ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 13: A view of FIFA World Cup 26' Winner Trophy as draw for the 2026 World Cup European qualifiers kicks off in the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland on December 13, 2024. The opponents of the Turkish National Foo …
NEW YORK - The FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious tournament in international soccer, but its list of champions is a very exclusive club. Since the first tournament in 1930, only eight countries have managed to lift the coveted trophy.
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Winning the FIFA World Cup
The backstory:
Brazil holds the record for the most World Cup wins with five titles and is the only team to have competed in every tournament. The most recent winner is Argentina, which won its third title in 2022.
Lionel Messi won the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with his Argentinian teammates after defeating France in one of the most intensely dramatic finals in memory. The match ended 3-3 after extra time and was decided in a nail-biting penalty shootout. Argentina won the shootout 4-2, and Messi lifted his first World Cup at 35 years old.
Argentina's captain and forward Lionel Messi holds the FIFA World Cup Trophy upon arrival at Ezeiza International Airport after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires province, Argentina on December 20, 2022. (Photo by LU …
The 8 countries that have been FIFA World Cup champions:
- Brazil: 5 titles (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
- Germany: 4 titles (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
- Italy: 4 titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
- Argentina: 3 titles (1978, 1986, 2022)
- France: 2 titles (1998, 2018)
- Uruguay: 2 titles (1930, 1950)
- England: 1 title (1966)
- Spain: 1 title (2010)
What's next:
Will a new country surprise us in 2026 and make it to the list of champions? Or will we see the return of another giant lifting the prestigious World Cup trophy?
The Source: Information in this article was sourced from FIFA's website.