Previous winners

Year	Hosts	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2006	Germany	Italy	1-1 (5-3 pens.)	France
2002	Japan & Korea Rep.	Brazil	2-0	Germany
1998	France	France	3-0	Brazil
1994	United States	Brazil	0-0 (3-2 pens.)	Italy
1990	Italy	Germany	1-0	Argentina
1986	Mexico	Argentina	3-2	Germany
1982	Spain	Italy	3-1	Germany
1978	Argentina	Argentina	3-1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
1974	Germany	Germany	2-1	Netherlands
1970	Mexico	Brazil	4-1	Italy
1966	England	England	4-2 (a.e.t.)	Germany
1962	Chile	Brazil	3-1	Czech Republic
1958	Sweden	Brazil	5-2	Sweden
1954	Switzerland	Germany	3-2	Hungary
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	2-1*	Brazil
1938	France	Italy	4-2	Hungary
1934	Italy	Italy	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Czech Republic
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	4-2	Argentina

*There was no official final match in 1950. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain). However, Uruguay's 2–1 victory over Brazil was the decisive match (and also coincidentally one of the last two matches of the tournament) which put them ahead on points and ensured that they finished top of the group as champions. Therefore, this match is often considered the final of the 1950 tournament.