This is a list of all teams, players and coaches who have won the FIFA World Cup tournament since its inception in 1930.
The 21 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different nations. Brazil has won the most titles, five. The current champion is France, who won the title in 2018.
Titles | Team | Year(s) |
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5 | Brazil | 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 |
4 | Italy | 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006 |
4 | Germany[n 1] | 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014 |
2 | Uruguay | 1930, 1950 |
2 | Argentina | 1978, 1986 |
2 | France | 1998, 2018 |
1 | England | 1966 |
1 | Spain | 2010 |
Participating teams have to register squads for the World Cup, which consisted of 22 players until 1998 and of 23 players from 2002 onwards.
Since 1978, winners' medals are given to all members of the winning squads. Prior to that, only players who were on the pitch during the final matches received medals. FIFA decided in 2007 to retroactively award winners' medals to all members of the winning squads between 1930 and 1974.[citation needed]
Year | Team | Squad[n 2] | Coach | Ref |
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1930 | Uruguay (detailed squad) | MFJ. Andrade • FWP. Anselmo • GKE. Ballestrero • FWJ. Calvo • GKM. Capuccini • FWH. Castro • FWP. Cea • FWP. Dorado • DFL. Fernández • MFÁ. Gestido • FWS. Iriarte • DFE. Mascheroni • MFÁ. Melogno • DFJ. Nasazzi • FWP. Petrone • MFC. Píriz • DFE. Recoba • MFC. Riolfo • FWZ. Saldombide • FWH. Scarone • DFD. Tejera • FWS. Urdinarán | A. Suppici | [fs 1] |
1934 | Italy (detailed squad) | DFL. Allemandi • FWP. Arcari • MFL. Bertolini • FWF. Borel • DFU. Caligaris • MFA. Castellazzi • GKG. Cavanna • GKG. Combi • FWA. Demaría • FWG. Ferrari • MFA. Ferraris • FWE. Guaita • FWA. Guarisi • GKG. Masetti • FWG. Meazza • MFL. Monti • DFE. Monzeglio • FWR. Orsi • MFM. Pizziolo • DFV. Rosetta • FWA. Schiavio • MFM. Varglien | V. Pozzo | [fs 2] |
1938 | Italy (detailed squad) | MFM. Andreolo • FWS. Bertoni • FWA. Biavati • GKC. Ceresoli • MFB. Chizzo • FWG. Colaussi • MFA. Donati • FWG. Ferrari • FWP. Ferraris • DFA. Foni • MFM. Genta • MFU. Locatelli • GKG. Masetti • FWG. Meazza • DFE. Monzeglio • GKA. Olivieri • MFR. Olmi • FWP. Pasinati • MFM. Perazzolo • FWS. Piola • DFP. Rava • MFP. Serantoni | V. Pozzo | [fs 3] |
1950 | Uruguay (detailed squad) | FWJ. Britos • FWJ. Burgueño • DFS. Gambetta • FWA. Ghiggia • DFJ. González • DFM. González • DFW. Martínez • GKR. Máspoli • FWÓ. Míguez • FWR. Morán • MFW. Ortuño • GKA. Paz • FWJ. Pérez • MFR. Pini • FWL. Rijo • MFV. Rodríguez Andrade • FWC. Romero • FWJ. Schiaffino • DFE. Tejera • MFO. Varela • FWE. Vidal • DFH. Vilches | J. López | [fs 4] |
1954 | West Germany (detailed squad) | 1T. Turek • 2F. Laband • 3W. Kohlmeyer • 4H. Bauer • 5H. Erhardt • 6H. Eckel • 7J. Posipal • 8K. Mai • 9P. Mebus • 10W. Liebrich • 11K.-H. Metzner • 12H. Rahn • 13M. Morlock • 14B. Klodt • 15O. Walter • 16F. Walter • 17R. Herrmann • 18U. Biesinger • 19A. Pfaff • 20H. Schäfer • 21H. Kubsch • 22H. Kwiatkowski | S. Herberger | [fs 5] |
1958 | Brazil (detailed squad) | 1Castilho • 2Bellini • 3Gilmar • 4Djalma Santos • 5Dino Sani • 6Didi • 7M. Zagallo • 8Oreco • 9Zózimo • 10Pelé • 11Garrincha • 12Nílton Santos • 13Moacir • 14De Sordi • 15Orlando • 16Mauro • 17Joel • 18J. Altafini • 19Zito • 20Vavá • 21Dida • 22Pepe | V. Feola | [fs 6] |
1962 | Brazil (detailed squad) | 1Gilmar • 2Djalma Santos • 3Mauro • 4Zito • 5Zózimo • 6Nílton Santos • 7Garrincha • 8Didi • 9Coutinho • 10Pelé • 11Pepe • 12Jair Marinho • 13Bellini • 14Jurandir • 15Altair • 16Zequinha • 17Mengálvio • 18Jair • 19Vavá • 20Amarildo • 21M. Zagallo • 22Castilho | A. Moreira | [fs 7] |
1966 | England (detailed squad) | 1G. Banks • 2G. Cohen • 3R. Wilson • 4N. Stiles • 5J. Charlton • 6B. Moore • 7A. Ball • 8J. Greaves • 9B. Charlton • 10G. Hurst • 11J. Connelly • 12R. Springett • 13P. Bonetti • 14J. Armfield • 15G. Byrne • 16M. Peters • 17R. Flowers • 18N. Hunter • 19T. Paine • 20I. Callaghan • 21R. Hunt • 22G. Eastham | A. Ramsey | [fs 8] |
1970 | Brazil (detailed squad) | 1Félix • 2Brito • 3Piazza • 4Carlos Alberto • 5Clodoaldo • 6Marco Antônio • 7Jairzinho • 8Gérson • 9Tostão • 10Pelé • 11Rivellino • 12Ado • 13Roberto • 14Baldocchi • 15Fontana • 16Everaldo • 17Joel • 18Paulo Cézar Caju • 19Edu • 20Dario • 21Zé Maria • 22Leão | M. Zagallo | [fs 9] |
1974 | West Germany (detailed squad) | 1S. Maier • 2B. Vogts • 3P. Breitner • 4H.-G. Schwarzenbeck • 5F. Beckenbauer • 6H.-D. Höttges • 7H. Wimmer • 8B. Cullmann • 9J. Grabowski • 10G. Netzer • 11J. Heynckes • 12W. Overath • 13G. Müller • 14U. Hoeneß • 15H. Flohe • 16R. Bonhof • 17B. Hölzenbein • 18D. Herzog • 19J. Kapellmann • 20H. Kremers • 21N. Nigbur • 22W. Kleff | H. Schön | [fs 10] |
1978 | Argentina (detailed squad) | 1N. Alonso • 2O. Ardiles • 3H. Baley • 4D. Bertoni • 5U. Fillol • 6A. Gallego • 7L. Galván • 8R. Galván • 9R. Houseman • 10M. Kempes • 11D. Killer • 12O. Larrosa • 13R. La Volpe • 14L. Luque • 15J. Olguín • 16O. Ortiz • 17M. Oviedo • 18R. Pagnanini • 19D. Passarella • 20A. Tarantini • 21J. Valencia • 22R. Villa | C. Menotti | [fs 11] |
1982 | Italy (detailed squad) | 1D. Zoff • 2F. Baresi • 3G. Bergomi • 4A. Cabrini • 5F. Collovati • 6C. Gentile • 7G. Scirea • 8P. Vierchowod • 9G. Antognoni • 10G. Dossena • 11G. Marini • 12I. Bordon • 13G. Oriali • 14M. Tardelli • 15F. Causio • 16B. Conti • 17D. Massaro • 18A. Altobelli • 19F. Graziani • 20P. Rossi • 21F. Selvaggi • 22G. Galli | E. Bearzot | [fs 12] |
1986 | Argentina (detailed squad) | 1S. Almirón • 2S. Batista • 3R. Bochini • 4C. Borghi • 5J. Brown • 6D. Passarella • 7J. Burruchaga • 8N. Clausen • 9J. Cuciuffo • 10D. Maradona • 11J. Valdano • 12H. Enrique • 13O. Garré • 14R. Giusti • 15L. Islas • 16J. Olarticoechea • 17P. Pasculli • 18N. Pumpido • 19O. Ruggeri • 20C. Tapia • 21M. Trobbiani • 22H. Zelada | C. Bilardo | [fs 13] |
1990 | West Germany (detailed squad) | 1B. Illgner • 2S. Reuter • 3A. Brehme • 4J. Kohler • 5K. Augenthaler • 6G. Buchwald • 7P. Littbarski • 8T. Häßler • 9R. Völler • 10L. Matthäus • 11F. Mill • 12R. Aumann • 13K.-H. Riedle • 14T. Berthold • 15U. Bein • 16P. Steiner • 17A. Möller • 18J. Klinsmann • 19H. Pflügler • 20O. Thon • 21G. Hermann • 22A. Köpke | F. Beckenbauer | [fs 14] |
1994 | Brazil (detailed squad) | 1Taffarel • 2Jorginho • 3Ricardo Rocha • 4Ronaldão • 5Mauro Silva • 6Branco • 7Bebeto • 8Dunga • 9Zinho • 10Raí • 11Romário • 12Zetti • 13Aldair • 14Cafu • 15Márcio Santos • 16Leonardo • 17Mazinho • 18Paulo Sérgio • 19Müller • 20Ronaldo • 21Viola • 22Gilmar | C. Parreira | [fs 15] |
1998 | France (detailed squad) | 1B. Lama • 2V. Candela • 3B. Lizarazu • 4P. Vieira • 5L. Blanc • 6Y. Djorkaeff • 7D. Deschamps • 8M. Desailly • 9S. Guivarc'h • 10Z. Zidane • 11R. Pires • 12T. Henry • 13B. Diomède • 14A. Boghossian • 15L. Thuram • 16F. Barthez • 17E. Petit • 18F. Leboeuf • 19C. Karembeu • 20D. Trezeguet • 21C. Dugarry • 22L. Charbonnier | A. Jacquet | [fs 16] |
2002 | Brazil (detailed squad) | 1Marcos • 2Cafu • 3Lúcio • 4Roque Júnior • 5Edmílson • 6Roberto Carlos • 7Ricardinho • 8Gilberto Silva • 9Ronaldo • 10Rivaldo • 11Ronaldinho • 12Dida • 13Belletti • 14Ânderson Polga • 15Kléberson • 16Júnior • 17Denílson • 18Vampeta • 19Juninho Paulista • 20Edílson • 21Luizão • 22Rogério Ceni • 23Kaká | L. Scolari | [fs 17] |
2006 | Italy (detailed squad) | 1G. Buffon • 2C. Zaccardo • 3F. Grosso • 4D. De Rossi • 5F. Cannavaro • 6A. Barzagli • 7A. Del Piero • 8G. Gattuso • 9L. Toni • 10F. Totti • 11A. Gilardino • 12A. Peruzzi • 13A. Nesta • 14M. Amelia • 15V. Iaquinta • 16M. Camoranesi • 17S. Barone • 18F. Inzaghi • 19G. Zambrotta • 20S. Perrotta • 21A. Pirlo • 22M. Oddo • 23M. Materazzi | M. Lippi | [fs 18] |
2010 | Spain (detailed squad) | 1I. Casillas • 2R. Albiol • 3G. Piqué • 4C. Marchena • 5C. Puyol • 6A. Iniesta • 7D. Villa • 8Xavi • 9F. Torres • 10C. Fàbregas • 11J. Capdevila • 12V. Valdés • 13J. Mata • 14X. Alonso • 15S. Ramos • 16S. Busquets • 17Á. Arbeloa • 18Pedro • 19F. Llorente • 20J. Martínez • 21D. Silva • 22J. Navas • 23P. Reina | V. del Bosque | [fs 19] |
2014 | Germany (detailed squad) | 1M. Neuer • 2K. Großkreutz • 3M. Ginter • 4B. Höwedes • 5M. Hummels • 6S. Khedira • 7B. Schweinsteiger • 8M. Özil • 9A. Schürrle • 10L. Podolski • 11M. Klose • 12R.-R. Zieler • 13T. Müller • 14J. Draxler • 15E. Durm • 16P. Lahm • 17P. Mertesacker • 18T. Kroos • 19M. Götze • 20J. Boateng • 21S. Mustafi • 22R. Weidenfeller • 23C. Kramer | J. Löw | [fs 20] |
2018 | France (detailed squad) | 1H. Lloris • 2B. Pavard • 3P. Kimpembe • 4R. Varane • 5S. Umtiti • 6P. Pogba • 7A. Griezmann • 8T. Lemar • 9O. Giroud • 10K. Mbappé • 11O. Dembélé • 12C. Tolisso • 13N. Kanté • 14B. Matuidi • 15S. Nzonzi • 16S. Mandanda • 17A. Rami • 18N. Fekir • 19D. Sidibé • 20F. Thauvin • 21L. Hernandez • 22B. Mendy • 23A. Areola | D. Deschamps | [fs 21] |
A total of 445 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice.
