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They have been eliminated at the group stage in every World Cup they participated in since 1994 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, and recently 2022); particularly the latter is the most painful for them as the Asian powerhouse inflicted one of the greatest wins in World Cup history, a 2–1 shock win over eventual champions Argentina in the opener, only ...
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.
Conspiracy 58 (Swedish: Konspiration 58 or KSP58) is a Swedish mockumentary from 2002, produced by Sveriges Television, the Swedish public broadcaster.The film examines the fictional KSP58 movement, that claims that the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden did not really take place, but was faked and exists only as forged television and radio coverage in a conspiracy between American and Swedish ...
The FIFA Confederations Cup was a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country. [ 57 ]
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[9] [10] Schön, who led West Germany to victory in the 1974 World Cup, has managed the most matches in the tournament at 25, [11] and won a record 16 matches during his spell as West Germany manager from 1966 to the 1978 FIFA World Cup. [12] Suppici is the youngest manager to win the World Cup, being 31 in 1930. [13]
Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions. [3] Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning, [4] while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals. [5]