A few notes: 1. Games which were decided on penalty kicks (there were only a few) were counted as draws. 2. Oceania is included with Asia. 3. Israel's 1970 results are included as part of Asia as they were in this region for qualifying (they are now considered part of Europe). 4. The T82 values are the totals from 1982-2026 inclusive. They are an attempt to show how the various federations compare in the "modern" era of the World Cup. WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: South America vs. Europe SA v E P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1930 8 5 0 3 15 10 1.88 1.25 3.13 1934 2 0 0 2 3 6 1.50 3.00 4.50 1938 5 3 1 1 14 11 2.80 2.20 5.00 1950 10 4 3 3 24 16 2.40 1.60 4.00 1954 7 3 1 3 19 14 2.71 2.00 4.71 1958 12 7 2 3 30 26 2.50 2.17 4.67 1962 17 9 3 5 25 24 1.47 1.41 2.88 1966 12 4 2 6 11 17 0.92 1.42 2.33 1970 10 6 1 3 17 11 1.55 1.00 2.55 1974 13 1 6 6 7 20 0.54 1.54 2.08 1978 13 8 3 2 19 9 1.46 0.69 2.15 1982 10 3 1 6 16 20 1.60 2.00 3.60 1986 13 7 4 2 23 17 1.77 1.31 3.08 1990 12 3 5 4 9 11 0.75 0.92 1.67 1994 12 5 2 5 17 15 1.42 1.25 2.67 1998 15 3 6 6 14 20 0.93 1.33 2.26 2002 14 7 2 5 16 13 1.14 0.93 2.07 2006 10 3 2 5 10 8 1.00 0.80 1.80 2010 12 3 3 6 12 16 1.00 1.33 2.33 2014 15 8 2 5 17 18 1.13 1.20 2.33 2018 13 4 3 6 17 17 1.31 1.31 2.62 2022 9 4 4 1 15 9 1.67 1.00 2.67 2026 13 6 3 4 15 9 1.15 0.69 1.84 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 257 106 59 92 365 337 1.42 1.31 2.73 T82 148 56 37 55 181 173 WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: South America vs. CONCACAF SA v C P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1930 3 2 0 1 9 6 3.00 2.00 5.00 1950 2 2 0 0 9 2 4.50 1.00 5.50 1954 1 1 0 0 5 0 5.00 0.00 5.00 1962 1 1 0 0 2 0 2.00 0.00 2.00 1966 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1974 1 1 0 0 4 1 4.00 1.00 5.00 1982 1 1 0 0 2 0 2.00 0.00 2.00 1986 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1.00 2.00 1990 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.00 0.00 1.00 1994 2 1 0 1 2 2 1.00 1.00 2.00 1998 1 1 0 0 5 0 5.00 0.00 5.00 2002 2 1 0 1 6 4 3.00 2.00 5.00 2006 3 3 0 0 7 1 2.33 0.33 2.66 2010 3 3 0 0 5 1 1.67 0.33 2.00 2014 3 1 1 1 3 4 1.00 1.33 2.33 2018 2 2 0 0 4 0 2.00 0.00 2.00 2022 1 1 0 0 2 0 2.00 0.00 2.00 2026 4 1 1 2 4 6 1.00 1.50 2.50 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 33 23 4 6 71 28 2.15 0.85 3.00 T82 24 16 3 5 42 19 WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: South America vs. Africa SA v A P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1970 1 1 0 0 3 0 3.00 0.00 3.00 1974 1 1 0 0 3 0 3.00 0.00 3.00 1982 2 0 1 1 2 3 1.00 1.50 2.50 1986 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.00 0.00 1.00 1990 2 0 0 2 1 3 0.50 1.50 2.00 1994 2 2 0 0 5 1 2.50 0.50 3.00 1998 4 3 1 0 8 2 2.00 0.50 2.50 2002 3 1 2 0 6 5 2.00 1.66 3.66 2006 2 2 0 0 5 1 2.50 0.50 3.00 2010 4 3 1 0 8 2 2.00 0.50 2.50 2014 3 3 0 0 9 4 3.00 1.33 4.33 2018 3 3 0 0 4 1 1.33 0.33 1.66 2022 3 1 0 2 3 3 1.00 1.00 2.00 2026 8 5 2 1 14 8 1.75 1.00 2.75 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 39 26 7 6 72 33 1.85 0.84 2.69 T82 37 24 7 6 66 33 WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: South America vs. Asia/Oceania SA v AO P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1966 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.00 1.00 2.00 1970 1 1 0 0 2 0 2.00 0.00 2.00 1974 