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1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

YEAR HOST COUNTRY CHAMPION SCORE
RUNNER-UP THIRD PLACE
SCORE
FOURTH PLACE

1930 Uruguay Uruguay 4-2
Argentina United States
--
Yugoslavia

1934 Italy Italy 2-1 AET
Czechoslovakia Germany
3-2
Austria

1938 France Italy 4-2
Hungary Brazil
4-2
Sweden

1950 Brazil Uruguay 2-1
Brazil Sweden
3-1
Spain

1954 Switzerland West Germany 3-2
Hungary Austria
3-1
Uruguay

1958 Sweden Brazil 5-2
Sweden France
6-3
West Germany

1962 Chile Brazil 3-1
Czechoslovakia Chile
1-0
Yugoslavia

1966 England England 4-2 AET
West Germany Portugal
2-1
Soviet Union

1970 Mexico Brazil 4-1
Italy West Germany
1-0
Uruguay

1974 Germany West Germany 2-1
Netherlands Poland
1-0
Brazil

1978 Argentina Argentina 3-1 AET
Netherlands Brazil
2-1
Italy

1982 Spain Italy 3-1
West Germany Poland
3-2
France

1986 Mexico Argentina 3-2
West Germany France
4-2 AET
Belgium

1990 Italy West Germany 1-0
Argentina Italy
2-1
England

1994 United States Brazil 0-0 (3-2 PK)
Italy Sweden
4-0
Bulgaria

1998 France France 3-0
Brazil Croatia
2-1
Netherlands

2002 South Korea/Japan Brazil 2-0
Germany Turkey
3-2
South Korea

2006
Germany
Italy
1-1 (5-3 PK)
France
Germany
3-1
Portugal

2010
South Africa
Spain
1-0 AET
Netherlands
Germany
3-2
Uruguay

2014
Brazil
Germany
1-0 AET
Argentina
Netherlands
3-0
Brazil

2018
Russia
France
4-2
Croatia
Belgium
2-0
England

2022
Qatar
Argentina
3-3 (4-2 PK)
France
Croatia
2-1
Morocco

2026
United States/Mexico/Canada
Spain
1-0 AET
Argentina
England
6-4
France

2030
Morocco/Portugal/Spain

2034
Saudi Arabia

Country Records
Through United States/Mexico/Canada 2026

POS COUNTRY APP
LAST
GP W D L GF GA GD

1
Brazil
23
2026
119
82
15
22
247
112
+135

2 Germany 21
2026 122
76
19 27
248
140 +108

3
Argentina 19
2026
96
60
10
26
171
109
+62

4
Italy 18 2014 83
47 17 19 128 77
+51

5
France 17
2026
81
47
9
25
156
94
+62

6
England 17
2026
82
39
19
24
124
80
+44

7
Spain 17
2026
75
39
13
23
123
76
+47

8
Netherlands
12
2026
58
33
11
14
106
56
+50

9
Uruguay
15
2026 62
26
14
22
92
80
+12

10
Belgium 15
2026
57
25
11
21
83
81
+2

11
Mexico 18
2026
65
21
13
31
72
104
-32

12
Sweden 13
2026
54
21
12
21
86
82
+4

13
Russia 11
2018
44
20
8
17
78
54
+24

14
Portugal 9
2026
40
20
7
13
69
44
+25

15
Croatia 7
2026
34
19
4
11
49
40
+9

16
Switzerland 13
2026
47
18
8
21
65
79
-14

17
Serbia
13
2022
49
18
8
23
71
71
0

18
Poland 9
2022
38
17
6
15
49
50
-1

19 Hungary 9 1986 32 15 3 14 87 57 +30

20
Austria 8
2026
33
13
5
15
49
56
-7

21
United States 12
