Argentina vs. Italy: Titles Won Comparison

Which national soccer team won the most tournaments, Italy or Argentina? Here you have the details, head to head, of the titles won by each of these national teams at senior, youth and olympic level. It includes the comparision of World Cups and continental tournaments won.

Taking into account the most relevant tournaments for senior national soccer teams, Argentina won 17 titles more than Italy, 23 against 6. But in FIFA World Cups won Italy has the advantage over Argentina 4 to 3.

In the Olympic Games soccer tournament, Argentina surpasses Italy in gold medals won 2 to 1.

At FIFA youth national teams level, Argentina won 4 titles more than Italy, 16 against 12.

Note: on this page, the titles won by olympic national teams are included on their own category because throughout history these tournaments have alternated between senior and youth teams, with amateur and professional players. Currently the competition allows under-23 players with the possibility of including 3 players over that age.

Senior National Team Titles:
Argentina	Italy
23 senior national team titles	6 senior national team titles
FIFA World Cup
World Cup (3) 1978, 1986, 2022	World Cup (4) 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006
Continental Titles
American Cup (16) 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993, 2021, 2024 Panamerican Championship (1) 1960	UEFA European Football Championship (2) 1968, 2020
Others Toournaments
FIFA Confederations Cup (1) 1992 CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions (2) 1993, 2022	-

Olympic National Team:
Argentina	Italy
2 gold medals	1 gold medal
Olympic Games (2) 2004, 2008	Olympic Games (1) 1936

Youth Tournaments (FIFA):
Argentina	Italy
16 youth national team titles	12 youth national team titles
World Cups
FIFA U-20 World Cup (6) 1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007	-
Continental Titles
South American Youth Championship (5) 1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (4) 1985, 2003, 2013, 2019 South American Under-15 Football Championship (1) 2017	UEFA European Under-21 Championship (5) 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship (4) 1958, 1966, 2003, 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship (3) 1982, 1987, 2024

Other Relevant Tournaments:
Argentina	Italy
14 titles	1 title
Pre-Olympic Tournaments
CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament (5) 1960, 1964, 1980, 2004, 2020	-
Regional Tournaments
Pan American Games (7) 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1995, 2003, 2019	-
Friendly Tournaments
Toulon Tournament (2) 1975, 1998	Toulon Tournament (1) 2008