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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 ...
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.
The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed. [13] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up.
National teams who have won the most prestigious football (soccer) tournament in the world, the FIFA World Cup. Subcategories This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total.
Soccer icon Mário Zagallo, a four-time World Cup winner with Brazil as a player and coach, has died at age 92, a post on his official Instagram account announced on Saturday.. After playing in ...
The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. Four days later, the first World Cup hat-trick was achieved by Bert Patenaude of the U.S. in the Americans' 3–0 win against Paraguay. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo to become the first nation to win a ...
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 ]
More than 100 pages use this file. The following list shows the first 100 pages that use this file only. A full list is available.. 1998–99 UEFA Champions League; 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year