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. 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. 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 
YearsHostsWinnersScoreRunner's-upThird placeScoreFourth place1930  Details Uruguay4 - 21934  Details Italy2 - 13 - 21938  Details France4 - 24 - 21950  Details Brazil 2 - 11954  DetailsSwitzerland3 - 23 - 11958  DetailsSweden5 - 26 - 31962  Details Chile3 - 11 - 01966  Details England4 - 22 - 11970  Details Mexico4 - 11 - 01974  Details West Germany2 - 11 - 01978  Details Argentina3 - 12 - 11982  Details Spain3 - 13 - 21986  Details Mexico3 - 24 - 21990  Details Italy1 - 02 - 11994  Details United States0 - 0a.e.t.(3 - 2)4 - 01998  Details France3 - 02 - 12002  Details South Korea  Japan2 - 03 - 22006  Details Germany1 - 1a.e.t.(5 - 3)3 - 12010  Details South Africa1 - 0a.e.t3 - 22014  Details Brazil1 - 0a.e.t3 - 02018  Details 4 - 22 - 02022  Details 3 - 3a.e.t.(4 - 2)2 - 12026  Details2030  Details2034  Details

 Wins by team 

350px|right|thumb|Map of winning countries
 Team  Titles  Runners-up3rd Place4th PlaceTop of
Players Brazil5 
(1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)2 (1950, 1998)2 (1938, 1978)2 (1974, 2014)11 Germany4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)4 (1966,
1982,

1986, 

2002) 4 (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010)(1) 195813 Italy4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)2 (1970, 1994)(1) 1990(1) 19788 Argentina3 (1978, 1986, 2022)3 (1930, 1990,
2014) 0 05 Uruguay2 (1930, 1950)0 03 (1954, 1970, 2010)5 France2 (1998, 2018)2 (2006, 2022)2 (1958, 1986)(1) 19826 Spain(1) 20100 0(1) 19502 England(1) 19660 02 
(1990, 2018)3 Netherlands03
(1974,
1978,

2010)(1)
2014(1)
19985 Hungary02 (1938, 1954) 0 0201 (2018)2 (1998, 2022)02 Sweden01 (1958)2 (1950, 1994)(1) 19384

Related pages
 Ranking of clubs for number of world champion players with national football teams
 National teams world champions (football)

References


Category:1930 establishments