FIFA World Cup Winners, Runners-up List

Federation de International Football Association (FIFA) organizes world cup tournament in every four-year time period.

First football world cup was hosted in 1930 by Uruguay which was claimed by the hosts itself. Since then 22 world cups have been organized successfully and next world cup is scheduled to play in 2026 in United States, Canada and Mexico.

32 teams take participation in this prestigious FIFA world cup competition. From 2026 world cup, 48 teams are set to contest in the event.

Brazil is the most successful nation in world cups as they are the 5-time world champions. Germany has played the most number of FIFA world cup finals (8 times). Argentina football team is the current champion of FIFA world cup as they beat France in 2022 final.

Let’s have a look at the complete list of football world cup winners and runner-ups.

FIFA World Cup Winners

Year	Hosts	Winner	Runner-up	Final Match Score
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	Uruguay won by 4-2
1934	Italy	Italy	Czechoslovakia	Italy won by 2-1
1938	France	Italy	Hungary	Italy won by 4-2
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Brazil	Uruguay won by 2-1
1954	Switzerland	Germany	Hungary	Germany won by 3-2
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Sweden	Brazil won by 5-2
1962	Chile	Brazil	Czechoslovakia	Brazil won by 3-1
1966	England	England	Germany	England won by 4-2
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Italy	Brazil won by 4-1
1974	Germany	Germany	Netherlands	Germany won by 2-1
1978	Argentina	Argentina	Netherlands	Argentina won by 3-1
1982	Spain	Italy	Germany	Italy won by 3-1
1986	Mexico	Argentina	Germany	Argentina by 3-2
1990	Italy	Germany	Argentina	Germany won by 1-0
1994	USA	Brazil	Italy	Brazil won by 3-2 in penalties after 0-0 draw
1998	France	France	Brazil	France won by 3-0
2002	Japan/South Korea	Brazil	Germany	Brazil won by 2-0
2006	Germany	Italy	France	Italy won by 5-3 in penalties after 1-1 draw
2010	South Africa	Spain	Netherlands	Spain won by 1-0
2014	Brazil	Germany	Argentina	Germany won by 1-0
2018	Russia	France	Croatia	France won by 4-2
2022	Qatar	Argentina	France	Argentina won by 4-2 in penalties after 3-3 draw
2026	USA, Mexico, Canada	TBC	TBC	TBC

Checkout: FIFA World Cup Winners Infographic

World Cup Final Appearances

Country	Total Finals	Winner (Years)	Runners-up (Years)
Brazil	7	5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)	2 (1950, 1998)
Germany	8	4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)	4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)
Italy	6	4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)	2 (1970, 1994)
Argentina	6	3 (1978, 1986, 2022)	3 (1930, 1990, 2014)
Uruguay	2	2 (1930, 1950)	0
France	4	2 (1998, 2018)	1 (2006, 2022)
England	1	1 (1966)	0
Spain	1	1 (2010)	0
Netherlands	3	0	3 (1974, 1978, 2010)
Czechoslovakia	2	0	2 (1934, 1962)
Hungary	2	0	2 (1938, 1954)
Sweden	1	0	1 (1958)
Croatia	1	0	1 (2018)