Manorama Online
കാൽപ്പന്തിന്റെ കാഹളം
FIFA World Cup 1930-2022

Except for the 1942 and 1946 editions, which were cancelled due to World War II, football's greatest global spectacle has remained uninterrupted. As the 23rd edition kicks off on June 11 across the United States, Mexico and Canada, take a journey through 92 years of World Cup history at your fingertips.

Scroll Bottom
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
2018
Champions:Argentina
Runners-up: France
Final score
4–2
  • Host nation: Qatar
  • Total number of teams: 32
  • Captain of the champion team: Lionel Messi
  • Total goals in the tournament: 172
  • Team with most number of goals: France (16 goals))
  • Top-scorer of the tournament: Kylian Mbappe (France, 8 goals)
Argentina team with the World Cup trophy in 2026
2026