List of FIFA World Cup finals

List of FIFA World Cup finals

Germany celebrating after their win against Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final
Founded	1930
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	204 (qualifiers) 32 (finals)
Current champions	Germany (4th title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (5 titles)

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 Brazil in 2014, was won by Germany, who beat Argentina 1–0 after extra time.^[1]

The World Cup final match is the last of the competition, and the result determines which country 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 shoot-out. The winning penalty shoot-out area team are then declared champions.^[2] 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 de facto final of the 1950 World Cup.^[3]

In the 20 tournaments held, 77 nations have appeared at least once. Of these, 12 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.^[5] Italy and Germany have four titles. The other former champions are Uruguay and Argentina with two titles each, and England, France, and Spain with one each. The current champions, Germany, took their fourth title in 2014, and it is the first title for the Reunified German team. The 2014 German team also became the first European team to win in South America.^[6] The team that wins the finals receive the FIFA World Cup Trophy, and their name is engraved in the bottom side of the trophy.^[7]

The 1970 and 1994 along with the 1986, 1990 and 2014 games are to date the only matches competed by the same teams (Brazil–Italy and Argentina–Germany respectively). As of 2014, the 1934 final^{[n 2]} remains the latest final to have been between two teams playing their first final. The final match of the upcoming 2018 World Cup in Russia is scheduled to take place at the country's biggest sports complex, the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.^[8]

As of 2014, only nations from Europe and South America have competed in a World Cup Final.

List of finals

Key to the list of finals

	Match was won during extra time
	Match was won on a penalty shoot-out

• 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.

List of finals matches, their venues and locations, the finalists and final scores

Year	Winners	Final score[3]	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Attendance	References
1930	Uruguay	4–2	Argentina	Estadio Centenario	Uruguay, Montevideo !Montevideo, Uruguay	80,000	[9][10]
1934	Italy	2–1 [n 3]	Czechoslovakia	Stadio Nazionale PNF	Italy, Rome !Rome, Italy	50,000	[11][12]
1938	Italy	4–2	Hungary	Stade Olympique de Colombes	France, Paris !Paris, France	45,000	[13][14]
1950*	Uruguay	2–1 [n 4]	Brazil	Estádio do Maracanã	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro !Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	174,000	[15][16]
1954	West Germany	3–2	Hungary	Wankdorf Stadium	Switzerland, Bern !Bern, Switzerland	60,000	[17][18]
1958	Brazil	5–2	Sweden	Råsunda Stadium	Sweden, Solna !Solna, Sweden	51,800	[19][20]
1962	Brazil	3–1	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Nacional	Chile, Santiago !Santiago, Chile	69,000	[21][22]
1966	England	4–2 [n 5]	West Germany	Wembley Stadium	England, London !London, England	93,000	[23][24]
1970	Brazil	4–1	Italy	Estadio Azteca	Mexico, Mexico City !Mexico City, Mexico	107,412	[25][26]
1974	West Germany	2–1	Netherlands	Olympiastadion	West Germany, Munich !Munich, West Germany	75,200	[27][28]
1978	Argentina	3–1 [n 6]	Netherlands	Estadio Monumental	Argentina, Buenos Aires !Buenos Aires, Argentina	71,483	[29][30]
1982	Italy	3–1	West Germany	Santiago Bernabéu	Spain, Madrid !Madrid, Spain	90,000	[31][32]
1986	Argentina	3–2	West Germany	Estadio Azteca	Mexico, Mexico City !Mexico City, Mexico	114,600	[33][34]
1990	West Germany	1–0	Argentina	Stadio Olimpico	Italy, Rome !Rome, Italy	73,603	[35][36]
1994	Brazil	0–0 [n 7]	Italy	Rose Bowl	United States, Pasadena, California !Pasadena (Los Angeles), California, United States	94,194	[37][38]
1998	France	3–0	Brazil	Stade de France	France, Saint-Denis !Saint-Denis (Paris), France	80,000	[39][40]
2002	Brazil	2–0	Germany	International Stadium Yokohama	Japan, Yokohama !Yokohama, Japan	69,029	[41][42]
2006	Italy	1–1 [n 8]	France	Olympiastadion	Germany, Berlin !Berlin, Germany	69,000	[43][44]
2010	Spain	1–0 [n 9]	Netherlands	Soccer City	South Africa, Johannesburg !Johannesburg, South Africa	84,490	[45][46]
2014	Germany	1–0 [n 10]	Argentina	Estádio do Maracanã	Brasil, Rio de Janeiro !Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	74,738	[47][48]

• The asterisk notes that the 1950 FIFA World Cup did not have a final, rather, the tournament was decided by a 4-way round robin phase. The match listed in the column above between Brazil and Uruguay was the tournament-deciding match.

Results by nation

Map of winning countries

National team	Wins	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
Uruguay	2	0	2	1930, 1950	–
France	1	1	2	1998	2006
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

Results by confederation

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.^[4]
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. ↑ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.^[11][12]
4. ↑ Not the final but the decisive match of the final group stage.
5. ↑ Score was 2–2 after 90 minutes.^[23][24]
6. ↑ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.^[29][30]
7. ↑ Score was 0–0 after 120 minutes. Brazil won 3–2 on penalties.^[37][38]
8. ↑ Score was 1–1 after 120 minutes. Italy won 5–3 on penalties.^[43][44]
9. ↑ Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes.^[45][46]
10. ↑ Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes.^[47][48]

See also

• List of UEFA European Championship finals

References

General

• "World Cup 1930–2014". Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014. 

Specific

External links

• Official website