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The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The reigning champions are Yugoslavia, who won their third title at the 2018 tournament.

The format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month. The host nation(s) automatically qualify to the group stage of the tournament.

As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 21 final tournaments have been held and more than 80 national teams have competed. The trophy has been won by twelve national teams. Brazil, Yugoslavia and inaugural winner Argentina all have three wins each. The United Kingdom, Poland, and Uruguay each have two titles. The former Ottoman Empire, France, Caricom, the United States, Portugal, and Germany have one title each.

The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed single sporting event in the world. The viewership of the 2018 World Cup was estimated to be 3.23 billion (half of the global population) with an estimated 1.01 billion people watching the final match.

Twenty four countries have hosted the World Cup, most recently Russia, who hosted the 2018 edition. The 2022 tournament will be jointly hosted by New Zealand and Petit Tasmanie, and the 2026 tournament is set to be held in Morocco.

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third-place play-off
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-Up	Third	Fourth
1930	Empire of Brazil	Argentine Republic	4-2	United States of America	Kingdom of Egypt	Sublime Ottoman State
1934	Kingdom of Italy	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	2-1 (a.e.t)	Czechoslovak Republic	Republic of Austria	Kingdom of Italy
1938	Third German Reich	Sublime Ottoman State	6-0	Third German Reich	Empire of Brazil	Kingdom of Hungary
1942	cancelled due to World War II
1946	cancelled due to World War II
1950	Empire of Brazil	Oriental Republic of Uruguay	2-1	Empire of Brazil	Swiss Confederation	Empire of Japan
1954	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	Oriental Republic of Uruguay	3-2	Kingdom of Sweden	Republic of Ecuador	Republic of New Granada
1958	State of Israel	Empire of Brazil	2-1	Russian SFSR	Kingdom of Norway	State of Israel
1962	Republic of Chile	SFR Yugoslavia	1-0	Kingdom of Spain	Republic of Chile	Empire of Brazil
1966	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	4-2 (a.e.t)	Federal Republic of Germany	Kingdom of Portugal	Russian SFSR
1970	Republic of China	Empire of Brazil	4-1	Kingdom of the Netherlands	Oriental Republic of Uruguay	Kingdom of Morocco
1974	Argentine Republic	Polish Republic	3-0	Republic of Peru	Commonwealth of Australia	Federal Republic of Germany
1978	Republic of South Africa	French Seventh Republic	2-1 (a.e.t)	Kingdom of Belgium	Ethiopian Empire	Imperial State of Iran
1982	United States of America & Commonwealth of Canada	Polish Republic	3-1	Empire of Brazil	Kingdom of Italy	Kingdom of Spain
1986	Kingdom of Spain & Kingdom of Portugal	Argentine Republic	2-1	United Kingdom	United Mexican States	SFR Yugoslavia
1990	United Mexican States	Empire of Brazil	1-0 (a.e.t)	Ashanti Kingdom	Federal Republic of Germany	Republic of Liberia
1994	Andean Plurinational Union	Caribbean Community	0-0 (a.e.t) (5-4p)	Republic of Chile	Sublime Ottoman State	Hellenic Kingdom
1998	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	2-0	French Seventh Republic	Empire of Brazil	Kingdom of the Netherlands
2002	Empire of Japan	United States of America	3-2 (a.e.t)	Empire of Japan	United Provinces of Korea	Republic of Ireland
2006	Syrian AR & Egyptian AR	Argentine Republic	2-1 (a.g.g)	Kingdom of Portugal	Ukrainian SSR	Caribbean Community
2010	Oriental Republic of Uruguay & Republic of Paraguay	Kingdom of Portugal	3-2 (a.g.g)	Argentine Republic	Republic of Paraguay	Kingdom of Spain
2014	Empire of Brazil	Federal Republic of Germany	7-1	Empire of Brazil	Republic of Ecuador	Federal Republic of New Granada
2018	Russian SFSR	SFR Yugoslavia	4-3	French Seventh Republic	Polish Republic	United Kingdom
2022	Republic of Petit Tasmanie & Commonwealth of New Zealand	T.B.A.

a.e.t.: after extra time
p: after penalty shoot out

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