List of FIFA World Cup finals facts for kids
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| Founded | 1930 |
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| Region | International (FIFA) |
| Number of teams | 204 (qualifiers) 32 (finals) |
| Current champions |  France (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Brazil (5 titles) |
The World Cup final match is the last of the competition, and the result determines which country will be the world champions. If after 90 minutes of normal play the score is a draw, an additional 30-minutes, called extra time, is added. If the game is still tied after extra time, it is then decided by a penalty shoot-out. The team winning the penalty shoot-out are then declared champions. In the 21 tournaments held, 79 nations have appeared at least once. Of these, 13 have made it to the final match, and eight have won. Brazil have won the most titles with five and are also the only nation to have taken part in every World Cup finals tournament. Italy and Germany have four titles. Current champion France, along with past champions Uruguay and Argentina, have two titles each, while England and Spain have one each. The team that wins the finals receive the FIFA World Cup Trophy, and their name is engraved on the bottom side of the trophy.
The 1970 and 1994, together with the 1986, 1990 and 2014 games are to date the only matches competed by the same teams (Brazil–Italy and Argentina–Germany). As of 2018, the 1934 final remains the only finals to have been between two teams playing their first final. The final match of the most recent tournament in Russia took place at the country's biggest sports complex, the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The 1930 and the 1966 games are the only ones that did not take place on a Sunday. The former did on a Wednesday and the latter on a Saturday. As of 2018, only nations from Europe and South America have competed in a World Cup final. Six nations have won the final as host: Uruguay, Italy, England, Germany, Argentina and France. Two nations have lost the final as host: Brazil and Sweden.
List of finals
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Match was won during extra time |
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Match was won on a penalty shoot-out |
- The "Year" column refers to the year the World Cup was held, and s to the article about that tournament. The wikilinks in the "Final score" column point to the article about that tournament's final game. Links in the "Winners" and "Runners-up" columns point to the articles for the national football teams of the countries, not the articles for the countries.
Results
| National team | Wins | Runners-up | Total finals | Years won | Years runners-up |
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| Brazil |
5 | 2 | 7 | 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 | 1950, 1998 |
 Germany |
4 | 4 | 8 | 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014 | 1966, 1982, 1986, 2002 |
 Italy |
4 | 2 | 6 | 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006 | 1970, 1994 |
 Argentina |
2 | 3 | 5 | 1978, 1986 | 1930, 1990, 2014 |
| France |
2 | 1 | 3 | 1998, 2018 | 2006 |
 Uruguay |
2 | 0 | 2 | 1930, 1950 | – |
 England |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1966 | – |
 Spain |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2010 | – |
 Netherlands |
0 | 3 | 3 | – | 1974, 1978, 2010 |
 Czechoslovakia |
0 | 2 | 2 | – | 1934, 1962 |
 Hungary |
0 | 2 | 2 | – | 1938, 1954 |
 Sweden |
0 | 1 | 1 | – | 1958 |
 Croatia |
0 | 1 | 1 | – | 2018 |
| Confederation | Appearances | Winners | Runners-up |
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| UEFA | 28 | 12 | 16 |
| CONMEBOL | 14 | 9 | 5 |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Finales de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol para niños
