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World Cup History of Winners and World Cup Host Country
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Year Winner Score Runner Up 3rd Place (score) 4th Place Host Country 2010 South Africa 2006 Italy 1-1 (5-3)* France Germany 3-1 Portugal Germany 2002 Brazil 2-0 Germany Turkey 3-2 Korea Republic Korea/Japan 1998 France 3-0 Brazil Croatia 2-1 Netherlands France 1994 Brazil 3-2 Italy Sweden 4-0 Bulgaria USA 1990 West Germany 1-0 Argentine Italy 2-1 England Italy 1986 Argentine 3-2 West Germany France 4-2 Belgium Mexico 1982 Italy 3-1 West Germany Poland 3-2 France Spain 1978 Argentine 3-1 Netherlands Brazil 2-1 Italy Argentine 1974 West Germany 2-1 Netherlands Poland 1-0 Brazil West Germany 1970 Brazil 4-1 Italy West Germany 1-0 Uruguay Mexico 1966 England 4-2 West Germany Portugal 2-1 Soviet Union England 1962 Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia Chile 1-0 Yugoslavia Chile 1958 Brazil 5-2 Sweden France 6-3 West Germany Sweden 1954 West Germany 3-2 Hungary Austria 3-1 Uruguay Switzerland 1950 Uruguay 2-1 Brazil Sweden --* Spain Brazil 1938 Italy 4-2 Hungary Brazil 4-2 Sweden France 1934 Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia Germany 3-2 Austria Italy 1930 Uruguay 4-2 Argentine United States --* Yugoslavia Uruguay
* In 2006, Italy became the world champion for the 4th time after the game ended in a 1-1 draw and Italy outscored France 5 - 3 on penalty kicks. * In 1950, there was no final match for the World Cup. The tournament winner was decided by a round robin format, where all four teams would play each other and the team with the most points would be crowned the winner. The final results, first through fourth, were determined by points. * In 1930, there was no 3rd place match played. FIFA later ruled that USA was the third place champion, based on overall records of the tournament.
Championship History World Cup All-Time Rankings!!
Rankings are determined as: 4 points for 1st place finish, 3 points for 2nd place finish, 2 points for 3rd place finish, 1 point for 4th place finish Team Total Points Notes Brazil 31 Germany 28 Includes games as both West Germany and Germany Italy 25 Argentina 14 France 12 Uruguay 10 Sweden 8 Netherlands 7 Czechoslovakia 6 Have since split into multiple countries Hungary 6 England 5 Poland 4 Austria 3 Portugal 3 Chile 2 Croatia 2 Turkey 2 USA 2 Yugoslavia 2 Have since split into multiple countries Belgium 1 Bulgaria 1 Korea Republic 1 Soviet Union 1 Have since split into multiple countries Spain 1 |
2006 World Cup location was in Germany. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be in South Africa. This is the first time the tournament will be held by a nation in the Confederation of African Football.
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