FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY

FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY

FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY

The first competition for the cup was organized in 1930 by the Federation Internationale de Football (FIFA) and was won by Uruguay. Held every four years since that time except during Word War II, the competition consist of international sectional tournaments leading to a final elimination event made up of 32 national teams. Referees are selected from lists that are submitted by all the national association.

The trophy cup awarded from 1930 to 1970 was the Jules Rimet Trophy, named for the Frenchman who proposed the tournament. This cup was permanently awarded in 1970 to then three-time winner Brazil(1958, 1962, 1970), and  a new trophy called the FIFA Word Cup was put up for competition.

The table below shows the list of Word Cup champions.

     HOST YEAR                                RESULT
  Uruguay 1930     Uruguay   4     Argentina   2
  Italy 1934     Italy   2     Czechoslovakia   1
  France 1938     Italy   4     Hungary   2
  Brazil 1950     Uruguay   2     Brazil   1
  Switzerland 1954     West Germany   3     Hungary   2
  Sweden 1958     Brazil   5     Sweden   2
  Chile 1962     Brazil   3     Czechoslovakia   1
  England 1966     England*   4     West Germany   2
  Mexico 1970     Brazil   4     Italy   1
  West Germany 1974     West Germany   2     Netherlands   1
  Argentina 1978     Argentina*   3     Netherlands   1
  Spain 1982     Italy   3     West Germany   1
  Mexico 1986     Argentina   3     West Germany   2
  Italy 1990     West Germany   1     Argentina   0
  USA 1994     Brazil**   0     Italy   0
  France 1998     France   3     Brazil   0
  Korea/Japan 2002     Brazil   2     Germany   0
  Germany 2006     Italy   1     France   1
  South Africa 2010     Spain*   1     Netherlands   0
  Brazil 2014     Germany*   1     Argentina   0
  Russia 2018     France   4     Croatia   2

 

* Won after extra time (AET)

* Won on penalty kicks

 

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