Founded | 1930 |
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Current champions | Argentina (3rd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Brazil (5 titles) |
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the 1930 FIFA World Cup, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of World War II. The 2022 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Qatar, was won by Argentina, who beat France 4–2 on penalty shoot-out.[1]
The World Cup final match is the last of the competition, and the result determines which country is declared the world champion. If after 90 minutes of regular play the score is a draw, an additional 30-minute period of play, called extra time, is added. It is split into segments of two 15 minutes of play time. If the 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.[2]
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) that 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.[3]
In the 22 tournaments held, 80 nations have appeared at least once. Of these, 13 have made it to the final match; 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 tournament.[5] Italy and Germany have four titles each. Current champion Argentina has three titles. France and Uruguay have two titles each, while England and Spain have one each. The team that wins the finals receive the FIFA World Cup Trophy; their name is engraved on the bottom side of the trophy.[6]
The 1970 and 1994, along with the 1986, 1990 and 2014 games are to date the only matches competed by the same nations (Brazil–Italy and Argentina–Germany respectively). As of 2022, 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 Qatar took place at the country's biggest sports complex, the Lusail Stadium in Lusail.[7] As of 2022, 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.
a.e.t. | Match was won during extra time |
pen. | Match was won on a penalty shoot-out |
Team | Winners | 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 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1978, 1986, 2022 | 1930, 1990, 2014 |
France | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1998, 2018 | 2006, 2022 |
Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1930, 1950 | — |
England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1966 | — |
Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2010 | — |
Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 1974, 1978, 2010 |
Hungary | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 1938, 1954 |
Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 1934, 1962 |
Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1958 |
Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2018 |
Confederation | Appearances | Winners | Runners-up |
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UEFA | 29 | 12 | 17 |
CONMEBOL | 15 | 10 | 5 |
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