Fifa World Cup

The FIFA World Cup is a global association football (soccer) tournament held every four years since 1930 (except during the World War II). Its scale as a global sporting event is challenged only by the Olympics. The Women's World Cup began in 1991, and has been played every four years since.

In the current form, the final tournament is contested by 32 nations who, with the exception of the host nation, are required to qualify by beating others from their region in a preliminary tournament. The current holders of the (men's) World Cup are Germany, who beat Argentina in the 2014 final in Brazil. Brazil currently holds the record for most wins, with 5.

Tournament Winners (men's)^[1][edit]

Year	Location	Winner
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay
1934	Italy	Italy
1938	France	Italy
1950	Brazil	Uruguay
1954	Switzerland	West Germany
1958	Sweden	Brazil
1962	Chile	Brazil
1966	England	England
1970	Mexico	Brazil
1974	West Germany	West Germany
1978	Argentina	Argentina
1982	Spain	Italy
1986	Mexico	Argentina
1990	Italy	Germany
1994	United States	Brazil
1998	France	France
2002	Japan and South Korea	Brazil
2006	Germany	Italy
2010	South Africa	Spain
2014	Brazil	Germany
2018	Russia	France
2022	Qatar	Argentina

5	Brazil	1958,1962,1970,1994,2002
4	Italy	1934,1938,1982,2006
4	Germany	1954,1974,1990,[2] 2014
2	Argentina	1978,1986
2	Uruguay	1930,1950
2	France	1998, 2018
1	Spain	2010
1	England	1966

Tournament Winners (women's)[edit]

Year	Location	Winner
1991	China	USA
1995	Sweden	Norway
1999	USA	USA
2003	USA	Germany
2007	China	Germany
2011	Germany	Japan
2015	Canada	USA

Dominance by Christian Nations[edit]

It is notable that strongly Christian nations have won every World Cup. Muslim teams, such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, have all failed at various world cups. It is also noticeable that as nations Christian ways have diminished, like Brazil's increasing acceptance of gay marriage, their performance has suffered also. In fact, Brazil have been the favorites for two of the last three tournaments and failed both times, while the truly Christian US have improved and other Christian nations have followed.

Another case in point is Spain, who were knocked out in 2006, were only able to win in 2010 after losing 1-0 in the first match and only winning by a goal in each of their four knockout matches and were beaten easily in the group stages in 2014.

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