FIFA World Cup Facts and Stats | Football Facts

FIFA World Cup Facts :

Team Records :

• Founded:1930, Montevideo, Uruguay

• First world cup was won by Uruguay against  Argentina in Finale. Final score was 4-2

• Brazil is the only team to qualify in every world cups (21)

• Germany is the first team to play 100 World Cup games

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• Mexico have qualified for the Cup the most times
(16) without winning it

• No country outside of Europe(12)or South America(9) has ever won the world cup. Only 8 teams has won till date !!

Brazil- 5 times

Germany, Italy - 4 times
Argentina, Uruguay, France - 2 times
England, Spain - 1 time 

• Most successful team by titles : Brazil(5 times, 1958,1962,1970,1994,2002) 

• Most games played in world cup (After 2018): Brazil, Germany  (109 games)

• Most game wins: Brazil, 73 games out of 109 matches played

• Most losses: Mexico, 27  games

• Most time runner ups: Germany, 4 times

• Only consecutive Cups: Italy(1934, 1938) and Brazil(1958, 1962)

•Longest gap between successive titles: Italy (44 years, 1938-1982) 

• Netherlands  have played the most number of finals without a single title (3)

• Most Finals: Germany, 8 times

•Longest gap between successive finals: Argentina (48 years 1930-1978).

•  17 Countries have hosted the world cup till now

• Host nations have reached the knockout stages at every world cup except South Africa in 2010.

• The last host to win the World Cup were France in 1998. 

• Other host winners: Uruguay (1930),  Italy (1934),  England(1966),  West Germany(1974),  Argentina(1978).