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{{Infobox football tournament
| title                = FIFA World Cup final
| image                =
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| founded              = {{start date and age|1930}}
| current champions    = {{fb|Argentina}} {{nowrap|(3rd title)}}
| most successful team = {{fb|BRA}} {{nowrap|(5 titles)}}
}}
The [[FIFA World Cup]] is an international [[association football]] competition contested by the senior [[List of men's national association football teams|men's national teams]] of the [[FIFA|''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA)]], the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, when it was not held because of [[World War II]].

The World Cup [[Final (competition)|final]] is the last match of the competition, played by the only two teams remaining in contention, and the result determines which country is declared the world champion. It is a one-off match decided in regulation time. In case of a [[Tie (draw)|draw]], [[extra time]] is used. If scores are then still level, a [[penalty shoot-out]] determines the winner,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/federation/81/42/36/lotg_en.pdf |title=Laws of the Game|access-date=9 February 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206073655/https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/federation/81/42/36/lotg_en.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> under the rules in force since 1986; prior to that, finals still tied after extra time would have been [[Replay (sports)|replayed]],{{#tag:ref|The 1962 and 1966 finals had provisions for only a single replay, and then a drawing of lots. For knockout matches other than the finals, penalty shoot-outs had been adopted from 1978, while lots would have been drawn between 1962 and 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifamuseum.com/en/blog-stories/blog/why-the-lottery-that-is-penalty-shoot-outs-were-introduced-2610606/ |title=Why penalty shoot-outs were introduced |website=fifamuseum.com |date=22 April 2016 |access-date=25 January 2023 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112213404/https://www.fifamuseum.com/en/blog-stories/blog/why-the-lottery-that-is-penalty-shoot-outs-were-introduced-2610606/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|group="n"}} though this never proved necessary. The [[golden goal]] rule would have applied during extra time in 1998 and 2002, but was not put in practice either.

The only exception to this type of format was the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 World Cup]], which featured a final [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] group of four teams; [[Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)|the decisive match of that group]] is often regarded as the ''de facto'' final of that tournament, including by FIFA itself.<ref name="All results">{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup finals since 1930 |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-301_09a_wc-finals_alltime_8864.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514092024/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-301_09a_wc-finals_alltime_8864.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=3 February 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)}}</ref>

The team that wins the final receives the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy]], and its name is engraved on the bottom side of the trophy.<ref name=globo>{{cite news |url=http://globotv.globo.com/rede-globo/jornal-da-globo/t/edicoes/v/taca-da-copa-do-mundo-chega-ao-brasil/3296190/ |title=Taça da Copa do Mundo chega ao Brasil (World Cup trophy arrives in Brazil) |publisher=Globo TV |access-date=22 April 2014 |date=21 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606205424/http://globotv.globo.com/rede-globo/jornal-da-globo/t/edicoes/v/taca-da-copa-do-mundo-chega-ao-brasil/3296190/ |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Of 80 nations that have [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup|appeared in the tournament]], 13 have made it to the final, and 8 have won. [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], the only team that has participated in every World Cup, is also the most successful team in the competition, having won five titles and finished second twice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/teams/brazil/ |title=World Cup Spotlight on Brazil |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=29 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401141133/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/teams/brazil/ |archive-date=1 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Germany national football team|Germany]]{{#tag:ref|The team's totals include the records of West Germany (1954–1990).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/01/18/03/18/fs-201_08a_fwc-alltimeranking.pdf |title=All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2010 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|access-date=30 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013131016/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/01/18/03/18/fs-201_08a_fwc-alltimeranking.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>|group="n"}} have four titles each, with Germany having reached more finals than any other team, eight. Current champion [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] has three titles, [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] and [[France national football team|France]] have two each, while [[England national football team|England]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]] have one each. [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] and [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] have played in the final without winning. Only teams from Europe ([[UEFA]]) and South America ([[CONMEBOL]]) have ever competed in the final.

Argentina defeated France on penalties in [[2022 FIFA World Cup final|the latest final]], staged at Qatar's [[Lusail Stadium]] in 2022.

