Monday, 17 November 2008

Previous World Cup History

The football World Cup rapidly reached its undisputed status as the greatest single sporting event of the modern world. It's important to say that since 1930, the 16 tournaments have seen only eight different winners. However, World Cup has also been punctuated by dramatic upsets that have helped create footballing history. You can see below the previous top World Cup Winner Teams got extraordinary numbers in terms of audience, breaking many records.
  • Germany 2006: Winner: Italy Runners-Up: France Third: Germany Fourth: Portugal
  • Korea/Japan 2002: Winner: Brazil Runners-Up: Germany Third: Turkey Fourth: Korea Republic
  • France 1998: Winner: France Runners-Up: Brazil Third: Croatia Fourth: Netherlands
  • USA 1994: Winner: Brazil Runners-Up: Italy Third: Croatia Fourth: Bulgaria
  • Italy 1990: Winner: Germany FR Runners-Up: Argentina Third: Italy Fourth: England
  • Mexico 1986: Winner: Argentina Runners-Up: Germany FR Third: France Fourth: Belgium
  • Spain 1982: Winner: Italy Runners-Up: Germany FRT hird: Poland Fourth: France
  • Argentina 1978: Winner: Argentina Runners-Up: Netherlands Third: Brazil Fourth: Italy
  • Germany 1974: Winner: Germany FR Runners-Up: Netherlands Third: Poland Fourth: Brazil
  • Mexico 1970: Winner: Brazil Runners-Up: Italy Third: Germany FR Fourth: Uruguay
  • England 1966: Winner: England Runners-Up: Germany FR Third: Portugal Fourth: Soviet Union
  • Chile 1962: Winner: Brazil Runners-Up: Czechoslovakia Third: Chile Fourth: Yugoslavia

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