2026
38
12
8
22
51
74
-23

22
Czech Republic
10
2016 36
12 6
18 49 54
-5

23
Colombia 7
2026
26
12
3
11
36
29
+7

24
Chile
9
2014
33
11
6
16
40
49
-9

25
Paraguay 9
2026
32
10
10
12
33
44
-11

26
Morocco 7
2026
29
10
7
12
30
33
-3

27
South Korea 12
2026
41
9
9
23
41
81
-39

28
Denmark 6
2022
23
9
5
9
31
29
+2

29
Japan 8
2026
29
8
6
15
33
38
-5

30
Romania 7
1998 21 8 3 11 30 33 -3

31
Costa Rica 6
2022
21
7
3
11
22
41
-19

32
Norway
4
2026
14
6
3
5
20
19
+1

33
Senegal 4
2026
16
6
3
7
26
26
0

34
Ecuador 5
2026
17
6
3
8
16
18
-2

35
Ghana 5
2026
19
6
3
10
20
26
-6

36
Nigeria 6
2018
21
6
3
12
23
30
-7

37
Turkey 4
2026
13
6
1
6
23
22
+1

38
Cameroon 8
2022
25
5
8
12
22
45
-23

39
Scotland 10
2026
26
5
7
14
26
45
-19

40
Australia 7
2026
24
5
5
14
20
40
-20

41
Peru 5
2018
18
5
3
10
21
33
-12

42
Ivory Coast 4
2026
13
5
1
7
18
18
0

43
Bulgaria
7
1998
26
4
7
15
22
53
-31

44
Saudi Arabia 7
2026
22
4
4
14
15
48
-33

45
Iran 7
2026
21
3
7
11
16
34
-18

46
Ireland
3
2002
13
3
6
4
10
10
0

47
South Africa 4
2026
13
3
5
5
13
20
-7

48
Northern Ireland
3
1986
13
3
5
5
13
23
-10

49
Tunisia 7
2026
20
3
5
13
16
38
-22

50
Algeria
5
2026
16
3
4
9
16
27
-11

51
Ukraine
1
2006
5
3
0
2
5
7
-2

52
Egypt 4
2026
12
2
4
6
13
19
-6

53
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
2026
7
2
1
4
9
12
-3

54
Greece
3
2014
10
2
1
7
5
20
-15

55
Canada 3
2026
11
2
1
8
11
18
-7

56
Wales 2
2022
8
1 4
3
5
10
-5

57
Cuba 1
1938
3 1 1 1 5 12 -7

58
Slovakia
1
2010
4
1
1
2
5
7
-2

59
Slovenia
2
2010
6
1
1
4
5
10
-5

60
North Korea
2
2010
7
1
1
5
2
15
-13

61
Jamaica
1
1998
3
1
0
2
3
9
-6

62
New Zealand
3
2026
9
0
4
5
8
24
-16

63
Cape Verde 1
2026
4
0
3
1
4
5
-1

64
Honduras
3
2014
9
0
3
6
3
14
-11

65
Angola
1
2006
3
0
2
1
1
2
-1

66
Israel 1
1970
3 0 2 1 1 3 -2

67
Iceland
1
2018
3
0
1
2
2
5
-3

68
Kuwait
1
1982
3
0
1
2
2
6
-4

69
Trinidad & Tobago
1
2006
3
0
1
2
0
4
-4

70
Curaçao 1
2026
3
0
1
2
1
9
-8

71
Democratic Republic of Congo 2
2026
7
1
1
5
5
19
-14

72
Qatar 2
2026
6
0
1
5
3
17
-14

73
Bolivia
3
1994
6
0
1
5
1
20
-19

74
Indonesia
1
1938
1
0
0
1
0
6
-6

75
Jordan 1
2026
3
0
0
3
3
8
-5

76
Togo
1
2006
3
0
0
3
1
6
-5

77
Uzbekistan 1
2026
3
0
0
3
2
11
-9

78
United Arab Emirates
1 1990 3
0
0
3
2
11
-9

79
China 1
2002
3 0 0 3 0 9 -9

80
Panama 2
2026
6
0
0
6
2
15
-13

81
Iraq 2
2026
6
0
0
6
2
16
-14

82
Haiti
2
2026
6
0
0
6
4
22
-18

83
El Salvador 2
1982
6 0 0 6 1 22 -21

Women's World Cup Men's World Cup
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1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

