1930 โ€” 2026 ยท A World Cup Chronicle

World Cup Editions

Nearly a century of World Cups since the 1930 inaugural edition. Every champion, final and tournament figure is collected here; champions are inferred from each Final winner and team names follow the original database.

23
Editions
World Cups in the database
Total matches
Matches across all editions
2,720
Total goals
Goals scored in all matches
35
Shootouts
Matches decided on penalties
Current World Cup
2026Upcoming
World Cup 2026

The first World Cup co-hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico, expanding from 32 to 48 teams โ€” the largest edition ever staged.

48
National Teams
Matches
16
Venues
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Champions Hall of Fame

#1
Brazil
Title years
19581962197019942002
#2
Germany
Title years
1954197419902014
#3
Italy
Title years
1934193819822006
#4
Argentina
Title years
197819862022
#5
France
Title years
19982018
#6
England
Title years
1966
#7
Spain
Title years
2010
#8
Uruguay
Title years
1930

Goal Rate Trend

1930โ€“2026

Goals per match
3.89
1930
4.12
1934
4.67
1938
4.00
1950
5.38
1954
3.60
1958
2.78
1962
2.78
1966
2.97
1970
2.55
1974
2.68
1978
2.81
1982
2.54
1986
2.21
1990
2.71
1994
2.67
1998
2.52
2002
2.30
2006
2.27
2010
2.67
2014
2.64
2018
2.69
2022
2026

Edition Archive

Ordered from most recent to oldest. Open any edition for groups, knockouts and venue detail.

21 editions
Latest champion
2022
Sun Nov 20 - Sun Dec 18 2022 (28d)
Champion
Argentina
Final3-3 a.e.t., 4-2 pen.def.France
Total goals
172
2.69 per match
Scale
32 / 64
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
5 / 5
extra time / shootouts
Venues
8
venues
2018
Thu Jun 14 - Sun Jul 15 2018 (31d)
Champion
France
Final4-2def.Croatia
Total goals
169
2.64 per match
Scale
32 / 64
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
5 / 4
extra time / shootouts
Venues
12
venues
2014
Thu Jun 12 - Sun Jul 13 2014 (31d)
Champion
Germany
Final1-0 a.e.t.def.Argentina
Total goals
171
2.67 per match
Scale
32 / 64
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
8 / 4
extra time / shootouts
Venues
12
venues
2010
Fri Jun 11 - Sun Jul 11 2010 (30d)
Champion
Spain
Final0-1 a.e.t.def.Netherlands
Total goals
145
2.27 per match
Scale
32 / 64
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
4 / 2
extra time / shootouts
Venues
10
venues
2006
Fri Jun 9 - Sun Jul 9 2006 (30d)
Champion
Italy
Final1-1 a.e.t., 5-3 pen.def.France
Total goals
147
2.30 per match
Scale
32 / 64
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
6 / 4
extra time / shootouts
Venues
12
venues
2002
Fri May 31 - Sun Jun 30 2002 (30d)
Champion
Brazil
Final0-2def.Germany
Total goals
161
2.52 per match
Scale
32 / 64
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
5 / 2
extra time / shootouts
Venues
20
venues
1998
Wed Jun 10 - Sun Jul 12 1998 (32d)
Champion
France
Final0-3def.Brazil
Total goals
171
2.67 per match
Scale
32 / 64
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
4 / 3
extra time / shootouts
Venues
10
venues
1994
Fri Jun 17 - Sun Jul 17 1994 (30d)
Champion
Brazil
Final0-0 a.e.t., 3-2 pen.def.Italy
Total goals
141
2.71 per match
Scale
24 / 52
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
4 / 3
extra time / shootouts
Venues
9
venues
1990
Fri Jun 8 - Sun Jul 8 1990 (30d)
Champion
West Germany
Final1-0def.Argentina
Total goals
115
2.21 per match
Scale
24 / 52
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
8 / 4
extra time / shootouts
Venues
12
venues
1986
Sat May 31 - Sun Jun 29 1986 (29d)
Champion
Argentina
Final3-2def.West Germany
Total goals
132
2.54 per match
Scale
24 / 52
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
5 / 3
extra time / shootouts
Venues
12
venues
1982
Sun Jun 13 - Sun Jul 11 1982 (28d)
Champion
Italy
Final3-1def.West Germany
Total goals
146
2.81 per match
Scale
24 / 52
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
1 / 1
extra time / shootouts
Venues
17
venues
1978
Thu Jun 1 - Sun Jun 25 1978 (24d)
Champion
Argentina
Final3-1 a.e.t.def.Netherlands
Total goals
102
2.68 per match
Scale
16 / 38
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
1 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
6
venues
1974
Thu Jun 13 - Sun Jul 7 1974 (24d)
Champion
West Germany
Final1-2def.Netherlands
Total goals
97
2.55 per match
Scale
16 / 38
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
0 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
9
venues
1970
Sun May 31 - Sun Jun 21 1970 (21d)
Champion
Brazil
Final4-1def.Italy
Total goals
95
2.97 per match
Scale
16 / 32
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
3 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
5
venues
1966
Mon Jul 11 - Sat Jul 30 1966 (19d)
Champion
England
Final4-2 a.e.t.def.West Germany
Total goals
89
2.78 per match
Scale
16 / 32
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
1 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
8
venues
1962
Wed May 30 - Sun Jun 17 1962 (18d)
Champion
Brazil
Final3-1def.Czechoslovakia
Total goals
89
2.78 per match
Scale
16 / 32
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
0 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
4
venues
1958
Sun Jun 8 - Sun Jun 29 1958 (21d)
Champion
Brazil
Final5-2def.Sweden
Total goals
126
3.60 per match
Scale
16 / 35
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
1 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
12
venues
Most goals
1954
Wed Jun 16 - Sun Jul 4 1954 (18d)
Champion
West Germany
Final3-2def.Hungary
Total goals
140
5.38 per match
Scale
16 / 26
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
3 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
6
venues
1938
Sat Jun 4 - Sun Jun 19 1938 (15d)
Champion
Italy
Final4-2def.Hungary
Total goals
84
4.67 per match
Scale
15 / 18
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
6 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
10
venues
1934
Sun May 27 - Sun Jun 10 1934 (14d)
Champion
Italy
Final2-1 a.e.t.def.Czechoslovakia
Total goals
70
4.12 per match
Scale
16 / 17
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
3 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
8
venues
1930
Sun Jul 13 - Wed Jul 30 1930 (17d)
Champion
Uruguay
Final4-2def.Argentina
Total goals
70
3.89 per match
Scale
13 / 18
teams / matches
AET/PEN matches
0 / 0
extra time / shootouts
Venues
3
venues
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