World Cup World Cup history
Every FIFA World Cup since the first tournament in 1930 — champions, hosts, top scorers, and the numbers behind each edition. The 2026 row below updates on its own as the tournament plays out, built from the same live data as the rest of this site.
| Year | Host | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Teams | Matches | Goals | Top scorer |
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a.e.t. means the match was level after 90 minutes and went to extra time (an extra 30 minutes); pen. means it was still level after that, so a penalty shoot-out decided the winner. Hover any score for the details of that final.
Sources: FIFA and Wikipedia’s FIFA World Cup records. Germany’s totals include titles won as West Germany (1954, 1974, 1990); the trophy is credited to Germany’s all-time tally by FIFA. Tournaments before 1930 don’t exist — 1930 was the first. 1942 and 1946 were not held due to World War II.