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1930

Champions: Uruguay

Runners-up: Argentina

Final score

4–2

Host nation: Uruguay
Total number of teams: 13
Captain of the champion team: Jose Nasazzi
Total goals in the tournament: 70
Team with most number of goals: Argentina (18)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Guillermo Stabile (Argentina, 8 goals)

The squads of Uruguay and Argentina entering the field for the final

1934

Champions: Italy

Runners-up: Czechoslovakia

Runners-up:
Czechoslovakia

Final score

2–1

Host nation: Italy
Total number of teams: 16
Captain of the champion team: Gianpiero Combi
Total goals in the tournament: 70
Team with most number of goals: Italy (12)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia, 5 goals)

Champions Italy celebrating with the trophy

1938

Champions: Italy

Runners-up: Hungary

Final score

4–2

Host nation: France
Total number of teams: 15
Captain of the champion team: Giuseppe Meazza
Total goals in the tournament: 84
Team with most number of goals: Hungary (15)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Leonidas da Silva (Brazil, 7 goals)

The Italian team which emerged winners

1950

Champions: Uruguay

Runners-up: Brazil

Final score

2–1

Host nation: Brazil
Total number of teams: 13
Captain of the champion team: Obdulio Varela
Total goals in the tournament: 88
Team with most number of goals: Brazil (22)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Ademir Marques de Menezes (Brazil, 8 goals)

Action from the Brazil-Uruguay match

1954

Champions: W.Germany

Runners-up: Hungary

Final score

3–2

Host nation: Switzerland
Total number of teams: 16
Captain of the champion team: Fritz Walter
Total goals in the tournament: 140
Team with most number of goals: Hungary (27)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Sandor Kocsis (Hungary, 11 goals)

West Germany's captain Fritz Walter with the World Cup trophy

1958

Champions: Brazil

Runners-up: Sweden

Final score

5–2

Host nation: Sweden
Total number of teams: 16
Captain of the champion team: Luiz Bellini
Total goals in the tournament: 126
Team with most number of goals: France (23)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Just Fontaine (France, 13 goals)

The Brazilian squad which emerged champions

1962

Champions: Brazil

Runners-up: Czechoslovakia

Runners-up
Czechoslovakia

Final score

3–1

Host nation: Chile
Total number of teams: 16
Captain of the champion team: Mauro Ramos de Oliveira
Total goals in the tournament: 89
Team with most number of goals: Brazil (14)
Top-scorers of the tournament: Vava and Garrincha (Brazil), Leonel Sanchez (Chile), Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia), Florian Albert (Hungary), and Soviet Union's Valentin Ivanov (4 goals each)

The Brazilian squad which emerged champions

1966

Champions: England

Runners-up: W.Germany

Final score

4–2 (AET)

Host nation: England
Total number of teams: 16
Captain of the champion team: Bobby Moore
Total goals in the tournament: 89
Team with most number of goals: Portugal (17)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Eusebio (Portugal, 9 goals)

Action from the England-Germany final

1970

Champions: Brazil

Runners-up: Italy

Final score

4–1

Host nation: Mexico
Total number of teams: 16
Captain of the champion team: Carlos Alberto Torres
Total goals in the tournament: 95
Team with most number of goals: Brazil (19)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Gerd Muller (West Germany, 10 goals)

The Brazilian team poses for a photograph after the final

1974

Champions: W.Germany

Runners-up: Holland

Final score

2–1

Host nation: West Germany
Total number of teams: 16
Captain of the champion team: Franz Beckenbauer
Total goals in the tournament: 97
Team with most number of goals: Poland (16)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Grzegorz Lato (Poland, 7 goals)

Action from the West Germany-Holland final

1978

Champions: Argentina

Runners-up: Holland

Final score

3–1 (AET)

Host nation: Argentina
Total number of teams: 16
Captain of the champion team: Daniel Passarella
Total goals in the tournament: 102
Teams with most number of goals: Argentina and Holland (15 each)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Mario Kempes (Argentina, 6 goals)

