil	5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)	2 (1950, 1998)	2 (1938, 1978)	2 (1974, 2014)	11
Germany	4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)	4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)	4 (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010)	(1) 1958	13
Italy	4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)	2 (1970, 1994)	(1) 1990	(1) 1978	8
Argentina	3 (1978, 1986, 2022)	3 (1930, 1990, 2014)	0	0	5
Uruguay	2 (1930, 1950)	0	0	3 (1954, 1970, 2010)	5
France	2 (1998, 2018)	2 (2006, 2022)	2 (1958, 1986)	(1) 1982	6
Spain	(1) 2010	0	0	(1) 1950	2
England	(1) 1966	0	0	2 (1990, 2018)	3
Netherlands	0	3 (1974, 1978, 2010)	(1) 2014	(1) 1998	5
Hungary	0	2 (1938, 1954)	0	0	2
Croatia	0	1 (2018)	2 (1998, 2022)	0	2
Sweden	0	1 (1958)	2 (1950, 1994)	(1) 1938	4

Related pages

References

↑ "World Cup to expand to 48 teams in 2026". NBC Sports Chicago. January 10, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
↑ 1930 FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2009. Archived 2017-11-19 at the Wayback Machine

[3] 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]

[wc1950-4] "1950 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

[1] "World Cup to expand to 48 teams in 2026". NBC Sports Chicago. January 10, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

[2] 1930 FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2009. Archived 2017-11-19 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e FIFA World Cup
Tournaments	Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea/Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 Canada/Mexico/United States 2026 Morocco /Portugal/Spain 2030¹ Saudi Arabia 2034
Finals	1930 1934 1938 1950² 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Broadcasters	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other Matches	1938 Battle of Bordeaux Brazil v Poland 1950 United States v England 1954 Austria VS Switzerland Battle of Berne 1958 Disaster of Sweden 1962 Battle of Santiago 1970 Italy VS West Germany (The Game Of The Century) 1974 East Germany v West Germany 1978 Argentina v Peru Austria v West Germany 1982 Disgrace of Gijón Hungary v El Salvador Italy v Brazil West Germany v France 1986 Argentina v England 1998 United States v Iran 2006 Battle of Nuremberg 2014 Brazil v Germany 2022 Battle of Lusail
Templates	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
¹ Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the opening games ² The final round was a group stage. This match decided who won the World Cup

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