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The World Cup


ITALY
Current Men's World Cup Title Holders
GERMANY
Current Women's World Cup Title Holders

Men's World Cup Women's World Cup
Through Germany 2006
YEAR
 HOST COUNTRY CHAMPION RUNNER-UP
SCORE
1930
 Uruguay Uruguay Argentina
4-2
1934
 Italy Italy Czechoslovakia
2-1 OT
1938
 France Italy Hungary
4-2
1950
 Brazil Uruguay Brazil
2-1
1954
 Switzerland West Germany Hungary
3-2
1958
 Sweden Brazil Sweden
5-2
1962
 Chile Brazil Czechoslovakia
3-1
1966
 England England West Germany
4-2 OT
1970
 Mexico Brazil Italy
4-1
1974
 Germany West Germany Netherlands
2-1
1978
 Argentina Argentina Netherlands
3-1 OT
1982
 Spain Italy West Germany
3-1
1986
 Mexico Argentina West Germany
3-2
1990
 Italy West Germany Argentina
1-0
1994
 United States Brazil Italy
0-0 (3-2 PK)
1998
 France France Brazil
3-0
2002
 South Korea/Japan Brazil Germany
2-0
2006
 Germany
 Italy
 France
 1-1 (5-3 PK)
Country Records
Through 2006 World Cup
POS
 COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
1
 Brazil
92
66
11
15
201
84
+117
2
 Germany*
98
61
17
20
195
117
+78
3
 Italy
77
46
15
16
122
69
+53
4
 West Germany
62
39
11
12
131
77
+54
5
 Argentina
65
36
9
20
113
74
+39
6
 France
51
27
6
18
95
63
+32
7
 England
55
25
14
16
74
47
+27
8
 Spain
49
23
9
17
81
57
+24
9
 Sweden
 45
 17
 11
 17
 73
 68
 +5
10
 Netherlands
 35
 16
 9
 10
 58
 37
 +21
11
 Yugoslavia
37
16
7
14
60
46
+14
12
 Soviet Union
31
15
6
10
54
34
+20
13
 Poland
 31
 15
 5
 11
 44
 40
 +4
14
 Hungary
32
15
3
14
87
57
+30
15
 Uruguay
40
15
10
15
65
57
+8
16
 Portugal
 19
 12
 0
 7
 32
 21
 +11
17
 Austria
29
12
4
13
43
47
-4
18
 Czechoslovakia
30
11
5
14
44
44
0
19
 Belgium
36
11
8
17
46
63
-17
20
 Mexico
45
11
10
24
48
84
-36
21
 Romania
21
8
3
11
30
33
-3
22
 Switzerland
 26
 8
 4
 14
 37
 51
 -14
23
 Denmark
13
7
2
4
24
18
+6
24
 Chile
25
7
6
12
31
40
-9
25
 Croatia
13
6
2
5
15
11
+4
26
 Paraguay
22
6
7
9
27
36
-9
27
 United States
 21
 6
 3
 16
 27
 51
 -24
28
 Turkey
10
5
1
4
20
17
+3
29
 South Korea
 22
 5
 6
 11
 22
 37
 -15
30
 Cameroon
16
4
7
5
15
27
-12
31
 Nigeria
11
4
1
6
14
16
-2
32
 Peru
15
4
3
8
19
31
-12
33
 Scotland
23
4
7
12
25
41
-16
34
 Bulgaria
26
4
7
15
22
53
-31
35
 Ukraine
 5
 3
 0
 2
 5
 7
 -2
36
 Ireland
13
3
6
4
10
10
0
37
 Ecuador
 7
 3
 0
 4
 9
 8
 +1
38
 Northern Ireland
13
3
5
5
13
23
-10
39
 Costa Rica
 10
 3
 1
 6
 12
 23
 -11
40
 Columbia
12
3
2
7
13
21
-8
41
 Senegal
5
2
2
1
7
6
+1
42
 East Germany
6
2
2
2
5
5
0
43
 Ghana
 4
 2
 0
 2
 4
 6
 -2
44
 Norway
8
2
3
3
7
8
-1
45
 Algeria
6
2
1
3
6
10
-4
46
 Russia
 6
 2
 0
 4
 11
 10
 +1
47
 Japan
10
2
2
6
8
14
-6
48
 Morocco
13
2
4
7
12
18
-6
49
 Saudi Arabia
13
2
2
9
9
31
-22
50
 Wales
5
1
3
1
4
4
0
51
 Cuba
3
1
1
1
5
12
-7
52
 South Africa
6
1
3
2
8
11
-3
53
 North Korea
4
1
1
2
5
9
-4
54
 Cote d'Ivoire
 3
 1
 0
 2
 5
 6
 -1
55
 Czech Republic
 3
 1
 0
 2
 3
 4
 -1
56
 Jamaica
 3
 1
 0
 2
 3
 9
 -6
57
 Australia
 7
 1
 2
 4
 5
 11
 -6
58
 Iran
9
1
2
6
6
18
-12
59
 Tunisia
12
1
4
7
8
17
-9
60
 Angola
 3
 0
 2
 1
 1
 2
 -1
61
 Isreal
3
0
2
1
1
3
-2
62
 Honduras
3
0
2
1
2
3
-1
63
 Dutch East Indies
1
0
0
1
0
6
-6
64
 Egypt
4
0
2
2
3
6
-3
65
 Kuwait
3
0
1
2
2
6
-4
66
 Trinidad & Tobago
 3
 0
 1
 2
 0
 4
 -4
67
 Korea
2
0
0
2
0
16
-16
68
 Iraq
3
0
0
3
1
4
-3
69
 Slovenia
3
0
0
3
2
7
-5
70
 Togo
 3
 0
 0
 3
 1
 6
 -5
71
 Canada
3
0
0
3
0
5
-5
72
 Serbia & Montenegro
 3
 0
 0
 3
 2
 10
 -8
73
 United Arab Emirates
 3
 0
 0
 3
 2
 11
 -9
74
 China
3
0
0
3
0
9
-9
75
 New Zealand
3
0
0
3
2
12
-10
76
 Greece
3
0
0
3
0
10
-10
77
 Haiti
3
0
0
3
2
14
-12
78
 Zaire
3
0
0
3
0
14
-14
79
 Bolivia
6
0
1
5
1
20
-19
80
 El Salvador
6
0
0
6
1
22
-21
*Includes East Germany and West Germany matches

