List of FIFA World Cup finals

For a list of FIFA Women's World Cup finals, see List of FIFA Women's 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.

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

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

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[edit]
Confederation Appearances Winners Runners-up
UEFA 26 11 15
CONMEBOL 14 9 5
Footnotes[edit]
Jump up ^ 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]
Jump up ^ 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.
Jump up ^ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.[10][11]
Jump up ^ Not the final but the decisive match of the final group stage.
Jump up ^ Score was 2–2 after 90 minutes.[22][23]
Jump up ^ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.[28][29]
Jump up ^ Score was 0–0 after 120 minutes. Brazil won 3–2 on penalties.[36][37]
Jump up ^ Score was 1–1 after 120 minutes. Italy won 5–3 on penalties.[42][43]
Jump up ^ Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes.[44][45]
Jump up ^ Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes.[46][47]