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The team is one of the most present at the World Cup, with 16 appearances out of the 22 tournaments. Prior to their win in 2010, Spain's best World Cup result was a fourth-place finish in 1950. [2] Spain have reached the semi-finals twice and the quarter-finals six times, but have not reached the last 8 since their triumph in 2010.
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 ...
Spain, UEFA Euro 2008 winners Spain's players celebrate winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Spain, UEFA Euro 2012 winners. Between 2008 and 2012, the team played a style of football dubbed 'tiki-taka', a systems approach to football founded upon the ideal of team unity and a comprehensive understanding in the geometry of space on a football field ...
Spain's Confederations Cup record; First match Spain 5–0 New Zealand (Rustenburg, South Africa; 14 June 2009) Biggest win Spain 10–0 Tahiti (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 20 June 2013) Biggest defeat Brazil 3–0 Spain (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 30 June 2013) Best result Runners-up in 2013: Worst result Third place in 2009
Spain's next major tournament was UEFA Euro 2012, which they also won, beating Italy 4–0 in the final to complete three consecutive major tournament wins. [87] At the subsequent 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Spain and Netherlands were both drawn in Group B, from which Spain failed to advance, finishing third in the group behind the Netherlands ...
Most penalty shoot-outs in one World Cup by one team: 2 at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (shared with Argentina in 1990 and 2022, Costa Rica in 2014, Netherlands in 2014 and 2022, Russia in 2018 and Croatia in 2018 and 2022) Highest maximum number of points in World Cup qualification: 30 out of 30 (shared with Germany for 2018)
Carmona also scored the game-winner in the 89th minute of Spain’s 2-1 semifinal victory over Sweden, becoming the first player since Carli Lloyd in 2015 to score in a World Cup semifinal and final.
FIFA World Cup: EURO UEFA European Football Championship: CC Confederations Cup: UNL UEFA Nations League: TB Tie-break match Q Qualification rounds R + number: Round number: FR Final Round GS Group Stage 1/16 Round of 32 1/8 Round of 16 QF Quarter-final SF Semi-final F Final RP Repechage Rep. Replay match 3rd–4th Third place match