Argentina's Mario Kempes celebrates after scoring in the final

1982

Champions: Italy

Runners-up: W.Germany

Final score

3–1

Host nation: Spain
Total number of teams: 24
Captain of the champion team: Dino Zoff
Total goals in the tournament: 146
Team with most number of goals: France (16)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Paolo Rossi (Italy, 6 goals)

Champions Italy celebrating after winning the final

1986

Champions: Argentina

Runners-up: W.Germany

Final score

3–2

Host nation: Mexico
Total number of teams: 24
Captain of the champion team: Diego Maradona
Total goals in the tournament: 132
Team with most number of goals: Argentina (14 goals)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Gary Linekar (England, 6 goals)

Diego Maradona in action during the final against West Germany

1990

Champions: W.Germany

Runners-up: Argentina

Final score

1–0

Host nation: Italy
Total number of teams: 24
Captain of the champion team: Lothar Matthaus
Total goals in the tournament: 115
Team with most number of goals: West Germany (15)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Salvatore Schillaci (Italy, 6 goals)

The teams of West Germany and Argentina before the final

1994

Champions: Brazil

Runners-up: Italy

Final score

3–2 (Penalty)

Host nation: The USA
Total number of teams: 24
Captain of the champion team: Dunga
Total goals in the tournament: 141
Team with most number of goals: Sweden (15)
Top-scorers of the tournament: Russia's Oleg Salenko and Bulgaria's Hristo Stoitchkov (6 goals each)

Champions Brazil celebrating with the World Cup trophy

1998

Champions: France

Runners-up: Brazil

Final score

3–0

Host nation: France
Total number of teams: 32
Captain of the champion team: Didier Deschamps
Total goals in the tournament: 171
Team with most number of goals: France (15)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Davor Suker (Croatia, 6 goals)

Champions France celebrating with the trophy

2002

Champions: Brazil

Runners-up: Germany

Final score

2–0

Host nations: Japan, South Korea
Total number of teams: 32
Captain of the champion team: Cafu
Total goals in the tournament: 161
Team with most number of goals: Brazil (18)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Ronaldo (Brazil, 8 goals)

Champions Brazil celebrating with the World Cup trophy

2006

Champions: Italy

Runners-up: France

Final score

5–3 (Penalty)

Host nation: Germany
Total number of teams: 32
Captain of the champion team: Fabio Cannavaro
Total goals in the tournament: 147
Team with most number of goals: Germany (14)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Miroslav Klose (Germany, 5 goals)

Italy's captain Fabio Cannavaro holding aloft the World Cup trophy

2010

Champions: Spain

Runners-up: Holland

Final score

1–0 (AET)

Host nation: South Africa
Total number of teams: 32
Captain of the champion team: Iker Casillas
Total goals in the tournament: 145
Team with most number of goals: Germany (16)
Top-scorers of the tournament: Thomas Muller (Germany), Diego Forlan (Uruguay), Wesley Sneijder (Holland), and Spain's David Villa (5 goals each)

Champions Spain with the World Cup trophy

2014

Champions: Germany

Runners-up: Argentina

Final score

1–0 (AET)

Host nation: Brazil
Total number of teams: 32
Captain of the champion team: Philipp Lahm
Total goals in the tournament: 171
Team with most number of goals: Germany (18 goals)
Top-scorer of the tournament: James Rodríguez (Colombia, 6 goals)

Champions Germany celebrating with the World Cup trophy

2018

Champions: France

Runners-up: Croatia

Final score

4–2

Host nation: Russia
Total number of teams: 32
Captain of the champion team: Hugo Lloris
Total goals in the tournament: 169
Team with most number of goals: Belgium (16 goals)
Top-scorer of the tournament: Harry Kane (England, 6 goals)

Champions France celebrating with the World Cup trophy

2022