Beginning on June 14, 32 teams from around the world will descend on Russia to take part in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
It’s the 21st edition of the world’s premier sporting event, and plenty of football forces will vie for the 2018 title, including powerhouses Spain, Brazil, France, Germany and Argentina.
Want to know who will win the 2018 World Cup? We can’t tell you that, but we can tell you who won each of the first 20 World Cups, dating back to the inaugural tournament in 1930.
To get you set for Russia 2018, here’s a World Cup championship leaderboard and a rundown of every championship game in this illustrious event.
France are the winners of 2018 world cup.
Germany won the most recent FIFA World Cup in 2014 and it was their fourth title but first since becoming a unified country.
- Germany and Italy has won four world cups each. West Germany was by far the most consistent team after 1950 as they not only won 3 world cups but also lost 4 world cup finals. Netherlands is the only team to have appeared in the final more than 2 teams and fail to win the world cup. They lost three finals (1974, 1978 and 2010).
- Since 1930, We only had 8 world cup winners and 6 of them have won the tournament more than once. France became the sixth team to win the world cup more than once. England and Spain have won 1 world cup each.
- Only European or South American teams has won the world cup so far. Only United States and Turkey are the only teams (outside Europe and South America) to have finished 3rd in world cups.
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