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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 ...
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]
Most top club competitions scored in one season with the same team: 7 – Fernando Torres, 2012–13 for Chelsea (Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Community Shield, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League) [50] [51]
Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles. West Germany (1982–1990) and Brazil (1994–2002) are the only nations to appear in three consecutive World Cup finals. Germany has made the most top-four finishes (13), medals (12), as well as the most finals (8). Map of countries' best results
The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. [1] Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. [1] The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from ...
The world cups are, depending on the sport, either the highest level international tournaments in a given sport, or the second level of competition after world championships. List [ edit ]
The first time the champions of two European leagues met was in what was nicknamed the 1895 World Championship, when English champions Sunderland beat Scottish champions Heart of Midlothian 5–3. [13] The first pan-European tournament was the Challenge Cup, a competition between clubs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. [14]
Champions: England Men's only major tournament victory 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 1970 Mexico: Quarter-finals Best result 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 1974 West Germany: Champions: 7 6 0 1 13 4 +9 1978 Argentina: Champions: 7 5 1 1 15 4 +11 1982 Spain: Second round (top 12) 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 1986 Mexico: Quarter-finals 5 3 2 0 6 2 +4 1990 Italy: Third place: 7 6 1 0 10 ...