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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 ...
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed single sporting event in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The viewership of the 2018 World Cup was estimated to be 3.57 billion, close to half of the global population, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] while the engagement with the 2022 World Cup was estimated to be 5 billion, with about 1.5 ...
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.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. [ 2] It was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and Persian Gulf countries, and the second ...
1954 FIFA World Cup. The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was selected as the host country in July 1946. [ 1]
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament held outside Europe and South America, and also the first held in North America. Teams representing 75 nations from ...
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final to win their first ever World Cup title. The final was level at 2–2 after 90 minutes and went to extra time, when Geoff ...
1954 →. The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the 4th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. it was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. It was the first World Cup tournament in over twelve years, as the 1942 and 1946 World Cups were cancelled due to World War II.