T | Player | Team | Year(s) won[n 3] | Other appearances | Profile | |
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As player[n 4] | As coach[n 5] | |||||
3 | Pelé | Brazil | 1958, 1962, 1970 | 1966 | [fp 1] | |
2 | Hilderaldo Bellini | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1966 | [fp 2] | |
2 | Cafu | Brazil | 1994, 2002 | 1998, 2006 | [fp 3] | |
2 | Castilho | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1950, 1954 | [fp 4] | |
2 | Didi | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1954 | 1970 PER | [fp 5] |
2 | Djalma Santos | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1954, 1966 | [fp 6] | |
2 | Giovanni Ferrari | Italy | 1934, 1938 | 1962 ITA | [fp 7] | |
2 | Garrincha | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1966 | [fp 8] | |
2 | Gilmar | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1966 | [fp 9] | |
2 | Guido Masetti | Italy | 1934, 1938 | [fp 10] | ||
2 | Mauro | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1954 | [fp 11] | |
2 | Giuseppe Meazza | Italy | 1934, 1938 | [fp 12] | ||
2 | Eraldo Monzeglio | Italy | 1934, 1938 | [fp 13] | ||
2 | Nílton Santos | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1950, 1954 | [fp 14] | |
2 | Daniel Passarella | Argentina | 1978, 1986 | 1982 | 1998 ARG | [fp 15] |
2 | Pepe | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | [fp 16] | ||
2 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 1994, 2002 | 1998, 2006 | [fp 17] | |
2 | Vavá | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | [fp 18] | ||
2 | Mário Zagallo | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1970 BRA, 1974 BRA, 1998 BRA | [fp 19] | |
2 | Zito | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | 1966 | [fp 20] | |
2 | Zózimo | Brazil | 1958, 1962 | [fp 21] | ||
Ado | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 22] | |||
Raúl Albiol | Spain | 2010 | 2014 | [fp 23] | ||
Aldair | Brazil | 1994 | 1990, 1998 | [fp 24] | ||
Luigi Allemandi | Italy | 1934 | [fp 25] | |||
Sergio Almirón | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 26] | |||
Norberto Alonso | Argentina | 1978 | [fp 27] | |||
Xabi Alonso | Spain | 2010 | 2006, 2014 | [fp 28] | ||
José Altafini | Brazil | 1958 | 1962 ITA[n 6] | [fp 29] | ||
Altair | Brazil | 1962 | 1966 | [fp 30] | ||
Alessandro Altobelli | Italy | 1982 | 1986 | [fp 31] | ||
Amarildo | Brazil | 1962 | [fp 32] | |||
Marco Amelia | Italy | 2006 | [fp 33] | |||
Ânderson Polga | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 34] | |||
José Andrade | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 35] | |||
Michele Andreolo | Italy | 1938 | [fp 36] | |||
Peregrino Anselmo | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 37] | |||
Giancarlo Antognoni | Italy | 1982 | 1978 | [fp 38] | ||
Álvaro Arbeloa | Spain | 2010 | [fp 39] | |||
Pietro Arcari | Italy | 1934 | [fp 40] | |||
Osvaldo Ardiles | Argentina | 1978 | 1982 | [fp 41] | ||
Alphonse Areola | France | 2018 | [fp 42] | |||
Jimmy Armfield | England | 1966 | 1962 | [fp 43] | ||
Klaus Augenthaler | West Germany | 1990 | 1986 | [fp 44] | ||
Raimond Aumann | West Germany | 1990 | [fp 45] | |||
Baldocchi | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 46] | |||
Héctor Baley | Argentina | 1978 | 1982 | [fp 47] | ||
Alan Ball | England | 1966 | 1970 | [fp 48] | ||
Enrique Ballestrero | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 49] | |||
Gordon Banks | England | 1966 | 1970[n 7] | [fp 50] | ||
Franco Baresi | Italy | 1982 | 1990, 1994 | [fp 51] | ||
Simone Barone | Italy | 2006 | [fp 52] | |||
Fabien Barthez | France | 1998 | 2002, 2006 | [fp 53] | ||
Andrea Barzagli | Italy | 2006 | 2014 | [fp 54] | ||
Sergio Batista | Argentina | 1986 | 1990 | [fp 55] | ||
Hans Bauer | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 56] | |||
Bebeto | Brazil | 1994 | 1990, 1998 | [fp 57] | ||
Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | 1974 | 1966, 1970 | 1986 FRG, 1990 FRG | [fp 58] | |
Uwe Bein | West Germany | 1990 | [fp 59] | |||
Juliano Belletti | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 60] | |||
Giuseppe Bergomi | Italy | 1982 | 1986, 1990, 1998 | [fp 61] | ||
Thomas Berthold | West Germany | 1990 | 1986, 1994 | [fp 62] | ||
Luigi Bertolini | Italy | 1934 | [fp 63] | |||
Daniel Bertoni | Argentina | 1978 | 1982 | [fp 64] | ||
Sergio Bertoni | Italy | 1938 | [fp 65] | |||
Amedeo Biavati | Italy | 1938 | [fp 66] | |||
Ulrich Biesinger | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 67] | |||
Laurent Blanc | France | 1998 | [fp 68] | |||
Jérôme Boateng | Germany | 2014 | 2010, 2018 | [fp 69] | ||
Ricardo Bochini | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 70] | |||
Alain Boghossian | France | 1998 | 2002 | [fp 71] | ||
Peter Bonetti | England | 1966 | 1970 | [fp 72] | ||
Rainer Bonhof | West Germany | 1974 | 1978 | [fp 73] | ||
Ivano Bordon | Italy | 1982 | 1978 | [fp 74] | ||
Felice Borel | Italy | 1934 | [fp 75] | |||
Claudio Borghi | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 76] | |||
Branco | Brazil | 1994 | 1986, 1990 | [fp 77] | ||
Andreas Brehme | West Germany | 1990 | 1986, 1994 | [fp 78] | ||
Paul Breitner | West Germany | 1974 | 1982 | [fp 79] | ||
Brito | Brazil | 1970 | 1966 | [fp 80] | ||
Julio César Britos | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 81] | |||
José Luis Brown | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 82] | |||
Guido Buchwald | West Germany | 1990 | 1994 | [fp 83] | ||
Gianluigi Buffon | Italy | 2006 | 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014 | [fp 84] | ||
Juan Burgueño | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 85] | |||
Jorge Burruchaga | Argentina | 1986 | 1990 | [fp 86] | ||
Sergio Busquets | Spain | 2010 | 2014, 2018 | [fp 87] | ||
Gerry Byrne | England | 1966 | [fp 88] | |||
Antonio Cabrini | Italy | 1982 | 1978, 1986 | [fp 89] | ||
Umberto Caligaris | Italy | 1934 | [fp 90] | |||
Ian Callaghan | England | 1966 | [fp 91] | |||
Juan Carlos Calvo | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 92] | |||
Mauro Camoranesi | Italy | 2006 | 2010 | [fp 93] | ||
Vincent Candela | France | 1998 | 2002 | [fp 94] | ||
Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | 2006 | 1998, 2002, 2010 | [fp 95] | ||
Joan Capdevila | Spain | 2010 | [fp 96] | |||
Miguel Capuccini | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 97] | |||
Carlos Alberto | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 98] | |||
Iker Casillas | Spain | 2010 | 2002, 2006, 2014 | [fp 99] | ||
Armando Castellazzi | Italy | 1934 | [fp 100] | |||
Héctor Castro | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 101] | |||
Franco Causio | Italy | 1982 | 1974, 1978 | [fp 102] | ||
Giuseppe Cavanna | Italy | 1934 | [fp 103] | |||
Pedro Cea | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 104] | |||
Carlo Ceresoli | Italy | 1938 | [fp 105] | |||
Lionel Charbonnier | France | 1998 | [fp 106] | |||
Bobby Charlton | England | 1966 | 1958, 1962, 1970 | [fp 107] | ||
Jack Charlton | England | 1966 | 1970 | 1990 IRL, 1994 IRL | [fp 108] | |
Bruno Chizzo | Italy | 1938 | [fp 109] | |||
Néstor Clausen | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 110] | |||
Clodoaldo | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 111] | |||
George Cohen | England | 1966 | [fp 112] | |||
Gino Colaussi | Italy | 1938 | [fp 113] | |||
Fulvio Collovati | Italy | 1982 | 1986 | [fp 114] | ||
Gianpiero Combi | Italy | 1934 | [fp 115] | |||
John Connelly | England | 1966 | 1962 | [fp 116] | ||
Bruno Conti | Italy | 1982 | 1986 | [fp 117] | ||
Coutinho | Brazil | 1962 | [fp 118] | |||
José Luis Cuciuffo | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 119] | |||
Bernhard Cullmann | West Germany | 1974 | 1978 | [fp 120] | ||
Dario | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 121] | |||
Daniele De Rossi | Italy | 2006 | 2010, 2014 | [fp 122] | ||
De Sordi | Brazil | 1958 | [fp 123] | |||
Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 2006 | 1998, 2002 | [fp 124] | ||
Attilio Demaría | Italy | 1934 | 1930 ARG[n 6] | [fp 125] | ||
Ousmane Dembélé | France | 2018 | [fp 126] | |||
Denílson | Brazil | 2002 | 1998 | [fp 127] | ||
Marcel Desailly | France | 1998 | 2002 | [fp 128] | ||
Didier Deschamps | France | 1998 | 2014 FRA, 2018 FRA | [fp 129] | ||
Dida | Brazil | 1958 | [fp 130] | |||
Dida | Brazil | 2002 | 1998, 2006 | [fp 131] | ||
Dino Sani | Brazil | 1958 | [fp 132] | |||
Bernard Diomède | France | 1998 | [fp 133] | |||
Youri Djorkaeff | France | 1998 | 2002 | [fp 134] | ||
Aldo Donati | Italy | 1938 | [fp 135] | |||
Pablo Dorado | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 136] | |||
Giuseppe Dossena | Italy | 1982 | [fp 137] | |||
Julian Draxler | Germany | 2014 | 2018 | [fp 138] | ||
Christophe Dugarry | France | 1998 | 2002 | [fp 139] | ||
Dunga | Brazil | 1994 | 1990, 1998 | 2010 BRA | [fp 140] | |
Erik Durm | Germany | 2014 | [fp 141] | |||