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1978 1 1 0 0 4 1 4.00 1.00 5.00 1982 1 1 0 0 4 0 4.00 0.00 4.00 1986 2 2 0 0 4 1 2.00 0.50 2.50 1990 2 2 0 0 3 0 1.50 0.00 1.50 1994 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 1998 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.00 0.00 1.00 2002 1 1 0 0 4 0 4.00 0.00 4.00 2006 2 2 0 0 6 1 3.00 0.50 3.50 2010 5 3 2 0 8 3 1.60 0.60 2.20 2014 3 3 0 0 8 2 2.67 0.66 3.33 2018 3 2 0 1 8 2 2.67 0.66 3.33 2022 5 3 1 1 9 4 1.80 0.80 2.60 2026 5 3 2 0 9 4 1.80 0.80 2.60 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 35 25 8 2 71 19 2.03 0.54 2.57 T82 31 23 6 2 64 17 WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: Europe vs. CONCACAF E v C P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1930 2 1 0 1 4 3 2.00 1.50 3.50 1934 1 1 0 0 7 1 7.00 1.00 8.00 1938 4 2 1 1 18 5 4.50 1.25 5.75 1950 4 3 0 1 9 4 2.25 1.00 3.75 1954 2 2 0 0 8 2 4.00 1.00 5.00 1958 3 2 1 0 8 1 2.67 0.33 3.00 1962 2 1 0 1 2 3 1.00 1.50 2.50 1966 2 1 1 0 3 1 1.50 0.50 2.00 1970 5 3 1 1 9 2 1.80 0.40 2.20 1974 2 2 0 0 10 1 5.00 0.50 5.50 1978 2 2 0 0 9 1 4.50 0.50 5.00 1982 5 3 2 0 14 3 2.80 0.60 3.40 1986 6 3 1 2 6 4 1.00 0.67 1.67 1990 6 4 0 2 13 6 2.17 1.00 3.17 1994 6 2 3 1 6 5 1.00 0.83 1.83 1998 6 4 2 0 12 6 2.00 1.00 3.00 2002 6 2 2 2 8 7 1.33 1.17 2.50 2006 7 5 2 0 14 5 2.00 0.71 2.71 2010 5 1 3 1 5 5 1.00 1.00 2.00 2014 11 5 4 2 15 9 1.36 0.82 2.18 2018 6 4 1 1 15 4 2.50 0.67 3.17 2022 8 5 3 0 20 5 2.50 0.62 3.12 2026 11 8 1 2 24 13 2.18 1.18 3.36 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 112 66 28 18 239 96 2.13 0.86 2.99 T82 83 46 24 13 152 72 WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: Europe vs. Africa E v A P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1934 1 1 0 0 4 2 4.00 2.00 6.00 1970 2 1 1 0 3 2 1.50 1.00 2.50 1974 2 2 0 0 11 0 5.50 0.00 5.50 1978 2 1 1 0 1 0 0.50 0.00 0.50 1982 4 1 2 1 4 3 1.00 0.75 1.75 1986 5 2 2 1 6 4 1.20 0.80 2.00 1990 6 3 2 1 10 5 1.67 0.83 2.50 1994 8 5 1 2 16 10 2.00 1.25 3.25 1998 11 4 4 3 19 13 1.72 1.18 2.90 2002 12 5 4 3 14 10 1.17 0.83 2.00 2006 9 7 0 2 15 7 1.66 0.77 2.43 2010 9 5 2 2 9 6 1.00 0.66 1.66 2014 9 6 2 1 17 8 1.89 0.89 2,78 2018 8 5 1 2 16 10 2.00 1.25 3.25 2022 13 6 4 3 16 10 1.23 0.77 2.00 2026 19 11 7 1 36 19 1.89 1.00 2.89 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 120 65 33 22 197 109 1.64 0.91 2.55 T82 113 60 31 22 178 105 WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: Europe vs. Asia/Oceania E v AO P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1954 2 2 0 0 16 0 8.00 0.00 8.00 1966 4 2 1 1 9 5 2.25 1.25 3.50 1970 2 0 2 0 1 1 0.50 0.50 1.00 1974 2 2 0 0 5 0 2.50 0.00 2.50 1978 2 1 1 0 1 0 0.50 0.00 0.50 1982 5 4 1 0 14 4 2.80 0.80 3.60 1986 3 2 1 0 6 4 2.00 1.33 3.33 1990 4 4 0 0 14 3 3.50 0.75 4.25 1994 5 3 1 1 10 7 2.00 1.40 3.40 1998 7 6 1 0 15 1 2.12 0.14 2.26 2002 12 6 2 4 22 10 1.83 0.83 2.66 2006 8 5 3 0 13 3 1.62 0.37 1.99 2010 8 3 2 3 16 9 2.00 1.12 3.12 2014 6 4 2 0 11 4 1.83 0.67 2.50 2018 9 6 2 1 15 7 1.67 0.78 2.45 2022 10 4 1 5 18 13 1.80 1.30 3.10 2026 13 7 4 2 32 12 2.46 0.92 3.38 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 102 61 24 17 218 83 2.14 0.81 2.95 T82 90 54 20 16 186 77 WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: Africa vs. CONCACAF A v C P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1978 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00 1.00 4.00 2006 2 1 1 0 2 1 