Argentina won the 2022 World Cup, further cementing Lionel Messi’s name as one of, if not the, greatest players to ever play the game.
Messi joins celebrated countryman Diego Maradona as debated ‘GOATS’ to lift the World Cup trophy, as Argentina won for the third time and first since the 1986 tournament in Mexico.
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Of course, Kylian Mbappe and France won the previous tournament, four years after Germany laid claim to the 2014 honors through Mario Gotze’s marvelous winner.
Uruguay won the first World Cup in 1930 and is one of six teams to win multiple World Cups (Italy, France, Brazil, Germany, Argentina). England and Spain each won once.
Who will join them in 2026, adding their names to the list of winners below?
World Cup Winners by Year
1930 – Uruguay
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Third place: United States
1934 – Italy
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Runner Up: Czechoslovakia
1938 – Italy
1950 – Uruguay
1954 – West Germany
1958 – Brazil
1962 – Brazil
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Runner Up: Czechoslovakia
1966 – England
1970 – Brazil
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Third Place: West Germany
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1974 – West Germany
1978 – Argentina
1982 – Italy
1986 – Argentina
1990 – West Germany
1994 – Brazil
1998 – France
2002 – Brazil
2006 – Italy
2010 – Spain
2014 – Germany
2018 – France
2022 – Argentina
Which country has won the most World Cup titles?
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Brazil — 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
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Germany — 4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
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Italy — 4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
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Argentina — 3 (1978, 1986, 2022)
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France — 2 (1998, 2018)
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Uruguay — 2 (1930, 1950)
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