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Here you`ll find the most important facts from the Wold cup 1930-2006
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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 before WC 2010)
 
# Country WC-APP Pl. W D L GF GA +/- P
                   
1 Brazil 18 92 64 14 14 201 84 117 206
2 Germany1 16 92 55 19 18 190 112 78 184
3 Italy 16 77 44 19 14 122 69 53 151
4 Argentina 14 65 33 13 19 113 74 39 112
5 England 12 55 25 17 13 74 47 27 92
6 France 12 51 25 10 16 95 64 31 85
7 Spain 12 49 22 12 15 80 57 23 78
8 Sweden 11 46 16 13 17 74 69 5 61
9 Netherlands 8 36 16 10 10 59 38 21 58
10 Russia2 9 37 17 6 14 64 44 20 57
11 Serbia & Mon.3 10 40 16 8 16 62 56 6 56
12 Uruguay 10 40 15 10 15 65 57 8 55
13 Poland 7 31 15 5 11 44 40 4 50
14 Hungary 9 32 15 3 14 87 57 30 48
15 Mexico 13 45 11 12 22 48 84 -36 45
16 Chez.republic4 9 33 12 5 16 47 49 -2 41
17 Austria 7 29 12 4 13 43 47 -4 40
18 Belgium 11 36 10 9 17 46 63 -17 39
19 Portugal 4 19 11 1 7 32 21 11 34
20 Romania 7 21 8 5 8 30 32 -2 29
21 Switzerland 8 26 8 5 13 37 51 -14 29
22 Chile 7 25 7 6 12 31 40 -9 27
23 Paraguay 7 22 6 7 9 27 36 -9 25
24 Denmark 3 13 7 2 4 24 18 6 23
25 USA 8 25 6 3 16 27 51 -24 21
26 Croatia 3 13 6 2 5 15 11 4 20
27 Cameroon 5 17 4 7 6 15 29 -14 19
28 Scotland 8 23 4 7 12 25 41 -16 19
29 South-Korea 7 24 4 7 13 22 53 -31 19
30 Bulgaria 7 26 3 8 15 22 53 -31 17
31 Tyrkia 2 10 5 1 4 20 17 3 16
32 Peru 4 15 4 3 8 19 31 -12 15
33 Irland 3 13 2 8 3 10 10 0 14
34 Northern Ireland 3 13 3 5 5 13 23 -10 14
35 Nigeria 3 11 4 1 6 14 16 -2 13
36 Colombia 4 13 3 2 8 14 23 -9 11
37 Morocco 4 13 2 4 7 12 18 -6 10
38 Costa Rica 3 10 3 1 6 12 21 -9 10
39 Norge 3 8 2 3 3 7 8 -1 9
40 Ecuador 2 7 3 0 4 7 8 -1 9
41 Senegal 1 5 2 2 1 7 6 1 8
42 East Germany 1 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
43 Japan 3 10 2 2 6 8 14 -6 8
44 Saudi Arabia 4 13 2 2 9 9 32 -23 8
45 Ukraina 1 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2 7
46 Algeria 2 6 2 1 3 6 10 -4 7
47 Tunisia 4 12 1 4 7 8 17 -9 7
48 Wales 1 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 6
49 Ghana 1 4 2 0 2 4 6 -2 6
50 South-Afrika 2 6 1 3 2 8 11 -3 6
51 Australia 2 7 1 2 4 5 11 -6 5
52 Iran 3 9 1 2 6 6 18 -12 5
53 North Korea 1 4 1 1 2 5 9 -4 4
54 Cuba 1 3 1 1 1 5 12 -7 4
55 Ivory coast 1 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
56 Jamaica 1 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 3
57 Honduras 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
58 Angola 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 2
59 Israel 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
60 Egypt 2 4 0 2 2 3 6 -3 2
61 Kuwait 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1
62 Trinidad & Tobago 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 -4 1
63 Bolivia 3 6 0 1 5 1 20 -19 1
64 Iraq 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3 0
65 Slovenia 1 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0
66 Togo 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 0
67 Canada 1 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5 0
68 Neth.east-India5 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 0
69 U.A Emirates 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 -9 0
70 China 1 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0
71 New Zealand 1 3 0 0 3 2 12 -10 0
72 Greece 1 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0
73 Haiti 1 3 0 0 3 2 14 -12 0
74 Zaire6 1 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14 0
75 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)
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MOST GOALS IN ONE MATCH
Source:
planetworldcup.com
 

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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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