==List of final matches==
{|
|- style="vertical-align:top"
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{{location map+|Europe
|float=center
|width=400
|caption=Locations of finals held in Europe
|places=
{{Location map~|Europe|lat=51.503378|long=-0.131903|label='''[[London]]<br>([[1966 FIFA World Cup final|1966]])'''|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Europe|lat=48.858520|long=2.348905|label='''[[Paris]]<br>{{nowrap|([[1938 FIFA World Cup final|1938]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup final|1998]])}}'''|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Europe|lat=52.512905|long=13.406829|label='''[[Berlin]]<br>([[2006 FIFA World Cup final|2006]])'''|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Europe|lat=41.899510|long=12.498890|label='''[[Rome]]<br>{{nowrap|([[1934 FIFA World Cup final|1934]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup final|1990]])}}'''|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Europe|lat=40.410435|long=-3.697420|label='''[[Madrid]]<br>([[1982 FIFA World Cup final|1982]])'''|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Europe|lat=59.325841|long=18.071297|label='''[[Stockholm]]<br>([[1958 FIFA World Cup final|1958]])'''|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Europe|lat=46.947085|long=7.447735|label='''[[Bern]]<br>([[1954 FIFA World Cup final|1954]])'''|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Europe|lat=48.132578|long=11.578889|label='''[[Munich]]<br>([[1974 FIFA World Cup final|1974]])'''|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Europe|lat=55.7558|long=37.6173|label='''[[Moscow]]<br>([[2018 FIFA World Cup final|2018]])'''|position=right}}
}}
| 
{{location map+|Earth
|float=center
|width=685
|caption=Locations of finals held in the rest of the world
|places=
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=-34.100755|long=-56.167068|label='''{{nowrap|[[Montevideo]] ([[1930 FIFA World Cup final|1930]])}}'''|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=-34.607742|long=-58.377710|label='''{{nowrap|[[Buenos Aires]]}}<br>([[1978 FIFA World Cup final|1978]])'''|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=-22.910251|long=-43.198548|label='''{{nowrap|[[Rio de Janeiro]]}}<br>{{nowrap|(''[[Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)|1950]]'', [[2014 FIFA World Cup final|2014]])}}'''|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=-33.447267|long=-70.666944|label='''{{nowrap|[[Santiago]] ([[1962 FIFA World Cup final|1962]])}}'''|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=35.162489|long=139.581826|label='''[[Yokohama]]<br>([[2002 FIFA World Cup final|2002]])'''|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=19.429376|long=-99.142278|label='''[[Mexico City]]<br>{{nowrap|([[1970 FIFA World Cup final|1970]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup final|1986]])}}'''|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=-26.201030|long=28.046195|label='''{{nowrap|[[Johannesburg]]}}<br>([[2010 FIFA World Cup final|2010]])'''|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=34.156111|long=-118.131944|label='''{{nowrap|[[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]}}<br>([[1994 FIFA World Cup final|1994]])'''|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=25.477992|long=51.477814|label='''[[Lusail]]<br>([[2022 FIFA World Cup final|2022]])'''|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=40.813528|long=-74.074361|label='''[[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]]<br>''([[2026 FIFA World Cup final|2026]])'''''|position=top}}

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{{Location map~|Earth|lat=51.503378|long=-0.131903}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=48.858520|long=2.348905}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=52.512905|long=13.406829}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=41.899510|long=12.498890}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=40.410435|long=-3.697420}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=59.325841|long=18.071297}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=46.947085|long=7.447735}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=48.132578|long=11.578889}}
{{Location map~|Earth|lat=55.7558|long=37.6173}}
}}
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+Key to the list
|-
|width="40px" bgcolor="#FBCEB1" align="center"| a.e.t.
| Match went to [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]]
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|width="40px" bgcolor="#cedff2" align="center"| pen.
| Match was won on a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]
|}

