Football World Cup History And Winners
World cup is the climax of the football game to soccer fans everywhere. The fun about it is that whether a country is represented in the cup or not, they will watch it and support their favorite teams. It is the toughest competition for victory because the winner is recognized as the World football champions, a big name.
The FIFA World Cup was established in 1930. The competition involves the men’s national teams which are members of the Federation Internationale De Football Association (FIFA) the governing body. The tournament usually takes place after every four years, except in 1942-1946 due to the World War 11. The last competition was held in Russia despite the geopolitics issues that surrounded the host nation.
Below are the list of FIFA world cup winners and the years of competition;
1930- Uruguay
The very first world cup tournament, Uruguay won. At the beginning of the game ,they scored one against Argentina who had two goals during the first half; however in the second half Uruguay scored three goals thus ended up winning the match in a score of 4-2.
1934-Italy
Uruguay declined to participate because other teams did not travel during the 1930 World cup. Italy beat United States, Spain and Austria thus got to the final with Czechoslovakia. Italy won after a score made on the 95th minute thus the match ended at scores of 2-1.
1938-Uruguay
Having not played the previous two tournaments; they scored Brazil two goals on the second half thus winning the cup for the second time.
1954-West Germany
It is the most memorable of all time because West Germany was less expected to win; Hungary ad beaten South Korea 9-0 and West Germany during group stages 8-3. Though Hungary scored 2-0 in eight minutes West Germany took the cup home after the game ending in scores of 3-2.
1958-Brazil
This era marked the dominance of Brazilian. They won against France thus proceeding to the Finals with Sweden which they also on and the game ended at 5-2.
1962-Brazil
They won two goal against England, another two against Chile and thus setting for the finals with Czechoslovakia who they beat 3-1.
1966-England
It is the funniest moments in the history of this competition as the trophy was stolen by a dog from the exhibit. It was held in England for the first time. The host nation scored 4-2 thus won the cup.
1970-Brazil
The beat Italy 4-1; after they (Brazil) were almost beaten by England at the group stage.
1974-West Germany
They beat Netherlands 2-1 and were handed a new World Cup.
1978-Argentina
Netherlands again managed to reach the finals but were defeated as Argentina scored 3-2.
1982- Italy
Though they had a weak start at the group stage they managed to beat West Germany during the final 3-1.
1986-Argentina
West Germany managed to set to the final but was beaten by Argentina 3-2.
1990- West Germany
After a series of being defeated at the finals they finally managed to beat Argentina 1-0.
1994- Brazil
They drew with Italy 0-0 but won the penalties 3-2.
1998-France
Despite the Brazil dominance they were beaten by France 3-0.
2002- Brazil
They made a come-back to the victory and defeated Germany 2-0.
2006-Italy
They drew with France 1-1 but won at the penalties 5-3.
2010-Spain
They won against Netherlands after scoring one goal at the 109 minute, the match ended 1-0.
2014-Germany
Became the fourth time world cup inner after scoring Argentina 1-0.
2018-France
During the final 2018 world Cup, France beat Croatia 4-2.