Winners of the World Cup: who and when the triumph

The World Cup is the most prestigious international football tournament, which has been held since 1930. The number of participants in the final tournament gradually increased with the development of transport infrastructure and the increasing popularity of international football.

Number of participants in the final tournaments

The winners of the World Cup are determined from the number of teams that won the right to participate in the final tournament by qualifying tournament. From the need to pass the selection is only released the team - the host of the tournament. True, there was one time when the qualifying tournament was not held. It's about the first World Cup in Uruguay, when the participants were recruited almost forcibly.

In Mundial in 1930 participated 13 teams. 16 teams played each other in Italy in 4 years and in France in 8 years. Then the championship could hold for known reasons only 12 years later in Brazil. Only 13 teams came to the tournament. In 7 subsequent tournaments (until 1978 inclusive) 16 teams took part in the championship. Since 1982 (the Mundial in Spain), the first expansion of the number of participants (up to 24 teams) has passed. In this format, the organizers held the tournament 4 times. Since 1998, 32 teams have participated in the world championships. In the plans of the new FIFA president Gianni Infantino there is an increase in the number of participants in mundials to 40 teams.

FIFA World Cup: winners by year

So, in 1930, as we have already said, Uruguayans became champions. The next two tournaments (in 1934 and 1938) were won by the Italian team. From 1938 to 1950, a 12-year break was associated with the Second World War. In 1950, the Uruguayan team became a 2-time world champion. In 1954, the first time the Germans triumphed (the German team). In 1958 and 1962 (twice in a row), the tournament was won by Brazilians João Santos do Nascimento (Pele) and Mario Zagallo in the lineup. The list of winners of the World Cup will be incomplete without England. The founders of football won their only victory at major tournaments at home mundiale in 1966. The third victory of the Brazilians at the main football tournament took place in 1970. In 4 years the team of Germany won its second victory in the history of the championships. In 1978, the Argentine team won the home mundial. The Italians won their third victory in the World Cup in 1982 on Spanish soil. In 1986, Argentina with Diego Maradona in the team won the mundiale for the second time. In 1990 and 2014, their regular victories were won by German football players. Twice (in 1994 and 2002) the trophy was taken by the Brazilians. In 1998, the French became champions, in 2006 - "Squider Azzurra", and in 2010 - the national team of Spain.

World Cup: winners statistics

At the next after winning the tournament, the team-champion is always very difficult. Defended their title teams could only twice (Italy in 1938 and Brazil in 1962). In 1954, the Uruguayan team became the 4th in the tournament in Sweden. The Germans also became four in 1958. The Brazilian national team in 1966 after 2 successive wins on the mundials was unsuccessful, not being among the winners. And after winning the championship in 1970 in Mexico, the ball wizards in 1974 and 1978 took 3rd and 4th place. The Germans never after their victories in the tournament did not occupy serious seats at the next competition. Brazilians after winning the American championship in 1994 in 1998 in France were second.

Not once did the teams fail to win the tournament three times in a row.

The most intense finals

7 final bouts of championships did not end in regular time. 2 times the winners of the World Cup were identified in a series of post-match penalties. Let's talk about all these fights in more detail.

In 1934 the Italian team in extra time beat the representatives of Czechoslovakia with a score of 2: 1 (the authors of goals and minutes of goals are unknown). In 1966, the famous finale of England-Germany was held, which served the Soviet arbiter Tofig Bakhramov. The British scored on 18, 78, 101 and 120 minutes, and the Germans - for 12 and 90 minutes of the fight. Final score 4: 2 in favor of the British. After 12 years, the Argentina-Netherlands match ended with a victory of South Americans in overtime 3: 1 (38, 105, 116 - 82). In 1994, Brazil and Italy scored only in the penalty shootout, which ended with a 3: 2 result in favor of Romario and the company.

The last 3 finals did not end in regular time. For example, in 2006, the teams of Italy and France, the main and extra time finished with a score of 1: 1, but the lottery was won by the Italians with a score of 5: 3. Matches Spain-Netherlands (2010) and Germany-Argentina (2014) ended after the overtime with the score 1: 0 in favor of the first teams.

Record-breakers for won fights

The winners of the World Cup on the idea of and should have won the most matches in the final tournaments. As of July 14, 2014 pentacampeons Brazilians won 70 such fights. At 4 wins less than the German team. These teams are unlikely to ever give up leadership in this table, because the team of Italy, which is third, only 45 wins. Also in the top five are Argentina (42 wins) and Spain (29 maximum results).

The winners of the World Cup are really the strongest teams in their time. It is impossible to win such a tournament by accident.