Top World Cup Performances
Note: In 1974 and 1978 no semifinals were played.
In 1958 the Worldcup had a finalround with 4 teams participating. This is counted as a semifinal
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| Semi-final appearances 12 Germany 9 Brazil 7 Italy 7 France 5 Uruguay 4 Sweden 5 Argentina 3 Holland 3 England 2 Austria 2 Czechoslovakia 2 Hungary 2 Yugoslavia 2 Portugal 2 Spain 2 Belgium 3 Croatia 1 Bulgaria 1 Chile 1 Poland 1 South Korea 1 Turkey 1 USA 1 USSR 1 Morocco |
Appearances in the final 8 Germany 7 Brazil 6 Italy 6 Argentina 3 Holland 4 France 2 Czechoslovakia 2 Hungary 2 Uruguay 1 England 1 Sweden 1 Spain 1 Croatia |
Championships won 5 Brazil 4 Italy 4 Germany 3 Argentina 2 Uruguay 2 France 1 England 1 Spain |
Past World Cup winners
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Fin. Final Final
Year Host Champion Runner-up Res. Attend. City
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1930: Uruguay Uruguay Argentina 4-2 90,000 Montevideo
1934: Italy Italy Czechoslovakia 2-1 55,000 Rome
1938: France Italy Hungary 4-2 65,000 Paris
1950: Brazil Uruguay Brazil 2-1 200,000 Rio de Janerio
1954: Switzerland West Germany Hungary 3-2 55,000 Berne
1958: Sweden Brazil Sweden 5-2 49,737 Stockholm
1962: Chile Brazil Czechoslovakia 3-1 69,068 Santiago
1966: England England West Germany 4-2 93,000 London
1970: Mexico Brazil Italy 4-1 110,000 Mexico City
1974: West Germany West Germany Netherlands 2-1 80,000 Munich
1978: Argentina Argentina Netherlands 3-1 77,000 Buenos Aires
1982: Spain Italy W. Germany 3-1 90,000 Madrid
1986: Mexico Argentina W. Germany 3-2 114,800 Mexico City
1990: Italy Germany Argentina 1-0 73,600 Rome
1994: USA Brazil Italy 3-2* 94.194 Los Angeles
1998: France France Brazil 3-0 75.000 Paris
2002: South Korea/Japan Brazil Germany 2-0 70.564 Yokohama
2006: Germany Italy France 6-4** 69.000 Berlin
2010: South Africa Spain Holland 1-0 84.490 Johannesburg
2014: Brazil Germany Argentina 1-0 74.738 Rio de Janerio
2018: Russia France Croatia 4-2 78.011 Moscow
2022: Qatar Argentina France 7-5***88.966 Al Daayen
* The match ended 0-0 the result of the penalty shootout was 3-2
** The match ended 1-1. The result of the penalty shootout was 5-3
*** The match ended 3-3. THe result of the penalty shootout was 4-2
Attendance and Goals
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| Year 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Total |
Host Uruguay Italy France Brazil Switzerland Sweden Chile England Mexico West Germany Argentina Spain Mexico Italy USA France Japan and South Korea Germany South Africa Brazil Russia |
Matches 18 17 18 22 26 35 32 32 32 38 38 52 52 52 52 64 64 64 64 64 64 900 |
Goals 70 70 84 88 140 126 89 89 95 97 102 146 132 115 141 171 161 147 145 171 169 2548 |
Average 3.89 4.12 4.67 4.00 5.38 3.60 2.78 2.78 2.97 2.55 2.68 2.80 2.54 2.21 2.71 2.67 2.52 2.30 2.27 2.67 2.64 2.83 |
Attendance 434500 395000 483000 1337000 943000 868000 776000 1614677 1673975 1774022 1610275 2064364 2441731 2515168 3587538 2775400 2705197 3359439 3178856 3429873 3031768 40998783 |
Average 24439 23235 26833 60773 36269 24800 24250 50459 52312 46685 42374 38816 46956 48368 68991 43366 42269 52491 49670 53592 47371 45554 |
Individual Records
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Goal Scorer Country Opponent Place Year 1 Lucien Laurent France Mexico Montevideo 1930 100 Angelo Schiavio Italy USA Rome 1934 200 Tore Keller Sweden Cuba Antibes 1938 300 Francisco Chico Brazil Spain Rio de Janeiro 1950 400 Max Morlock West Germany Turkey Zürich 1954 500 Robert Collins Scotland Paraguay Norrköping 1958 600 Drazan Jerkovic Yugoslavia Uruguay Arica 1962 700 Pak Zeung Zin North Korea Chile Middlesbrough 1966 800 Gerd Müller West Germany Bulgaria Leon 1970 900 Hector Yazalde Argentina Haiti München 1974 1000 Rob Rensenbrinck Holland Scotland Mendoza 1978 1100 Sergey Baltacha USSR New Zealand Malaga 1982 1200 Jean-Pierre Papin France Canada Leon 1986 1300 Gary Lineker England Paraguay Mexico City 1986 1400 Johnny Ekström Sweden Costa Rica Genoa 1990 1500 Claudio Caniggia Argentina Nigeria Boston 1994 1600 Pierrre Issa (OG) South Africa France Marseilles 1998 1700 Slobodan Komljenonic Yugoslavia USA Nantes 1998 1800 Beto Portugal USA Suwon 2002 1900 Christian Vieri Italy South Korea Daejeon 2002 2000 Marcus Allbäk Sweden England Cologne 2006 2100 Javier Hernandez Mexico France Polokwane 2010 2200 Arjen Robben Netherlands Uruguay Cape Town 2010 OG = Own goal
Number of debutants in the World Cup
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Year - Number of debutants - Best debutant - Place (Other debutants) 2022 - 1 - Qatar - 4th in group stage 2018 - 2 - Iceland - 4th in group stage - (Iceland, Panama) 2014 - 1 - Bosnia-Herzegovina - 3rd in group stage 2010 - 1 - Slovakia - 2nd round (Slovakia) 2006 - 6 - Ukraine - Quarter Final (Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago) 2002 - 4 - Senegal - Quater final 1998 - 4 - Crotaia - Bronze 1994 - 3 - Saudi Arabia/Nigeria - round of 16 1990 - 3 - Ireland - Quaterfinal 1986 - 3 - Denmark - round of 16 1982 - 5 - Algeria/Cameroun - 3rd in group stage 1978 - 2 - Tunesia - 3rd in group stage 1974 - 4 - East Germany - 3rd in 2nd round groups 1970 - 3 - Israel/Marocco/El Salvador - 4th in group stage 1966 - 2 - Portugal - Bronze 1962 - 2 - Bulgaria/Columbia - 4th in group stage 1958 - 3 - Northen Ireland/Wales/Soviet Union - Quarter final 1954 - 3 - Turkey - Group-playoff 1950 - 1 - England - 2nd in group stage 1938 - 4 - Cuba - Quarter final 1934 - 10 - Italy - Gold 1930 - 13 - Uruguay - Gold