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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

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

Country Records
Through Qatar 2022

POS COUNTRY APP
LAST
GP W D L GF GA GD

1
Brazil 22 2022 114
79
14 21
237
108
+129

2 Germany 20
2022 118
74
19 25
237
135 +102

3
Argentina 18
2022
88
53
10
25
152
101
+51

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

5
France 16
2022
73
41
9
23
136
84
+52

6
England 16
2022
74
33
18
23
104
68
+36

7
Spain 16
2022
67
32
12
23
109
75
+34

8
Netherlands
11
2022
54
31
10
13
95
51
+44

9
Uruguay
14
2022 59 26
12
21
89
76
+13

10
Belgium 14
2022
51
22
9
20
69
74
-5

11
Sweden 12
2018
50
20
11
19
79
72
+7

12
Russia 11
2018
44
20
8
17
78
54
+24

13
Serbia
13
2022
49
18
8
23
71
71
0

14
Portugal 8
2022
35
18
5
12
61
41
+20

15
Mexico 17
2022
60
17
13
30
62
101
-39

16
Poland 9
2022
38
17
6
15
49
50
-1

17
Croatia 6
2022
30
17
4
9
43
33
+10

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

19
Switzerland 12
2022
41
14
7
20
55
73
-18

20
Czech Republic
9
2006 33 12 5 16 47 48 -1

21
Austria
7
1998
29
12
4
13
43
47
-4

22
Chile
9
2014
33
11
6
16
40
49
-9

23
United States 11
2022
33
9
8
20
40
66
-26

24
Denmark 6
2022
23
9
5
9
31
29
+2

25
Colombia 6
2018
21
9
2
10
31
28
+3

26
Paraguay
8
2010 27 8
9
10
30
38 -8

27
South Korea 11
2022
38
8
9
21
39
78
-38

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

29
Japan 7
2022
25
7
4
14
25
33
-8

30
Costa Rica 6
2022
21
7
3
11
22
41
-19

31
Morocco 6
2022
23
6
6
11
20
27
-7

32
Nigeria 6
2018
21
6
3
12
23
30
-7

33
Cameroon 8
2022
25
5
8
12
22
45
-23

34
Senegal 3
2022
12
5
3
4
16
17
-1

35
Peru 5
2018
18
5
3
10
21
33
-12

36
Ecuador 4
2022
13
5
2
6
14
14
0

37
Ghana 4
2022
15
5
2
8
18
23
-5

38
Turkey 3
2002
10 5 1 4 20 17 +3

39
Scotland
9
1998
23
4
7
12
25
41
-16

40
Bulgaria
7
1998
26
4
7
15
22
53
-31

41
Australia 6
2022
20
4
4
12
17
37
-20

42
Saudi Arabia 6
2022
19
4
2
13
14
43
-29

43
Ireland
3
2002
13
3
6
4
10
10
0

44
Northern Ireland
3
1986
13
3
5
5
13
23
-10

45
Tunisia 6
2022
17
3
5
10
14
26
-12

46
Iran 6
2022
18
3
4
11
13
31
-18

47
Algeria
4
2014
13
3
3
7
13
19
-6

48
Ivory Coast
3
2014
9
3
1
5
13
14
-1

49
Ukraine
1
2006
5
3
0
2
5
7
-2

50
South Africa
3
2010
9
2
4
3
11
16
-5

51
Norway 3
1998
8 2 3 3 7 8 -1

52
Greece
3
2014
10
2
1
7
5
20
-15

53
Wales 2
2022
8
1 4
3
5
10
-5

54
Cuba 1
1938
3 1 1 1 5 12 -7

55
Slovakia
1
2010
4
1
1
2
5
7
-2

56
Slovenia
2
2010
6
1
1
4
5
10
-5

57
North Korea
2
2010
7
1
1
5
2
15
-13

58
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
2014
3
1
0
2
4
4
0

59
Jamaica
1
1998
3
1
0
2
3
9
-6

60
New Zealand
2
2010
6
0
3
3
4
14
-10

61
Honduras
3
2014
9
0
3
6
3
14
-11

62
Angola
1
2006
3
0
2
1
1
2
-1

63
Isreal 1
1970
3 0 2 1 1 3 -2

64
Egypt
3
2018
7
0
2
5
5
12
-7

65
Iceland
1
2018
3
0
1
2
2
5
-3

66
Kuwait
1
1982
3
0
1
2
2
6
-4

67
Trinidad & Tobago
1
2006
3
0
1
2
0
4
-4

68
Bolivia
3
1994
6
0
1
5
1
20
-19

69
Indonesia
1
1938
1
0
0
1
0
6
-6

70
Iraq 1
1986 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3

71
Togo
1
2006
3
0
0
3
1
6
-5

72
Panama 1
2018
3
0
0
3
2
11
-9

73
United Arab Emirates
1 1990 3
0
0
3
2
11
-9

74
China 1
2002
3 0 0 3 0 9 -9

75
Haiti 1
1974
3 0 0 3 2 14 -12

76
Democratic Republic of Congo
1
1974
3 0 0 3 0 14 -14

77
Canada 2
2022
6
0
0
6
2
12
-10

78
El Salvador 2
1982
6 0 0 6 1 22 -21

79
Qatar
1
2022
3
0
0
3
1
7
-6

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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