George Eastham | England | 1966 | 1962 | [fp 142] | ||
Horst Eckel | West Germany | 1954 | 1958 | [fp 143] | ||
Edílson | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 144] | |||
Edmílson | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 145] | |||
Edu | Brazil | 1970 | 1966, 1974 | [fp 146] | ||
Héctor Enrique | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 147] | |||
Herbert Erhardt | West Germany | 1954 | 1958, 1962 | [fp 148] | ||
Everaldo | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 149] | |||
Cesc Fàbregas | Spain | 2010 | 2006, 2014 | [fp 150] | ||
Nabil Fekir | France | 2018 | [fp 151] | |||
Félix | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 152] | |||
Lorenzo Fernández | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 153] | |||
Attilio Ferraris | Italy | 1934 | [fp 154] | |||
Pietro Ferraris | Italy | 1938 | [fp 155] | |||
Ubaldo Fillol | Argentina | 1978 | 1974, 1982 | [fp 156] | ||
Heinz Flohe | West Germany | 1974 | 1978 | [fp 157] | ||
Ron Flowers | England | 1966 | 1962 | [fp 158] | ||
Alfredo Foni | Italy | 1938 | 1966 SUI | [fp 159] | ||
Fontana | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 160] | |||
Américo Gallego | Argentina | 1978 | 1982 | [fp 161] | ||
Giovanni Galli | Italy | 1982 | 1986 | [fp 162] | ||
Luis Galván | Argentina | 1978 | 1982 | [fp 163] | ||
Rubén Galván | Argentina | 1978 | [fp 164] | |||
Schubert Gambetta | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 165] | |||
Oscar Garré | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 166] | |||
Gennaro Gattuso | Italy | 2006 | 2002, 2010 | [fp 167] | ||
Mario Genta | Italy | 1938 | [fp 168] | |||
Claudio Gentile | Italy | 1982 | 1978 | [fp 169] | ||
Gérson | Brazil | 1970 | 1966 | [fp 170] | ||
Álvaro Gestido | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 171] | |||
Alcides Ghiggia | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 172] | |||
Alberto Gilardino | Italy | 2006 | 2010 | [fp 173] | ||
Gilberto Silva | Brazil | 2002 | 2006, 2010 | [fp 174] | ||
Gilmar Rinaldi | Brazil | 1994 | [fp 175] | |||
Matthias Ginter | Germany | 2014 | 2018 | [fp 176] | ||
Olivier Giroud | France | 2018 | 2014 | [fp 177] | ||
Ricardo Giusti | Argentina | 1986 | 1990 | [fp 178] | ||
Juan Carlos González | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 179] | |||
Matías González | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 180] | |||
Mario Götze | Germany | 2014 | [fp 181] | |||
Jürgen Grabowski | West Germany | 1974 | 1966, 1970 | [fp 182] | ||
Francesco Graziani | Italy | 1982 | 1978 | [fp 183] | ||
Jimmy Greaves | England | 1966 | 1962 | [fp 184] | ||
Antoine Griezmann | France | 2018 | 2014 | [fp 185] | ||
Kevin Großkreutz | Germany | 2014 | [fp 186] | |||
Fabio Grosso | Italy | 2006 | [fp 187] | |||
Enrique Guaita | Italy | 1934 | [fp 188] | |||
Anfilogino Guarisi | Italy | 1934 | [fp 189] | |||
Stéphane Guivarc'h | France | 1998 | [fp 190] | |||
Thomas Häßler | West Germany | 1990 | 1994, 1998 | [fp 191] | ||
Thierry Henry | France | 1998 | 2002, 2006, 2010 | [fp 192] | ||
Günter Hermann | West Germany | 1990 | [fp 193] | |||
Lucas Hernandez | France | 2018 | [fp 194] | |||
Richard Herrmann | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 195] | |||
Dieter Herzog | West Germany | 1974 | [fp 196] | |||
Jupp Heynckes | West Germany | 1974 | [fp 197] | |||
Uli Hoeneß | West Germany | 1974 | [fp 198] | |||
Bernd Hölzenbein | West Germany | 1974 | 1978 | [fp 199] | ||
Horst-Dieter Höttges | West Germany | 1974 | 1966, 1970 | [fp 200] | ||
René Houseman | Argentina | 1978 | 1974 | [fp 201] | ||
Benedikt Höwedes | Germany | 2014 | [fp 202] | |||
Mats Hummels | Germany | 2014 | 2018 | [fp 203] | ||
Roger Hunt | England | 1966 | 1962 | [fp 204] | ||
Norman Hunter | England | 1966 | 1970 | [fp 205] | ||
Geoff Hurst | England | 1966 | 1970 | [fp 206] | ||
Vincenzo Iaquinta | Italy | 2006 | 2010 | [fp 207] | ||
Bodo Illgner | West Germany | 1990 | 1994 | [fp 208] | ||
Andrés Iniesta | Spain | 2010 | 2006, 2014, 2018 | [fp 209] | ||
Filippo Inzaghi | Italy | 2006 | 1998, 2002 | [fp 210] | ||
Santos Iriarte | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 211] | |||
Luis Islas | Argentina | 1986 | 1994 | [fp 212] | ||
Jair | Brazil | 1962 | [fp 213] | |||
Jair Marinho | Brazil | 1962 | [fp 214] | |||
Jairzinho | Brazil | 1970 | 1966, 1974 | [fp 215] | ||
Joel | Brazil | 1958 | [fp 216] | |||
Joel Camargo | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 217] | |||
Jorginho | Brazil | 1994 | 1990 | [fp 218] | ||
Juninho Paulista | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 219] | |||
Júnior | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 220] | |||
Jurandir | Brazil | 1962 | [fp 221] | |||
Kaká | Brazil | 2002 | 2006, 2010 | [fp 222] | ||
N'Golo Kanté | France | 2018 | [fp 223] | |||
Jupp Kapellmann | West Germany | 1974 | [fp 224] | |||
Christian Karembeu | France | 1998 | [fp 225] | |||
Mario Kempes | Argentina | 1978 | 1974, 1982 | [fp 226] | ||
Sami Khedira | Germany | 2014 | 2010, 2018 | [fp 227] | ||
Daniel Killer | Argentina | 1978 | [fp 228] | |||
Presnel Kimpembe | France | 2018 | [fp 229] | |||
Kléberson | Brazil | 2002 | 2010 | [fp 230] | ||
Wolfgang Kleff | West Germany | 1974 | [fp 231] | |||
Jürgen Klinsmann | West Germany | 1990 | 1994, 1998 | 2006 GER, 2014 USA | [fp 232] | |
Bernhard Klodt | West Germany | 1954 | 1958 | [fp 233] | ||
Miroslav Klose | Germany | 2014 | 2002, 2006, 2010 | [fp 234] | ||
Jürgen Kohler | West Germany | 1990 | 1994, 1998 | [fp 235] | ||
Werner Kohlmeyer | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 236] | |||
Andreas Köpke | West Germany | 1990 | 1994, 1998 | [fp 237] | ||
Christoph Kramer | Germany | 2014 | [fp 238] | |||
Helmut Kremers | West Germany | 1974 | [fp 239] | |||
Toni Kroos | Germany | 2014 | 2010, 2018 | [fp 240] | ||
Heinz Kubsch | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 241] | |||
Heinz Kwiatkowski | West Germany | 1954 | 1958 | [fp 242] | ||
Ricardo La Volpe | Argentina | 1978 | 2006 MEX | [fp 243] | ||
Fritz Laband | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 244] | |||
Philipp Lahm | Germany | 2014 | 2006, 2010 | [fp 245] | ||
Bernard Lama | France | 1998 | [fp 246] | |||
Omar Larrosa | Argentina | 1978 | [fp 247] | |||
Leão | Brazil | 1970 | 1974, 1978, 1986 | [fp 248] | ||
Frank Leboeuf | France | 1998 | 2002 | [fp 249] | ||
Thomas Lemar | France | 2018 | [fp 250] | |||
Leonardo | Brazil | 1994 | 1998 | [fp 251] | ||
Werner Liebrich | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 252] | |||
Pierre Littbarski | West Germany | 1990 | 1982, 1986 | [fp 253] | ||
Bixente Lizarazu | France | 1998 | 2002 | [fp 254] | ||
Fernando Llorente | Spain | 2010 | [fp 255] | |||
Hugo Lloris | France | 2018 | 2010, 2014 | [fp 256] | ||
Ugo Locatelli | Italy | 1938 | [fp 257] | |||
Lúcio | Brazil | 2002 | 2006, 2010 | [fp 258] | ||
Luizão | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 259] | |||
Leopoldo Luque | Argentina | 1978 | [fp 260] | |||
Karl Mai | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 261] | |||
Sepp Maier | West Germany | 1974 | 1966, 1970, 1978 | [fp 262] | ||
Steve Mandanda | France | 2018 | 2010 | [fp 263] | ||
Diego Maradona | Argentina | 1986 | 1982, 1990, 1994 | 2010 ARG | [fp 264] | |
Carlos Marchena | Spain | 2010 | 2006 | [fp 265] | ||
Márcio Santos | Brazil | 1994 | [fp 266] | |||
Marco Antônio | Brazil | 1970 | 1974 | [fp 267] | ||
Marcos | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 268] | |||
Gianpiero Marini | Italy | 1982 | [fp 269] | |||
Javi Martínez | Spain | 2010 | 2014 | [fp 270] | ||
William Martínez | Uruguay | 1950 | 1954, 1962 | [fp 271] | ||
Ernesto Mascheroni | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 272] | |||
Roque Máspoli | Uruguay | 1950 | 1954 | [fp 273] | ||
Daniele Massaro | Italy | 1982 | 1994 | [fp 274] | ||
Juan Mata | Spain | 2010 | 2014 | [fp 275] | ||
Marco Materazzi | Italy | 2006 | 2002 | [fp 276] | ||
Lothar Matthäus | West Germany | 1990 | 1982, 1986, 1994, 1998 | [fp 277] | ||
Blaise Matuidi | France | 2018 | 2014 | [fp 278] | ||
Mauro Silva | Brazil | 1994 | [fp 279] | |||
Mazinho | Brazil | 1994 | 1990 | [fp 280] | ||
Kylian Mbappé | France | 2018 | [fp 281] | |||
Paul Mebus | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 282] | |||
Ángel Melogno | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 283] | |||
Benjamin Mendy | France | 2018 | [fp 284] | |||
Mengálvio | Brazil | 1962 | [fp 285] | |||
Per Mertesacker | Germany | 2014 | 2006, 2010 | [fp 286] | ||
Karl-Heinz Metzner | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 287] | |||
Óscar Míguez | Uruguay | 1950 | 1954 | [fp 288] | ||
Frank Mill | West Germany | 1990 | [fp 289] | |||
Moacir | Brazil | 1958 | [fp 290] | |||
Andreas Möller | West Germany | 1990 | 1994, 1998 | [fp 291] | ||
Luis Monti | Italy | 1934 | 1930 ARG[n 6] | [fp 292] | ||