1.00 0.50 1.50 2010 3 1 1 1 3 3 1.00 1.00 2.00 2014 2 0 0 2 1 3 0.50 1.50 2.00 2018 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 1.00 3.00 2022 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 1.00 3.00 2026 6 4 0 2 10 5 1.67 0.83 2.50 ________________________________________________ TOTAL 16 9 2 5 23 15 1.44 0.94 2.38 WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: CONCACAF vs. Asia/Oceania CA v AO P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1986 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.00 0.00 1.00 1998 3 2 0 1 6 4 2.00 1.33 3.33 2002 2 1 1 0 3 1 1.50 0.50 2.00 2006 1 1 0 0 3 1 3.00 1.00 4.00 2018 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 1.00 3.00 2022 3 3 0 0 4 1 1.33 0.33 1.66 2026 3 3 0 0 9 0 3.00 0.00 3.00 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 14 12 1 1 28 8 2.00 0.57 2.57 WORLD CUP Head to Head Results: Asia/Oceania vs. Africa AO v A P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M 1994 1 1 0 0 2 1 2.00 1.00 3.00 1998 1 0 1 0 2 2 2.00 2.00 4.00 2002 2 1 0 1 2 1 1.00 0.50 1.50 2006 3 1 2 0 5 4 1.66 1.33 3.00 2010 4 1 2 1 4 6 1.00 1.50 2.50 2014 3 0 1 2 3 6 1.00 2.00 3.00 2018 3 2 1 0 5 3 1.67 1.00 2.67 2022 3 1 0 2 4 6 1.33 2.00 3.33 2026 9 1 3 5 9 16 1.00 1.78 2.78 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 29 8 10 11 36 45 1.24 1.55 2.79 South America vs World SA v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 364 180 78 106 579 417 1.59 1.14 2.73 T82 243 119 53 68 353 242 1.45 0.99 2.44 Europe vs World E v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 591 284 144 163 991 653 1.68 1.10 2.78 T82 434 215 112 107 689 435 1.59 1.00 2.59 Africa vs World A v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 204 48 52 104 210 320 1.03 1.57 2.60 T82 194 47 50 97 203 294 1.05 1.51 2.56 CONCACAF vs World C v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 175 41 35 99 167 341 0.95 1.95 2.90 T82 136 35 30 71 133 222 0.98 1.63 2.61 Asia/Oceania vs World AO v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 180 28 43 109 146 362 0.81 2.01 2.82 T82 164 27 37 100 138 323 0.84 1.97 2.81
South America 20 10 4 6 32-22 34 1,700 North and Central America 10 4 3 3 14-15 15 1,500 Europe 44 18 10 16 57-43 64 1,455 Africa 17 4 6 7 16-22 18 1,059 Asia 17 5 3 9 13-30 18 1,059 Head to head results Europe - Africa 12 5 4 3 14-10 Europe - Asia 12 6 2 4 22-10 Europe - North and Central America 6 2 2 2 8- 7 Europe - South America 14 5 2 7 13-16 South America - Africa 3 1 2 0 6- 5 South America - Asia 1 1 0 0 4- 0 South America - North and Central America 2 1 0 1 6- 4 North and Central America - Asia 2 1 1 0 3- 1 Asia - Africa 2 1 0 1 2- 1 Matches between countries in the same confederation are excluded.
Europe 34 22 7 5 50-25 73 2,147 South America 17 10 2 5 28-11 32 1,882 Africa 16 3 3 10 14-26 12 0,750 Asia 14 1 5 8 10-26 8 0,571 North and Central America 13 1 3 9 10-24 6 0,462 Head to head results Europe - Africa 9 7 0 2 15- 7 Europe - Asia 8 5 3 0 13- 3 Europe - North and Central America 7 5 2 0 14- 5 Europe - South America 10 5 2 3 8-10 South America - Africa 2 2 0 0 5- 1 South America - Asia 2 2 0 0 6- 1 South America - North and Central America 3 3 0 0 7- 1 North and Central America - Asia 1 1 0 0 3- 1 North and Central America - Africa 2 0 1 1 1- 2 Asia - Africa 3 1 2 0 5- 4 Matches between countries in the same confederation are excluded. Australia is included in Asia.
