FIFA World Cup Winners List from 1930 to 2022

Established in the year 1930 by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the FIFA World Cup is an international competition of football associations all over the world. The participating associations are the members of FIFA.

The competition has been held every four years since 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was canceled due to World War II. The most recent 2018 FIFA World Cup was hosted in Russia and won by France, who beat Croatia 4–2 in regulation time.

In a total of 22 tournaments held so far, eight countries have been crowned as FIFA World Cup Winner. The team that wins the finals receive the FIFA World Cup Trophy and their name is engraved on the bottom side of the trophy. This article presents the FIFA World Cup Winners List from 1930 to 2022 along with their runner-ups, location and other interesting facts.

Argentina was the winner of 2022 FIFA world cup after defeating France in the final.

FIFA World Cup Winners List from 1930 to 2022

Except in 1942 and 1946, the FIFA World Cup tournament has been organized every year since 1930. Uruguay was the winner of the inaugural FIFA World Cup tournament where it won by defeating Argentina with the score of 4–2. Argentina became the runner-up of the first FIFA World Cup tournament. Find more about the FIFA World Cup winners list from 1930 to 2022 in the table below.

Year	FIFA World Cup winners	Runner-up	Location
1930	Uruguay	Argentina	Uruguay
1934	Italy	Czechoslovakia	Italy
1938	Italy	Hungary	France
1950	Uruguay	Brazil	Brazil
1954	West Germany	Hungary	Switzerland
1958	Brazil	Sweden	Sweden
1962	Brazil	Czechoslovakia	Chile
1966	England	West Germany	England
1970	Brazil	Italy	Mexico
1974	West Germany	Netherlands	West Germany
1978	Argentina	Netherlands	Argentina
1982	Italy	West Germany	Spain
1986	Argentina	West Germany	Mexico
1990	West Germany	Argentina	Italy
1994	Brazil	Italy	United States
1998	France	Brazil	France
2002	Brazil	Germany	Japan
2006	Italy	France	Germany
2010	Spain	Netherlands	South Africa
2014	Germany	Argentina	Brazil
2018	France	Croatia	Russia
2022	Argentina	France	Qatar

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FIFA World Cup Winners by Numbers

Till date, 22 tournaments of FIFA World Cup has been held in which 79 nations have appeared at least once. Out of these, 13 countries have made it to the final match and eight have managed to win the tournament. Brazil is the most successful World Cup team so far with a total of five titles.

It is also the only nation to have participated in every World Cup tournament. Italy and Germany ranks second with four titles whereas Uruguay, Argentina and the current champion France have two titles each. England and Spain both have won one titles each.

Croatia Netherlands, Hungary, Sweden and Czechoslovakia have made it to finals so far but haven’t won any titles yet. Let us check out the FIFA World Cup winners by numbers.

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Brazil

Wins: 5, Runner-ups: 2, Finals: 7
Years won: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002

Germany

Wins: 4, Runner-ups: 4, Finals: 8
Years won: 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014

Italy

Wins: 4 Runner-ups: 2, Finals: 6
Years won: 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006

Argentina

Wins: 3 Runner-ups: 3, Finals: 5
Years won: 1978, 1986

France

Wins: 2 Runner-ups: 1, Finals: 3
Years won: 1998, 2018

Uruguay

Wins: 2 Runner-ups: 0, Finals: 2
Years won: 1930, 1950

Spain

Wins: 1 Runner-ups: 0, Finals: 1
Years won: 2010

England

Wins: 1 Runner-ups: 0, Finals: 1
Years won: 1966

Netherlands

Wins: 0 Runner-ups: 3, Finals: 3

Czechoslovakia

Wins: 0 Runner-ups: 2, Finals: 2

Hungary

Wins: 0 Runner-ups: 2, Finals: 2

Sweden

Wins: 0 Runner-ups: 1, Finals: 1

Croatia

Wins: 0 Runner-ups: 1, Finals: 1

FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)

FIFA, established in 1904, is an international body managing association football, beach football and futsal. Its purpose is to oversee international competitions held among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

FIFA has its headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland and currently has 211 national associations as its members.