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World cup facts

 Here you`ll find the most important facts from the Wold cup 1930-2010
Under is links to pages containg other facts.
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Host (Click for facts) History From the planet wolrd cup (ex.link)
2010 South Africa
2006, Germany
 2002, South Corea/Japan
 1998, France
 1994, USA
 1990, Italy
 1986, Mexico
 1982, Spain
 1978, Argentina
 1974, West Germany
 1970, Mexico
1966, England
 1962, Chile
 1958, Sweden
 1954, Switzerland
 1950, Brazil
 1938, France
 1934, Italy
 1930, Uruguay     		South Africa 2010
Germany - 2006
 Korea & Japan - 2002
 France - 1998
 United States - 1994
 Italy - 1990
 Mexico - 1986
 Spain - 1982
 Argentina - 1978
 Germany - 1974
 Mexico - 1970
 England - 1966
 Chile - 1962
 Sweden - 1958
 Switzerland - 1954
 Brazil - 1950
 France - 1938
 Italy - 1934
 Uruguay - 1930

Winners

Year Winner Runner-Up
Score
 Location
         
2010 Spain Netherlands

1 - 0

 Johannesburg, South Africa
2006 Italy France

1 - 1

 Berlin, Germany
2002 Brazil Germany
2 - 0
 Yokohama, Japan
1998 France Brazil
3 - 0
 Saint-Denis, France
1994 Brazil Italy
0 - 0
 Pasadena, California
1990 West Germany Argentina
1 - 0
 Rome, Italy
1986 Argentina West Germany
3 - 2
 Mexico City, Mexico
1982 Italy West Germany
3 - 1
 Madrid, Spain
1978 Argentina Netherlands
3 - 1
 Buenos Aires, Argentina
1974 West Germany Netherlands
2 - 1
 Munich, Germany
1970 Brazil Italy
4 - 1
 Mexico City, Mexico
1966 England West Germany
4 - 2
 London, England
1962 Brazil Czechoslovakia
3 - 1
 Santiago, Chile
1958 Brazil Sweden
5 - 2
 Stockholm, Sweden
1954 West Germany Hungary
3 - 2
 Bern, Switzerland
1950 Uruguay Brazil
2 - 1
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1938 Italy Hungary
4 - 2
 Paris, France
1934 Italy Czechoslovakia
2 - 1
 Rome, Italy
1930 Uruguay Argentina
4 - 2
 Montevideo, Uruguay

Topscorer

1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962
Guilermo Stabile Argentina - 8 Oldrich Nejedly
Hungary -5		 Leonadis Da Silva
Brazil -8		 Ademir
Brazil - 9		 Sandor Kocsis
Hungary - 11		 Just Fontaine
France - 13		 Ivanov (Sov)
4 **
             
1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990
Eusebio
Portugal -9		 Gerd Müller
W.Ger. - 10		 Grzegorz Lato
Poland - 7		 Mario Kempes
Argentina - 6		 Paolo Rossi
Italy -6 mål		 Gary Lineker
England - 6 mål		 Salvatore Schillaci
Italy -6
             
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010    
   
Hristo Stoikov
Bulgaria - 6 **		 Davor Suker
Croatia - 6		 Ronaldo
Brazil - 8 		Miroslav Klose
Germany 5		 Thomas Müller
Germany - 5***		    

**= Title shared
***= Thomas Müller (GER), David Villa (SPA), Wesley Sneijder (NETH) and Diego Forlán (URU) tied with
5 goals. Müller won by virtue of having more assists (3) than the rest (each had 1). Villa won the Silver
Boot due to playing fewer minutes than Sneidjer, and Sneijder won the Bronze Boot due to having played
fewer minutes than Forlán.

Medals/avansement 1930-2002

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NATION Winners Runner up Bronze 4th.place Semifinals
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All-time table (Updated after WC 2010)
# Country WC-APP Pl. W D L GF GA +/- P
                   
