World cup history |
| Year |
Host |
Teams |
Winner |
Runner up |
Third Place |
Top Scorer |
|
| |
| 1930 |
Uruguay |
13 |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
Not awarded |
G. Stabile (Argentina) – 8 goals |
| 1934 |
Italy |
16 |
Italy |
Czechoslovakia |
Germany |
Nejedy (Czechoslovakia) – 5 goals |
| 1938 |
Italy |
15 |
Italy |
Hungary |
Brazil |
Leonidas (Brazil) – 8 goals |
| 1950 |
Brazil |
13 |
Uruguay |
Brazil |
Sweden |
Ademir (Brazil) – 9 goals |
| 1954 |
Switzerland |
16 |
West Germany |
Hungary |
Austria |
S. Kocsis (Hungary) -11 goals |
| 1958 |
Sweden |
16 |
Brazil |
Sweden |
France |
J Fontaine (France) – 13 goals |
| 1962 |
Chile |
16 |
Brazil |
Czechoslovakia |
Chile |
Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) – 5 goals |
| 1966 |
England |
16 |
England |
West Germany |
Portugal |
Eusebio (Portugal) – 9 goals |
| 1970 |
Mexico |
16 |
Brazil |
Italy |
West Germany |
G. Muller (West Germany) – 10 goals |
| 1974 |
West Germany |
16 |
West Germany |
Holland |
Poland |
G. Lato (Poland) – 7 goals |
| 1978 |
Argentina |
16 |
Argentina |
Holland |
Brazil |
M. Kempes (Argentina) – 6 goals |
| 1982 |
Spain |
24 |
Italy |
West Germany |
Poland |
P Rossi (Italy) – 6 goals |
| 1986 |
Mexico |
24 |
Argentina |
West Germany |
France |
G Linekar (England) – 6 goals |
| 1990 |
Italy |
24 |
West Germany |
Argentina |
Italy |
S. Schillaci (Italy) – 6 goals |
| 1994 |
USA |
24 |
Brazil |
Italy |
Sweden |
O. Salenko (Russia) & H. Stoichkov (Bulgaria) – 6 goals |
| 1998 |
France |
32 |
France |
Brazil |
Croatia |
D. Suker (Croatia) – 6 goals |