YearHostWinner3rd Place2010
South Africa
2006
Germany Italy 5 : France 3
Germany 3 : Portugal 1
2002
Japan/S Korea Brazil 2 : 0 Germany
Turkey 3 : 2 Korea
1998
France France 3 : 0 Brazil
Croatia 2 : 1 Netherlands
1994
USA Brazil 3 : 2 Italy
Sweden 4 : 0 Bulgaria
1990
Italy West Germany 1 : 0 Argentina
Italy 2 : 1 England
1986
Mexico Argentina 3 : 2 West Germany
France 4 : 2 Belgium
1982
Spain Italy 3 : 1 West Germany
Poland 3 : 2 France
1978
Argentina Argentina 3 : 1 Netherlands
Brazil 2 : 1 Italy
1974
West Germany West Germany 2 : 1 Netherlands
Poland 1 : 0 Brazil
1970
Mexico Brazil 4 : 1 Italy
West Germay 1 : 0 Uruguay
1966
England England 4 : 2 West Germany
Portugal 2 : 1 USSR
1962
Chile Brazil 3 : 1 Czechoslovakia
Chile 1 : 0 Yugoslavia
1958
Sweden Brazil 5 : 2 Sweden
France 6 : 3 West Germany
1954
Switzerland West Germany 3 : 2 Hungary
Austria 3 : 1 Uruguay
1950*
Brazil Uruguay vs Brazil (1)
Sweden vs Spain
1938
France Italy 4 : 2 Hungary
Brazil 4 : 2 Sweden
1934
Italy Italy 2 : 1 Czechoslovakia
Germany 3 : 2 Austria
1930
Uruguay Uruguay 4 : 2 Argentina
No 3rd place match
* 1950 : No official World Cup. Uruguay won on tournament points