1 Brazil 19 97 67 15 15 210 88 122 216
2 Germany1 17 99 60 19 20 206 117 89 199
3 Italia 17 80 44 21 15 126 74 52 153
4 Argentina 15 70 37 13 20 123 80 43 124
5 England 13 59 26 19 14 77 52 25 97
6 Spain 13 56 28 12 16 88 59 29 96
7 France 13 54 25 11 18 96 68 28 86
8 Netherlands 9 43 22 10 11 71 44 27 76
9 Uruguay 11 47 18 12 15 76 65 11 66
10 Sweden 11 46 16 13 17 74 69 5 61
11 Serbia & Mon.3 11 43 17 8 18 64 59 5 59
12 Russia2 9 37 17 6 14 64 44 20 57
13 Poland 7 31 15 5 11 44 40 4 50
14 Mexico 14 49 12 13 24 52 89 -37 49
15 Hungary 9 32 15 3 14 87 57 30 48
16 Chez Republic4 9 33 12 5 16 47 49 -2 41
17 Austria 7 29 12 4 13 43 47 -4 40
18 Portugal 5 23 12 3 8 39 22 17 39
19 Belgium 11 36 10 9 17 46 63 -17 39
20 Chile 8 29 9 6 14 34 45 -11 33
21 Switzerland 9 29 9 6 14 38 52 -14 33
22 Paraguay 8 27 7 10 10 30 38 -8 31
23 Romania 7 21 8 5 8 30 32 -2 29
24 Denmark 4 16 8 2 6 27 24 3 26
25 USA 9 29 7 5 17 32 56 -24 26
26 South-Korea 8 28 5 8 15 28 61 -33 23
27 Croatia 3 13 6 2 5 15 11 4 20
28 Scotland 8 23 4 7 12 25 41 -16 19
29 Kamerun 6 20 4 7 9 17 34 -17 19
30 Bulgaria 7 26 3 8 15 22 53 -31 17
31 Turkey 2 10 5 1 4 20 17 3 16
32 Japan 4 14 4 3 7 12 16 -4 15
33 Peru 4 15 4 3 8 19 31 -12 15
34 Ireland 3 13 2 8 3 10 10 0 14
35 Ghana 2 9 4 2 3 9 10 -1 14
36 Nigeria 4 14 4 2 8 17 21 -4 14
37 Northern Ireland 3 13 3 5 5 13 23 -10 14
38 Colombia 4 13 3 2 8 14 23 -9 11
39 South-Afrika 3 9 2 4 3 11 16 -5 10
40 Marokko 4 13 2 4 7 12 18 -6 10
41 Costa Rica 3 10 3 1 6 12 21 -9 10
42 Norway 3 8 2 3 3 7 8 -1 9
43 Ecuador 2 7 3 0 4 7 8 -1 9
44 Australia 3 10 2 3 5 8 17 -9 9
45 Senegal 1 5 2 2 1 7 6 1 8
46 East Germany 1 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
47 Algeria 3 9 2 2 5 6 12 -6 8
48 Saudi Arabia 4 13 2 2 9 9 32 -23 8
49 Cote D`Ivoire 2 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 7
50 Ukraina 1 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2 7
51 Tunisia 4 12 1 4 7 8 17 -9 7
52 Wales 1 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 6
53 Iran 3 9 1 2 6 6 18 -12 5
54 Slovakia 1 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 4
55 Slovenia 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 -5 4
56 Cuba 1 3 1 1 1 5 12 -7 4
57 North Korea 2 7 1 1 5 6 21 -15 4
58 Honduras 2 6 0 3 3 2 6 -4 3
59 Jamaica 1 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 3
60 New Zealand 2 6 0 3 3 4 14 -10 3
61 Greece 2 6 1 0 5 2 15 -13 3
62 Angola 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 2
63 Israel 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
64 Egypt 2 4 0 2 2 3 6 -3 2
65 Kuwait 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1
66 Trinidad & Tobago 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 -4 1
67 Bolivia 3 6 0 1 5 1 20 -19 1
68 Iraq 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3 0
69 Togo 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 0
70 Canada 1 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5 0
71 Dutch east-Indies5 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 0
72 F.A Emirater 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 -9 0
73 China 1 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0
74 Haiti 1 3 0 0 3 2 14 -12 0
75 Zaire6 1 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14 0
76 El Salvador 2 6 0 0 6 1 22 -21 0
                   
1 Germany also west. East -Germany as other team
2 Russia also USSR
4 Serbia also Yugoslavia
4 Chez.rep also Chezkoslovakia
5 Netherlands east-India (Now Indonesia)
6 Zaire is today Kongo


 

 

ALL-TIME TOPSCORERS 1930-2010
Source: planetworldcup.com
 
Ronaldo (BRA)
Gerd Müller (GER)
Miroslav Klose
Juste Fontaine (FRA)
Pelé (BRA)
Sandor Kocsis (HUN)
Jürgen Klinsmann (GER)
Helmut Rahn (GER)
Teofilio Cubillas (PER)
Gary Lineker (ENG)
Grzegorz Lato (POL)
Gabriel Batistuta (ARG)
Roberto Baggio (ITA)
Paolo Rossi (ITA)
Uwe Seeler (GER)
Jairzinho (BRA)
Eusebio (POR)
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (GER)
Vava (BRA)
Ademir (BRA)
Christian Vieri (ITA)		 15
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MOST GOALS IN ONE MATCH
Source: planetworldcup.com
 
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4 -		 Oleg Salenko (RUS) vs Cameroon in 1994.
Emilio Butragueño (SPA) vs Denmark in 1986.
Eusebio (POR) vs North Korea in 1966.
Juste Fontaine (FRA) vs West Germany in 1958.
Sandor Kocsis (HUN) vs West Germany in 1954.
Ademir (BRA) vs Sweden in 1950.
Juan Schiaffino (URU) vs Bolivia in 1950.
Leonidas (BRA) vs Poland in 1938.
Ernst Willimowski (POL) vs Brazil in 1938.
Gustav Wetterström (SWE) vs Cuba in 1938.

PENALTY SHOOT-OUTS DOWN THE YEARS
Source: planetworldcup.com

1982 - West Germany v France      3-3 (5-4)
1986 - France v Brazil                   1-1 (4-3)
          West Germany v Mexico      0-0 (4-1)
          Belgium v Spain                 1-1 (5-4)
1990 - Rep. of Ireland v Romania    0-0 (5-4)
         Argentina v Yugoslavia         0-0 (3-2)
         Argentina v Italy                 1-1 (4-3)
         West Germany v England      1-1 (4-3)
1994 - Bulgaria v Mexico               1-1 (3-1)
         Sweden v Romania              2-2 (5-4)
         Brazil v Italy                      0-0 (3-2)
1998 - Argentina v England           2-2 (4-3)
         France v Italy                    0-0 (4-3)
         Brazil v Holland                   1-1 (4-2)
2002 - Spain v Rep. of Ireland        1-1 (3-2)
         South Korea v Spain            0-0 (5-3)
2006- Germany -Argentina             1-1 (4-2)
         England -Portugal                0-0 (2-4)
         Sveits -Ukraina                   0-0 (0-3)
         Italy -France                      1-1 (5-4)
2010- Paraguay - Japan          0-0 (5-3)
        Uruguay - Ghana           1-1 (5-3)

 

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