List of FIFA World Cup finals

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FIFA World Cup Final
France champion of the Football World Cup Russia 2018.jpg
France celebrating after their win against Croatia in the 2018 final
Founded 1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Current champions  France (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)  Brazil (5 titles)

The FIFA World Cup is a local association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members 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 2018 FIFA World Cup, hosted by Russia, was won by France, who beat Croatia 4–2.

The World Cup final match is the last of the competition, and the result determines which country is declared 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. If such a 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.[1] 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.[2]

In the 21 tournaments held, 79 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.[4] Italy and Germany have four titles. Current champion France, along with past champions Uruguay and Argentina, 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, nobody knows why .[5]

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 Russia took place at the country's biggest sports complex, the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.[6] As of 2018, 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.

List of finals

Locations of finals held in Europe
Locations of finals held in the rest of the world
Key to the list
a.e.t. Match was won during extra time
pen. Match was won on a penalty shoot-out
List of finals of the FIFA World Cup
Year Winners Score[2] Runners-up Venue Host Country Location Attendance Refs
1930 Uruguay  4–2  Argentina Estadio Centenario Uruguay  Montevideo, Uruguay 68,346 [7][8]
1934 Italy  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Czechoslovakia Stadio Nazionale PNF Italy  Rome, Italy 55,000 [9][10]
1938 Italy  4–2  Hungary Stade Olympique de Colombes France [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Paris, France 45,000 [11][12]
1950 Uruguay  2–1[n 3] 23x15px Brazil Maracanã Stadium[n 3] Brazil [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Rio de Janeiro,[n 3] Brazil 173,850[n 3] [13][14]
1954 West Germany  3–2  Hungary Wankdorf Stadium Switzerland  [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x16px|border |alt=|link=]] Bern, Switzerland 62,500 [15][16]
1958 Brazil 23x15px 5–2  Sweden Råsunda Stadium Sweden [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Solna, Sweden 51,800 [17][18]
1962 Brazil 23x15px 3–1  Czechoslovakia Estadio Nacional Chile [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Santiago, Chile 69,000 [19][20]
1966 England  4–2 (a.e.t.)  West Germany Wembley Stadium England [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] London, England 96,924 [21][22]
1970 Brazil 23x15px 4–1  Italy Estadio Azteca Mexico [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Mexico City, Mexico 107,412 [23][24]
1974 West Germany  2–1  Netherlands Olympiastadion West Germany  Munich, West Germany 75,200 [25][26]
1978 Argentina  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands Estadio Monumental Argentina [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Buenos Aires, Argentina 71,483 [27][28]
1982 Italy [[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] 3–1  West Germany Santiago Bernabéu Spain [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Madrid, Spain 90,000 [29][30]
1986 Argentina  3–2  West Germany Estadio Azteca Mexico [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Mexico City, Mexico 114,600 [31][32]
1990 West Germany  1–0  Argentina Stadio Olimpico Italy [[File:{{{flag alias-2000}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Rome, Italy 73,603 [33][34]
1994 Brazil  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 pen.)		  Italy Rose Bowl United States [[File:{{{flag alias-2000}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Pasadena, United States 94,194 [35][36]
1998 France [[File:{{{flag alias-1974}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] 3–0 23x15px Brazil Stade de France France [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Saint-Denis, France 75,000 [37][38]
2002 Brazil  2–0  Germany International Stadium South Korea [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]], Japan [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Yokohama, Japan 69,029 [39][40]
2006 Italy  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 pen.)		  France Olympiastadion Germany [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Berlin, Germany 69,000 [41][42]
2010 Spain  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands Soccer City South Africa [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Johannesburg, South Africa 84,490 [43][44]
2014 Germany  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Argentina Maracanã Stadium Brazil [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 74,738 [45][46]
2018 France [[File:{{{flag alias-1974}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] 4–2  Croatia Luzhniki Stadium Russia [[File:{{{flag alias-2018}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] Moscow, Russia 78,011 [47][48]
Upcoming finals
Year Finalists Match Finalists Venue Host Country Location Attendance Refs
2022 Argentina  v Lusail Stadium Qatar  Lusail, Qatar
2026 v TBA Mexico [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]], Canada [[File:{{{flag alias-2022}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]], United States  TBA

Results

Map of winning countries
Results by nation
Team Winners Runners-up Total finals Years won Years runners-up
 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 2 3 5 1978, 1986 1930, 1990, 2014
 France 2 1 3 1998, 2018 2006
 Uruguay 2 0 2 1930, 1950 –
 England 1 0 1 1966 –
 Spain 1 0 1 2010 –
 Netherlands 0 3 3 – 1974, 1978, 2010
 Czechoslovakia 0 2 2 – 1934, 1962
 Hungary 0 2 2 – 1938, 1954
 Sweden 0 1 1 – 1958
 Croatia 0 1 1 – 2018
Results by confederation
Confederation Appearances Winners Runners-up
UEFA 28 12 16
CONMEBOL 14 9 5

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ This follows FIFA's consideration that the national teams of Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia, and USSR/Russia are combined respectively for record-keeping. The German Federal Republic is often referred to as "West Germany" between 1945 and 1991 to distinguish it from the German Democratic Republic or "East Germany".[3]
  2. ↑ Technically the 1958 final was also between two first timers, but Brazil's 1950 group game defeat is generally counted as a previous "final" appearance for the team.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 There was no official World Cup final match in 1950. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams. Coincidentally, one of the last two matches of the tournament pitted the two top ranked teams, Brazil and Uruguay, against each other at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Uruguay won the match 2–1 in front of 173,850 spectators.

References

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