The most important trophy in the world of football, instigated by then FIFA president Jules Rimet in the late twenties in the wake of the great success of the football tournaments at the Olympics in Paris (1924) and Amsterdam (1928), both won by Uruguay. Until 1978, 16 teams were admitted to the final tournament (in 1930 and 1950 this number of participants was not reached however), from 1982 up to the 1994 finals, 24 countries earned the right to play there, while from 1998 onwards 32 are represented.
The original trophy, the Coupe Jules Rimet, was won outright by Brazil after their third win in 1970. It has since been stolen there and never found.
The name of the current trophy is FIFA World Cup. Argentina and (West) Germany have won it three times, Brazil, France and Italy all twice, and Spain once.
From the final overview below, you will find links to all scores of all qualifying and final tournaments.
From the goal scorers overview (under construction) you find tournamentwise lists of all goal scorers (qualifying and final tournaments).
From the qualifying tournament overview (under construction) you find tournamentwise links to match details of the qualifying tournaments.
Full details on all matches in final and qualifying tournaments up to and including 1998 are now available as well. Those of the final tournament (up to and including 2014) are also linked from the palmares section.
1930 Uruguay 1934 Italy 1938 Italy 1942 not held 1946 not held 1950 Uruguay 1954 West Germany 1958 Brazil 1962 Brazil 1966 England 1970 Brazil 1974 West Germany 1978 Argentina 1982 Italy 1986 Argentina 1990 West Germany 1994 Brazil 1998 France 2002 Brazil 2006 Italy 2010 Spain 2014 Germany 2018 France 2022 Argentina
Brazil 5 (West) Germany 4 Italy 4 Argentina 3 France 2 Uruguay 2 England 1 Spain 1
1930 Uruguay 4-2 Argentina
[Final tournament in Uruguay]
1934 Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia AET
[Final tournament in Italy] [Qualifying]
1938 Italy 4-2 Hungary
[Final tournament in France] [Qualifying]
1950 Uruguay 2-1 Brazil
[Final tournament in Brazil] [Qualifying]
1954 West Germany 3-2 Hungary
[Final tournament in Switzerland] [Qualifying]
1958 Brazil 5-2 Sweden
[Final tournament in Sweden] [Qualifying]
1962 Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia
[Final tournament in Chile] [Qualifying]
1966 England 4-2 West Germany AET
[Final tournament in England] [Qualifying]
1970 Brazil 4-1 Italy
[Final tournament in Mexico] [Qualifying]
1974 West Germany 2-1 Netherlands
[Final tournament in West Germany] [Qualifying]
1978 Argentina 3-1 Netherlands AET
[Final tournament in Argentina] [Qualifying]
1982 Italy 3-1 West Germany
[Final tournament in Spain] [Qualifying]
1986 Argentina 3-2 West Germany
[Final tournament in Mexico] [Qualifying]
1990 West Germany 1-0 Argentina
[Final tournament in Italy] [Qualifying]
1994 Brazil 0-0 Italy AET, 3-2 pen
[Final tournament in the USA] [Qualifying]
1998 France 3-0 Brazil
[Final tournament in France] [Qualifying]
2002 Brazil 2-0 Germany
[Final tournament in South Korea and Japan] [Qualifying]
2006 Italy 1-1 France AET, 5-3 pen
[Final tournament in Germany] [Qualifying]
2010 Spain 1-0 Netherlands AET
[Final tournament in South Africa] [Qualifying]
2014 Germany 1-0 Argentina AET
[Final tournament in Brazil] [Qualifying]
2018 France 4-2 Croatia
[Final tournament in Russia] [Qualifying]
2022 Argentina 3-3 France AET, 4-2 pen
[Final tournament in Qatar] [Qualifying]
winners finalists semifinals quarterfinals
Brazil 5 7 11 19
(West) Germany 4 8 13 17
Italy 4 6 8 10
Argentina 3 6 6 11
France 2 4 7 9
Uruguay 2 2 5 7
England 1 1 3 12
Spain 1 1 2 6
Netherlands 3 5 7
Hungary 2 2 5
Czechoslovakia 2 2 4
Sweden 1 4 7
Croatia 1 3 3
Yugoslavia 2 7
Austria 2 4
Belgium 2 3
Poland 2 3
Portugal 2 3
Soviet Union 1 5
Chile 1 2
USA 1 2
Bulgaria 1 1
Morocco 1 1
South Korea 1 1
Turkey 1 1
Switzerland 3
Mexico 2
Paraguay 2
Peru 2
Romania 2
Bolivia 1
Cameroon 1
Colombia 1
Costa Rica 1
Cuba 1
Denmark 1
East Germany 1
Ghana 1
Ireland 1
Northern Ireland 1
North Korea 1
Russia 1
Senegal 1
Ukraine 1
Wales 1
22 44 88 176
[NB: for 1930 and 1950, runners-up in the first round groups have been
counted as quarterfinalists; in 1982 runners-up in the second
group stage were also included; for 1950 that implies Bolivia
are counted as quarterfinalists in spite of losing their only
match 0-8; see the World Cup all-time rankings for an alternative
count (not including quarterfinalists for 1930, 1950 and 1982).]
1930 all scorers final tournament 1934 all scorers qualifying and final tournament 1938 all scorers qualifying and final tournament 1950 all scorers qualifying and final tournament 1954 all scorers qualifying and final tournament 1958 all scorers qualifying and final tournament 1962 all scorers qualifying and final tournament 1966-1998 under construction 2002 all scorers qualifying and final tournament 2006 all scorers qualifying tournamentall top-100 goal scorers final tournaments
1934 1938 qualifying tournament details 1938 1938 qualifying tournament details 1950 1950 qualifying tournament details 1954 1954 qualifying tournament details
All-Time Ranking Final Tournaments 1930-2022
All-Time Ranking Qualifying and Final Tournaments
World Cup inter-confederational stats 1930-2022
World Cup Champions' Squads 1930-2022
Participating as Player and as Coach
Fathers, Sons and Brothers in World Cups
Thanks to Martien Maas for a correction
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