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Sport · 23 entries

FIFA World Cup winners

Every men’s World Cup final since 1930.

YearHostWinnerScoreRunner-up
1930UruguayUruguay4–2Argentina
1934ItalyItaly2–1 (aet)Czechoslovakia
1938FranceItaly4–2Hungary
1950BrazilUruguay2–1 (deciding match)Brazil
1954SwitzerlandWest Germany3–2Hungary
1958SwedenBrazil5–2Sweden
1962ChileBrazil3–1Czechoslovakia
1966EnglandEngland4–2 (aet)West Germany
1970MexicoBrazil4–1Italy
1974West GermanyWest Germany2–1Netherlands
1978ArgentinaArgentina3–1 (aet)Netherlands
1982SpainItaly3–1West Germany
1986MexicoArgentina3–2West Germany
1990ItalyWest Germany1–0Argentina
1994United StatesBrazil0–0 (3–2 pens)Italy
1998FranceFrance3–0Brazil
2002South Korea & JapanBrazil2–0Germany
2006GermanyItaly1–1 (5–3 pens)France
2010South AfricaSpain1–0 (aet)Netherlands
2014BrazilGermany1–0 (aet)Argentina
2018RussiaFrance4–2Croatia
2022QatarArgentina3–3 (4–2 pens)France
2026United States, Canada & MexicoSpain1–0 (aet)Argentina

No tournaments were held in 1942 and 1946 because of the Second World War. In 2026 Ferran Torres scored the winner in the 106th minute at MetLife Stadium, New Jersey.

Sources

  1. FIFA — World Cup archive
  2. Sky Sports — Spain 1–0 Argentina (aet), 19 July 2026

Last updated 31 Oct 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.