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The FIFA World Cup is a global [[soccer|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]].
The '''FIFA World Cup''' is a global [[soccer|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 Italy, who beat France in the 2006 final in Germany. The [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]] will be held in South Africa, the first time the tournament is hosted in Africa.
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 Italy, who beat France in the 2006 final in Germany. The [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]] will be held in South Africa, the first time the tournament is hosted in Africa.
==List of Tournament Winners==
==Tournament Winners<ref>http://www.sportingchronicle.com/divisions/worldcupwinners.html</ref>==
{|style="background:none"
1930 [[Uruguay]]
|width="50%"
{|class="wikitable" valign="top"
1934 [[Italy]]
|-
|1930
1938 Italy
|[[Uruguay]]
|-
1942 (No tournament)
|1934
|[[Italy]]
1946 (No tournament)
|-
|1938
1950 Uruguay
|Italy
|-
1954 [[Germany]]
|1942
|(No tournament)
1958 [[Brazil]]
|-
|1946
1962 Brazil
|(No tournament)
|-
1966 [[England]]
|1950
|Uruguay
1970 Brazil
|-
|1954
1974 [[West Germany]]
|[[Germany]]
|-
1978 [[Argentina]]
|1958
|[[Brazil]]
1982 Italy
|-
|1962
1986 Argentina
|Brazil
|-
1990 Germany
|1966
|[[England]]
1994 Brazil
|-
|1970
1998 [[France]]
|Brazil
|-
2002 Brazil
|1974
|[[West Germany]]
2006 Italy
|-
|1978
|[[Argentina]]
|-
|1982
|Italy
|-
|1986
|Argentina
|-
|1990
|Germany
|-
|1994
|Brazil
|-
|1998
|[[France]]
|-
|2002
|Brazil
|-
|2006
|Italy
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!5
|[[Brazil]]||1958,1962,1970,1994,2002
|-
!4
|[[Italy]]||1934,1938,1982,2006
|-
!2
|[[Argentina]]||1978,1986
|-
!2
|[[Germany]]||1954,1990
|-
!2
|[[Uruguay]]||1930,1950
|-
!1
|[[England]]||1966
|-
!1
|[[France]]||1998
|-
!1
|[[West Germany]]||1974
|}
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Soccer]]
[[Category:Soccer]]