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As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2] Eight nations have won the tournament.
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
Ahead of the 2022 tournament in Qatar, heres a list of the nations with the most FIFA World Cup trophies.
Most goals scored in a domestic cup match: 16 – Stefan Dembicki, Lens 32–0 Auby Asturies, 1942–43 French Cup, 11 December 1942 [47] [48] Most goals scored in an international match : 13 – Archie Thompson , Australia 31–0 American Samoa , 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) , 11 April 2001 [ 49 ]
The Netherlands used all 23 players during the 2014 World Cup, making it the first team in World Cup history to ever use all of its squad players. [26] World Cup appearances: 11 (most recent in 2022) Most successful World Cup appearance: Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) European Championship appearances: 11 (most recent in 2024)
Germany is one of only two nations to have won both the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Women's World Cup. [7] [8] At the end of the 2014 World Cup, Germany earned the highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with a record 2,205 points. [9] Germany is also the only European nation that has won a FIFA World Cup in the Americas.
Grzegorz Lato (left) became the top scorer for Poland at FIFA World Cups during the 1974 tournament, with ten total goals. Teófilo Cubillas is the top scorer for Peru at the World Cup, with ten goals. Cristiano Ronaldo is the only male player to score in five different World Cup tournaments.