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FIFA World Cup final. Founded. 1930; 94 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 ...
Australia has played in the most finals (eight out of thirteen: 1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, and 2023 ). England has lost the most World Cup finals, ending as runner-up in all three final appearances before their "victory" in the 2019 tournament. [ 7][ 8] Of the twenty teams that have qualified for at least one Cricket World Cup ...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 22nd edition of FIFA 's competition for men's national football teams. The match was played at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2022, the Qatari National Day, and was contested by Argentina and defending champions France.
Geoff Hurst and Kylian Mbappé are the only men's players to score a hat trick in a final. Only two players have scored in two consecutive FIFA World Cup finals: Vavá and Mbappé. Only two scorers, Pelé and Mbappé, have scored in a final goal as teenagers. [ 1] Mbappé is also the only player to score multiple goals in a losing final.
FIFA World Cup records and statistics. 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.
2022 →. The 2018 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2018 World Cup, the 21st edition of FIFA 's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on 15 July 2018, and was contested by France and Croatia. The tournament comprised hosts Russia and 31 other teams who emerged ...
Two finals have gone to extra time: South Africa's victory against New Zealand in the 1995 final, and England 's triumph against Australia in the 2003 final. [ 3] Only five nations have ever made it into a Rugby World Cup final. South Africa is the most successful team in the history of the tournament, with four wins, followed by New Zealand ...
The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final . Portugal men's team have qualified for the final phase of the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions: in 1966, 1986, 2002 and every final phase held since. Their best performance, as of 2022, is the ...