Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Brazil is the most successful national team in the history of the World Cup, having won five titles, earning second place, third place and fourth place finishes twice each. Brazil is one of the countries besides Argentina, Spain and Germany to win a FIFA World Cup away from its continent and the only one to do it in four different continents.
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 ...
Brazil team prior to their group game against Costa Rica at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia Brazil supporters at the 2018 World Cup. On 14 June 2016, Tite replaced Dunga as manager of Brazil. [96] [97] At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Brazil finished top of their group. [98]
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.
Brazil then defeated Paraguay 3–0 to become the first team, other than the hosts Russia, to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. [77] Brazil started their 2018 World Cup campaign with a draw against Switzerland – Brazil's goal coming from a 25-yard bending strike from Philippe Coutinho – their first non-win in an opener since 1978. [78]
Brazil 1–5 Argentina, 15 January 1939 Brazil 2–0 Paraguay, 14 July 1993 50,000 (vs. Argentina, 20 December 1945) 15–2–3 75% 16 Laranjeiras: Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Brazil 6–0 Chile, 11 May 1919 Brazil 2–0 Uruguay, 6 September 1931 30,000 (vs. Paraguay, 24 September 1922) 11–5–0 68% 14 Serra Dourada: Goiânia, GO
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil has begun. Check HuffPost's World Cup dashboard throughout the tournament for standings, schedules, and detailed summaries of each match.
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 ...