YEAR HOST COUNTRY CHAMPION SCORE
RUNNER-UP THIRD PLACE
SCORE
FOURTH PLACE

1991 China United States 2-1
Norway Sweden
4-0
Germany

1995 Sweden Norway 2-0
Germany United States
2-0
China

1999 United States United States 0-0 (5-4 PK)
China Brazil
0-0 (5-4PK)
Norway

2003
United States
Germany
2-1 AET
Sweden
United States
3-1
Canada

2007
China
Germany
2-0
Brazil
United States
4-1
Norway

2011
Germany
Japan
2-2 (3-1 PK)
United States
Sweden
2-1
France

2015
Canada
United States
5-2
Japan
England
1-0 AET
Germany

2019
France
United States
2-0
Netherlands
Sweden
2-1
England

2023
Australia/New Zealand
Spain
1-0
England
Sweden
2-0
Australia

2027
Brazil

2031
Mexico/United States/Costa Rica/Jamaica

2035
England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland

Country Records
Through Australia/New Zealand 2023

POS COUNTRY APP
LAST
GP W D L GF GA GD

1 United States 9
2023
54
43
5
6
142
39
+103

2
Germany
9
2023 47
32
5
10
129
42
+87

3
Sweden 9
2023
47
29
4
14
85
52
+33

4
Norway 9
2023 46
28 3
15
100
56
+44

5
England 6
2023
33
21
3
9
56
34
+22

6
Brazil 9
2023
37
21
3
13
71
42
+29

7
Japan 9
2023
38
19
3
16
54
62
-8

8
China 8
2023 36
18
5
13
55
39
+16

9
France 5
2023
24
14
2
8
44
24
+20

10
Australia 8
2023
33
11
5
17
48
58
-10

11
Canada 8
2023
30
10
6
15
35
57
-22

12
Netherlands 3
2023
15
9
2
4
26
12
+14

13
Spain 3
2023
14
7
2
5
24
15
+9

14
Italy 4
2023
14
7
1
6
21
17
+4

15
Nigeria 9
2023
30
5
5
20
23
65
-42

16
Denmark 5
2023
18
5
1
12
22
29
-7

17
Colombia 3
2023
13
4
2
7
11
15
-4

18
Russia
2
2003 8
4
0
4
16 14
+2

19
North Korea
4
2011
13
3
2
8
12
20
-8

20
Cameroon 2
2019
8
3
0
5
12
11
+1

21
Switzerland 2
2023
8
2
2
4
14
10
+4

22
Morocco 1
2023
4
2
0
2
2
10
-8

23
New Zealand 6
2023
18
1
4
13
9
35
-25

24
Jamaica 2
2023
7
1
2
4
2
13
-11

25
South Korea 4
2023
13
1
2
10
7
31
-24

26
Portugal 1
2023
3
1
1
1
2
1
+1

27
South Africa 2
2023
7
1
1
5
7
16
-9

28
Ghana
3
2007
9
1
1
7
6
30
-24

29
Chile
1
2019
3
1
0
2
2
5
-3

30
Philippines 1
2023
3
1
0
2
1
8
-7

31
Zambia 1
2023
3
1
0
2
3
11
