FIFA World Cup

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The FIFA World Cup is a global association football (soccer) tournament held every four years since 1930 (except during the Second World War). Its scale as a global sporting event is challenged only by the Olympics.

In the current form, the final tournament is contested by 32 nations who, with the exception of the host nation, are required to qualify by beating others from their region in a preliminary tournament. The current holders of the World Cup are Spain, who beat the Netherlands in the 2010 final in South Africa. Brazil currently holds the record for most wins, with 5. The United States has never won the competition but reached third place in the first edition. The United States also reached the Round of 16 in the most recent iteration of the tournament.

Tournament Winners^[1]

Year	Location	Winner
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay
1934	Italy	Italy
1938	France	Italy
1942	(No tournament)	(No tournament)
1946	(No tournament)	(No tournament)
1950	Brazil	Uruguay
1954	Swizerland	West Germany
1958	Sweden	Brazil
1962	Chile	Brazil
1966	England	England
1970	Mexico	Brazil
1974	West Germany	West Germany
1978	Argentina	Argentina
1982	Spain	Italy
1986	Mexico	Argentina
1990	Italy	Germany
1994	United States	Brazil
1998	France	France
2002	Japan and South Korea	Brazil
2006	Germany	Italy
2010	South Africa	Spain

5	Brazil	1958,1962,1970,1994,2002
4	Italy	1934,1938,1982,2006
3	Germany	1954,1974,1990[2]
2	Argentina	1978,1986
2	Uruguay	1930,1950
1	England	1966
1	France	1998
1	Spain	2010

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