FIFA World Cup Winners List: Champions, Runners Up and Third-Placed Teams of Every Edition Since 1930

The FIFA World Cup, the show-piece tournament of football organized by FIFA, is held once in every four years with teams from across the globe competing for the coveted title.

FIFA World Cup, founded in 1930, has so far been held 21 times with 79 teams participating in the tournament. Since the inaugural edition in 1930, the FIFA World Cup was not held only in 1942 and 1946 due to World War 2.

FIFA World Cup started as a 13-team tournament and later expanded to 16, 24 and 32 teams. The inaugural edition in 1930 and the 1950 edition were contested by 13 teams, while the 1938 edition was contested by 15 teams, the only times the World Cup did not feature 16, 24 or 32 teams.

In the 22 editions held so far, only eight nations have lifted the trophy with Brazil being the most successful side, having won the FIFA World Cup a record 5 times in their seven final appearances.

Germany or West Germany is the second most successful side along with Italy, who have both won the World Cup four times each followed by three-time champions Argentina, two-time winners France and Uruguay. England and Spain, meanwhile, have won the title once each.

Netherlands, on the other hand, have reached the final of tournament thrice and failed to win all three times, making them the team with most final appearances without winning the title. Hungary and Czech Republic or Czechoslovakia follow with two runners up finishes.

Germany also lead the way when it comes to champions with most runners up and third-place finishes. They have lost the final four times and won the third-place play-off four times.

Now, let's take a look at the FIFA World Cup champions, runners up and third-placed teams of every edition since 1930:

FIFA World Cup Winners and Runners Up with final results

Edition	Champion	Result	Runner Up
Qatar 2022	Argentina	3-3 AET (4-2 Pens)	France
Russia 2018	France	4-2	Croatia
Brazil 2014	Germany	1-0 AET	Argentina
South Africa 2010	Spain	1-0 AET	Netherlands
Germany 2006	Italy	1-1 AET (4-3 Pens)	France
Korea & Japan 2002	Brazil	2-0	Germany
France 1998	France	3-0	Brazil
USA 1994	Brazil	0-0 AET (3-2 Pens)	Italy
Italy 1990	West Germany	1-0	Argentina
Mexico 1986	Argentina	3-2	West Germany
Spain 1982	Italy	3-1	West Germany
Argentina 1978	Argentina	3-1 AET	Netherlands
West Germany 1974	West Germany	2-1	Netherlands
Mexico 1970	Brazil	4-1	Italy
England 1966	England	4-2 AET	West Germany
Chile 1962	Brazil	3-1	Czechoslovakia
Sweden 1958	Brazil	5-2	Sweden
Switzerland 1954	West Germany	3-2	Hungary
Brazil 1950	Uruguay	2-1 RR	Brazil
France 1938	Italy	4-2	Hungary
Italy 1934	Italy	2-1 AET	Czechoslovakia
Uruguay 1930	Uruguay	4-2	Argentina

AET - After Extra Time; Pens - Penalty Shootout; RR - Round Robin Ranking

FIFA World Cup Third-Placed and Fourth-Placed teams with results

Edition	Third Place	Result	Fourth Place
Qatar 2022	Croatia	2-1	Morocco
Russia 2018	Belgium	2-0	England
Brazil 2014	Netherlands	3-0	Brazil
South Africa 2010	Germany	3-2	Uruguay
Germany 2006	Germany	3-1	Portugal
South Korea & Japan 2002	Turkey	3-2	South Korea
France 1998	Croatia	2-1	Netherlands
USA 1994	Sweden	4-0	Bulgaria
Italy 1990	Italy	2-1	England
Mexico 1986	France	4-2 AET	Belgium
Spain 1982	Poland	3-2	France
Argentina 1978	Brazil	2-1	Italy
West Germany 1974	Poland	1-0	Brazil
Mexico 1970	West Germany	1-0	Uruguay
England 1966	Portugal	2-1	Soviet Union
Chile 1962	Chile	1-0	Yugoslavia
Sweden 1958	France	6-3	Germany
Switzerland 1954	Austria	3-1	Uruguay
Brazil 1950	Sweden	3-1 RR	Spain
France 1938	Brazil	4-2	Sweden
Italy 1934	Germany	3-2	Austria
Uruguay 1930	USA	Rank of losing semifinalist	Yugoslavia

AET - After Extra Time; RR - Round Robin ranking

FIFA World Cup Most Successful Teams

Team	Champions	Runners Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Brazil	5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)	2 (1950, 1998)	2 (1938, 1978)	2 (1974, 2014)
Germany (West Germany)	4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)	4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)	4 (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010)	1 (1958)
Italy	4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)	2 (1970, 1994)	1 (1990)	1 (1978)
Argentina	3 (1978, 1986), (2022)	3 (1930, 1990, 2014)	-	-
France	2 (1998, 2018)	2 (2006), (2022)	2 (1958, 1986)	1 (1982)
Uruguay	2 (1930, 1950)			3 (1954, 1970, 2010)
England	1 (1966)	-	-	2 (1990, 2018)
Spain	1 (2010)	-	-	1 (1950)
Netherlands	-	3 (1974, 1978, 2010)	1 (2014)	1 (1998)
Hungary	-	2 (1938, 1954)	-	-
Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia)	-	2 (1934, 1962)	-	-
Sweden	-	1 (1958)	2 (1950, 1994)	1 (1938)
Croatia	-	1 (2018)	2 (1998), (2022)	-
Poland	-	-	2 (1974, 1982)	-
Austria	-	-	1 (1954)	1 (1934)
Portugal	-	-	1 (1966)	1 (2006)
Belgium	-	-	1 (2018)	1 (1986)
United States	-	-	1 (1930)	-
Chile	-	-	1 (1962)	-
Turkey	-	-	1 (2002)	-
Serbia (Yugoslavia)	-	-	-	2 (1930, 1962)
Russia (Soviet Union)	-	-	-	1 (1966)
Bulgaria	-	-	-	1 (1994)
South Korea	-	-	-	1 (2002)
Morocco	-	-	-	1 (2022)