Bobby Moore | England | 1966 | 1962, 1970 | [fp 293] | ||
Rubén Morán | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 294] | |||
Max Morlock | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 295] | |||
Müller | Brazil | 1994 | 1986, 1990 | [fp 296] | ||
Gerd Müller | West Germany | 1974 | 1970 | [fp 297] | ||
Thomas Müller | Germany | 2014 | 2010, 2018 | [fp 298] | ||
Shkodran Mustafi | Germany | 2014 | [fp 299] | |||
José Nasazzi | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 300] | |||
Jesús Navas | Spain | 2010 | [fp 301] | |||
Alessandro Nesta | Italy | 2006 | 1998, 2002 | [fp 302] | ||
Günter Netzer | West Germany | 1974 | [fp 303] | |||
Manuel Neuer | Germany | 2014 | 2010, 2018 | [fp 304] | ||
Norbert Nigbur | West Germany | 1974 | [fp 305] | |||
Steven Nzonzi | France | 2018 | [fp 306] | |||
Massimo Oddo | Italy | 2006 | [fp 307] | |||
Julio Olarticoechea | Argentina | 1986 | 1982, 1990 | [fp 308] | ||
Jorge Olguín | Argentina | 1978 | 1982 | [fp 309] | ||
Aldo Olivieri | Italy | 1938 | [fp 310] | |||
Renato Olmi | Italy | 1938 | [fp 311] | |||
Oreco | Brazil | 1958 | [fp 312] | |||
Gabriele Oriali | Italy | 1982 | [fp 313] | |||
Orlando | Brazil | 1958 | 1966 | [fp 314] | ||
Raimundo Orsi | Italy | 1934 | [fp 315] | |||
Oscar Ortiz | Argentina | 1978 | [fp 316] | |||
Washington Ortuño | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 317] | |||
Wolfgang Overath | West Germany | 1974 | 1966, 1970 | [fp 318] | ||
Miguel Oviedo | Argentina | 1978 | [fp 319] | |||
Mesut Özil | Germany | 2014 | 2010, 2018 | [fp 320] | ||
Rubén Pagnanini | Argentina | 1978 | [fp 321] | |||
Terry Paine | England | 1966 | [fp 322] | |||
Pedro Pasculli | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 323] | |||
Pietro Pasinati | Italy | 1938 | [fp 324] | |||
Paulo Cézar Caju | Brazil | 1970 | 1974 | [fp 325] | ||
Paulo Sérgio | Brazil | 1994 | [fp 326] | |||
Benjamin Pavard | France | 2018 | [fp 327] | |||
Aníbal Paz | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 328] | |||
Pedro | Spain | 2010 | 2014 | [fp 329] | ||
Mario Perazzolo | Italy | 1938 | [fp 330] | |||
Julio Pérez | Uruguay | 1950 | 1954 | [fp 331] | ||
Simone Perrotta | Italy | 2006 | [fp 332] | |||
Angelo Peruzzi | Italy | 2006 | [fp 333] | |||
Martin Peters | England | 1966 | 1970 | [fp 334] | ||
Emmanuel Petit | France | 1998 | 2002 | [fp 335] | ||
Pedro Petrone | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 336] | |||
Alfred Pfaff | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 337] | |||
Hans Pflügler | West Germany | 1990 | [fp 338] | |||
Rodolfo Pini | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 339] | |||
Silvio Piola | Italy | 1938 | [fp 340] | |||
Gerard Piqué | Spain | 2010 | 2014, 2018 | [fp 341] | ||
Robert Pires | France | 1998 | [fp 342] | |||
Conduelo Píriz | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 343] | |||
Andrea Pirlo | Italy | 2006 | 2010, 2014 | [fp 344] | ||
Mario Pizziolo | Italy | 1934 | [fp 345] | |||
Lukas Podolski | Germany | 2014 | 2006, 2010 | [fp 346] | ||
Paul Pogba | France | 2018 | 2014 | [fp 347] | ||
Josef Posipal | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 348] | |||
Nery Pumpido | Argentina | 1986 | 1982, 1990 | [fp 349] | ||
Carles Puyol | Spain | 2010 | 2002, 2006 | [fp 350] | ||
Helmut Rahn | West Germany | 1954 | 1958 | [fp 351] | ||
Raí | Brazil | 1994 | [fp 352] | |||
Adil Rami | France | 2018 | [fp 353] | |||
Sergio Ramos | Spain | 2010 | 2006, 2014, 2018 | [fp 354] | ||
Pietro Rava | Italy | 1938 | [fp 355] | |||
Emilio Recoba | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 356] | |||
Pepe Reina | Spain | 2010 | 2006, 2014, 2018 | [fp 357] | ||
Stefan Reuter | West Germany | 1990 | 1998 | [fp 358] | ||
Ricardinho | Brazil | 2002 | 2006 | [fp 359] | ||
Ricardo Rocha | Brazil | 1994 | 1990 | [fp 360] | ||
Karl-Heinz Riedle | West Germany | 1990 | 1994 | [fp 361] | ||
Luis Rijo | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 362] | |||
Carlos Riolfo | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 363] | |||
Rivaldo | Brazil | 2002 | 1998 | [fp 364] | ||
Rivellino | Brazil | 1970 | 1974, 1978 | [fp 365] | ||
Roberto | Brazil | 1970 | [fp 366] | |||
Roberto Carlos | Brazil | 2002 | 1998, 2006 | [fp 367] | ||
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade | Uruguay | 1950 | 1954 | [fp 368] | ||
Rogério Ceni | Brazil | 2002 | 2006 | [fp 369] | ||
Romário | Brazil | 1994 | 1990 | [fp 370] | ||
Carlos Romero | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 371] | |||
Ronaldão | Brazil | 1994 | [fp 372] | |||
Ronaldinho | Brazil | 2002 | 2006 | [fp 373] | ||
Roque Júnior | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 374] | |||
Virginio Rosetta | Italy | 1934 | [fp 375] | |||
Paolo Rossi | Italy | 1982 | 1978, 1986 | [fp 376] | ||
Oscar Ruggeri | Argentina | 1986 | 1990, 1994 | [fp 377] | ||
Zoilo Saldombide | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 378] | |||
Héctor Scarone | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 379] | |||
Hans Schäfer | West Germany | 1954 | 1958, 1962 | [fp 380] | ||
Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Uruguay | 1950 | 1954 | [fp 381] | ||
Angelo Schiavio | Italy | 1934 | [fp 382] | |||
André Schürrle | Germany | 2014 | [fp 383] | |||
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck | West Germany | 1974 | 1978 | [fp 384] | ||
Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | 2014 | 2006, 2010 | [fp 385] | ||
Gaetano Scirea | Italy | 1982 | 1978, 1986 | [fp 386] | ||
Franco Selvaggi | Italy | 1982 | [fp 387] | |||
Pietro Serantoni | Italy | 1938 | [fp 388] | |||
Djibril Sidibé | France | 2018 | [fp 389] | |||
David Silva | Spain | 2010 | 2014, 2018 | [fp 390] | ||
Ron Springett | England | 1966 | 1962 | [fp 391] | ||
Paul Steiner | West Germany | 1990 | [fp 392] | |||
Nobby Stiles | England | 1966 | 1970 | [fp 393] | ||
Cláudio Taffarel | Brazil | 1994 | 1990, 1998 | [fp 394] | ||
Carlos Tapia | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 395] | |||
Alberto Tarantini | Argentina | 1978 | 1982 | [fp 396] | ||
Marco Tardelli | Italy | 1982 | 1978, 1986 | [fp 397] | ||
Domingo Tejera | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 398] | |||
Eusebio Tejera | Uruguay | 1950 | 1954 | [fp 399] | ||
Florian Thauvin | France | 2018 | [fp 400] | |||
Olaf Thon | West Germany | 1990 | 1986, 1998 | [fp 401] | ||
Lilian Thuram | France | 1998 | 2002, 2006 | [fp 402] | ||
Corentin Tolisso | France | 2018 | [fp 403] | |||
Luca Toni | Italy | 2006 | [fp 404] | |||
Fernando Torres | Spain | 2010 | 2006, 2014 | [fp 405] | ||
Tostão | Brazil | 1970 | 1966 | [fp 406] | ||
Francesco Totti | Italy | 2006 | 2002 | [fp 407] | ||
David Trezeguet | France | 1998 | 2002, 2006 | [fp 408] | ||
Marcelo Trobbiani | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 409] | |||
Toni Turek | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 410] | |||
Samuel Umtiti | France | 2018 | [fp 411] | |||
Santos Urdinarán | Uruguay | 1930 | [fp 412] | |||
Jorge Valdano | Argentina | 1986 | 1982 | [fp 413] | ||
Víctor Valdés | Spain | 2010 | [fp 414] | |||
José Daniel Valencia | Argentina | 1978 | 1982 | [fp 415] | ||
Vampeta | Brazil | 2002 | [fp 416] | |||
Raphaël Varane | France | 2018 | 2014 | [fp 417] | ||
Obdulio Varela | Uruguay | 1950 | 1954 | [fp 418] | ||
Mario Varglien | Italy | 1934 | [fp 419] | |||
Ernesto Vidal | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 420] | |||
Patrick Vieira | France | 1998 | 2002, 2006 | [fp 421] | ||
Pietro Vierchowod | Italy | 1982 | 1986, 1990 | [fp 422] | ||
Héctor Vilches | Uruguay | 1950 | [fp 423] | |||
David Villa | Spain | 2010 | 2006, 2014 | [fp 424] | ||
Ricardo Villa | Argentina | 1978 | [fp 425] | |||
Viola | Brazil | 1994 | [fp 426] | |||
Berti Vogts | West Germany | 1974 | 1970, 1978 | 1994 GER, 1998 GER | [fp 427] | |
Rudi Völler | West Germany | 1990 | 1986, 1994 | 2002 GER | [fp 428] | |
Fritz Walter | West Germany | 1954 | 1958 | [fp 429] | ||
Ottmar Walter | West Germany | 1954 | [fp 430] | |||
Roman Weidenfeller | Germany | 2014 | [fp 431] | |||
Wilson Piazza | Brazil | 1970 | 1974 | [fp 432] | ||
Ray Wilson | England | 1966 | 1962 | [fp 433] | ||
Herbert Wimmer | West Germany | 1974 | [fp 434] | |||
Xavi | Spain | 2010 | 2002, 2006, 2014 | [fp 435] | ||
Cristian Zaccardo | Italy | 2006 | [fp 436] | |||
Gianluca Zambrotta | Italy | 2006 | 2002, 2010 | [fp 437] | ||
Zé Maria | Brazil | 1970 | 1974 | [fp 438] | ||
Héctor Zelada | Argentina | 1986 | [fp 439] | |||
Zequinha | Brazil | 1962 | [fp 440] | |||
Zetti | Brazil | 1994 | [fp 441] | |||
Zinedine Zidane | France | 1998 | 2002, 2006 | [fp 442] | ||
Ron-Robert Zieler | Germany | 2014 | [fp 443] | |||
Zinho | Brazil | 1994 | [fp 444] | |||
Dino Zoff | Italy | 1982 | 1970, 1974, 1978 | [fp 445] |
20 different coaches have won the World Cup, Italy's Vittorio Pozzo being the only one to win twice.