{|class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|+List of FIFA World Cup finals
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Winners
!scope="col"| Score
!scope="col"| Runners-up
!scope="col"| Venue
!scope="col"| Location
!scope="col"| Attendance
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|URU}}
|align=center| [[1930 FIFA World Cup final|4–2]]
| {{fb|ARG|1861}}
| {{sort|Centenario|[[Estadio Centenario]]}}
| {{sort|Uruguay, Montevideo|[[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]}}
|align=center| 68,346
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/results/matches/match=1087/report.html |title=1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017173019/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/results/matches/match=1087/report.html |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Uruguay 1930 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4330600.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618212041/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4330600.stm |archive-date=18 June 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|ITA|1861}}
|align=center bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| [[1934 FIFA World Cup final|2–1]] {{aet}}
| {{fb|TCH}}
| {{sort|Nazionale PNF|[[Stadio Nazionale PNF]]}}
| {{sort|Italy, Rome|[[Rome]], [[Italy]]}}
|align=center| 55,000
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/results/matches/match=1134/report.html |title=1934 FIFA World Cup Italy |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310051209/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/results/matches/match=1134/report.html |archive-date=10 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Italy 1934 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4331118.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516033140/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4331118.stm |archive-date=16 May 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|ITA|1861}}
|align=center| [[1938 FIFA World Cup final|4–2]]
| {{fb|HUN|1920}}
| {{sort|Olympique de Colombes|[[Stade Yves-du-Manoir|Stade Olympique de Colombes]]}}
| {{sort|France, Paris|[[Paris]], [[France]]}}
|align=center| 45,000
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/results/matches/match=1174/report.html |title=1938 FIFA World Cup France |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121132948/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D5/results/matches/match%3D1174/report.html |archive-date=21 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – France 1938 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849022.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928124142/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849022.stm |archive-date=28 September 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|URU}}
|align=center| [[Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)|2–1]]{{refn|group=n|Decisive match of a final stage; technically not a final but often regarded as such.}}
| {{fb|BRA|1889}}
| [[Maracanã Stadium]]
| {{sort|Brazil, Rio de Janeiro |[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]}}
|align=center| 173,850
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=7/results/matches/match=1190/report.html |title=1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017171553/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=7/results/matches/match=1190/report.html |archive-date=17 October 2013|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Brazil 1950 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849084.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202123850/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849084.stm |archive-date=2 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|align=right| {{sort|Germany, West|{{fb-rt|FRG}}}}
|align=center| [[1954 FIFA World Cup final|3–2]]
| {{fb|HUN|1949}}
| [[Wankdorf Stadium]]
| {{sort|Switzerland, Bern|[[Bern]], [[Switzerland]]}}
|align=center| 62,500
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=9/results/matches/match=1278/report.html |title=1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720061301/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D9/results/matches/match%3D1278/report.html |archive-date=20 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Switzerland 1954 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849414.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202170358/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849414.stm |archive-date=2 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
|align=center| [[1958 FIFA World Cup final|5–2]]
| {{fb|SWE}}
| {{sort|Rasunda|[[Råsunda Stadium]]}}
| {{sort|Sweden, Solna|[[Solna Municipality|Solna]], [[Sweden]]}}
|align=center| 49,737
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=15/results/matches/match=1343/report.html |title=1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101092626/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D15/results/matches/match%3D1343/report.html |archive-date=1 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Sweden 1958 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849640.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218191136/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849640.stm |archive-date=18 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|BRA|1960}}
|align=center| [[1962 FIFA World Cup final|3–1]]
| {{fb|TCH}}
| {{sort|Nacional|[[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]]}}
| {{sort|Chile, Santiago|[[Santiago]], [[Chile]]}}
|align=center| 68,679
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/results/matches/match=1463/report.html |title=1962 FIFA World Cup Chile |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101090825/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=21/results/matches/match=1463/report.html |archive-date=1 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Chile 1962 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849820.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124005337/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4849820.stm |archive-date=24 January 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|ENG}}
|align=center bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| [[1966 FIFA World Cup final|4–2]] {{aet}}
| {{sort|Germany, West|{{fb|FRG}}}}
| [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]
| {{sort|England, London|[[London]], [[England]]}}
|align=center| 96,924
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=26/results/matches/match=1633/report.html |title=1966 FIFA World Cup England |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204035558/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=26/results/matches/match=1633/report.html |archive-date=4 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – England 1966 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850090.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227042010/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850090.stm |archive-date=27 December 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|BRA|1968}}
