World Cup Football: History & Winners

Know about the World Cup Football History, Events, Teams, Winners etc.

World Cup Football History: When for the first time the world cup Football was arranged, Fifa was known as Jurelime Trophy, named after Mosia Jurelime. Jurelime was the president of Fifa for a long time. There was a special term and condition for this trophy. The term was that; if a team won the world cup Football three times, then the Trophy would be handed over to that team for a lifetime. Brazil gets the victory three times; in 1958, 1962 and 1970. So, as per the term, the trophy was handover to Brazil forever. The trophy was 1 ft. long and made of 9 pounds of Solid Gold.

About FIFA World Cup Football

If a team win in world cup football, then the team will get awarded by Federation International de Football Association or FIFA. The FIFA World Cup trophy is 36 cm. long and weighs 10 pounds. It is made with 38 carats of Gold. As per the rule, after getting the trophy, a team can keep it for only 1 year. The World Cup Football is played after every 4 years.

FIFA World Cup Football

Year	Place	Winner	Runner
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina
1934	Italy	Italy	Czechoslovakia
1938	France	Italy	Hungary
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Brazil
1954	Switzerland	F. R Germany	Hungary
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Sweden
1962	Chili(America)	Brazil	Sweden
1966	England	England	F.R Germany
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Italy
1974	F.R Germany	F.R Germany	Netherlands
1978	Argentina	Argentina	F.R Germany
1982	Spain	Italy	F.R Germany
1986	Mexico	Argentina F.R	Germany
1990	Italy	Germany	Argentina
1994	Atlanta(U.S.A)	Brazil	Italy
1998	France	France	Brazil
2002	Japan, South Korea	Brazil	Germany
2006	Germany	Italy	France
2010	South Africa	Spain	Netherlands
2014	Brazil	Germany	Argentina
2018	Russia	France	Croatia
2022	Qatar	Argentina	France

*Note: Due to world war second 1942 and 1946, the match was cancelled.