Spain national football team participant in 1950 FIFA World Cup
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
Spain’s World Cup records does not compare to their European records. Although often entering tournaments as one of the favorites, Spain had somewhat lackluster tournaments throughout the years and often failed to make any significant impact. Spain’s first World Cup was in 1934, in that tournament Spain started off their campaign by defeating Brazil 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals, where they lost to host Italy in a very controversial match that saw the Italians being favored by the referee. Before Spain success in 2010, their best result came in 1950, where they were able to reach the last four. Spain were paired with host Brazil, Uruguay and Sweden. Spain managed a draw against Uruguay but defeats from Brazil and Sweden meant that Spain would end up in fourth place at that years World Cup.
60 years after finishing up in fourth place, and after so many failed attempts and heartbreaks, in the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa, Spain who were the current European champions and the heavy favorites to win it, finally lived up to the expectations and became World Champions for the very first time. They defeated the Netherlands 1-0 in the final. Thus becoming the eight country to win the World Cup and the very first European team to lift the trophy outside of their continent. 
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