Brazil has won the World Cup Soccer Championship five times. In addition to this, this South American country is the only one that has been present in the 19 championships held to date. Also the one with the most goals in his favor (173).Another record of these championships belonging to Brazil is the largest series of matches by a national team without knowing defeat. He managed a total of 15 matches, held between the tournaments of Sweden 1958 and England 1966, of which 13 were victories and 2 draws, until Hungary defeated him by a resounding 3 to 1.
They follow Brazil by number of titles Italy with 4 titles (the last one was in 2006) Germany with 3, Uruguay and Argentina with 2 and Spain, France and England with 1.
In total, 19 World Championships, held every four years since 1930, with only two interruptions in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II. In 2010, the nineteenth world championship was held in South Africa, Spain being the champion for the first time in its history after a goal in extra time by Andrés Iniesta.