Four other coaches finished as winners once and runners-up once: West Germany's Helmut Schön (winner in 1974, runner-up in 1966) and Franz Beckenbauer (winner in 1990, runner-up in 1986), Argentina's Carlos Bilardo (winner in 1986, runner-up in 1990), and Brazil's Mário Zagallo (winner in 1970, runner-up in 1998).
Zagallo (twice), Beckenbauer and France's Didier Deschamps also won the title as players.
All winning head coaches have been natives of the country they coached. Only two foreign coaches have reached the final match: George Raynor of England, with Sweden in 1958, and Ernst Happel of Austria, with the Netherlands in 1978.
T | Coach | Nationality | Year(s) won | Other appearances | |
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As coach | As player[n 5] | ||||
2 | Vittorio Pozzo | Italy | 1934 ITA, 1938 ITA | ||
Enzo Bearzot | Italy | 1982 ITA | 1978 ITA, 1986 ITA | ||
Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | 1990 FRG | 1986 FRG | 1966, 1970, 1974 | |
Carlos Bilardo | Argentina | 1986 ARG | 1990 ARG | ||
Vicente del Bosque | Spain | 2010 ESP | 2014 ESP | ||
Didier Deschamps | France | 2018 FRA | 2014 FRA | 1998 | |
Vicente Feola | Brazil | 1958 BRA | 1966 BRA | ||
Sepp Herberger | West Germany | 1954 FRG | 1938 GER, 1958 FRG, 1962 FRG | ||
Aimé Jacquet | France | 1998 FRA | |||
Marcello Lippi | Italy | 2006 ITA | 2010 ITA | ||
Juan López | Uruguay | 1950 URU | 1954 URU | ||
Joachim Löw | Germany | 2014 GER | 2010 GER, 2018 GER | ||
César Luis Menotti | Argentina | 1978 ARG | 1982 ARG | ||
Aymoré Moreira | Brazil | 1962 BRA | |||
Carlos Alberto Parreira | Brazil | 1994 BRA | 1982 KUW, 1990 UAE, 1998 KSA, 2006 BRA, 2010 RSA | ||
Alf Ramsey | England | 1966 ENG | 1970 ENG | 1950 | |
Helmut Schön | West Germany | 1974 FRG | 1966 FRG, 1970 FRG, 1978 FRG | ||
Luiz Felipe Scolari | Brazil | 2002 BRA | 2006 POR, 2014 BRA | ||
Alberto Suppici | Uruguay | 1930 URU | |||
Mário Zagallo | Brazil | 1970 BRA | 1974 BRA, 1998 BRA | 1958, 1962 |
France celebrating after their win against Croatia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final | |
Founded | 1930 |
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Region | International (FIFA) |
Number of teams | 204 (qualifiers) 32 (finals) |
Current champions | France (2nd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Brazil (5 titles) |
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition established in 1930. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every four years, except in 1942 and 1946, when the competition was cancelled due to World War II. The most recent World Cup, hosted by Russia in 2018, was won by France, who beat Croatia 4–2 in regulation time.
The World Cup final match is the last of the competition, and the result determines which country is declared world champions. If after 90 minutes of regular play the score is a draw, an additional 30-minute period of play, called extra time, is added. If such a game is still tied after extra time, it is then decided by a penalty shoot-out. The team winning the penalty shoot-out are then declared champions.[1] The tournament has been decided by a one-off match on every occasion except 1950, when the tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain). Uruguay's 2–1 victory over Brazil was the decisive match (and one of the last two matches of the tournament) which put them ahead on points and ensured that they finished top of the group as world champions. Therefore, this match is regarded by FIFA as the de facto final of the 1950 World Cup.[2]
In the 21 tournaments held, 79 nations have appeared at least once. Of these, 13 have made it to the final match, and eight have won.[n 1] With five titles, Brazil is the most successful World Cup team and also the only nation to have participated in every World Cup finals tournament.[4]Italy and Germany have four titles. Current champion France, along with past champions Uruguay and Argentina, have two titles each, while England and Spain have one each. The team that wins the finals receive the FIFA World Cup Trophy, and their name is engraved on the bottom side of the trophy.[5]
The 1970 and 1994, along with the 1986, 1990 and 2014 games are to date the only matches competed by the same teams (Brazil–Italy and Argentina–Germany respectively). As of 2018, the 1934 final[n 2] remains the latest final to have been between two teams playing their first final. The final match of the most recent tournament in Russia took place at the country's biggest sports complex, the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.[6] The 1930 and the 1966 games are the only ones that did not take place on a Sunday. The former did on a Wednesday and the latter on a Saturday. As of 2018, only nations from Europe and South America have competed in a World Cup final. Six nations have won the final as host: Uruguay, Italy, England, Germany, Argentina and France. Two nations have lost the final as host: Brazil and Sweden.
Match was won during extra time |
Match was won on a penalty shoot-out |
Year | Winners | Final score[2] | Runners-up | Venue | Location | Attendance | References | |||||
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1930 | Uruguay | 4–2 | Argentina | Estadio Centenario | Montevideo, Uruguay | 80,000 | [7][8] | |||||
1934 | Italy | 2–1 [n 3] | Czechoslovakia | Stadio Nazionale PNF | Rome, Italy | 50,000 | [9][10] | |||||
1938 | Italy | 4–2 | Hungary | Stade Olympique de Colombes | Paris, France | 45,000 | [11][12] | |||||
1942 | Editions not organized because of World War II. | |||||||||||
1946 | ||||||||||||
1950[n 4] | Uruguay | 2–1 [n 5] | Brazil | Estádio do Maracanã | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 199,854[13] | [14][15] | |||||
1954 | West Germany | 3–2 | Hungary | Wankdorf Stadium | Bern, Switzerland | 60,000 | [16][17] | |||||
1958 | Brazil | 5–2 | Sweden | Råsunda Stadium | Solna, Sweden | 51,800 | [18][19] | |||||
1962 | Brazil | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia | Estadio Nacional | Santiago, Chile | 69,000 | [20][21] | |||||
1966 | England | 4–2 [n 6] | West Germany | Wembley Stadium | London, England | 93,000 | [22][23] | |||||
1970 | Brazil | 4–1 | Italy | Estadio Azteca | Mexico City, Mexico | 107,412 | [24][25] | |||||
1974 | West Germany | 2–1 | Netherlands | Olympiastadion | Munich, West Germany | 75,200 | [26][27] | |||||
1978 | Argentina | 3–1 [n 7] | Netherlands | Estadio Monumental | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 71,483 | [28][29] | |||||
1982 | Italy | 3–1 | West Germany | Santiago Bernabéu | Madrid, Spain | 90,000 | [30][31] | |||||
1986 | Argentina | 3–2 | West Germany | Estadio Azteca | Mexico City, Mexico | 114,600 | [32][33] | |||||
1990 | West Germany | 1–0 | Argentina | Stadio Olimpico | Rome, Italy | 73,603 | [34][35] | |||||
1994 | Brazil | 0–0 [n 8] | Italy | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, United States | 94,194 | [36][37] | |||||
1998 | France | 3–0 | Brazil | Stade de France | Saint-Denis, France | 80,000 | [38][39] | |||||
2002 | Brazil | 2–0 | Germany | International Stadium | Yokohama, Japan | 69,029 | [40][41] | |||||
2006 | Italy | 1–1 [n 9] | France | Olympiastadion | Berlin, Germany | 69,000 | [42][43] | |||||
2010 | Spain | 1–0 [n 10] | Netherlands | Soccer City | Johannesburg, South Africa | 84,490 | [44][45] | |||||
2014 | Germany | 1–0 [n 11] | Argentina | Estádio do Maracanã | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 74,738 | [46][47] | |||||
2018 | France | 4–2 | Croatia | Luzhniki Stadium | Moscow, Russia | 78,011 | ||||||
Upcoming finals | ||||||||||||
Year | Team 1 | v | Team 2 | Venue | Location | Attendance | References | |||||
2022 | Lusail Iconic Stadium | Lusail, Qatar | ||||||||||
2026 | MetLife Stadium | United States |
National team | Wins | Runners-up | Total finals | Years won | Years runners-up |
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Brazil | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 | 1950, 1998 |
Germany | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014 | 1966, 1982, 1986, 2002 |
Italy | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006 | 1970, 1994 |
Argentina | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1978, 1986 | 1930, 1990, 2014 |
France | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1998, 2018 | 2006 |
Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1930, 1950 | – |
England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1966 | – |
Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2010 | – |
Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | 1974, 1978, 2010 |
Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | 1934, 1962 |
Hungary | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | 1938, 1954 |
Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 1958 |
Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 2018 |
Confederation | Appearances | Winners | Runners-up |
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UEFA | 28 | 12 | 16 |
CONMEBOL | 14 | 9 | 5 |
General
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Founded | 1930; 89 years ago |
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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) |
Television broadcasters | List of broadcasters |
Website | fifa.com/worldcup/ |
Tournaments |
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The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champion is France, which won its second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia.
The current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the World Cup Finals. After this, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month.
The 21 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain with one title each.
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games; the cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet.[1][2][3][4]
17 countries have hosted the World Cup. Brazil, France, Italy, Germany and Mexico have each hosted twice, while Uruguay, Switzerland, Sweden, Chile, England, Argentina, Spain, the United States, Japan and South Korea (jointly), South Africa and Russia have each hosted once. Qatar are planned as hosts of the 2022 finals, and 2026 will be jointly hosted by Canada, the United States and Mexico, which will give Mexico the distinction of being the first country to have hosted games in three finals.
