World Cup

The overly-commercial World Cup of today had actually humble beginnings. Early in the 20th century, FIFA tried to arrange an international tournament, but it wasn't until 1930 that the first World Cup was held. The tournament was designed as an alternative to the Olympic games where professional footballers where not allowed to compete. Held in South America, the first World Cup was ignored by many European nations due to the inconvenience of travel. England, where professional football was first to develop completely dismissed the tournament and refused to participate until 1950

Germany 2006

S.Korea & Japan 2002

France 1998

USA 1994

Past World Cup Finals

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Result	Host
2006	Italy	France	1-1 (5-3)	Germany
2002	Brazil	Germany	2-0	S.Korea & Japan
1998	France	Brazil	3-0	France
1994	Brazil	Italy	0-0 (3-2)	USA
1990	West Germany	Argentina	1-0	Italy
1986	Argentina	West Germany	3-2	Mexico
1982	Italy	West Germany	3-1	Spain
1978	Argentina	Netherlands	3-1	Argentina
1974	West Germany	Netherlands	2-1	Germany
1970	Brazil	Italy	4-1	Mexico
1966	England	West Germany	4-2	England
1962	Brazil	Czechoslovakia	3-1	Chile
1958	Brazil	Sweden	5-2	Sweden
1954	West Germany	Hungary	3-2	Switzerland
1950	Uruguay	Brazil	2-1	Brazil
1938	Italy	Hungary	4-2	France
1934	Italy	Czechoslovakia	2-1	Italy
1930	Uruguay	Argentina	4-2	Uruguay

Titles	Country
5	Brazil
4	Italy
3	Germany
2	Uruguay
2	Argentina
1	France
1	England

Titles	Continent
9	South America
9	Europe

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