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Men's FIFA World Cup records and team history

Browse past winners, finalists, top-four records, and individual team summaries from 1930 to 2022.

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World Cup history

Overall records

Tournaments22
Tournament goals per game2.822720 goals in 964 matches
Most titlesBrazil5 wins
Most finalsGermany8 finals

Records

Tournament records

Most titles

  1. Brazil5
  2. Germany4
  3. Italy4
  4. Argentina3
  5. France2
  6. Uruguay2
  7. England1
  8. Spain1

Most finals

  1. Germany8
  2. Brazil7
  3. Argentina6
  4. Italy6
  5. France4
  6. Netherlands3
  7. Czechoslovakia2
  8. Hungary2

Most top-four finishes

  1. Germany13
  2. Brazil11
  3. Italy8
  4. France7
  5. Argentina6
  6. Netherlands5
  7. Uruguay5
  8. Sweden4

Past winners

Tournament finals

YearHostWinnerScoreRunner-upThirdGoals/game
2022QatarArgentina3-3FranceCroatia2.69
2018RussiaFrance4-2CroatiaBelgium2.64
2014BrazilGermany1-0ArgentinaNetherlands2.67
2010South AfricaSpain1-0NetherlandsGermany2.27
2006GermanyItaly1-1FranceGermany2.3
2002Korea,JapanBrazil2-0GermanyTurkey2.52
1998FranceFrance3-0BrazilCroatia2.67
1994United StatesBrazil0-0ItalySweden2.71
1990ItalyGermany1-0ArgentinaItaly2.21
1986MexicoArgentina3-2GermanyFrance2.54
1982SpainItaly3-1GermanyPoland2.81
1978ArgentinaArgentina3-1NetherlandsBrazil2.68
1974West GermanyGermany2-1NetherlandsPoland2.55
1970MexicoBrazil4-1ItalyGermany2.97
1966EnglandEngland4-2GermanyPortugal2.78
1962ChileBrazil3-1CzechoslovakiaChile2.78
1958SwedenBrazil5-2SwedenFrance3.6
1954SwitzerlandGermany3-2HungaryAustria5.38
1950BrazilUruguay-BrazilSweden4
1938FranceItaly4-2HungaryBrazil4.67
1934ItalyItaly2-1CzechoslovakiaGermany4.12
1930UruguayUruguay4-2ArgentinaUnited States3.89
Historical data source

Summary statistics generated from the Fjelstul World Cup Database by Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Summary statistics generated from the original CSV dataset. Women's tournaments are excluded from this first release.

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