By Ebenezer Zor
All 32 participating countries would have all
their eyes on the Brazil FIFA world cup trophy especially when
hostilities began. But in a competition of this magnitude,
there will be one champion. Would it be one
country out of the previous winners clinching the ultimate prize or a
new champion? Whose turn to lift the trophy?
Below is a chart representing past winners of FIFA world cup tournaments since its inception in 1930.
Year Winners Final score Runners-up
1930 Uruguay 4–2 Argentina
1934 Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia
1938 Italy 4–2 Hungary
1950 Uruguay 2–1 Brazil
1954 West Germany 3–2 Hungary
1958 Brazil 5–2 Sweden
1962 Brazil 3–1 Czechoslovakia
1966 England 4–2 West Germany
1970 Brazil 4–1 Italy
1974 West Germany 2–1 Netherlands
1978 Argentina 3–1 Netherlands
1982 Italy 3–1 West Germany
1986 Argentina 3–2 West Germany
1990 West Germany 1–0 Argentina
1994 Brazil 0–0 double-dagger (3-2) on penalties Italy
1998 France 3–0 Brazil
2002 Brazil 2–0 Germany
2006 Italy 1–1double-dagger (5-3) on penalties France
2010 Spain 1–0 Netherlands
2014 Whose turn?
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