South America 24 12 6 6 33-22 42 1,750 Europe 34 15 10 9 46-32 55 1,617 Asia 17 4 6 7 16-30 18 1,058 North and Central America 11 2 4 5 9-13 10 0,909 Africa 20 4 6 10 17-24 18 0,900 Head to head results Europe - Africa 9 5 2 2 9- 6 Europe - Asia 8 3 2 3 16- 9 Europe - North and Central America 5 1 3 1 5- 5 Europe - South America 12 6 3 3 16-12 South America - Africa 4 3 1 0 8- 2 South America - Asia 5 3 2 0 8- 3 South America - North and Central America 3 3 0 0 5- 1 North and Central America - Asia 0 0 0 0 0- 0 North and Central America - Africa 3 1 1 1 3- 3 Asia - Africa 4 1 2 1 4- 6 Matches between countries in the same confederation are excluded. Australia and New Zealand are included in Asia.
South America 24 15 3 6 37-28 48 2,000 Europe 41 20 10 11 61-38 70 1,707 North and Central America 16 5 5 6 16-19 20 1,250 Africa 17 3 3 11 19-32 12 0,706 Asia 12 0 3 9 9-25 3 0,250 Head to head results Europe – Africa 9 6 2 1 17- 8 Europe – Asia 6 4 2 0 11- 4 Europe - North and Central America 11 5 4 2 15- 9 Europe - South America 15 5 2 8 18-17 South America – Africa 3 3 0 0 9- 4 South America – Asia 3 3 0 0 8- 2 South America - North and Central America 3 1 1 1 3- 4 North and Central America – Asia 0 0 0 0 0- 0 North and Central America – Africa 2 2 0 0 3- 1 Asia – Africa 3 0 1 2 3- 6 Matches between countries in the same confederation are excluded. Australia and New Zealand are included in Asia.
Europe 36 21 7 8 63-38 70 1,944 South America 21 11 3 7 33-20 36 1,714 Asia 16 4 3 9 15-28 15 0,937 Africa 15 3 2 10 16-26 11 0,733 North and Central America 10 2 1 7 7-22 7 0,700 Head to head results Europe – Africa 8 5 1 2 16-10 Europe – Asia 9 6 2 1 15- 7 Europe - North and Central America 6 4 1 1 15- 4 Europe - South America 13 6 3 4 17-17 South America – Africa 3 3 0 0 4- 1 South America – Asia 3 2 0 1 8- 2 South America - North and Central America 2 2 0 0 4- 0 North and Central America – Asia 1 1 0 0 2- 1 North and Central America – Africa 1 0 0 1 1- 2 Asia – Africa 3 2 1 0 5- 3 Matches between countries in the same confederation are excluded. Australia is included in Asia.
South America 18 9 5 4 29-16 32 1,777 Europe 40 16 12 12 63-43 60 1,500 Africa 20 8 4 8 21-24 28 1,400 Asia 21 7 2 12 22-37 23 1,095 North and Central America 13 3 3 7 10-25 12 0,923 Head to head results Europe – Africa 13 6 4 3 16-10 Europe – Asia 10 4 1 5 18-13 Europe - North and Central America 8 5 3 0 20- 5 Europe - South America 9 1 4 4 9-15 South America – Africa 3 1 0 2 3- 3 South America – Asia 5 3 1 1 9- 4 South America - North and Central America 1 1 0 0 2- 0 North and Central America – Asia 3 3 0 0 4- 1 North and Central America – Africa 1 0 0 1 1- 2 Asia – Africa 3 1 0 2 4- 6 Matches between countries in the same confederation are excluded. Australia is included in Asia.
Europe 56 30 15 11 101-59 105 1,875 South America 30 15 8 7 42-27 53 1,777 North and Central America 24 9 2 13 33-38 29 1,208 Africa 42 11 12 19 53-64 45 1,125 Asia 30 3 9 18 25-66 18 0,600 Head to head results Europe – Africa 19 11 7 1 36-19 Europe – Asia 13 7 4 2 32-12 Europe - North and Central America 11 8 1 2 24-13 Europe - South America 13 4 3 6 9-15 South America – Africa 8 5 2 1 14- 8 South America – Asia 5 3 2 0 9- 4 South America - North and Central America 4 1 1 2 4- 6 North and Central America – Asia 3 3 0 0 9- 0 North and Central America – Africa 6 2 0 4 5-10 Asia – Africa 9 1 3 5 9-16 Matches between countries in the same confederation are excluded. Australia and New Zealand are included in Asia.
2002-2010 overviews thanks to Sondre Zachariassen (sondrez@yahoo.com)
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