O soccer it is the most popular and practiced sport in the world.
Thus, the most famous world championship on the globe, known as world Cup, attracts thousands of fans from all teams participating in the competition.
THE men's soccer world cup started happening in 1930. Each championship has teams from 32 countries competing for the cup. However, after nearly a hundred years of history, only eight teams have taken home the title.
Know what the World Cup winning teams from the start.
Men's Team Winners
- England (1966)
With just one championship, England took the game against Germany into overtime, when they won at home 4-2.
- Argentina (1978 and 1986)
Argentina won their first world title at home, when they won the final against the Netherlands 3-1. The second cup came in 1986, at the Cup hosted by Mexico, when Argentina beat West Germany 3-2.
- France (1998 and 2018)
In 1998, for the first time in the championship's history, France won a World Cup. In the final where Ronaldo had a seizure hours before the game, France beat Brazil 3-0.
In 2018, he won the bi-championship in Russia, when he won 4-2 against Croatia.
- Spain (2010)
With no player sent off and almost undefeated, the Spanish team took the cup home to the World Cup hosted by South Africa. The team won the first world championship in a game against the Netherlands 1-0.
- Uruguay (1930 and 1950)
Two-time world champions, Uruguay, a long-time soccer star, hosted the first World Cup in 1930 and won the cup in a final against Argentina, 4-2.
In 1950, the World Cup was hosted by Brazil, and the Uruguayan team no longer had as much prestige as the hosts. However, the Uruguayan team took the cup home in a final against the Brazilian team, with a score of 2-1.
- Italy (1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006)
Four-time world champions, Italy took their first title when they beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 at home. In 1938, when the championship took place in France, the Italian team took the cup home, beating Hungary 4-2.
A little later, in 1982, Italy won the third championship in Spain, winning 3-1, the selection of West Germany (Germany is the unification of West Germany with East Germany).
24 years later, Italy reached the fourth title in the World Cup in Germany, beating France by 5 penalties to 3. Since the game had gone 1-1 during the 90 minutes and 30 minutes of overtime.
- Germany (1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014)
Counting the titles of Germany, West Germany and East Germany, the team took home the world title four times. The first time was in 1954, when he beat Hungary 3-2, in Switzerland.
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In 1974, West Germany hosted the World Cup, and won the final with the Netherlands 2-1. In the 1990 Italian Cup, the West German team beat Argentina 1-0.
In the 2014 Brazil Cup, Germany beat Argentina 1-0 at Maracanã. Taking home the title of four-time champion.
- Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002)
Brazil is the only country to have five world titles. It was the first time, in the Swedish Cup, when he beat the home team 5-2. The bi-championship came in the next cup, in 1962, when he won Czechoslovakia 3-1, in Chile. Both cups, the team had the participation of Pelé and Garrincha.
In 1970, with Pelé's last participation and Zagallo's first as coach, Brazil beat Italy 4-1 in Mexico. Brazil was the first team to win the trichampionship.
In the United States Cup, with Romario, Bebeto, Taffarel and Dunga's team, Brazil beat Italy by 3 penalties to 2, after a 0-0 draw in 90 minutes of play and 30 in overtime.
Finally, in 2002, Brazil won the fifth championship, beating Germany 2-0, in the world championship that took place in Japan and South Korea.
Women's Soccer World Cup
As stated earlier, the men's World Cup began in 1930. But the women only entered the field and started to compete in this world championship, in 1991, that is, just 61 years later.
THE first women's World Cup it happened in 1991, in China, and had the participation of only 12 teams, namely: Nigeria, China, Taiwan, Japan, Brazil, New Zealand, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the United States.
The second edition of the Cup also featured 12 teams. Between 1999 and 2011 the number of participating teams increased to 16 and, in 2015, the number of participating teams rose to 24.
It is not common knowledge, but unlike the Brazilian men's team, the Brazilian women's soccer team has never won a World Cup.
See below the Women's teams that have won the most World Cups.
Women's Team Winners
- U.S (1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019)
The United States was the first to win the Women's World Cup in 1991, when the sporting event was hosted by China.
And it is the only country to have the fourth championship. The first title was won by a score 2-1 against Norway.
In 1999, the country hosted the World Cup and played the final against China, who they won by 5 penalties to 4, after getting 0-0 in 90 minutes of play and 30 in overtime. In 2015, the US team beat Japan 5-2 in Canada.
In the last World Cup, in 2019, hosted by France, the United States beat the Netherlands with a score of 2-0. Thus, winning the fourth championship.
- Germany (2003 and 2007)
The first title of the German team was at the World Cup hosted by the United States, when the team beat Sweden 2-1. The bi-championship happened in the following Cup, in 2007 in China, when the team won 2-0 in Brazil.
- Norway (1995)
Norway was the second women's team to win a World Cup. This happened in Sweden in 1995, in a 2-0 victory over Germany.
- Japan (2011)
With just one title, Japan won 3-1 over the United States after the game went 2-2 in 30 minutes overtime. The victory came in the championship that was held in Germany.
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