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| Founded | 1930 |
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| Region | International (FIFA) |
| Number of teams | 32 (tournament phase) |
| Current champions |  France (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Brazil (5 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | List of broadcasters |
| Website | fifa |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup | |
| National team | Wins | Runners-up | Total finals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Germany | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Italy | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Argentina | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| France | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| England | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Hungary | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Location | Winners (Manager) | Score | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Uruguay Alberto Suppici | 4–2 Pablo Dorado, Pedro Cea, Santos Iriarte, Héctor Castro / Carlos Peucelle, Guillermo Stábile | Argentina |
| 1934 | Rome, Italy | Italy Vittorio Pozzo | 2–1 Raimundo Orsi, Angelo Schiavio / Antonín Puč | Czechoslovakia |
| 1938 | Paris, France | Italy Vittorio Pozzo | 4–2 Gino Colaussi (2), Silvio Piola (2) / Pál Titkos, György Sárosi | Hungary |
| 1942-1946 | Editions not played because of World War II. | |||
| 1950 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Uruguay Juan López Fontana | 2–1 Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Alcides Ghiggia / Albino Friaça Cardoso | Brazil |
| 1954 | Bern, Switzerland | West Germany Sepp Herberger | 3–2 Max Morlock, Helmut Rahn (2) / Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor | Hungary |
| 1958 | Solna, Sweden | Brazil Vicente Feola | 5–2 Vava (2), Pele (2), Mário Zagallo / Nils Liedholm, Agne Simonsson | Sweden |
| 1962 | Santiago, Chile | Brazil Aymoré Moreira | 3–1 Amarildo Tavares, Zito, Vava / Josef Masopust | Czechoslovakia |
| 1966 | London, England | England Alf Ramsey | 4–2 Geoff Hurst (3), Martin Peters / Helmut Haller, Wolfgang Weber | West Germany |
| 1970 | Mexico City, Mexico | Brazil Mário Zagallo | 4–1 Pele, Gérson de Oliveira, Jairzinho, Carlos Alberto / Roberto Boninsegna | Italy |
| 1974 | Munich, West Germany | West Germany Helmut Schön | 2–1 Paul Breitner, Gerd Müller / Johan Neeskens | Netherlands |
| 1978 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Argentina César Luis Menotti | 3–1 Mario Alberto Kempes (2), Daniel Bertoni / Dick Nanninga | Netherlands |
| 1982 | Madrid, Spain | Italy Enzo Bearzot | 3–1 Paolo Rossi, Marco Tardelli, Alessandro Altobelli / Paul Breitner | West Germany |
| 1986 | Mexico City, Mexico | Argentina Carlos Bilardo | 3–2 José Luis Brown, Jorge Burruchaga, Jorge Valdano / Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Rudi Völler | West Germany |
| 1990 | Rome, Italy | West Germany Franz Beckenbauer | 1–0 Andreas Brehme | Argentina |
| 1994 | Pasadena, United States | Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira | 0–0 (3-2 pen.) | Italy |
| 1998 | Saint-Denis, France | France Aimé Jacquet | 3–0 Zinedine Zidane (2), Emmanuel Petit | Brazil |
| 2002 | Yokohama, Japan | Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari | 2–0 Ronaldo (2) | Germany |
| 2006 | Berlin, Germany | Italy | 1–1 Marco Materazzi / Zinedine Zidane (5-3 pen.) | France |
| 2010 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Spain Vicente del Bosque | 1–0 Andrés Iniesta | Netherlands |
| 2014 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Germany Joachim Löw | 1–0 Mario Götze | Argentina |
| 2018 | Moscow, Russia | France Didier Deschamps | 4–2 Mario Mandžukić (og), Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappé / Ivan Perišić, Mario Mandžukić | Croatia |
| 2022 | Lusail, Qatar | v | ||
| 2026 | East Rutherford, United States | v |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Goals scored |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miroslav Klose (Germany) | 16 |
| 2 | Ronaldo (Brazil) | 15 |
| 3 | Gerd Müller (Germany) | 14 |
| 4 | Just Fontaine (France) | 13 |
| 5 | Pelé (Brazil) | 12 |
| 6 | Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany) Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) | 11 |
Top goalscorers for each tournament
| World Cup | Player | Team | Goals | Matches Played | Other FIFA Awards |
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| Uruguay 1930 | Guillermo Stábile | Argentina | 8 | 4 | Silver Ball |
| Italy 1934 | Oldřich Nejedlý | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 4 | Bronze Ball |
| France 1938 | Leônidas | Brazil | 7 | 5 | Golden Ball |
| Brazil 1950 | Ademir | Brazil | 8 | 6 | Bronze Ball |
| Switzerland 1954 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 | 5 | Silver Ball |
| Sweden 1958 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 | 6 | Bronze Ball |
| Chile 1962 | Garrincha | Brazil | 4 | 6 | Golden Ball |
| Vavá | Brazil | 6 | |||
| Leonel Sánchez | Chile | 6 | Bronze Ball | ||
| Flórián Albert | Hungary | 4 | Best Young Player | ||
| Valentin Ivanov | Soviet Union | 4 | |||
| Dražan Jerković | Yugoslavia | 6 | |||
| England 1966 | Eusébio | Portugal | 9 | 6 | Bronze Ball |
| Mexico 1970 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | 10 | 6 | Best Young Player, Bronze Ball |
| West Germany 1974 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 7 | 7 | |
| Argentina 1978 | Mario Kempes | Argentina | 6 | 7 | Golden Ball |
| Spain 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | 6 | 7 | Golden Ball |
| Mexico 1986 | Gary Lineker | England | 6 | 5 | |
| Italy 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 6 | 7 | Golden Ball |
| USA 1994 | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | 6 | 7 | Bronze Ball |
| Oleg Salenko | Russia | 3 | |||
| France 1998 | Davor Šuker | Croatia | 6 | 7 | Silver Ball |
| South Korea and Japan 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 8 | 7 | Silver Ball |
| Germany 2006 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 5 | 7 | |
| South Africa 2010 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 5 | 7 | Best Young Player |
| David Villa | Spain | 7 | Silver Boot, Bronze Ball | ||
| Wesley Sneijder | Netherlands | 7 | Bronze Boot, Silver Ball | ||
| Diego Forlán | Uruguay | 7 | Golden Ball | ||
| Brazil 2014 | James Rodríguez | Colombia | 6 | 5 | |
| Russia 2018 | Harry Kane | England | 6 | 7 |