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World Cup: Brazil leads the pack of former winners
In the Corner Shop today: With the most titles to its name, Brazil is also the only country to feature in all World Cup tournaments.
- 1930 in Uruguay: Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2
- 1934 in Italy: Italy beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 (ET)
- 1938 in France:Italy beat Hungary 4-2
- 1950 in Brazil:Uruguay beat Brazil 2-1
- 1954 in Switzerland: West Germany beat Hungary 3-2
- 1958 in Sweden: Brazil beat Sweden 5-2
- 1962 in Chile: Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1
- 1966 in England: England beat West Germany 4-2 (ET)
- 1970 in Mexico: Brazil beat Italy 4-1
- 1974 in West Germany: West Germany beat the Netherlands 2-1
- 1978 in Argentina:Argentina beat the Netherlands 3-1 (ET)
- 1982 in Spain: Italy beat West Germany 3-1
- 1986 in Mexico:Argentina beat West Germany 3-2
- 1990 in Italy: West Germany beat Argentina 1-0
- 1994 in USA: Brazil beat Italy 0-0 (3-2 PKs)
- 1998 in France: France beat Brazil 3-0
- 2002 in Japan:Brazil beat Germany 2-0
- 2006 in Germany:Italy beat France 1-1 (5-3 PKs)
- 2010 in South Africa:Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0 (ET)
- 2014 in Brazil:Germany beat Argentina 1-0 (ET)
- 2018 in Russia: France beat Croatia 4-2
#TacklingQatar2022: Manned by soccer fundi Dave Savides, the Corner Shop is the place to be for Soccer World Cup news. Savides, the long-time editor of the Zululand Observer, is tackling the coverage of the world’s greatest footie extravaganza for Caxton Local Media.
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