The world's first international football match was a challenge match played in Glasgow in 1872 between Scotland and England,[5] which ended in a 0–0 draw. The first international tournament, the inaugural British Home Championship, took place in 1884.[6] As football grew in popularity in other parts of the world at the start of the 20th century, it was held as a demonstration sport with no medals awarded at the 1900 and 1904 Summer Olympics (however, the IOC has retroactively upgraded their status to official events), and at the 1906 Intercalated Games.[7]
After FIFA was founded in 1904, it tried to arrange an international football tournament between nations outside the Olympic framework in Switzerland in 1906. These were very early days for international football, and the official history of FIFA describes the competition as having been a failure.[8]
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, football became an official competition. Planned by The Football Association (FA), England's football governing body, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition. Great Britain (represented by the England national amateur football team) won the gold medals. They repeated the feat at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
With the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between amateur teams, Sir Thomas Lipton organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament in Turin in 1909. The Lipton tournament was a championship between individual clubs (not national teams) from different nations, each one of which represented an entire nation. The competition is sometimes described as The First World Cup,[9] and featured the most prestigious professional club sides from Italy, Germany and Switzerland, but the FA of England refused to be associated with the competition and declined the offer to send a professional team. Lipton invited West Auckland, an amateur side from County Durham, to represent England instead. West Auckland won the tournament and returned in 1911 to successfully defend their title.
In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a 'world football championship for amateurs', and took responsibility for managing the event.[10] This paved the way for the world's first intercontinental football competition, at the 1920 Summer Olympics, contested by Egypt and 13 European teams, and won by Belgium.[11]Uruguay won the next two Olympic football tournaments in 1924 and 1928. Those were also the first two open world championships, as 1924 was the start of FIFA's professional era.
Due to the success of the Olympic football tournaments, FIFA, with PresidentJules Rimet as the driving force, again started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics. On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship itself.[12] With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions and to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country of the inaugural World Cup tournament.
The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of the competition. Rimet eventually persuaded teams from Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia to make the trip. In total, 13 nations took part: seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America.
The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13 July 1930, and were won by France and the USA, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0 respectively. The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France.[13] In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and became the first nation to win the World Cup.[14] After the creation of the World Cup, FIFA and the IOC disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so football was dropped from the 1932 Summer Olympics.[15] Olympic football returned at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but was now overshadowed by the more prestigious World Cup.
The issues facing the early World Cup tournaments were the difficulties of intercontinental travel, and war. Few South American teams were willing to travel to Europe for the 1934 World Cup and all North and South American nations except Brazil and Cuba boycotted the 1938 tournament. Brazil was the only South American team to compete in both. The 1942 and 1946 competitions, which Germany and Brazil sought to host,[16] were cancelled due to World War II and its aftermath.
The 1950 World Cup, held in Brazil, was the first to include British participants. British teams withdrew from FIFA in 1920, partly out of unwillingness to play against the countries they had been at war with, and partly as a protest against foreign influence on football,[17] but rejoined in 1946 following FIFA's invitation.[18] The tournament also saw the return of 1930 champions Uruguay, who had boycotted the previous two World Cups. Uruguay won the tournament again after defeating the host nation Brazil, in the match called 'Maracanazo' (Portuguese: Maracanaço).
In the tournaments between 1934 and 1978, 16 teams competed in each tournament, except in 1938, when Austria was absorbed into Germany after qualifying, leaving the tournament with 15 teams, and in 1950, when India, Scotland, and Turkey withdrew, leaving the tournament with 13 teams.[19] Most of the participating nations were from Europe and South America, with a small minority from North America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. These teams were usually defeated easily by the European and South American teams. Until 1982, the only teams from outside Europe and South America to advance out of the first round were: USA, semi-finalists in 1930; Cuba, quarter-finalists in 1938; North Korea, quarter-finalists in 1966; and Mexico, quarter-finalists in 1970.
The tournament was expanded to 24 teams in 1982,[20] and then to 32 in 1998,[21] also allowing more teams from Africa, Asia and North America to take part. Since then, teams from these regions have enjoyed more success, with several having reached the quarter-finals: Mexico, quarter-finalists in 1986; Cameroon, quarter-finalists in 1990; South Korea, finishing in fourth place in 2002; Senegal, along with USA, both quarter-finalists in 2002; Ghana, quarter-finalists in 2010; and Costa Rica, quarter-finalists in 2014. Nevertheless, European and South American teams continue to dominate, e.g., the quarter-finalists in 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2018 were all from Europe or South America and so were the finalists of all tournaments so far.
Two hundred teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds; 198 nations attempted to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, while a record 204 countries entered qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[22]
In October 2013, Sepp Blatter spoke of guaranteeing the Caribbean Football Union's region a position in the World Cup.[23] In the edition of 25 October 2013 of the FIFA Weekly Blatter wrote that: 'From a purely sporting perspective, I would like to see globalisation finally taken seriously, and the African and Asian national associations accorded the status they deserve at the FIFA World Cup. It cannot be that the European and South American confederations lay claim to the majority of the berths at the World Cup.'[24] Those two remarks suggested to commentators that Blatter could be putting himself forward for re-election to the FIFA Presidency.[25]
Following the magazine's publication, Blatter's would-be opponent for the FIFA Presidency, UEFA President Michel Platini, responded that he intended to extend the World Cup to 40 national associations, increasing the number of participants by eight. Platini said that he would allocate an additional berth to UEFA, two to the Asian Football Confederation and the Confederation of African Football, two shared between CONCACAF and CONMEBOL, and a guaranteed place for the Oceania Football Confederation.[26] Platini was clear about why he wanted to expand the World Cup. He said: '[The World Cup is] not based on the quality of the teams because you don't have the best 32 at the World Cup ... but it's a good compromise. ... It's a political matter so why not have more Africans? The competition is to bring all the people of all the world. If you don't give the possibility to participate, they don't improve.'[26]
In October 2016, FIFA president Gianni Infantino stated his support for a 48-team World Cup in 2026.[27] On 10 January 2017, FIFA confirmed the 2026 World Cup will have 48 finalist teams.[28]
By May 2015, the games were under a particularly dark cloud because of the 2015 FIFA corruption case, allegations and criminal charges of bribery, fraud and money laundering to corrupt the issuing of media and marketing rights (rigged bids) for FIFA games,[29] with FIFA officials accused of taking bribes totaling more than $150 million over 24 years. In late May, the U.S. Justice Department announced a 47-count indictment with charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy against 14 people. Arrests of over a dozen FIFA officials were made since that time, particularly on 29 May and 3 December.[30] By the end of May 2015, a total of nine FIFA officials and five executives of sports and broadcasting markets had already been charged on corruption. At the time, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced he would relinquish his position in February 2016.[31]
On 4 June 2015 Chuck Blazer while co-operating with the FBI and the Swiss authorities admitted that he and the other members of FIFA's then-executive committee were bribed in order to promote the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.[32] On 10 June 2015 Swiss authorities seized computer data from the offices of Sepp Blatter.[33] The same day, FIFA postponed the bidding process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in light of the allegations surrounding bribery in the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. Then-secretary general Jérôme Valcke stated, 'Due to the situation, I think it's nonsense to start any bidding process for the time being.'[34] On 28 October 2015, Blatter and FIFA VP Michel Platini, a potential candidate for presidency, were suspended for 90 days; both maintained their innocence in statements made to the news media.[35]
On 3 December 2015 two FIFA vice-presidents were arrested on suspicion of bribery in the same Zurich hotel where seven FIFA officials had been arrested in May.[36] An additional 16 indictments by the U.S. Department of Justice were announced on the same day.[37]
An equivalent tournament for women's football, the FIFA Women's World Cup, was first held in 1991 in China.[38] The women's tournament is smaller in scale and profile than the men's, but is growing; the number of entrants for the 2007 tournament was 120, more than double that of 1991.[39]
Men's football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932. Unlike many other sports, the men's football tournament at the Olympics is not a top-level tournament, and since 1992, an under-23 tournament with each team allowed three over-age players.[40] Women's football made its Olympic debut in 1996.
The FIFA Confederations Cup is a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country.[41]
FIFA also organises international tournaments for youth football (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup), club football (FIFA Club World Cup), and football variants such as futsal (FIFA Futsal World Cup) and beach soccer (FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup). The latter three do not have a women's version, although a FIFA Women's Club World Cup has been proposed.[42]
The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is held the year before each Women's World Cup and both tournaments are awarded in a single bidding process. The U-20 tournament serves as a dress rehearsal for the larger competition.[43]
From 1930 to 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the World Cup winning team. It was originally simply known as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, but in 1946 it was renamed after the FIFA president Jules Rimet who set up the first tournament. In 1970, Brazil's third victory in the tournament entitled them to keep the trophy permanently. However, the trophy was stolen in 1983 and has never been recovered, apparently melted down by the thieves.[44]
After 1970, a new trophy, known as the FIFA World Cup Trophy, was designed. The experts of FIFA, coming from seven countries, evaluated the 53 presented models, finally opting for the work of the Italian designer Silvio Gazzaniga. The new trophy is 36 cm (14.2 in) high, made of solid 18 carat (75%) gold and weighs 6.175 kg (13.6 lb).[45] The base contains two layers of semi-precious malachite while the bottom side of the trophy bears the engraved year and name of each FIFA World Cup winner since 1974.[45] The description of the trophy by Gazzaniga was: 'The lines spring out from the base, rising in spirals, stretching out to receive the world. From the remarkable dynamic tensions of the compact body of the sculpture rise the figures of two athletes at the stirring moment of victory.'[46]
This new trophy is not awarded to the winning nation permanently. World Cup winners retain the trophy only until the post-match celebration is finished. They are awarded a gold-plated replica rather than the solid gold original immediately afterwards.[47]
Currently, all members (players, coaches, and managers) of the top three teams receive medals with an insignia of the World Cup Trophy; winners' (gold), runners-up' (silver), and third-place (bronze). In the 2002 edition, fourth-place medals were awarded to hosts South Korea. Before the 1978 tournament, medals were only awarded to the eleven players on the pitch at the end of the final and the third-place match. In November 2007, FIFA announced that all members of World Cup-winning squads between 1930 and 1974 were to be retroactively awarded winners' medals.[48][49][50]
Since the second World Cup in 1934, qualifying tournaments have been held to thin the field for the final tournament.[51] They are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, and Europe), overseen by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIFA decides the number of places awarded to each of the continental zones beforehand, generally based on the relative strength of the confederations' teams.
