List of FIFA World Cup finals

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition established in 1930. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every four years, except in 1942 and 1946, when the competition was cancelled due to World War II. The most recent World Cup, hosted by South Africa in 2010, was won by Spain, who beat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time. The next World Cup will be held in Brazil from 13 June to 13 July 2014.

The World Cup final matches are the last of the competition, and the results determine which country's team is declared world champions. 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 decided by kicks from the penalty mark, commonly called a penalty shootout. The winning penalty shoot-out team 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) which 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 final of the 1950 World Cup.^[2]

In the nineteen tournaments held, seventy-five nations have appeared at least once. Of these, twelve have made it to the final match, and 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 finals tournament.^[4] Italy have four titles and Germany have three. The other former champions are Uruguay, who won the inaugural tournament, and Argentina, with two titles each, and England and France, who have each won one. The current champions, Spain, took their first title in 2010.^[5] Just five players were sent off in FIFA World Cup Finals: Pedro Monzón, Gustavo Dezotti (both in 1990 final), Marcel Desailly (in 1998 final), Zinedine Zidane (in 2006 final) and John Heitinga (in 2010 final).

Contents 1 Key 2 Finals 3 Results by nation 4 Footnotes 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Key

•  †  Match was won during extra time
•  ‡  Match was won on a penalty shootout
• The "Year" column refers to the year the World Cup was held, and wikilinks to the article about that tournament. The wikilinks in the "Final score" column point to the article about that tournament's final game. Links in the "Winners" and "Runners-up" columns point to the articles for the national football teams of the countries, not the articles for the countries.

Finals

Year	Winners	Final score[2]	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Refs
1930	Uruguay	4–2	Argentina	Estadio Centenario	Uruguay, Montevideo !Montevideo, Uruguay	[6][7]
1934	Italy	2–1† [n 2]	Czechoslovakia	Stadio Nazionale PNF	Italy, Rome !Rome, Italy	[8][9]
1938	Italy	4–2	Hungary	Stade Olympique de Colombes	France, Paris !Paris, France	[10][11]
1950	Uruguay	2–1† [n 3]	Brazil	Estádio do Maracanã	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro !Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[12][13]
1954	West Germany	3–2	Hungary	Wankdorf Stadium	Switzerland, Berne !Berne, Switzerland	[14][15]
1958	Brazil	5–2	Sweden	Råsunda Stadium	Sweden, Solna !Solna, Sweden	[16][17]
1962	Brazil	3–1	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Nacional	Chile, Santiago !Santiago, Chile	[18][19]
1966	England	4–2† [n 4]	West Germany	Wembley Stadium	England, London !London, England	[20][21]
1970	Brazil	4–1	Italy	Estadio Azteca	Mexico, Mexico City !Mexico City, Mexico	[22][23]
1974	West Germany	2–1	Netherlands	Olympiastadion	West Germany, Munich !Munich, West Germany	[24][25]
1978	Argentina	3–1† [n 5]	Netherlands	Estadio Monumental	Argentina, Buenos Aires !Buenos Aires, Argentina	[26][27]
1982	Italy	3–1	West Germany	Santiago Bernabéu	Spain, Madrid !Madrid, Spain	[28][29]
1986	Argentina	3–2	West Germany	Estadio Azteca	Mexico, Mexico City !Mexico City, Mexico	[30][31]
1990	West Germany	1–0	Argentina	Stadio Olimpico	Italy, Rome !Rome, Italy	[32][33]
1994	Brazil	0–0‡ [n 6]	Italy	Rose Bowl	United States, Pasadena, California !Pasadena, California, United States	[34][35]
1998	France	3–0	Brazil	Stade de France	France, Saint-Denis !Saint-Denis, France	[36][37]
2002	Brazil	2–0	Germany	International Stadium Yokohama	Japan, Yokohama !Yokohama, Japan	[38][39]
2006	Italy	1–1‡ [n 7]	France	Olympic Stadium	Germany, Berlin !Berlin, Germany	[40][41]
2010	Spain	1–0†	Netherlands	Soccer City	South Africa, Johannesburg !Johannesburg, South Africa	–

Results by nation

National team	Final appearances	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Brazil	7	5	2	1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002	1950, 1998
Italy	6	4	2	1934, 1938, 1982, 2006	1970, 1994
Germany	7	3	4	1954, 1974, 1990	1966, 1982, 1986, 2002
Argentina	4	2	2	1978, 1986	1930, 1990
Uruguay	2	2	0	1930, 1950	–
France	2	1	1	1998	2006
England	1	1	0	1966	–
Spain	1	1	0	2010	–
Netherlands	3	0	3	–	1974, 1978, 2010
Czechoslovakia	2	0	2	–	1934, 1962
Hungary	2	0	2	–	1938, 1954
Sweden	1	0	1	–	1958

Footnotes

1. ↑ This follows FIFA's consideration that the national teams of West Germany/Germany, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia, and USSR/Russia are combined respectively for record-keeping.^[3]
2. ↑ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.^[8][9]
3. ↑ Not the Final but the final game of the Final Group stage.
4. ↑ Score was 2–2 after 90 minutes.^[20][21]
5. ↑ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.^[26][27]
6. ↑ Score was 0–0 after 120 minutes. Brazil won 3–2 on penalties.^[34][35]
7. ↑ Score was 1–1 after 120 minutes. Italy won 5–3 on penalties.^[40][41]

See also

References

External links

• FIFA Official site

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