Top Soccer Tournaments: Soccer World Cup Winners by Continent
Features a summary of winners of the soccer World Cup divided by continent.
In 22 editions of the Soccer World Cup only American and European National Teams have taken home the trophy. The Europeans Italy, Germany, England, France and Spain total 12 championships, just two more than the titles won by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
One interesting detail is that only 5 times the winner was from the same continent as the previous champion. Here you have the details:
| 1930 | 1934 | 1938 | 1950 | 1954 | 1958 | 1962 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 | 1978 |
| Uru | Ita | Ita | Uru | Ger | Bra | Bra | Eng | Bra | Ger | Arg |
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| 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 |
| Ita | Arg | Ger | Bra | Fra | Bra | Ita | Spa | Ger | Fra | Arg |
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| Winners by Continent - All Time Champions | |||
 America:
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 Europe:
12 |
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| Country | Tiltes/Year | Country | Tiltes/Year |
 Brazil |
5 - 1958 Against Sweden 1962 Against Czechoslovakia 1970 Against Italy 1994 Against Italy 2002 Against Germany |
 Germany |
4 - 1954 Against Hungary 1974 Against Holland 1990 Against Argentina 2014 Against Argentina |
 Argentina |
3 - 1978 Against Holland 1986 Against Germany 2022 Against France |
 Italy |
4 - 1934 Against Czechoslovakia 1938 Against Hungary 1982 Against Germany 2006 Against France |
 Uruguay |
2 - 1930 Against Argentina 1950 Against Brazil |
 France |
2 - 1998 Against Brazil 2018 Against Croatia |
 England |
1 - 1966 Against Germany |
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 Spain |
1 - 2010 Against Holland |
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