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Complete World Cup Winners Details – 1930 to 2010

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World Cup 1930

Winners Uruguay

Teams 13

Teams in qualifiers N/A
Notable absentees Of the major European countries, only France took part
Surprises USA , who finished third
Golden Boot Guillermo Stábile ( Argentina ) – 8
Stats A total of 70 goals were scored (3.89 per match); Argentina (18) scored the most
Format One group of four and three groups of three in the qualifying stage, with the top from each group going into the semi-finals

Number of matches 18

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World Cup 1934

Winners Italy

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 32
Notable absentees Holders Uruguay , England
Surprises Egypt
Golden Boot Oldrich Nejedlý ( Czechoslovakia ) – 5
Stats A total of 70 goals were scored (4.12 per match); Italy (12) scored the most
Format Straight knockout, replays for drawn matches

Number of matches 17

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World Cup 1938

Winners Italy

Teams 15

Teams in qualifiers 37
Notable absentees Argentina , England , Spain , Uruguay
Surprises Dutch East Indies ( Indonesia ), Cuba
Golden Boot Leônidas ( Brazil ) – 7
Stats A total of 84 goals were scored (4.67 per match); Hungary (15) scored the most
Format Straight knockout, replays for drawn matches

Number of matches 18

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World Cup 1950

Winners Uruguay

Teams 13

Teams in qualifiers 34
Notable absentees France, Germany , Hungary
Surprises Bolivia
Golden Boot Ademir ( Brazil ) – 9
Stats A total of 88 goals were scored (4.00 per match); Brazil (22) scored the most
Format Four groups, with the winners of each progressing to a four-team round-robin final group. Withdrawals meant there were two groups of four, one of three and one of two

Number of matches 22

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World Cup 1954

Winners West Germany

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 45
Notable absentees Spain
Surprises Korean Republic
Golden Boot Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary ) – 11
Stats A total of 140 goals were scored (5.38 per match); Hungary (27) scored the most
Format Four groups of four with two seeded and two unseeded teams in each group. However, the teams played just two matches per group rather than the usual three, with the seeded sides facing unseeded sides. Where teams ended up tied for the second qualifying position by points, they required a play-off. The two teams finishing at the top of their group went through to the quarter-finals

Number of matches 26

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World Cup 1958

Winners Brazil

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 45
Notable absentees Italy , Uruguay
Surprises Wales , Northern Ireland
Golden Boot Just Fontaine (France) – 13
Stats A total of 126 goals were scored (3.60 per match); France (23) scored the most
Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals

Number of matches 35

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World Cup 1962

Winners Brazil

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 56
Notable absentees Sweden
Surprises Colombia
Golden Boot Garrincha, Vavá (Brazil), Leonel Sánchez (Chile), Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) , Flórián Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (USSR) – 4
Stats A total of 89 goals were scored (2.78 per match); Brazil (14) scored the most
Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals

Number of matches 32

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World Cup 1966

Winners England

Teams 16

Teams in qualifiers 70
Notable absentees None
Surprises North Korea
Golden Boot Eusébio ( Portugal ) – 9
Stats A total of 89 goals were scored (2.78 per match); Portugal (17) scored the most
Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals
Number of matches 32

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World Cup 1970

Winners Brazil

Teams 16
Teams in qualifiers 75
Number of matches 32

Notable absentees Argentina , France, Portugal , Spain

Surprises Morocco , the first African qualifiers since World War II

Golden Boot Gerd Muller ( Germany ) – 10

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World Cup 1974

Winners West Germany

Teams 16
Teams in qualifiers 99
Notable absentees England , France, Hungary , Spain , USSR
Surprises Australia , Haiti and Zaire
Golden Boot Grzegorz Lato ( Poland ) – 7
Stats A total of 97 goals were scored (2.55 per match); Poland (16) scored the most
Format Four groups of four in the qualifying stage, with the top two from each group going into a second round of two four-team groups and the winners facing each other in the final

Number of matches 38

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World Cup 1978

Winners Argentina

Teams 16
Teams in qualifiers 107
Notable absentees England , Czechoslovakia , USSR
Surprises Iran , Tunisia

Golden Boot Mario Kempes ( Argentina ) – 6
Stats A total of 102 goals were scored (2.68 per match); Argentina and Netherlands (15) scored the most
Format Four groups of four in the qualifying stage, with the top two from each group into a second round of two groups of four, the top side in each progressing into the final

Number of matches 38

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World Cup 1982

Winners Italy

Teams 24
Teams in qualifiers 109
Notable absentees Netherlands , Mexico
Surprises Algeria , Cameroon , Honduras , Kuwait , New Zealand

Golden Boot Paolo Rossi ( Italy ) – 6
Stats A total of 146 goals were scored (2.81 per match); France (16) scored the most
Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the second round, where they split into four groups of three. The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals

Number of matches 52

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World Cup 1986

Winners Argentina

Teams 24
Teams in qualifiers 121
Notable absentees Netherlands
Surprises Canada , Iraq

Golden Boot Gary Lineker ( England ) – 6
Stats A total of 132 goals were scored (2.54 per match); Argentina (14) scored the most
Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16, plus four best third-place finishers