The qualification process can start as early as almost three years before the final tournament and last over a two-year period. The formats of the qualification tournaments differ between confederations. Usually, one or two places are awarded to winners of intercontinental play-offs. For example, the winner of the Oceanian zone and the fifth-placed team from the Asian zone entered a play-off for a spot in the 2010 World Cup.[52] From the 1938 World Cup onwards, host nations receive automatic qualification to the final tournament. This right was also granted to the defending champions between 1938 and 2002, but was withdrawn from the 2006 FIFA World Cup onward, requiring the champions to qualify. Brazil, winners in 2002, were the first defending champions to play qualifying matches.[53]
The current final tournament has been used since 1998 and features 32 national teams competing over the course of a month in the host nation(s). There are two stages: the group stage followed by the knockout stage.[54]
In the group stage, teams compete within eight groups of four teams each. Eight teams are seeded, including the hosts, with the other seeded teams selected using a formula based on the FIFA World Rankings and/or performances in recent World Cups, and drawn to separate groups.[55] The other teams are assigned to different 'pots', usually based on geographical criteria, and teams in each pot are drawn at random to the eight groups. Since 1998, constraints have been applied to the draw to ensure that no group contains more than two European teams or more than one team from any other confederation.[56]
Each group plays a round-robin tournament, in which each team is scheduled for three matches against other teams in the same group. This means that a total of six matches are played within a group. The last round of matches of each group is scheduled at the same time to preserve fairness among all four teams.[57] The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage. Points are used to rank the teams within a group. Since 1994, three points have been awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss (before, winners received two points).
If one considers all possible outcomes (win, draw, loss) for all six matches in a group, there are 729 (= 36) outcome combinations possible. However, 207 of these combinations lead to ties between the second and third places. In such case, the ranking among these teams is determined as follows:[58]
The knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner if necessary. It begins with the round of 16 (or the second round) in which the winner of each group plays against the runner-up of another group. This is followed by the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the third-place match (contested by the losing semi-finalists), and the final.[54]
On 10 January 2017, FIFA approved a new format, the 48-team World Cup (to accommodate more teams), which consists of 16 groups of three teams each, with two teams qualifying from each group, to form a round of 32 knockout stage, to be implemented by 2026.[59]
Early World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The locations were controversial because South America and Europe were by far the two centres of strength in football and travel between them required three weeks by boat. The decision to hold the first World Cup in Uruguay, for example, led to only four European nations competing.[60] The next two World Cups were both held in Europe. The decision to hold the second of these in France was disputed, as the South American countries understood that the location would alternate between the two continents. Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[61]
Since the 1958 FIFA World Cup, to avoid future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternating the hosts between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan, was the first one held in Asia, and the first tournament with multiple hosts.[62] South Africa became the first African nation to host the World Cup in 2010. The 2014 FIFA World Cup was hosted by Brazil, the first held in South America since Argentina 1978,[63] and was the first occasion where consecutive World Cups were held outside Europe.
The host country is now chosen in a vote by FIFA's Council. This is done under an exhaustive ballot system. The national football association of a country desiring to host the event receives a 'Hosting Agreement' from FIFA, which explains the steps and requirements that are expected from a strong bid. The bidding association also receives a form, the submission of which represents the official confirmation of the candidacy. After this, a FIFA designated group of inspectors visit the country to identify that the country meets the requirements needed to host the event and a report on the country is produced. The decision on who will host the World Cup is usually made six or seven years in advance of the tournament. However, there have been occasions where the hosts of multiple future tournaments were announced at the same time, as was the case for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which were awarded to Russia and Qatar, with Qatar becoming the first Middle Eastern country to host the tournament.[64][65]
For the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, the final tournament is rotated between confederations, allowing only countries from the chosen confederation (Africa in 2010, South America in 2014) to bid to host the tournament. The rotation policy was introduced after the controversy surrounding Germany's victory over South Africa in the vote to host the 2006 tournament. However, the policy of continental rotation will not continue beyond 2014, so any country, except those belonging to confederations that hosted the two preceding tournaments, can apply as hosts for World Cups starting from 2018.[66] This is partly to avoid a similar scenario to the bidding process for the 2014 tournament, where Brazil was the only official bidder.[67]
The 2026 FIFA World Cup was chosen to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico, marking the first time a World Cup has been shared by three host nations.[68] The 2026 tournament will be the biggest World Cup ever held, with 48 teams playing 80 matches. Sixty matches will take place in the US, including all matches from the quarter-finals onward, while Canada and Mexico will host 10 games each.[68]
Six of the eight champions have won one of their titles while playing in their own homeland, the exceptions being Brazil, who finished as runners-up after losing the deciding match on home soil in 1950 and lost their semi-final against Germany in 2014, and Spain, which reached the second round on home soil in 1982. England (1966) won its only title while playing as a host nation. Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), Argentina (1978) and France (1998) won their first titles as host nations but have gone on to win again, while Germany (1974) won their second title on home soil.[69]
Other nations have also been successful when hosting the tournament. Switzerland (quarter-finals 1954), Sweden (runners-up in 1958), Chile (third place in 1962), South Korea (fourth place in 2002), and Mexico (quarter-finals in 1970 and 1986) all have their best results when serving as hosts. So far, South Africa (2010) has been the only host nation to fail to advance beyond the first round.[70]
Year | Hosts | Venues/ Cities | Total attendance | Matches | Avg. attendance | Highest attendances † | ||
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Number | Venue | Game(s) | ||||||
1930 | Uruguay | 3/1 | 590,549 | 18 | 32,808 | 93,000 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | Uruguay 6–1 Yugoslavia, Semi-final |
1934 | Italy | 8/8 | 363,000 | 17 | 21,353 | 55,000 | Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome | Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia, Final |
1938 | France | 10/9 | 375,700 | 18 | 20,872 | 58,455 | Olympique de Colombes, Paris | France 1–3 Italy, Quarter-final |
1950 | Brazil | 6/6 | 1,045,246 | 22 | 47,511 | 173,850[71] | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil 1–2 Uruguay, Deciding match |
1954 | Switzerland | 6/6 | 768,607 | 26 | 29,562 | 63,000 | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern | West Germany 3–2 Hungary, Final |
1958 | Sweden | 12/12 | 819,810 | 35 | 23,423 | 50,928 | Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg | Brazil 2–0 Soviet Union, Group stage |
1962 | Chile | 4/4 | 893,172 | 32 | 27,912 | 68,679 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago | Brazil 4–2 Chile, Semi-final |
1966 | England | 8/7 | 1,563,135 | 32 | 48,848 | 98,270 | Wembley Stadium, London | England 4–2 West Germany, Final |
1970 | Mexico | 5/5 | 1,603,975 | 32 | 50,124 | 108,192 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Mexico 1–0 Belgium, Group stage |
1974 | West Germany | 9/9 | 1,865,753 | 38 | 49,099 | 83,168 | Olympiastadion, West Berlin | West Germany 1–0 Chile, Group stage |
1978 | Argentina | 6/5 | 1,545,791 | 38 | 40,679 | 71,712 | River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires | Italy 1–0 Argentina, Group stage |
1982 | Spain | 17/14 | 2,109,723 | 52 | 40,572 | 95,500 | Camp Nou, Barcelona | Argentina 0–1 Belgium, Opening match |
1986 | Mexico | 12/11 | 2,394,031 | 52 | 46,039 | 114,600 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Mexico 1–1 Paraguay, Group stage Argentina 3–2 West Germany, Final |
1990 | Italy | 12/12 | 2,516,215 | 52 | 48,389 | 74,765 | San Siro, Milan | West Germany 4–1 Yugoslavia, Group stage |
1994 | United States | 9/9 | 3,587,538 | 52 | 68,991 | 94,194 | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California | Brazil 0(3)–(2)0 Italy, Final |
1998 | France | 10/10 | 2,785,100 | 64 | 43,517 | 80,000 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | Brazil 0–3 France, Final |
2002 | Japan / South Korea | 20/20 | 2,705,197 | 64 | 42,269 | 69,029 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | Brazil 2–0 Germany, Final |
2006 | Germany | 12/12 | 3,359,439 | 64 | 52,491 | 72,000 | Olympiastadion, Berlin | Germany 1(4)–(2)1 Argentina, Quarter-final |
2010 | South Africa | 10/9 | 3,178,856 | 64 | 49,670 | 84,490 | Soccer City, Johannesburg | Spain 1–0 Netherlands, Final |
2014 | Brazil | 12/12 | 3,429,873 | 64 | 53,592 | 74,738 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Germany 1–0 Argentina, Final |
2018 | Russia | 12/11 | 3,031,768 | 64 | 47,371 | 78,011 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow | France 4–2 Croatia, Final |
Overall | 40,532,478 | 900 | 45,036 | 171,772 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio (1950) |
The best-attended single match, shown in the last three columns, has been the final in half of the 20 World Cups as of 2014. Another match or matches drew more attendance than the final in 1930, 1938, 1958, 1962, 1970–1982, 1990 and 2006.