|align=center| [[1970 FIFA World Cup final|4–1]]
| {{fb|ITA|1946}}
| {{sort|Azteca|[[Estadio Azteca]]}}
| {{sort|Mexico, Mexico City|[[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]}}
|align=center| 107,412
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/results/matches/match=1765/report.html |title=1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125100710/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D32/results/matches/match%3D1765/report.html |archive-date=25 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Mexico 1970 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850280.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620044944/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850280.stm |archive-date=20 June 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]
|align=right| {{sort|Germany, West|{{fb-rt|FRG}}}}
|align=center| [[1974 FIFA World Cup final|2–1]]
| {{fb|NED}}
| [[Olympiastadion (Munich)|Olympiastadion]]
| {{sort|Germany, Munich|[[Munich]], [[West Germany]]}}
|align=center| 78,200
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=39/results/matches/match=2063/report.html |title=1974 FIFA World Cup Germany |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002174855/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=39/results/matches/match=2063/report.html|archive-date=2 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Germany 1974 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850426.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327234013/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850426.stm |archive-date=27 March 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}
|align=center bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| [[1978 FIFA World Cup final|3–1]] {{aet}}
| {{fb|NED}}
| {{sort|Monumental|[[Estadio Monumental (Buenos Aires)|Estadio Monumental]]}}
| {{sort|Argentina, Buenos Aires|[[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]}}
|align=center| 71,483
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=50/results/matches/match=2198/report.html |title=1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212153626/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D50/results/matches/match%3D2198/report.html |archive-date=12 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Argentina 1978 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850710.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202192151/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850710.stm |archive-date=2 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|ITA|1946}}
|align=center| [[1982 FIFA World Cup final|3–1]]
| {{sort|Germany, West|{{fb|FRG}}}}
| {{sort|Santiago Bernabeu|[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabéu]]}}
| {{sort|Spain, Madrid|[[Madrid]], [[Spain]]}}
|align=center| 90,000
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=59/results/matches/match=923/report.html |title=1982 FIFA World Cup Spain |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130055822/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D59/results/matches/match%3D923/report.html |archive-date=30 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Spain 1982 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850926.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203153017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4850926.stm |archive-date=3 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}
|align=center| [[1986 FIFA World Cup final|3–2]]
| {{sort|Germany, West|{{fb|FRG}}}}
| {{sort|Azteca|[[Estadio Azteca]]}}
| {{sort|Mexico, Mexico City|[[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]}}
|align=center| 114,600
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=68/results/matches/match=393/report.html |title=1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129112333/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D68/results/matches/match%3D393/report.html |archive-date=29 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Mexico 1986 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4851052.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219004024/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4851052.stm |archive-date=19 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]
|align=right| {{sort|Germany, West|{{fb-rt|FRG}}}}
|align=center| [[1990 FIFA World Cup final|1–0]]
| {{fb|ARG|1861}}
| {{sort|Olimpico|[[Stadio Olimpico]]}}
| {{sort|Italy, Rome|[[Rome]], [[Italy]]}}
|align=center| 73,603
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=76/results/matches/match=27/report.html |title=1990 FIFA World Cup Italy |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115172134/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D76/results/matches/match%3D27/report.html |archive-date=15 November 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – Italy 1990 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4851148.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124005342/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4851148.stm |archive-date=24 January 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|align=center bgcolor="#cedff2"| [[1994 FIFA World Cup final|0–0]] {{aet}}<br />(3–2 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])
| {{fb|ITA|1946}}
| [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]]
| {{sort|United States, Pasadena|[[Pasadena, California]], [[United States]]}}
|align=center| 94,194
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=84/results/matches/match=3104/report.html |title=1994 FIFA World Cup USA |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202050557/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D84/results/matches/match%3D3104/report.html |archive-date= 2 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – USA 1994 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4851230.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202100646/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4851230.stm |archive-date=2 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}
|align=center| [[1998 FIFA World Cup final|3–0]]
|align=left| {{fb|BRA}}
| {{sort|France|[[Stade de France]]}}
| {{sort|France, Saint-Denis|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], [[France]]}}
|align=center| 80,000
