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Monday, June 9, 2014

Whose turn to clinch brazil 2014 WC trophy?

By Ebenezer Zor
seasonAll 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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