The FIFA World Cup is one of the most  important and oldest sporting events in football under the supervision of the International Federation of Football Associations(FIFA). Where the World Cup is held every 4 years, starting from the year 1930, with the exception of the years 1942 and 1946, which were canceled due to their coincidence with the Second World War. And from the year 1998 until the year 2022, the World Cup system allows the participation of 32 teams divided into eight groups, who compete in the stadiums of the organizing country for a month to win the title.

 

Tournament system

        From 1998 to 2022, the World Cup system, all national teams are subject to qualifiers over a period of 3 years. All national teams compete at the continental level to obtain seats in the World Cup according to the seats of each continent (which changes according to each version),  after which 32 teams succeed in participating in the tournament, they are divided into eight groups, each group includes 4 teams of which only two teams qualify.

    Group system

        Groups play with a points system, with three matches for each team

        When you WIN 3 points

        When you DRAW one point

        When LOSING 0 points

        After collecting points, the first and second teams qualify according to the order from each group, to pass to the World Cup elimination rounds.

    Elimination rounds system

            After the group stage, 16 teams qualify, divided into 8 matches, called the round of 16. The matches are played according to the loser’s exit system (and if the official time for the match ends in a tie, the two teams go to overtime, but if the tie continues, the two teams play penalties)
     After the round of 16 comes the round of 8, and after that comes the golden square, and the losers in the semi-finals play the third-place match, while the winners play to win the FIFA World Cup title.

World Cup winning teams

    The European and South American teams dominated the World Cup, and only 8 teams in the world could achieve the FIFA World Cup title, as follows:

  •  Brazil: 5 times (as the team that won the most World Cup)
  •  Italy: 4 times
  • Germany: 4 times
  • Argentina: 3 times
  • France: twice
  • Uruguay: twice
  • Spain: once
  • England: once


It is also mentioned that only two teams have been able to win the World Cup title twice in a row, and they are:

  1.    The Italian national team, two years: 1934 and 1938, and it was the first team to win the World Cup title twice in a row.
  2.    The Brazilian national team, two years: 1952 and 1962.

World cup history

1- 1930 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Uruguay
  •   Uruguay (the first country to win the World Cup)
  •   Final: Uruguay 4 - 2 Argentina
2- 1934 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Italy
  •   Italy won it
  •   Final: Czechoslovakia 1-2 Italy
3- 1938 version:
  •   The tournament was held in France
  •   Italy won it
  •   Final: Italy 4 - 2 Hungary
4- 1950 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Brazil
  •   Uruguay won it
  •   Final : Brazil - Uruguay
5- 1950 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Brazil
  •   Uruguay won it
  •   Final : Brazil 1 - 2 Uruguay
6- 1954 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Switzerland
  •   West Germany won it
  •   Final : West Germany 3 - 2 Hungary
7- 1958 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Sweden
  •   Brazil won it
  •   Final : Brazil 5 - 2 Sweden
8- 1962 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Chile
  •   Brazil won it
  •   Final : Brazil 3 - 1 Czechoslovakia
9- 1966 version:
  •   The tournament was held in England
  •   England won it
  •   Final : England 4 - 2 West Germany
10- 1970 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Mexico
  •   Brazil won it
  •   Final : Brazil 4 - 1 Italy
11- 1974 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Germany
  •   West Germany won it
  •   Final : Holland 1 - 2 West Germany
12- 1978 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Argentina
  •   Argentina won it
  •   Final : Holland 1 - 3 Argentina
13- 1982 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Spain
  •   Italy won it
  •   Final : Italy 3 - 1 West Germany
14- 1986 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Mexico
  •   Argentina won it
  •   Final : Argentina 3 - 2 West Germany
15- 1990 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Italy
  •   West Germany won it
  •   Final : Argentina 0 - 1 West Germany
16- 1994 version:
  •   The tournament was held in United State
  •   Brazil won it
  •   Final : Brazil 0 (3 pen 2) 0 Italy
17- 1998 version:
  •   The tournament was held in France
  •   France won it
  •   Final : France 3 - 0 Brazil
18- 2002 version:
  •   The tournament was held in South Korea and Japan
  •   Brazil won it
  •   Final : Brazil 2 - 0 Germany
19- 2006 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Germany
  •   Italy won it
  •   Final : Italy 1 (5 pen 3) 1 France
20- 2010 version:
  •   The tournament was held in South Africa
  •   Spain won it
  •   Final : Spain 1 - 0 Holland
21- 2014 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Brazil
  •   Germany won it
  •   Final : Argentina 0 - 1 Germany
21- 2018 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Russia
  •   France won it
  •   Final : France 4 - 2 Croatia
22- 2022 version:
  •   The tournament was held in Qatar
  •   Argentina won it
  •   Final : Argentina  3 (4 pen 2) 3 France