MOSCOW: Brazil are the record world champions, having won the World Cup five times, followed by Italy and Germany four each, Argentina, France and Uruguay two each then England with one.

The finals:

1930: Uruguay 4, Argentina 2 (Montevideo).
1934: Italy 2, Czechoslovakia 1 after extra time (Rome).
1938: Italy 4, Hungary 2 (Paris).
1950: Uruguay 2, Brazil 1 (Rio de Janeiro),
1954: West Germany 3, Hungary 2 (Bern).
1958: Brazil 5, Sweden 2 (Stockholm).
1962: Brazil 3, Czechoslovakia 1 (Santiago).
1966: England 4, West Germany 2 after extra time (Wembley).
1970: Brazil 4, Italy 1 (Mexico City).
1974: West Germany 2, Holland 1 (Munich).
1978: Argentina 3, Holland 1 after extra time (Buenos Aires).
1982: Italy 3, West Germany 1 (Madrid).
1986: Argentina 3, West Germany 2 (Mexico City).
1990: West Germany 1, Argentina 0 (Rome).
1994: Brazil 0, Italy 0, 3-2 on penalties after extra time (Pasadena).
1998: France 3, Brazil 0 (Paris).
2002: Brazil 2, Germany 0 (Yokohama).
2006: Italy 1, France 1, 5-3 on penalties after extra time (Berlin).
2010: Spain 1, Holland 0 after extra time (Johannesburg).
2014: Germany 1, Argentina 0 after extra time (Rio de Janeiro).
2018: France 4, Croatia 2 (Moscow).

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