This bilingual FIFA Men’s World Cup timeline presents every tournament from 1930 to 2022, including host countries, final venues, final scores and champions. It is useful for football fans searching for World Cup winners list, FIFA World Cup timeline, World Cup final scores, World Cup hosts, World Cup champions by year and football history.
The timeline also covers the expansion and superstar era from 1982 to 1998, including Italy’s 1982 title, Argentina’s 1986 victory, West Germany’s 1990 championship, Brazil’s 1994 penalty shootout win and France’s 1998 home triumph. From 2002 to 2022, the World Cup entered a more global and modern era, with Brazil winning in 2002, Italy in 2006, Spain in 2010, Germany in 2014, France in 2018 and Argentina winning the 2022 Qatar World Cup after defeating France on penalties.