-8

32
Chinese Taipei
1
1991
4
1
0
3
2
15
-13

33
Thailand 2
2019
6
1
0
5
4
30
-26

34
Mexico
3
2015
9
0
3
6
6
30
-24

35
Argentina 4
2023
12
0
3
9
7
42
-35

36
Costa Rica
2
2023
6
0
2
4
4
12
-8

37
Scotland 1
2019
3
0
1
2
5
7
-2

38
Ireland 1
2023
3
0
1
2
1
3
-2

39
Haiti 1
2023
3
0
0
3
0
4
-4

40
Equatorial Guinea
1
2011
3
0
0
3
2
7
-5

41
Panama 1
2023
3
0
0
3
3
11
-8

42
Vietnam 1
2023
3
0
0
3
0
12
-12

43
Ivory Coast
1
2015
3
0
0
3
3
16
-13

44
Ecuador
1
2015
3
0
0
3
1
17
-16

YEAR	HOST COUNTRY	CHAMPION	SCORE	RUNNER-UP	THIRD PLACE	SCORE	FOURTH PLACE
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	4-2	Argentina	United States	--	Yugoslavia
1934	Italy	Italy	2-1 AET	Czechoslovakia	Germany	3-2	Austria
1938	France	Italy	4-2	Hungary	Brazil	4-2	Sweden
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	2-1	Brazil	Sweden	3-1	Spain
1954	Switzerland	West Germany	3-2	Hungary	Austria	3-1	Uruguay
1958	Sweden	Brazil	5-2	Sweden	France	6-3	West Germany
1962	Chile	Brazil	3-1	Czechoslovakia	Chile	1-0	Yugoslavia
1966	England	England	4-2 AET	West Germany	Portugal	2-1	Soviet Union
1970	Mexico	Brazil	4-1	Italy	West Germany	1-0	Uruguay
1974	Germany	West Germany	2-1	Netherlands	Poland	1-0	Brazil
1978	Argentina	Argentina	3-1 AET	Netherlands	Brazil	2-1	Italy
1982	Spain	Italy	3-1	West Germany	Poland	3-2	France
1986	Mexico	Argentina	3-2	West Germany	France	4-2 AET	Belgium
1990	Italy	West Germany	1-0	Argentina	Italy	2-1	England
1994	United States	Brazil	0-0 (3-2 PK)	Italy	Sweden	4-0	Bulgaria
1998	France	France	3-0	Brazil	Croatia	2-1	Netherlands
2002	South Korea/Japan	Brazil	2-0	Germany	Turkey	3-2	South Korea
2006	Germany	Italy	1-1 (5-3 PK)	France	Germany	3-1	Portugal
2010	South Africa	Spain	1-0 AET	Netherlands	Germany	3-2	Uruguay
2014	Brazil	Germany	1-0 AET	Argentina	Netherlands	3-0	Brazil
2018	Russia	France	4-2	Croatia	Belgium	2-0	England
2022	Qatar	Argentina	3-3 (4-2 PK)	France	Croatia	2-1	Morocco
2026	United States/Mexico/Canada	Spain	1-0 AET	Argentina	England	6-4	France
2030	Morocco/Portugal/Spain
2034	Saudi Arabia

