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 1982-2022 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 __________________________________________¬¬_______ TOTAL 244 100 56 88 350 328 1.43 1.34 2.78 T82 135 50 34 51 166 164 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 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 29 22 3 4 67 22 2.31 0.76 3.07 T82 20 15 2 3 38 13 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 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 31 21 5 5 58 25 1.88 0.80 2.68 T82 29 19 5 5 52 25 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 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 30 22 6 2 62 15 2.07 0.50 2.57 T82 26 20 4 2 55 13 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 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 101 58 27 16 215 83 2.13 0.82 2.95 T82 72 38 23 11 128 59 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 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 101 54 26 21 161 90 1.59 0.89 2.48 T82 94 49 24 21 142 86 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 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 89 54 20 15 186 71 2.09 0.80 2.89 T82 77 47 16 14 154 65 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 ________________________________________________ TOTAL 10 5 2 3 13 10 1.30 1.00 2.30 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 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 11 9 1 1 19 8 1.73 0.73 2.46 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 _________________________________________________ TOTAL 20 7 7 6 27 29 1.35 1.45 2.80 South America vs World SA v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 334 165 70 99 537 390 1.61 1.17 2.78 T82 213 104 45 61 311 215 1.46 1.01 2.47 Europe vs World E v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 535 254 129 152 890 594 1.66 1.11 2.77 T82 378 185 97 96 588 376 1.56 0.99 2.55 Africa vs World A v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 162 37 40 85 157 256 0.97 1.58 2.55 T82 152 36 38 78 150 230 0.99 1.51 2.50 CONCACAF vs World C v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 151 32 33 86 134 303 0.89 2.00 2.89 T82 112 26 28 58 100 184 0.89 1.64 2.53 Asia/Oceania vs World AO v W P W D L F A GF/M GA/M G/M TOTAL 150 25 34 91 121 296 0.81 1.97 2.78 T82 134 24 28 82 113 257 0.84 1.92 2.76
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.
Based on posting in rec.sport.soccer on Mar 25, 1998; updated to include 1998-2022 results by Roberto Di Maggio
2002-2010 overviews thanks to Sondre Zachariassen (sondrez@yahoo.com)
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