Established in 1930, the FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition.It is challenged by the men's public groups of the individuals from FIFA, the game's worldwide administering body.Except for 1942 and 1946, when the competition was canceled due to World War II, it has been held every four years.France won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which was held in Russia. They defeated Croatia 4–2 in regulation time.
The World Cup last match is the remainder of the opposition, and the outcome figures out which nation is proclaimed title holders.An additional 30-minute period of play, known as extra time, is added if the score is a draw after 90 minutes of regular play.A penalty shootout is used to decide a game that is still tied after extra time.The tournament has always been decided by a one-off match, with the exception of 1950, when the winner was decided by a final round-robin group consisting of four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain).[1] The tournament has been decided by a one-off match on every occasion.The decisive match,
Uruguay's 2–1 victory over Brazil, was one of the tournament's final two matches and ensured that Uruguay would win the group and become world champions.As a result, FIFA considers this match to be the de facto World Cup final of 1950[2]. In the 21 tournaments that have been held, 79 nations have participated at least once.Brazil is the most successful World Cup team and the only nation to have participated in every World Cup finals tournament, with five titles. Italy and Germany have four titles, and eight of these teams have won.[n 1]France is the current champion, Uruguay and Argentina are past champions, and England and Spain each have one title.The FIFA World Cup Trophy is given to the winning team, and their name is engraved on the bottom of the trophy.[5] To this day, the only games in which the same teams competed are Brazil–Italy and Argentina–Germany in 1970 and 1994,
respectively.As of 2018, the most recent final in which two teams competed in their first final was the 1934 final[n 2].The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia's largest sports complex,
hosted the most recent tournament's final match.[6] As of 2018, only nations from Europe and South America had participated in a World Cup final.
The final has been won by six nations as hosts:England, Germany, Uruguay, Italy, Argentina, and FranceAs hosts, two nations have lost the final:Sweden and Brazil
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