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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 ...
Although often entering tournaments as one of the favorites, Spain have often been perceived as underachieving at the World Cup. [107] [108] Spain's first World Cup was in 1934. At that World Cup, Spain started their campaign by defeating Brazil 3–1 to advance to the quarter-finals, where they lost to hosts Italy in a replay. [109]
As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2] Eight nations have won the tournament.
[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 ...
Spain went on to record a perfect World Cup qualifying record with ten wins out of ten in Group 5, finishing with a 5–2 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 October 2009. [21] The Spanish team entered the 2010 World Cup ranked number 2 on the FIFA rankings and as clear favorites to win the tournament.
Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish soccer federation, celebrates on the field with members of the Spanish team after they defeated England 1-0 Sunday in the FIFA Women's World Cup final in ...
FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, which included kissing ...
The Spanish team went to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as European champions and enjoyed a record unbeaten streak of 35 matches from 2007 to 2009. [3] Although they lost their first match 1–0 against Switzerland , they went on to win the group after victories over Honduras and Chile , while the Swiss failed to win another match and were ...