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The World Cup


SPAIN
Current Men's World Cup Title Holders
JAPAN
Current Women's World Cup Title Holders

Men's World Cup Women's World Cup
Through South Africa 2010
1930  1934  1938  1950  1954  1958  1962  1966  1970  1974  1978  1982  1986  1990  1994  1998  2002  2006  2010
YEAR
 HOST COUNTRY CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE
1930
 Uruguay Uruguay Argentina 4-2
1934
 Italy Italy Czechoslovakia 2-1 OT
1938
 France Italy Hungary 4-2
1950
 Brazil Uruguay Brazil 2-1
1954
 Switzerland West Germany Hungary 3-2
1958
 Sweden Brazil Sweden 5-2
1962
 Chile Brazil Czechoslovakia 3-1
1966
 England England West Germany 4-2 OT
1970
 Mexico Brazil Italy 4-1
1974
 Germany West Germany Netherlands 2-1
1978
 Argentina Argentina Netherlands 3-1 OT
1982
 Spain Italy West Germany 3-1
1986
 Mexico Argentina West Germany 3-2
1990
 Italy West Germany Argentina 1-0
1994
 United States Brazil Italy 0-0 (3-2PK)
1998
 France France Brazil 3-0
2002
 South Korea/Japan Brazil Germany 2-0
2006
 Germany
 Italy
 France
 1-1 (5-3PK)
2010
 South Africa
 Spain
 Netherlands
 1-0 OT
2014
 Brazil


2018
 Russia


2022
 Qatar


Country Records
Through South Africa 2010
POS
 COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
1
 Brazil
97
69
12
16
210
88
+122
2
 Germany*
99
64
15
20
206
117
+89
3
 Italy
80
46
17
17
126
74
+52
4
 Argentina
 70
 40
 9
 21
 123
 80
 +43
5
 West Germany
62
39
11
12
131
77
+54
6
 Spain
 56
 29
 9
 18
 89
 59
 +30
7
 France
54
27
7
20
96
67
+29
8
 England
59
26
16
17
77
52
+25
9
 Netherlands
 42
 22
 9
 11
 70
 43
 +27
10
 Uruguay
 47
 19
 11
 17
 76
 65
 +11
11
 Sweden
 45
 17
 11
 17
 73
 68
 +5
12
 Serbia
 43
 17
 7
 19
 64
 59
 +5
13
 Soviet Union
31
15
6
10
54
34
+20
14
 Poland
 31
 15
 5
 11
 44
 40
 +4
15
 Hungary
32
15
3
14
87
57
+30
16
 Portugal
 23
 13
 2
 8
 39
 22
 +17
17
 Austria
29
12
4
13
43
47
-4
18
 Mexico
 49
 12
 11
 26
 52
 89
 -37
19
 Czechoslovakia
30
11
5
14
44
44
0
20
 Belgium
36
11
8
17
46
63
-17
21
 Chile
 29
 9
 6
 14
 34
 45
 -11
22
 Switzerland
 29
 9
 5
 15
 38
 52
 -14
23
 Denmark
 16
 8
 2
 6
 27
 24
 +3
24
 Paraguay
 27
 8
 9
 10
 30
 38 -8
25
 Romania
21
8
3
11
30
33
-3
26
 United States
 25
 7
 5
 17
 32
 56
 -24
27
 Croatia
13
6
2
5
15
11
+4
28
 South Korea
 26
 6
 7
 13
 28
 45
 -17
29
 Turkey
10
5
1
4
20
17
+3
30
 Ghana
 9
 4
 1
 4
 9
 10
 -1
31
 Cameroon
19
4
7
8
17
32
-15
32
 Peru
15
4
3
8
19
31
-12
33
 Nigeria
 14
 4
 2
 8
 17
 21
 -4
34
 Japan
 14
 4
 2
 8
 12
 16
 -4
35
 Scotland
23
4
7
12
25
41
-16
36
 Bulgaria
26
4
7
15
22
53
-31
37
 Ukraine
 5
 3
 0
 2
 5
 7
 -2
38
 Ireland
13
3
6
4
10
10
0
39
 Ecuador
 7
 3
 0
 4
 9
 8
 +1
40
 Northern Ireland
13
3
5
5
13
23
-10
41
 Costa Rica
 10
 3
 1
 6
 12
 23
 -11
42
 Columbia
12
3
2
7
13
21
-8
43
 Senegal
5
2
2
1
7
6
+1
44
 East Germany
6
2
2
2
5
5
0
45
 South Africa
 9
 2
 4
 3
 11
 16
 -5
46
 Norway
8
2
3
3
7
8
-1
47
 Ivory Coast
 6
 2
 1
 3
 9
 9
 0
48
 Russia
 6
 2
 0
 4
 11
 10
 +1
49
 Australia
 10
 2
 3
 5
 8
 17
 -9
50
 Algeria
 9
 2
 2
 5
 6
 12
 -6
51
 Morocco
13
2
4
7
12
18
-6
52
 Saudi Arabia
13
2
2
9
9
31
-22
53
 Wales
5
1
3
1
4
4
0
54
 Cuba
3
1
1
1
5
12
-7
55
 Slovakia
 4
 1
 1
 2
 5
 7
 -2
56
 Czech Republic
 3
 1
 0
 2
 3
 4
 -1
57
 Jamaica
 3
 1
 0
 2
 3
 9
 -6
58
 Slovenia
 6
 1
 1
 4
 5
 10
 -5
59
 North Korea
 7
 1
 1
 5
 6
 21
 -15
60
 Greece
 6
 1
 0
 5
 2
 15
 -13
61
 Iran
9
1
2
6
6
18
-12
62
 Tunisia
12
1
4
7
8
17
-9
63
 Angola
 3
 0
 2
 1
 1
 2
 -1
64
 Isreal
3
0
2
1
1
3
-2
65
 Egypt
 4
 0
 2
 2
 3
 6
 -3
66
 Honduras
 6
 0
 3
 3
 2
 6
 -4
67
 Dutch East Indies
1
0
0
1
0
6
-6
68
 Kuwait
3
0
1
2
2
6
-4
69
 Trinidad & Tobago
 3
 0
 1
 2
 0
 4
 -4
70
 New Zealand
 6
 0
 3
 3
 4
 14
 -10
71
 Bolivia
 6
 0
 1
 5
 1
 20
 -19
72
 Korea
2
0
0
2
0
16
-16
73
 Iraq
3
0
0
3
1
4
-3
74
 Togo
 3
 0
 0
 3
 1
 6
 -5
75
 Canada
3
0
0
3
0
5
-5
76
 United Arab Emirates
 3
 0
 0
 3
 2
 11
 -9
77
 China
3
0
0
3
0
9
-9
78
 Haiti
3
0
0
3
2
14
-12
79
 Democratic Republic of Congo
3
0
0
3
0
14
-14
80
 El Salvador
6
0
0
6
1
22
-21
*Includes West Germany matches