Women's World Cup Men's World Cup
Through China 2007
YEAR
 HOST COUNTRY CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE
1991
 China United States Norway 2-1
1995
 Sweden Norway Germany 2-0
1999
 United States United States China 0-0 (5-4 PK)
2003
 United States
 Germany
 Sweden
 2-1 OT
2007
 China
 Germany
 Brazil
 2-0
Country Records
Through China 2007
POS
 COUNTRY
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
1 United States 30
 25
 2
 3
 85
 25
 +60
2
 Germeny
 28
 20
 3
 5
 84
 27
 +57
3
 Norway 28 19 1
 8
 75
 36
 +59
4
 China 24 14 3
 7
 48 25
 +23
5
 Brazil
 21
 13
 1
 7
 45
 31
 +14
6
 Sweden 23 13
 1
 9
 44
 28
 +16
7
 Russia
 8
 4
 0
 4
 16
 15
 +1
8
 Canada
 15
 4
 3
 8
 25
 39
 -14
9
 England
 8
 3
 2
 3
 14
 15
 -1
10
 Italy 7 3 1 3 11 8 +3
11
 Denmark
 14
 3
 1
 10
 19
 25
 -6
12
 Japan
 16
 3
 2
 11
 13
 40
 -27
13 Nigeria 16 2 2
 12
 14 48
 -34
14
 North Korea
 7
 2
 1
 4
 8
 11
 -3
15
 France
 3
 1
 1
 1
 2
 3
 -1
16
 Chinese Taipei
 4
 1
 0
 3
 2
 15
 -13
17
 Ghana
 6
 1
 0
 5
 5
 20
 -15
18 South Korea 6 1 0 5
 5
 17
 -12
19
 Australia
 13
 1
 4
 8
 18
 32
 -14
20
 Mexico
 3
 0
 0
 3
 1
 15
 -14
21
 New Zealand 6
 0 0 6
 1 20
 -19
22
 Argentina
 6
 0
 0
 6
 2
 33
 -31