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Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final was an association football match that determined the winner of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.The match was played at the Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, on 20 August 2023, and was contested by Spain and England.
[a] Of these, eight national teams have won the World Cup, [113] and they have added stars to their badges, with each star representing a World Cup victory. Uruguay, however, chose to display four stars on their badge , representing their two gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, which are recognized by FIFA as World Championships ...
Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions. [3] Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning, [4] while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals. [5]
An expansion to 24 teams in the 2015 edition was followed by the adoption of the current 32-team format for the 2023 edition, the first with multiple host countries. [10] A total of ten teams have played in the nine finals held since 1991; five have won a title. [12] The United States is the most successful team in Women's World Cup history ...
The opening match was won by co-host New Zealand, beating Norway at Eden Park in Auckland on 20 July 2023 and achieving their first Women's World Cup victory. [ 6 ] Spain were crowned champions after defeating reigning European champions England 1–0 in the final .
Following the 2019 World Cup, head coach Jill Ellis was replaced by Macedonian Vlatko Andonovski, who would be attempting to lead the U.S. to an unprecedented third consecutive World Cup title. The 2023 Women's World Cup saw Australia and New Zealand become the first 2 nations to co-host a Women's World Cup, and also featured an expanded field ...