Women's World Cup Men's World Cup
Through Germany 2011
1991  1995  1999  2003  2007  2011
YEAR
 HOST COUNTRY CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE
1991
 China United States Norway 2-1
1995
 Sweden Norway Germany 2-0
1999
 United States United States China 0-0 (5-4 PK)
2003
 United States
 Germany
 Sweden
 2-1 OT
2007
 China
 Germany
 Brazil
 2-0
2011
 Germany
 Japan
 United States
 2-2 (3-1PK)
2015
 Canada


Country Records
Through Germany 2011
POS
 COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
1 United States 36
 29
 2
 5
 98
 32
 +66
2
 Germany
 32
 23
 3
 6
 91
 31
 +60
3
 Norway 31
 20
 1
 10
 77
 41
 +56
4
 Sweden
 29
 18
 1
 10
 54
 34
 +20
5
 Brazil
 25
 16
 1
 8
 54
 33
 +21
6
 China 24 14 3
 7
 48 25
 +23
7
 Japan
 22
 8
 2
 12
 25
 46
 -21
8
 England
 12
 5
 3
 4
 20
 18
 +2
9
 Canada
 18
 4
 3
 11
 26
 46
 -20
10
 France
 9
 4
 1
 4
 12
 13
 -1
11
 Russia
 8
 4
 0
 4
 16
 15
 +1
12
 Australia
 17
 3
 4
 10
 24
 39
 -15
13
 Nigeria
 19
 3
 2
 14
 15
 50
 -35
14
 Italy 7 3 1 3 11 8 +3
15
 Denmark
 14
 3
 1
 10
 19
 25
 -6
16
 North Korea
 10
 2
 2
 6
 8
 14
 -6
17
 Chinese Taipei
 4
 1
 0
 3
 2
 15
 -13
18
 South Korea
 6
 1
 0
 5
 5
 17
 -12
19
 Ghana
 6
 1
 0
 5
 5
 20
 -15
20
 Mexico
 6
 0
 2
 4
 4
 22
 -18
21
 Colombia
 3
 0
 1
 2
 0
 4
 -4
22
 New Zealand
 9
 0
 1
 8
 5
 26
 -21
23
 Equatorial Guinea
 3
 0
 0
 3
 2
 7
 -5
24
 Argentina
 6
 0
 0
 6
 2
 33
 -31