World cups

1930 World Cup

Jul 13, 1930

In the 1930 world cup Uruguay won the world cup and they were the ones that hosted it. They beat their arch-rivals Argentina 4-2 to get the first world crown. In the cup they had 13 teams qualified, 18 games, 70 goals scored and the attendance was 590,549.

1934 World Cup

Jun 10, 1934

In the 1934 world cup Italy won and also hosted it. They beat their opponents Czechoslovakia 2-1 and took home the win. There was 16 qualified teams, 17 matches, 70 goals, and the attendance was only 363,000 compared to the world cup in Uruguay which was above 500,000,

1938 World Cup

Jun 19, 1938

In this world cup it was hosted by France and it was the first time that the home team didn't win. In the final it was Italy against Hungary and Italy came out on top again with the 4-2 victory. The were 15 qualified teams, 18 matches, 82 goals scored and the attendance was 375, 700 still less than the first world cup.

1950 World Cup

Jul 16, 1950

In this World Cup it was hosted by Brazil but in the final Uruguay ended up defeating Brazil 2-1 and that was a big upset. There was 13 qualified teams, 22 matches, 87 goals scored and 1,045,246.

1954 World Cup

Jul 4, 1954

In this world cup it was hosted by Switzerland and the team that won was West Germany defeating Hungary 3-2. In this World cup there were 16 qualified teams, 26 matches, 136 goals scored and the attendance was 768,607.

1958 World cup

Jun 29, 1958

In the 1958 World Cup it was hosted by Sweden and in the final Brazil defeated Sweden 5-2. There were 16 qualified teams, 35 matches, 126 goals scored, and the attendance was 819,810.

1962 World Cup

Jun 17, 1962

The 1962 World Cup was hosted by Chile and the winners were Brazil over Czechoslovakia 3-1. There were 16 qualified teams, 32 matches played, only 89 goals scored, and the attendance was 893,172.

1966 World Cup

Jul 30, 1966

The 1966 World Cup was hosted by England and also won by England over West Germany 4-2. There were 16 qualified teams, 32 matches played, 87 goals scored and the attendance was 1,563,135.

1970 World Cup

Jun 21, 1970

The 1970 World cup was hosted by Mexico and won by Brazil 4-1 over Italy. IN this World cup there were 16 qualified teams, 32 matches, 94 goals scored and 1,603,975.

1974 World Cup

Jul 7, 1974

The !974 World Cup was hosted by Germany and won by West Germany 2-1 over the Netherlands. In that World cup there was 16 qualified teams, 38 matches, 94 goals scored and the attendance was 1,865,753.

1978 World Cup

Jun 25, 1978

The 1978 World Cup was hosted by Argentina and won by Argentina over the Netherlands 3-1 in the final match. There were 16 qualified teams, 38 matches, 99 goals scored and the attendance was 1,545,791.

1982 World Cup

Jul 11, 1982

The 1982 World Cup was hosted by Spain and was won by Italy 3-1 over West Germany. In this World cup there were 24 qualified teams, 52 matches, 145 goals scored and the attendance was 2,109,723

1986 World Cup

Jun 29, 1986

The 1986 World Cup was hosted by Mexico and was won by Argentina over West Germany 3-2. There was 24 qualified teams, 52 matches and the attendance was 2,394,031.

1990 World Cup

Jul 8, 1990

The 1990 World cup was hosted by Italy and was won by Germany over Argentina 1-0. There was 24 qualified teams, 52 matches, 115 goals scored and 2 the attendance was 2,516,215.

1994 World Cup

Jul 17, 1994

The 1994 World cup was hosted by the USA and the winners were Brazil in Penalty's 3-2 over Italy. There were 24 qualified teams, 52 matches, 140 goals scored and the attendance was 3,587,538.

1998 World Cup

Jul 12, 1998

The 1998 World Cup was hosted by France and was won by France 3-0 over Brazil. There was 32 qualified teams, 64 matches, 165 goals scored and the attendance was 2,785.100.

2002 World Cup

Jun 30, 2002

The 2002 World Cup was hosted by Korea/Japan and was won by Brazil 2-0 over Germany. There was 32 qualified teams, 64 matches, 158 goals, 2,705,197.

2006 World Cup

Jul 9, 2006

The 2006 World Cup was hosted by Germany and was won by Italy in penalties 5-3 over France. There were 32 qualified teams, 64 matches, 143 goals scored, and the attendance was 3,359,493.

2010 World Cup

Jul 11, 2010

The 2010 World Cup was hosted by South Africa and was won by Spain over the Netherlands 1-0 in the final. There were 32 qualified teams, 64 matches, 145 goals scored, and the attendance was 3,178,856.

2014 World Cup

Jul 13, 2014

The 2014 World Cup was hosted by Brazil and was won by Germany 1-0 over Argentina. There was 32 qualified teams, 64 matches, 166 goals scored, and the attendance was 3,386,810.