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/results/matches/match=8788/report.html |title=1998 FIFA World Cup France |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426042307/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/results/matches/match=8788/report.html |archive-date=26 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – France 1998 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4851296.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203114952/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4851296.stm |archive-date=3 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|align=center| [[2002 FIFA World Cup final|2–0]]
| {{fb|GER}}
| [[Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)|International Stadium]]
| {{sort|Japan, Yokohama|[[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]}}
|align=center| 69,029
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/results/matches/match=43950064/report.html |title=2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130065850/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/results/matches/match%3D43950064/report.html |archive-date=30 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup history – South Korea & Japan 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4852070.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413134720/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4852070.stm |archive-date=13 April 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|ITA|2003}}
|align=center bgcolor="#cedff2"| [[2006 FIFA World Cup final|1–1]] {{aet}}<br />(5–3 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])
| {{fb|FRA|1974}}
| [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]]
| {{sort|Germany, Berlin|[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]}}
|align=center| 69,000
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match=97410064/report.html |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany |access-date=26 January 2009 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830094534/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/results/matches/match=97410064/report.html |archive-date=30 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Zidane off as Italy win World Cup |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991652.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=26 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616115022/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991652.stm |archive-date=16 June 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|ESP}}
|align=center bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| [[2010 FIFA World Cup final|1–0]] {{aet}}
| {{fb|NED}}
| [[FNB Stadium|Soccer City]]
| {{sort|South Africa, Johannesburg|[[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]]}}
|align=center| 84,490
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/matches/round=249721/match=300061509/index.html |title=2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa |access-date=12 May 2012 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711141857/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=249721/match=300061509/report.html |archive-date=11 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Netherlands 0–1 Spain (aet) |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_64 |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |access-date=12 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511232334/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_64 |archive-date=11 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|GER}}
|align=center bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| [[2014 FIFA World Cup final|1–0]] {{aet}}
| {{fb|ARG}}
| {{sort|Maracana|[[Maracanã Stadium]]}}
| {{sort|NYC, Rio de Janeiro|[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]}}
|align=center| 74,738
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web |title=Estadio Do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=214/index.html |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |date=18 January 2012 |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516061226/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=214/index.html |archive-date=16 May 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Phil |last=McNulty |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28181689 |title=Germany 1–0 Argentina |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=13 July 2014 |access-date=19 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720142134/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28181689 |archive-date=20 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]
|align=right| {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}
|align=center| [[2018 FIFA World Cup final|4–2]]
| {{fb|CRO}}
| [[Luzhniki Stadium]]
| {{sort|Russia, Moscow|[[Moscow]], [[Russia]]}}
|align=center| 78,011
|align=center| <ref>{{cite web |title=Formidable France secure second title |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331552/#france-v-croatia-2018-fifa-world-cup-russia-final-81 |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |date=15 July 2018 |access-date=4 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715175006/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331552/#france-v-croatia-2018-fifa-world-cup-russia-final-81 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More than half the world watched record-breaking 2018 World Cup |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/more-than-half-the-world-watched-record-breaking-2018-world-cup |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |date=21 December 2018 |access-date=4 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604094144/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/more-than-half-the-world-watched-record-breaking-2018-world-cup |archive-date=4 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]
| align="right" | {{fb-rt|ARG}}
| align=center bgcolor="#cedff2" | [[2022 FIFA World Cup final|3–3]] {{aet}}<br />(4–2 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])
| {{fb|FRA}}
| [[Lusail Stadium]]
| {{sort|Qatar, Lusail|[[Lusail]], [[Qatar]]}}
| align="center" | 88,966
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=Argentina and Messi spot on for World Cup glory|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/france-argentina-lionel-messi-kylian-mbappe-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022|publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|date=18 December 2022|access-date=18 December 2022|archive-date=18 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218183107/https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/france-argentina-lionel-messi-kylian-mbappe-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-class="sortbottom"
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[2026 FIFA World Cup|2026]]
|align=right| 
|align=center| 
| 
| [[MetLife Stadium]]
| {{sort|United States, East Rutherford|[[East Rutherford, New Jersey]], [[United States]]}}
|align=center| 
|align=center| 
|}

