Most successful goal scorers in a single tournament These players have made most goals in a single World Cup. For example, Sweden in 1958, reaching the final, and South Korea in 2006, reaching the semi-finals. Besides, many teams that normally doesn’t compete with the greatest teams have gone far in the tournament then playing on home ground. On six occasions have the home team won the competition. One noticeable aspect in the World Cup history is that the home team has been over performing. stands for penalties, meaning the match was decided after extra time and the result includes the penalty shootout. † No final was played since the tournament was decided by a group phase in which the listed match was the most decisive. * The home and away team are only technical. Most successful national teams in FIFA World CupĪll finals including winners of World Cup tournaments 1930-2022. Statistics of all national teams that have won or played a final together with numbers of participation in World Cup, concerning the period 1930-2022. The 2022 World Cup Teams with most titles and finals The FIFA World Cup 2022 was played in Qatar 20 November-18 December with 32 nations. The FIFA World Cup 2018 was played in Russia 14 June-15 July, with 32 nations. The FIFA World Cup 2014 was played in Brazil 12 June-13 July, with 32 nations. The FIFA World Cup 2010 was played in South Africa 11 June-11 July, with 32 nations. The FIFA World Cup 2006 was played in Germany 9 June-9 July, with 32 nations. The FIFA World Cup 2002 was played in Korea/Japan 31 May-30 June, with 32 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1998 was played in France 10 June-12 July, with 32 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1994 was played in United States 17 June-17 July, with 24 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1990 was played in Italy 8 June-8 July, with 24 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1986 was played in Mexico 31 May-29 June, with 24 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1982 was played in Spain 13 June-11 July, with 24 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1978 was played in Argentina 1-25 June, with 16 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1974 was played in West Germany 13 June-7 July, with 16 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1970 was played in Mexico 31 May-21 June, with 16 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1966 was played in England 11-30 July, with 16 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1962 was played in Chile 30 May-17 June, with 16 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1958 was played in Sweden 8-29 June, with 16 nations.
The FIFA World Cup 1954 was played in Switzerland 16 June-4 July, with 16 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1950 was played in Brazil 24 June-16 July, with 15 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1938 was played in France 4-19 June, with 16 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1934 was played in Italy 27 May-10 June, with 16 nations. The FIFA World Cup 1930 was played in Uruguay 3 July-30 July, with 13 nations. The Olympic tournaments consisted, however, only of amateur teams – the World Cup became the "real deal". Besides that, the Summer Olympic football competitions would be a mark of which the best national teams were before 1930. Another unofficial "world cup" arranged before 1930 was Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy held in 19. There were, however, unofficial pre-FIFA World Cups already in the late 1800s, in a time when only few national teams existed. The first official World Cup was played in Uruguay 1930, and since when the tournament has been held every fourth year (with exceptions for interruption due to the Second World War). The decision of arranging the first edition was officially declared on May 26, 1928. Therefore, the government body, FIFA, made plans to organize a World Cup. But in the 1920s, the game was facing a transition to professionalism that wasn't consistent with the Olympic spirit. Before the World Cup was inaugurated, the football tournament arranged as part of the Summer Olympics was given the most prestige.
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