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Full List Of Countries That Have Won The World Cup
Argentina have won their first World Cup in 36 years after defeating France 4-2 (3–3 after extra time) in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup for the third time in Qatar on Sunday.
The match ended 2-2 after 90 minutes but Lionel Messi poked in a goal to put Argentina 3-2 ahead in the 108th minute before Kylian Mbappe completed his hat-trick two minutes before the end of extra-time to ensure the game finished 3-3 and went into penalties.
Below is a list of all the countries that have won the world cup.
1930 – Uruguay
1934 – Italy
1938 – Italy
1950 – Uruguay
1954 – West Germany
1958 – Brazil
1962 – Brazil
1966 – England
1970 – Brazil
1974 – West Germany
1978 – Argentina
1982 – Italy
1986 – Argentina
1990 – West Germany
1994 – Brazil
1998 – France
2002 – Brazil
2006 – Italy
2010 – Spain
2014 – Germany
2018 – France
2022 – Argentina
2022 Breakdown Of FIFA World Cup Money
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup officially ending today Sunday, December 1, 2022, participating teams at the tournament in Qatar will walk home with a whopping total of $440 million.
Naija News reports that the final game of the World Cup is between holders France and two-time champions Argentina, who will be slugging it out for the trophy and the $42 million grand prize.
The teams that were knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage – Qatar, Ecuador, Wales, Iran, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Tunisia, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Costa Rica, Serbia, Cameroon, Ghana, Uruguay – all earned $9 million each.
The teams that made it through to the round of 16 – USA, Senegal, Australia, Poland, Spain, Japan, Switzerland, and South Korea – will take home $13 million each.
While those that reached the quarter-finals -Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal, England – will get $17 million each.
Fourth-place team Morocco earns $25 million, while Third-placed team Croatia gets $27 million. The runner-up between Argentina and France will earn $30 million, while the 2022 FIFA World Cup winner will earn $42 million
This is an increase of $40m compared to the 2018 tournament. Prior to 2006, World Cup-winning teams never pocketed more than $10m, with 1982 champions Italy walking away with an estimated $2.2m for their efforts.