In 1930, FIFA, an international association football competition established. The FIFA world cup is organized every four years. This world cup was not organized in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II. Uruguay was the first team who won the FIFA world cup in 1930 and in the 2018 FIFA world cup won by France by beating Croatia 4-2 which was hosted by Russia.
The footwall match is the last 90 minutes of regular play. If a draw or goal is less than an additional 30-minute extra provided. And if still tied after an extra 30 minutes time, then it is decided by a penalty shoot-out. The team who does the maximum goal decided the winner.
Who has won the most World Cups?
The FIFA world cup was won by only Eight nations throughout the century-old tournament. The FIFA world is the most watched and most liked event on the planet Erath. In this event, we find full drama, thrills, entertainment, and most of the heartbreak. This event makes most of the player legend and most of the players become adorable throughout the world.
The FIFA world cup all-time winner list
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Host | Teams |
| 1930 | Uruguay | Argentina | Uruguay | 13 |
| 1934 | Italy | Czechoslovakia | Italy | 16 |
| 1938 | Italy | Hungary | France | 15 |
| 1950 | Uruguay | Brazil | Brazil | 13 |
| 1954 | West Germany | Hungary | Switzerland | 16 |
| 1958 | Brazil | Sweden | Sweden | 16 |
| 1962 | Brazil | Czechoslovakia | Chile | 16 |
| 1966 | England | West Germany | England | 16 |
| 1970 | Brazil | Italy | Mexico | 16 |
| 1974 | West Germany | Netherlands | West Germany | 16 |
| 1978 | Argentina | Netherlands | Argentina | 16 |
| 1982 | Italy | Germany | Spain | 24 |
| 1986 | Argentina | Germany | Mexico | 24 |
| 1990 | Germany | Argentina | Italy | 24 |
| 1994 | Brazil | Italy | United States | 24 |
| 1998 | France | Brazil | France | 32 |
| 2002 | Brazil | Germany | Japan, South Korea | 32 |
| 2006 | Italy | France | Germany | 32 |
| 2010 | Spain | Netherlands | South Africa | 32 |
| 2014 | Germany | Argentina | Brazil | 32 |
| 2018 | France | Croatia | Russia | 32 |
Results by all nations who won the FIFA world cup
In the history of FIFA world, Brazil is the most successful team who won the five times FIFA world cup in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002 and was runners-up in the years 1950 and 1998.
Germany won four times (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) and runners up also four times(1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)
Italy won four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) and was runners-up two times in 1970 and 1994.
The following teams who won the tournament are as follows.
| Teams | All Finals | Winners | Runners-Up | Years Won | Runners-up year |
| Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006 | 1970, 1994 |
| Argentina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1978, 1986 | 1930, 1990, 2014 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1998, 2018 | 2006 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1930, 1950 | – |
| England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1966 | – |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2010 | – |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | 1974, 1978, 2010 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 1934, 1962 |
| Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 1938, 1954 |
The leading goal scorers in World Cup history
In every sport some players do good and some do not. Football also has some of the most exciting players who don maximum goals in the history of the FIFA World Cup. One name that must be mentioned here is now-now-retired Miroslav Klose who scores 16 goals in the FIFA world cup final.
Below is a list of the top scorers in the competition’s history.
| Player | Country | Number of goals |
| Miroslav Klose | Germany | 16 |
| Ronaldo | Brazil | 15 |
| Gerd Müller | West Germany | 14 |
| Just Fontaine | France | 13 |
| Pelé | Brazil | 12 |
| Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | 11 |
| Helmut Rahn | West Germany | 10 |
| Gary Lineker | England | 10 |
| Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | 10 |
| Teófilo Cubillas | Peru | 10 |
| Thomas Müller | Germany | 10 |
| Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 10 |
| Eusébio | Portugal | 9 |
| Christian Vieri | Italy | 9 |
| Vava | Brazil | 9 |
| David Villa | Spain | 9 |
| Paolo Rossi | Italy | 9 |
| Jairzinho | Brazil | 9 |
| Roberto Baggio | Italy | 9 |
| Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany | 9 |
| Uwe Seeler | West Germany | 9 |
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