==Results==
[[File:World cup winners.png|350px|thumb|Map of winning countries]]
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Results by nation
!scope="col"| Team
!scope="col"| Winners
!scope="col"| Runners-up
!scope="col"| Total finals
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Years won
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Years runners-up
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|BRA}}
| 5
| 2
| 7
|align=left| [[1958 FIFA World Cup final|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup final|1962]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup final|1970]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup final|1994]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup final|2002]]
|align=left| [[Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)|1950]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup final|1998]]
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|GER}}
| 4
| 4
| 8
|align=left| [[1954 FIFA World Cup final|1954]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup final|1974]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup final|1990]], [[2014 FIFA World Cup final|2014]]
|align=left| [[1966 FIFA World Cup final|1966]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup final|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup final|1986]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup final|2002]]
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|ITA}}
| 4
| 2
| 6
|align=left| [[1934 FIFA World Cup final|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup final|1938]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup final|1982]], [[2006 FIFA World Cup final|2006]]
|align=left| [[1970 FIFA World Cup final|1970]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup final|1994]]
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|ARG}}
| 3
| 3
| 6
|align=left| [[1978 FIFA World Cup final|1978]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup final|1986]], [[2022 FIFA World Cup final|2022]]
|align=left| [[1930 FIFA World Cup final|1930]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup final|1990]], [[2014 FIFA World Cup final|2014]]
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|FRA}}
| 2
| 2
| 4
|align=left| [[1998 FIFA World Cup final|1998]], [[2018 FIFA World Cup final|2018]]
|align=left| [[2006 FIFA World Cup final|2006]], [[2022 FIFA World Cup final|2022]]
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|URU}}
| 2
| 0
| 2
|align=left| [[1930 FIFA World Cup final|1930]], [[Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)|1950]]
|align=left| —
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|ENG}}
| 1
| 0
| 1
|align=left| [[1966 FIFA World Cup final|1966]]
|align=left| —
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|ESP}}
| 1
| 0
| 1
|align=left| [[2010 FIFA World Cup final|2010]]
|align=left| —
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|NED}}
| 0
| 3
| 3
|align=left| —
|align=left| [[1974 FIFA World Cup final|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup final|1978]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup final|2010]]
|-
! scope="row" align="left" | {{fb|HUN}}
| 0
| 2
| 2
| align="left" | —
| align="left" | [[1938 FIFA World Cup final|1938]], [[1954 FIFA World Cup final|1954]]
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|TCH}}
| 0
| 2
| 2
|align=left| —
|align=left| [[1934 FIFA World Cup final|1934]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup final|1962]]
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|SWE}}
| 0
| 1
| 1
|align=left| —
|align=left| [[1958 FIFA World Cup final|1958]]
|-
!scope="row" align=left| {{fb|CRO}}
| 0
| 1
| 1
|align=left| —
|align=left| [[2018 FIFA World Cup final|2018]]
|}

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Results by confederation
!scope="col"| Confederation
!scope="col"| Appearances
!scope="col"| Winners
!scope="col"| Runners-up
|-
! scope="row"| [[UEFA]]
| 29
| 12
| 17
|-
!scope="row"| [[CONMEBOL]]
| 15
| 10
| 5
|}

==See also==
* [[List of FIFA Confederations Cup finals]]
* [[List of FIFA World Cup final stadiums]]
* [[List of FIFA World Cup final goalscorers]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=n}}

==References==
'''General'''

*{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/worldcup.html |title=World Cup 1930–2018 |publisher=Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=9 August 2018 |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213025041/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/worldcup.html |url-status=live }}

'''Specific'''
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup FIFA World Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522095205/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup |date=22 May 2023 }} at FIFA.com

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