Number of matches 52

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World Cup 1990

Winners West Germany

Teams 24
Teams in qualifiers 116
Notable absentees Denmark , France, Portugal
Surprises Costa Rica , Republic of Ireland , UAE
Golden Boot Salvatore Schillaci ( Italy ) – 6
Stats A total of 115 goals were scored (2.21 per match), which was the lowest goals-per-match ratio in World Cup history; West Germany (15) scored the most
Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16, plus four best third place finishers
Number of matches 52

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World Cup 1994

Winners Brazil

Teams 24
Teams in qualifiers 147
Notable absentees England , France
Surprises Greece , Nigeria , Saudi Arabia
Golden Boot Hristo Stoichkov ( Bulgaria ), Oleg Salenko ( Russia ) – 6
Stats A total of 141 goals were scored (2.71 per match); Sweden (15) scored the most
Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16, plus four best 3rd place finishers
Number of matches 52

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World Cup 1998

Winners France

Teams 32
Teams in qualifiers 174
Notable absentees Russia
Surprises Jamaica , Japan , South Africa
Golden Boot Davor Suker ( Croatia ) – 6
Stats A total of 171 goals were scored (2.67 per match); France (15) scored the most
Format Eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16
Number of matches 64

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World Cup 2002

Winners Brazil

Teams 32
Teams in qualifiers 199
Notable absentees Netherlands
Surprises Senegal , South Korea , Turkey
Golden Boot Ronaldo ( Brazil ) – 8
Stats A total of 161 goals were scored (2.52 per match); Brazil (18) scored the most
Format Eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16
Number of matches 64

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World Cup 2006

Winners Italy

Teams 32
Teams in qualifiers 198
Notable Absentees Cameroon , Nigeria
Surprises Angola , Ivory Coast , Ghana , Togo , Trinidad & Tobago
Golden Boot Miroslav Klose ( Germany ) – 5
Stats A total of 147 goals were scored (2.30 per match); Germany (14) scored the most
Format Eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16
Number of matches 64

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World Cup 2010

Winners Spain

Teams 32
Golden Boot Thomas Mueller (Germany) – 5. Spain’s David Villa, Netherlands’ Wesley Sneijder and Uruguay’s Diego Forlan also had five goals, but Mueller won based on his number of assists.

2010 World Cup – Diego Forlan’s Long-Range Wonder Goal Against South Africa

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On Wednesday June 16, Uruguay faced South Africa, and Uruguay’s Diego Forlan scored an amazing goal. See it in the highlights here.

2010 World Cup – Maicon’s Wonder Goal Against North Korea

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Brazilian player Maicon fired home a powerhouse when Brazil squared up against North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) in a first round Group G match of the World Cup – June 15, 2010. Brazil won the match 2-1; check out Maicon’s wonder goal below goal below.

2010 World Cup – North Korean Player Tae-Se Jong Crying During National Anthem

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:33:55 +0000

On Tuesday, June 15, 2010, Brazil faced up against North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) in a first round Group G match of the World Cup. During the playing of his country’s national anthem, North Korean player Jong Tae-Se was seen weeping and sobbing, see below.

2010 World Cup – Algerian Goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi Misses The Ball

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Little went right for the Algerians in Polokwane on Sunday, June 13, 2010, when they faced up against Slovenia in their Group C 1st round match of the 2010 World Cup. To make things worse, their goalkeeper – Faouzi Chaouchi – made a catastrophic error in allowing a tame shot to sneak past him for the only goal of the game.

2010 World Cup – Robert Green’s Terrible Fumble

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Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010
Match: England vs. USA

In what must be regarded as the mistake of his life, and with his team leading 1-0, England goalie Robert Green somehow managed to fumble a tame shot from the USA’s Clint Dempsey, and the ball trickled agonizingly into the back of the net. Several England goalkeepers from the past (including Scott Carson, Paul Robinson and David Seaman) have all had terrible blunders, but none of the lot was quite a hapless as Green’s mishandling of Clint Dempsey’s goal. Video below.

2006 World Cup – Zinedine Zidane Headbutts Marco Materazzi

admin — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:09:25 +0000

France faced Italy in the 2006 final of the 2006 World Cup, and in that match, French captain Zinedine Zidane had the indignity of being sent off in extra-time, after he headbutted Italian defender Marco Materazzi, who Zidane alleged insulted a family member. The match went to penalties, and Italy won the penalty shootout 5-3. The infamous Zidane headbutt is featured below.

1998 World Cup – Dennis Bergkamp’s Wonder Goal vs. Argentina

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In the 1998 World Cup, Dutch forward Dennis Bergkamp showed why he was one of the most feared forwards in the world, with a clinical display of ball control and shooting when he scored against Argentina in a quarter-final match. Check it out below.

1986 World Cup – Maradona’s Goal vs. England

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 03:03:47 +0000

In the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal match between Argentina and England, the first goal was Maradona’s infamous, hotly-disputed ‘hand of God’ goal, while the second has been described by many as the greatest goal of all time. See below.

1986 World Cup – Manuel Negrete Scissors Kick

admin — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 02:50:19 +0000

Many say that the scissor kick goal, scored by Mexico’s Manuel Negrete in the 35th minute of a second round match against Bulgaria, is the best and most spectacular goal in World Cup history. What’s your take? Check it out below.