World Cup Winners

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Multiple winners: Brazil (5); Italy (4), Germany (4); Argentina and Uruguay (2).

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Year Champion Manager Score Runner-up Host Country Third Place
1930 Uruguay Alberto Suppici 4-2 Argentina Uruguay No game
1934 Italy Vittório Pozzo 2-1* Czechoslovakia Italy Germany 3, Austria 2
1938 Italy Vittório Pozzo 4-2 Hungary France Brazil 4, Sweden 2
1942-46 Not held
1950 Uruguay Juan Lopez 2-1 Brazil Brazil No game
1954 West Germany Sepp Herberger 3-2 Hungary Switzerland Austria 3, Uruguay 1
1958 Brazil Vicente Feola 5-2 Sweden Sweden France 6, W. Ger. 3
1962 Brazil Aimoré Moreira 3-1 Czechoslovakia Chile Chile 1, Yugoslavia 0
1966 England Alf Ramsey 4-2* W. Germany England Portugal 2, USSR 1
1970 Brazil Mario Zagalo 4-1 Italy Mexico W. Ger. 1, Uruguay 0
1974 West Germany Helmut Schoen 2-1 Netherlands W. Germany Poland 1, Brazil 0
1978 Argentina Cesar Menotti 3-1* Netherlands Argentina Brazil 2, Italy 1
1982 Italy Enzo Bearzot 3-1 W. Germany Spain Poland 3, France 2
1986 Argentina Carlos Bilardo 3-2 W. Germany Mexico France 4, Belgium 2*
1990 West Germany Franz Beckenbauer 1-0 Argentina Italy Italy 2, England 1
1994 Brazil Carlos Parreira 0-0† Italy USA Sweden 4, Bulgaria 0
1998 France Aimé Jacquet 3-0 Brazil France Croatia 2, Netherlands 1
2002 Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari 2-0 Germany Japan/S. Korea Turkey 3, S. Korea 2
2006 Italy 1-1* France Germany Germany 3, Portugal 1
2010 Spain 1-0* Netherlands South Africa Germany 3, Uruguay 2
2014 Germany 1-0* Argentina Brazil Netherlands 3, Brazil 0
*Winning goals scored in overtime (no sudden death); †Brazil defeated Italy in shootout (3-2) after scoreless overtime period.
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