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FIFA World Cup in Uruguay
Host country - Uruguay
Dates - 13 July – 30 July
Teams - 13
Venue(s) 3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions - Uruguay (1st title)
Runners-up - Argentina
Third place - United States
Fourth place - Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 18
Goals scored - 70 (3.89 per match)
Attendance - 590,549 (32,808 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Argentina Guillermo Stábile (8 goals) -
FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan
Host countries South Korea
Japan
Dates 31 May – 30 June (31 days)
Teams 32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 20 (in 20 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up Germany
Third place Turkey
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 161 (2.52 per match)
Attendance 2,705,197 (42,269 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Ronaldo (8 goals)
Best player Germany Oliver Kahn -
FIFA World Cup in Italy
Host country Italy
Dates - 27 May – 10 June
Teams - 16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - Italy (1st title)
Runners-up - Czechoslovakia
Third place - Germany
Fourth place - Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 17
Goals scored - 70 (4.12 per match)
Attendance - 358,000 (21,059 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Czechoslovakia Oldřich Nejedlý (5 goals) -
FIFA World Cup in France
Host country France
Dates - 4 June – 19 June
Teams - 15 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up - Hungary
Third place - Brazil
Fourth place - Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 18
Goals scored - 84 (4.67 per match)
Attendance - 369,720 (20,540 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Brazil Leônidas (7 goals) -
FIFA World Cup in Brazil
Host country Brazil
Dates - 24 June – 16 July
Teams - 13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - Uruguay (2nd title)
Runners-up - Brazil
Third place - Sweden
Fourth place - Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored - 88 (4 per match)
Attendance - 1,043,500 (47,432 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Brazil Ademir (8 goals) -
FIFA World Cup in Switzerland
Host country Switzerland
Dates - 16 June – 4 July
Teams - 16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) - 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up - Hungary
Third place - Austria
Fourth place - Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 26
Goals scored 140 - (5.38 per match)
Attendance 889,500 - (34,212 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Hungary Sándor Kocsis (11 goals) -
FIFA World Cup in Sweden
Host country Sweden
Dates - 8 – 29 June
Teams - 16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) - 12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up - Sweden
Third place - France
Fourth place - West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 35
Goals scored 126 - (3.6 per match)
Attendance - 919,580 (26,274 per match)
Top scorer(s) - France Just Fontaine (13 goals) -
FIFA World Cup in Chile
Host country Chile
Dates 30 May – 17 June 1962 (19 days)
Teams-16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)-4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champion-Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up- Czechoslovakia
Third place - Chile
Fourth place - Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played-32
Goals scored 89 (2.78 per match)
Attendance-899,074 (28,096 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Garrincha
Brazil Vavá
Chile Leonel Sánchez
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražan Jerković
Hungary Flórián Albert
Soviet U -
FIFA World Cup in England
Host country England
Dates - 11 – 30 July
Teams - 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) - 8 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - England (1st title)
Runners-up - West Germany
Third place - Portugal
Fourth place - Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 32
Goals scored 89 - (2.78 per match)
Attendance - 1,608,723 (50,273 per match)
Top scorer(s) Portugal Eusébio (9 goals) -
FIFA World Cup in Mexico
Host country Mexico
Dates - 31 May – 21 June
Teams - 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) - 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up - Italy
Third place - West Germany
Fourth place - Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 32
Goals scored 95 - (2.97 per match)
Attendance - 1,603,975 (50,124 per match)
Top scorer(s) - West Germany Gerd Müller (10 goals)
Best player - Brazil Pelé -
FIFA World Cup in Germany
Host country - West Germany
Dates - 13 June – 7 July
Teams - 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) - 9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - West Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up - Netherlands
Third place- Poland
Fourth place - Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 38
Goals scored - 97 (2.55 per match)
Attendance - 1,774,022 (46,685 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Poland Grzegorz Lato (7 goals)
Best player - Netherlands Johan Cruyff -
FIFA World Cup in Argentina
Host country Argentina
Dates - 1 – 25 June (25 days)
Teams - 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) - 6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up - Netherlands
Third place - Brazil
Fourth place - Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 38
Goals scored - 102 (2.68 per match)
Attendance - 1,546,151 (40,688 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Argentina Mario Kempes (6 goals)
Best player - Argentina Mario Kempes -
FIFA World Cup in Spain
Host country Spain
Dates - 13 June – 11 July (29 days)
Teams - 24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) - 17 (in 14 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up - West Germany
Third place - Poland
Fourth place - France
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 52
Goals scored 146 - (2.81 per match)
Attendance - 2,109,723 (40,572 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Italy Paolo Rossi (6 goals)
Best player - Italy Paolo Rossi -
FIFA World Cup in Mexico
Host country Mexico
Dates - 31 May – 29 June (30 days)
Teams - 24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) - 12 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up - West Germany
Third place - France
Fourth place - Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 52
Goals scored 132 - (2.54 per match)
Attendance 2,393,031 - (46,020 per match)
Top scorer(s) - England Gary Lineker (6 goals)
Best player - Argentina Diego Maradona -
FIFA World Cup in Italy
Host country Italy
Dates - 8 June – 8 July 1990 (31 days)
Teams - 24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) - 12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - West Germany (3rd title)
Runners-up - Argentina
Third place - Italy
Fourth place - England
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 52
Goals scored 115 - (2.21 per match)
Attendance - 2,516,348 (48,391 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Italy Salvatore Schillaci (6 goals) -
FIFA World Cup in United States
Host country - United States
Dates - 17 June – 17 July 1994 (31 days)
Teams - 24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) - 9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions - Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up - Italy
Third place - Sweden
Fourth place - Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Matches played - 52
Goals scored 141 - (2.71 per match)
Attendance - 3,587,538 (68,991 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov
Russia Oleg Salenko
(6 goals)
Best player - Brazil Romário -
FIFA World Cup in France
Host country - France
Dates - 10 June – 12 July
Teams - 32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) - 10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches player - 64
Goals scored 171 - (2.67 per match)
Attendance - 2,785,100 (43,517 per match)
Top scorer(s) - Croatia Davor Šuker (6 goals)
Best player - Brazil Ronaldo -
FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan
Host countries South Korea
Japan
Dates 31 May – 30 June (31 days)
Teams 32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 20 (in 20 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up Germany
Third place Turkey
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 161 (2.52 per match)
Attendance 2,705,197 (42,269 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Ronaldo (8 goals)
Best player Germany Oliver Kahn -
FIFA World Cup in Germany
Host country Germany
Dates 9 June – 9 July
Teams 32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Italy (4th title)
Runners-up France
Third place Germany
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 147 (2.3 per match)
Attendance 3,359,439 (52,491 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germany Miroslav Klose
(5 goals)
Best player France Zinedine Zidane
Best young player Germany Lukas Podolski
Best goalkeeper Italy Gianluigi Buffon -
FIFA World Cup in South Africa
Host country South Africa
Dates 11 June – 11 July (31 days)
Teams 32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 10 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Netherlands
Third place Germany
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 145 (2.27 per match)
Attendance 3,178,856 (49,670 per match)
Top scorer(s) Uruguay Diego Forlán
Germany Thomas Müller
Netherlands Wesley Sneijder
Spain David Villa
(5 goals each)[1]
Best player Uruguay Diego For -
FIFA World Cup in Brazil
Host country Brazil
Dates 12 June – 13 July
Teams 32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 12 (in 12 host cities)