Country Records
Through August 19, 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

POS	COUNTRY	APP	LAST	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Brazil	22	2022	114	79	14	21	237	108	+129
2	Germany	20	2022	118	74	19	25	237	135	+102
3	Argentina	18	2022	88	53	10	25	152	101	+51
4	Italy	18	2014	83	47	17	19	128	77	+51
5	France	16	2022	73	41	9	23	136	84	+52
6	England	16	2022	74	33	18	23	104	68	+36
7	Spain	16	2022	67	32	12	23	109	75	+34
8	Netherlands	11	2022	54	31	10	13	95	51	+44
9	Uruguay	14	2022	59	26	12	21	89	76	+13
10	Belgium	14	2022	51	22	9	20	69	74	-5
11	Sweden	12	2018	50	20	11	19	79	72	+7
12	Russia	11	2018	44	20	8	17	78	54	+24
13	Serbia	13	2022	49	18	8	23	71	71	0
14	Portugal	8	2022	35	18	5	12	61	41	+20
15	Mexico	17	2022	60	17	13	30	62	101	-39
16	Poland	9	2022	38	17	6	15	49	50	-1
17	Croatia	6	2022	30	17	4	9	43	33	+10
18	Hungary	9	1986	32	15	3	14	87	57	+30
19	Switzerland	12	2022	41	14	7	20	55	73	-18
20	Czech Republic	9	2006	33	12	5	16	47	48	-1
21	Austria	7	1998	29	12	4	13	43	47	-4
22	Chile	9	2014	33	11	6	16	40	49	-9
23	United States	11	2022	33	9	8	20	40	66	-26
24	Denmark	6	2022	23	9	5	9	31	29	+2
25	Colombia	6	2018	21	9	2	10	31	28	+3
26	Paraguay	8	2010	27	8	9	10	30	38	-8
27	South Korea	11	2022	38	8	9	21	39	78	-38
28	Romania	7	1998	21	8	3	11	30	33	-3
29	Japan	7	2022	25	7	4	14	25	33	-8
30	Costa Rica	6	2022	21	7	3	11	22	41	-19
31	Morocco	6	2022	23	6	6	11	20	27	-7
32	Nigeria	6	2018	21	6	3	12	23	30	-7
33	Cameroon	8	2022	25	5	8	12	22	45	-23
34	Senegal	3	2022	12	5	3	4	16	17	-1
35	Peru	5	2018	18	5	3	10	21	33	-12
36	Ecuador	4	2022	13	5	2	6	14	14	0
37	Ghana	4	2022	15	5	2	8	18	23	-5
38	Turkey	3	2002	10	5	1	4	20	17	+3
39	Scotland	9	1998	23	4	7	12	25	41	-16
40	Bulgaria	7	1998	26	4	7	15	22	53	-31
41	Australia	6	2022	20	4	4	12	17	37	-20
42	Saudi Arabia	6	2022	19	4	2	13	14	43	-29
43	Ireland	3	2002	13	3	6	4	10	10	0
44	Northern Ireland	3	1986	13	3	5	5	13	23	-10
45	Tunisia	6	2022	17	3	5	10	14	26	-12
46	Iran	6	2022	18	3	4	11	13	31	-18
47	Algeria	4	2014	13	3	3	7	13	19	-6
48	Ivory Coast	3	2014	9	3	1	5	13	14	-1
49	Ukraine	1	2006	5	3	0	2	5	7	-2
50	South Africa	3	2010	9	2	4	3	11	16	-5
51	Norway	3	1998	8	2	3	3	7	8	-1
52	Greece	3	2014	10	2	1	7	5	20	-15
53	Wales	2	2022	8	1	4	3	5	10	-5
54	Cuba	1	1938	3	1	1	1	5	12	-7
55	Slovakia	1	2010	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2
56	Slovenia	2	2010	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5
57	North Korea	2	2010	7	1	1	5	2	15	-13
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	2014	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
59	Jamaica	1	1998	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6
60	New Zealand	2	2010	6	0	3	3	4	14	-10
61	Honduras	3	2014	9	0	3	6	3	14	-11
62	Angola	1	2006	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1
63	Isreal	1	1970	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2
64	Egypt	3	2018	7	0	2	5	5	12	-7
65	Iceland	1	2018	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3
66	Kuwait	1	1982	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4
67	Trinidad & Tobago	1	2006	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4
68	Bolivia	3	1994	6	0	1	5	1	20	-19
69	Indonesia	1	1938	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6
70	Iraq	1	1986	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3
71	Togo	1	2006	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5
72	Panama	1	2018	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9
73	United Arab Emirates	1	1990	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9
74	China	1	2002	3	0	0	3	0	9	-9
75	Haiti	1	1974	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12
76	Democratic Republic of Congo	1	1974	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14
77	Canada	2	2022	6	0	0	6	2	12	-10
78	El Salvador	2	1982	6	0	0	6	1	22	-21
79	Qatar	1	2022	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6