POS	COUNTRY	APP	LAST	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Brazil	23	2026	119	82	15	22	247	112	+135
2	Germany	21	2026	122	76	19	27	248	140	+108
3	Argentina	19	2026	96	60	10	26	171	109	+62
4	Italy	18	2014	83	47	17	19	128	77	+51
5	France	17	2026	81	47	9	25	156	94	+62
6	England	17	2026	82	39	19	24	124	80	+44
7	Spain	17	2026	75	39	13	23	123	76	+47
8	Netherlands	12	2026	58	33	11	14	106	56	+50
9	Uruguay	15	2026	62	26	14	22	92	80	+12
10	Belgium	15	2026	57	25	11	21	83	81	+2
11	Mexico	18	2026	65	21	13	31	72	104	-32
12	Sweden	13	2026	54	21	12	21	86	82	+4
13	Russia	11	2018	44	20	8	17	78	54	+24
14	Portugal	9	2026	40	20	7	13	69	44	+25
15	Croatia	7	2026	34	19	4	11	49	40	+9
16	Switzerland	13	2026	47	18	8	21	65	79	-14
17	Serbia	13	2022	49	18	8	23	71	71	0
18	Poland	9	2022	38	17	6	15	49	50	-1
19	Hungary	9	1986	32	15	3	14	87	57	+30
20	Austria	8	2026	33	13	5	15	49	56	-7
21	United States	12	2026	38	12	8	22	51	74	-23
22	Czech Republic	10	2016	36	12	6	18	49	54	-5
23	Colombia	7	2026	26	12	3	11	36	29	+7
24	Chile	9	2014	33	11	6	16	40	49	-9
25	Paraguay	9	2026	32	10	10	12	33	44	-11
26	Morocco	7	2026	29	10	7	12	30	33	-3
27	South Korea	12	2026	41	9	9	23	41	81	-39
28	Denmark	6	2022	23	9	5	9	31	29	+2
29	Japan	8	2026	29	8	6	15	33	38	-5
30	Romania	7	1998	21	8	3	11	30	33	-3
31	Costa Rica	6	2022	21	7	3	11	22	41	-19
32	Norway	4	2026	14	6	3	5	20	19	+1
33	Senegal	4	2026	16	6	3	7	26	26	0
34	Ecuador	5	2026	17	6	3	8	16	18	-2
35	Ghana	5	2026	19	6	3	10	20	26	-6
36	Nigeria	6	2018	21	6	3	12	23	30	-7
37	Turkey	4	2026	13	6	1	6	23	22	+1
38	Cameroon	8	2022	25	5	8	12	22	45	-23
39	Scotland	10	2026	26	5	7	14	26	45	-19
40	Australia	7	2026	24	5	5	14	20	40	-20
41	Peru	5	2018	18	5	3	10	21	33	-12
42	Ivory Coast	4	2026	13	5	1	7	18	18	0
43	Bulgaria	7	1998	26	4	7	15	22	53	-31
44	Saudi Arabia	7	2026	22	4	4	14	15	48	-33
45	Iran	7	2026	21	3	7	11	16	34	-18
46	Ireland	3	2002	13	3	6	4	10	10	0
47	South Africa	4	2026	13	3	5	5	13	20	-7
48	Northern Ireland	3	1986	13	3	5	5	13	23	-10
49	Tunisia	7	2026	20	3	5	13	16	38	-22
50	Algeria	5	2026	16	3	4	9	16	27	-11
51	Ukraine	1	2006	5	3	0	2	5	7	-2
52	Egypt	4	2026	12	2	4	6	13	19	-6
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2026	7	2	1	4	9	12	-3
54	Greece	3	2014	10	2	1	7	5	20	-15
55	Canada	3	2026	11	2	1	8	11	18	-7
56	Wales	2	2022	8	1	4	3	5	10	-5
57	Cuba	1	1938	3	1	1	1	5	12	-7
58	Slovakia	1	2010	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2
59	Slovenia	2	2010	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5
60	North Korea	2	2010	7	1	1	5	2	15	-13
61	Jamaica	1	1998	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6
62	New Zealand	3	2026	9	0	4	5	8	24	-16
63	Cape Verde	1	2026	4	0	3	1	4	5	-1
64	Honduras	3	2014	9	0	3	6	3	14	-11
65	Angola	1	2006	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1
66	Israel	1	1970	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2
67	Iceland	1	2018	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3
68	Kuwait	1	1982	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4
69	Trinidad & Tobago	1	2006	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4
70	Curaçao	1	2026	3	0	1	2	1	9	-8
71	Democratic Republic of Congo	2	2026	7	1	1	5	5	19	-14
72	Qatar	2	2026	6	0	1	5	3	17	-14
73	Bolivia	3	1994	6	0	1	5	1	20	-19
74	Indonesia	1	1938	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6
75	Jordan	1	2026	3	0	0	3	3	8	-5
76	Togo	1	2006	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5
77	Uzbekistan	1	2026	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9
78	United Arab Emirates	1	1990	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9
79	China	1	2002	3	0	0	3	0	9	-9
80	Panama	2	2026	6	0	0	6	2	15	-13
81	Iraq	2	2026	6	0	0	6	2	16	-14
82	Haiti	2	2026	6	0	0	6	4	22	-18
83	El Salvador	2	1982	6	0	0	6	1	22	-21