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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 ...
The World Cup and European Championship, are the primary competitive tournaments the Italy national football team enters. The tournaments are held every four years in alternate even numbered years. The tournaments are held every four years in alternate even numbered years.
The Italy national team that won the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. This is a record of Italy's results at the FIFA World Cup. Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one fewer than Brazil. The team was present in 18 out of the 22 tournaments ...
In 1938, Italy became the first team to defend its World Cup title, and due to the outbreak of World War II, retained the title for a further twelve years. Italy had also previously won two Central European International Cups (1927–30, 1933–35). Between its first two World Cup victories, Italy won the Olympic football tournament .
The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed. [13] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up.
Italy FIFA World Cup squad navigational boxes (18 P) Pages in category "Italy at the FIFA World Cup" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Most FIFA World Cup titles Giovanni Ferrari, Giuseppe Meazza, Eraldo Monzeglio, 2 each (1934 and 1938) [3] [nb 5] Most Central European International Cup titles Giuseppe Meazza, Eraldo Monzeglio and Alfredo Pitto, 2 each (1927–30 and 1933–35) [41] Only player to win both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship Dino Zoff (1968 ...
The FIFA World Cup is considered the most prestigious association football tournament in the world. [1] [2] The twenty-two World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won five times, followed by Germany and Italy with four titles each; Argentina with three titles, France and Uruguay, with two titles each; and ...