The World Cup was first televised in 1954 and is now the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world. The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup is estimated to be 26.29 billion.[1] 715.1 million individuals watched the final match of this tournament (a ninth of the entire population of the planet). The 2006 World Cup draw, which decided the distribution of teams into groups, was watched by 300 million viewers.[73] The World Cup attracts many sponsors such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Adidas. For these companies and many more, being a sponsor strongly impacts their global brands. Host countries typically experience a multimillion-dollar revenue increase from the month-long event.The governing body of the sport, FIFA, generated $4.8 billion in revenue from the 2014 tournament.[74]
Each FIFA World Cup since 1966 has its own mascot or logo. World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot.[75] World Cups feature official match balls specially designed for each tournament.[76] Each World Cup also has an official song, which have been performed by artists ranging from Shakira to Will Smith.[77][78] Other songs, such as “Nessun dorma”, performed by The Three Tenors at four World Cup concerts, have also become identified with the tournament.[79]
Forming a partnership with FIFA in 1970, Panini published its first sticker album for the 1970 World Cup.[80] Since then, collecting and trading stickers and cards has become part of the World Cup experience, especially for the younger generation.[81] FIFA has also licensed World Cup video games since 1986, with Electronic Arts the current license holder.[80]
The World Cup even has a statistically significant effect on birth rates, the male/female sex ratio of newborns, and heart attacks in nations whose national teams are competing.[82][83][84]
# | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score and Venue | Runners-up | Third place | Score and Venue | Fourth place | No. of Teams | |||
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1 | 1930 Details | Uruguay | Uruguay | 4–2 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | Argentina | United States | [note 1] | Yugoslavia | 13 | |||
2 | 1934 Details | Italy | Italy | 2–1 (a.e.t.) Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome | Czechoslovakia | Germany | 3–2 Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples | Austria | 16 | |||
3 | 1938 Details | France | Italy | 4–2 Stade de Colombes, Paris | Hungary | Brazil | 4–2 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | Sweden | 15 | |||
1942 | Editions not organized because of World War II. | |||||||||||
1946 | ||||||||||||
4 | 1950 Details | Brazil | Uruguay | [note 2] 2–1 Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Sweden | [note 2] 3–1 Pacaembu, São Paulo | Spain | 13 | |||
5 | 1954 Details | Switzerland | West Germany | 3–2 Wankdorfstadion, Bern | Hungary | Austria | 3–1 Hardturm, Zürich | Uruguay | 16 | |||
6 | 1958 Details | Sweden | Brazil | 5–2 Råsundastadion, Solna | Sweden | France | 6–3 Ullevi, Gothenburg | West Germany | 16 | |||
7 | 1962 Details | Chile | Brazil | 3–1 Estadio Nacional, Santiago | Czechoslovakia | Chile | 1–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago | Yugoslavia | 16 | |||
8 | 1966 Details | England | England | 4–2 (a.e.t.) Wembley Stadium, London | West Germany | Portugal | 2–1 Wembley Stadium, London | Soviet Union | 16 | |||
9 | 1970 Details | Mexico | Brazil | 4–1 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Italy | West Germany | 1–0 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Uruguay | 16 | |||
10 | 1974 Details | West Germany | West Germany | 2–1 Olympiastadion, Munich | Netherlands | Poland | 1–0 Olympiastadion, Munich | Brazil | 16 | |||
11 | 1978 Details | Argentina | Argentina | 3–1 (a.e.t.) Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires | Netherlands | Brazil | 2–1 Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires | Italy | 16 | |||
12 | 1982 Details | Spain | Italy | 3–1 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid | West Germany | Poland | 3–2 Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante | France | 24 | |||
13 | 1986 Details | Mexico | Argentina | 3–2 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | West Germany | France | 4–2 (a.e.t.) Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla | Belgium | 24 | |||
14 | 1990 Details | Italy | West Germany | 1–0 Stadio Olimpico, Rome | Argentina | Italy | 2–1 Stadio San Nicola, Bari | England | 24 | |||
15 | 1994 Details | United States | Brazil | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 pen.) Rose Bowl, Pasadena | Italy | Sweden | 4–0 Rose Bowl, Pasadena | Bulgaria | 24 | |||
16 | 1998 Details | France | France | 3–0 Stade de France, Saint-Denis | Brazil | Croatia | 2–1 Parc des Princes, Paris | Netherlands | 32 | |||
17 | 2002 Details | Japan South Korea | Brazil | 2–0 International Stadium, Yokohama | Germany | Turkey | 3–2 Daegu Stadium, Daegu | South Korea | 32 | |||
18 | 2006 Details | Germany | Italy | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 pen.) Olympiastadion, Berlin | France | Germany | 3–1 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart | Portugal | 32 | |||
19 | 2010 Details | South Africa | Spain | 1–0 (a.e.t.) Soccer City, Johannesburg | Netherlands | Germany | 3–2 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth | Uruguay | 32 | |||
20 | 2014 Details | Brazil | Germany | 1–0 (a.e.t.) Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro | Argentina | Netherlands | 3–0 Estádio Nacional, Brasília | Brazil | 32 | |||
21 | 2018 Details | Russia | France | 4–2 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow | Croatia | Belgium | 2–0 Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg | England | 32 | |||
22 | 2022 Details | Qatar | TBD | TBD Iconic Stadium, Lusail | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD | TBD | 32 | |||
23 | 2026 Details | Canada Mexico United States | TBD | TBD TBD, United States | TBD | TBD | TBD TBD | TBD | 48 |
In all, 79 nations have played in at least one World Cup.[88] Of these, eight national teams have won the World Cup, and they have added stars to their badges, with each star representing a World Cup victory. (Uruguay, however, choose to display four stars on their badge, representing their two gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and their two World Cup titles in 1930 and 1950).
With five titles, Brazil are the most successful World Cup team and also the only nation to have played in every World Cup (21) to date.[89] Brazil were also the first team to win the World Cup for the third (1970), fourth (1994) and fifth (2002) time. Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles. West Germany (1982–1990) and Brazil (1994–2002) are the only nations to appear in three consecutive World Cup finals. Germany has made the most top-four finishes (13), medals (12), as well as the most finals (8).
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 Finishes | Top 3 Finishes | Top 2 Finishes |
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Brazil | 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) | 2 (1950*, 1998) | 2 (1938, 1978) | 2 (1974, 2014*) | 11 | 9 | 7 |
Germany^ | 4 (1954, 1974*, 1990, 2014) | 4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) | 4 (1934, 1970, 2006*, 2010) | 1 (1958) | 13 | 12 | 8 |
Italy | 4 (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006) | 2 (1970, 1994) | 1 (1990*) | 1 (1978) | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Argentina | 2 (1978*, 1986) | 3 (1930, 1990, 2014) | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
France | 2 (1998*, 2018) | 1 (2006) | 2 (1958, 1986) | 1 (1982) | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Uruguay | 2 (1930*, 1950) | 3 (1954, 1970, 2010) | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
England | 1 (1966*) | 2 (1990, 2018) | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Spain | 1 (2010) | 1 (1950) | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Netherlands | 3 (1974, 1978, 2010) | 1 (2014) | 1 (1998) | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
Hungary | 2 (1938, 1954) | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Czechoslovakia# | 2 (1934, 1962) | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Sweden | 1 (1958*) | 2 (1950, 1994) | 1 (1938) | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
Croatia | 1 (2018) | 1 (1998) | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Poland | 2 (1974, 1982) | 2 | 2 | ||||
Austria | 1 (1954) | 1 (1934) | 2 | 1 | |||
Portugal | 1 (1966) | 1 (2006) | 2 | 1 | |||
Belgium | 1 (2018) | 1 (1986) | 2 | 1 | |||
United States | 1 (1930) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Chile | 1 (1962*) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Turkey | 1 (2002) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Yugoslavia# | 2 (1930, 1962) | 2 | |||||
Soviet Union# | 1 (1966) | 1 | |||||
Bulgaria | 1 (1994) | 1 | |||||
South Korea | 1 (2002*) | 1 |
To date, the final of the World Cup has only been contested by teams from the UEFA (Europe) and CONMEBOL (South America) confederations. European nations have won twelve titles, while South American have won nine. Only two teams from outside these two continents have ever reached the semi-finals of the competition: United States (North, Central America and Caribbean) in 1930 and South Korea (Asia) in 2002. The best result of an African team is reaching the quarter-finals: Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010. Only one Oceanian qualifier, Australia in 2006, has advanced to the second round.[90]
Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany are the only teams to win a World Cup outside their continental confederation; Brazil came out victorious in Europe (1958), North America (1970 and 1994) and Asia (2002). Argentina won a World Cup in North America in 1986, while Spain won in Africa in 2010. In 2014, Germany became the first European team to win in the Americas. Only on five occasions have consecutive World Cups been won by teams from the same continent, and currently it is the first time with four champions in a row from the same continental confederation. Italy and Brazil successfully defended their titles in 1938 and 1962 respectively, while Italy's triumph in 2006 has been followed by wins for Spain in 2010, Germany in 2014 and France in 2018. Currently, it is also the first time that one of the currently winning continents (Europe) is ahead of the other (South America) by more than one championship.
Confederation | AFC | CAF | CONCACAF | CONMEBOL | OFC | UEFA | Total |
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Teams | 37 | 44 | 42 | 85 | 4 | 245 | 457 |
Top 16 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 91 | 156 |
Top 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 100 | 144 |
Top 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 60 | 84 |
Top 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 42 |
1st | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 21 |
2nd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 21 |
3rd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 21 |
4th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 21 |
At the end of each World Cup, awards are presented to the players and teams for accomplishments other than their final team positions in the tournament. There are currently six awards:[91]
An All-Star Team consisting of the best players of the tournament has also been announced for each tournament since 1998.
Three players share the record for playing in the most World Cups; Mexico's Antonio Carbajal (1950–1966) and Rafael Márquez (2002–2018); and Germany's Lothar Matthäus (1982–1998) all played in five tournaments.[96] Matthäus has played the most World Cup matches overall, with 25 appearances.[97]Brazil's Djalma Santos (1954–1962), West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer (1966–1974) and Germany's Philipp Lahm (2006–2014) are the only players to be named to three Finals All-Star Teams.[98]
Miroslav Klose of Germany (2002–2014) is the all-time top scorer at the finals, with 16 goals. He broke Ronaldo of Brazil's record of 15 goals (1998–2006) during the 2014 semi-final match against Brazil. West Germany's Gerd Müller (1970–1974) is third, with 14 goals.[99] The fourth placed goalscorer, France's Just Fontaine, holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup; all his 13 goals were scored in the 1958 tournament.[100]
In November 2007, FIFA announced that all members of World Cup-winning squads between 1930 and 1974 were to be retroactively awarded winners' medals.[48] This made Brazil's Pelé the only player to have won three World Cup winners' medals (1958, 1962, and 1970, although he did not play in the 1962 final due to injury),[101] with 20 other players who have won two winners' medals. Seven players have collected all three types of World Cup medals (winners', runner- ups', and third-place); five players were from West Germany's squad of 1966–1974 including Franz Beckenbauer, Jürgen Grabowski, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Sepp Maier and Wolfgang Overath (1966–1974), Italy's Franco Baresi (1982, 1990, 1994) and the most recent has been Miroslav Klose of Germany (2002–2014) with four consecutive medals.[102]
Brazil's Mário Zagallo, West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer and France's Didier Deschamps are the only people to date to win the World Cup as both player and head coach. Zagallo won in 1958 and 1962 as a player and in 1970 as head coach.[103] Beckenbauer won in 1974 as captain and in 1990 as head coach,[104] and Deschamps repeated the feat in 2018, after having won in 1998 as captain.[105]Italy's Vittorio Pozzo is the only head coach to ever win two World Cups (1934 and 1938).[106] All World Cup-winning head coaches were natives of the country they coached to victory.[107]
Among the national teams, Germany and Brazil have played the most World Cup matches (109), Germany appeared in the most finals (8), semi-finals (13), quarter-finals (16), while Brazil has appeared in the most World Cups (21), has the most wins (73) and has scored the most goals (229).[108][109] The two teams have played each other twice in the World Cup, in the 2002 final and in the 2014 semi-final.[110]
Rank | Nation | Player | Goals scored |
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1 | Miroslav Klose | 16 | |
2 | Ronaldo | 15 | |
3 | Gerd Müller | 14 | |
4 | Just Fontaine | 13 | |
5 | Pelé | 12 | |
6 | Jürgen Klinsmann | 11 | |
Sándor Kocsis | 11 |
Position | Name of Team | Participations | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Avg Pts | Trophies |
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1 | Brazil | 21 | 109 | 73 | 18 | 18 | 229 | 105 | 124 | 237 | 2.17 | 5 |
2 | Germany[111] | 19 | 109 | 67 | 20 | 22 | 226 | 125 | 101 | 221 | 2.03 | 4 |
3 | Italy | 18 | 83 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 128 | 77 | 51 | 156 | 1.88 | 4 |
4 | Argentina | 17 | 81 | 43 | 15 | 23 | 137 | 93 | 44 | 144 | 1.78 | 2 |
5 | France | 15 | 66 | 34 | 13 | 19 | 120 | 77 | 43 | 115 | 1.74 | 2 |
6 | England | 15 | 69 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 91 | 64 | 27 | 108 | 1.59 | 1 |
7 | Spain | 15 | 63 | 30 | 15 | 18 | 99 | 72 | 27 | 105 | 1.67 | 1 |
8 | Uruguay | 13 | 56 | 24 | 12 | 20 | 87 | 74 | 13 | 84 | 1.50 | 2 |
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