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| Venue | Date | Winner | Result | Runner-up | Teams | Matches | Goals (Ø) | Spectators (Ø) | |||||
| 23 | 2026 |  Canada Mexico USA | East Rutherford | July 19 | 48 | 104 | |||||||
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| 22 | 2022 | Qatar | Lusail | December 18 | Argentina | 4:2 pso | France | Croatia | 32 | 64 | 172 (2,7) | 3.404.252 (53.191) | 8 Kylian Mbappe (FRA) |
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| 21 | 2018 |  Russia | Moskva | July 15 | France | 4:2 | Croatia | Belgium | 32 | 64 | 169 (2,6) | 3.031.768 (47.371) | 6 Harry Kane (ENG) |
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| 20 | 2014 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | July 13 | Germany | 1:0 aet | Argentina | Netherlands | 32 | 64 | 171 (2,7) | 3.430.364 (53.599) | 6 James Rodriguez (COL) |
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| 19 | 2010 | South Africa | Johannesburg | July 11 | Spain | 1:0 aet | Netherlands | Germany | 32 | 64 | 145 (2,3) | 3.177.042 (49.641) | 5 Thomas Müller (GER) |
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| 18 | 2006 | Germany | Berlin | July 09 | Italy | 5:3 pso | France | Germany | 32 | 64 | 146 (2,3) | 3.232.655 (52.401) | 5 Miroslav Klose (GER) |
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| 17 | 2002 | Korea Rep. Japan | Yokohama | June 30 | Brazil | 2:0 | Germany | Turkey | 32 | 64 | 157 (2,5) | 2.731.548 (42.680) | 8 Ronaldo (BRA) |
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| 16 | 1998 | France | Saint Denis | July 12 | France | 3:0 | Brazil | Croatia | 32 | 64 | 171 (2,7) | 2.785.100 (43.517) | 6 Davor Suker (CRO) |
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| 15 | 1994 | USA | Los Angeles | July 17 | Brazil | 3:2 pso | Italy | Sweden | 24 | 52 | 141 (2,7) | 3.587.538 (68.991) | 6 Oleg Salenko (RUS) Hristo Stoichkov (BUL) |
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| 14 | 1990 | Italy | Roma | July 08 | West Germany | 1:0 | Argentina | Italy | 24 | 52 | 115 (2,2) | 2.517.348 (48.411) | 6 Salvatore Schilaci (ITA) |
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| 13 | 1986 | Mexico | Ciudad de Mexico | June 29 | Argentina | 3:2 | West Germany | France | 24 | 52 | 132 (2,5) | 2.407.431 (46.297) | 6 Gary Lineker (ENG) |
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| 12 | 1982 | Spain | Madrid | July 11 | Italy | 3:1 | West Germany | Poland | 24 | 52 | 146 (2,8) | 1.856.277 (35.698) | 6 Paolo Rossi (ITA) |
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| 11 | 1978 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | June 25 | Argentina | 3:1 aet | Netherlands | Brazil | 16 | 38 | 102 (2,7) | 1.610.215 (42.374) | 6 Mario Kempes (ARG) |
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| 10 | 1974 | West Germany | München | July 07 | West Germany | 2:1 | Netherlands | Poland | 16 | 38 | 97 (2,6) | 1.774.022 (46.685) | 7 Grzegorz Lato (POL) |
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| 9 | 1970 | Mexico | Ciudad de Mexico | June 21 | Brazil | 4:1 | Italy | West Germany | 16 | 32 | 95 (3,0) | 1.673.765 (52.312) | 10 Gerd Müller (GER) |
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| 8 | 1966 | England | London | July 30 | England | 4:2 aet | West Germany | Portugal | 16 | 32 | 89 (2,8) | 1.614.677 (50.459) | 9 Eusebio (POR) |
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| 7 | 1962 | Chile | Santiago | June 17 | Brazil | 3:1 | Czechoslovakia | Chile | 16 | 32 | 89 (2,8) | 776.000 (24.250) | 5 Drazan Jerkovic (YUG) |
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| 6 | 1958 | Sweden | Stockholm | June 29 | Brazil | 5:2 | Sweden | France | 16 | 35 | 126 (3,6) | 868.000 (24.800) | 13 Just Fontaine (FRA) |
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| 5 | 1954 | Switzerland | Bern | July 04 | West Germany | 3:2 | Hungary | Austria | 16 | 26 | 140 (5,4) | 943.000 (36.269) | 11 Sandor Kocsis (HUN) |
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| 4 | 1950 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Final Pool Winner: Uruguay - Runner-up: Brazil | Sweden | 13 | 22 | 88 (4,0) | 1.337.000 (60.773) | 9 Ademir (BRA) | |||
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| 3 | 1938 | France | Paris | June 19 | Italy | 4:2 | Hungary | Brazil | 15 | 18 | 84 (4,7) | 483.000 (26.833) | 8 Leonidas (BRA) |
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| 2 | 1934 | Italy | Roma | June 10 | Italy | 2:1 aet | Czechoslovakia | Germany | 16 | 17 | 70 (4,1) | 395.000 (23.235) | 5 Oldrich Nejedly (CZE) |
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| 1 | 1930 | Uruguay | Montevideo | July 30 | Uruguay | 4:2 | Argentina | USA | 13 | 18 | 70 (3,9) | 434.000 (24.111) | 8 Guillermo Stabile (ARG) |
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