Friday, April 1, 2011

World Cup winners



In this post I will list the all the FIFA World Cup winners from the begining of the tournament in 1930 to the last tournament played in the summer of 2010. The World Cup is an international football competition contested by the senior's men national teams members of FIFA( Internationale de Football Association). The competition has been played every 4 years since the first tournament in 1930.  The only times that the World Cup was not held was in 1942 and 1946, due to the World War II. The most successful team that has won the competition is Brazil(5), follow by Italy(4),Germany(3), Urugway(2), Argentine(2), France(1), England(1) and Spain(1).

Year Host Country Winner Score
2010 South Africa Spain Spain 1-0 Netherlands
2006 Germany Italy Italy 1-1 (5-3) France
2002 Japan / S. Korea Brazil Brazil 2-0 Germany
1998 France France France 3-0 Brazil
1994 US Brazil Brazil 3-2 Italy
1990 Italy Germany Germany 1-0 Argentina
1986 Mexico Argentina Argentina 3-2 Germany
1982 Spain Italy Italy 3-1 Germany
1978 Argentina Argentina Argentina 3-1 Holland
1974 Germany Germany Germany 2-1 Holland
1970 Mexico Brazil Brazil 4-1 Italy
1966 England England England 4-2 Germany
1962 Chile Brazil Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia
1958 Sweden Brazil Brazil 5-2 Sweden
1954 Switzerland Germany Germany 3-2 Hungary
1950 Brazil Uruguay Uruguay 2-1 Brazil
1946 not held
1942 not held
1938 France Italy Italy 4-2 Hungary
1934 Italy Italy Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia
1930 Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay 4-2 Argentina