FIFA World Cup: List of all runners up

Published at :December 16, 2022 at 1:21 AM

Modified at :December 19, 2022 at 5:50 AM

The final of the Qatar tournament is on the 18th December

The FIFA World Cup in Qatar is coming to an end with final on 18th December. Winning the World Cup is always the ultimate dream of any footballer. Watching their flag on top of the world along with the World Cup trophy is the highest honour for a footballer. Since its inception in 1930, The World Cup had a total of 22 editions with Brazil winning the most of them, a total of five. The second spot is divided between Germany and Italy with four World Cups each.

For winners, it’s like living a dream but for the runners up it is like being able to watch the trophy but not able to grasp it. Having struggled to come all the way up and then fail to take that one more step to glory is a tough feeling for everybody, and it amplifies when you carry a nation’s hope with yourself. Nonetheless, it’s just a game, which have winners and losers. Over the years, with winners there are many runners up too. Interestingly, Germany is the nation with the most runners up places in the FIFA World Cups, a total of four times.

List of all FIFA World Cup runners up

1930 – Argentina
1934 – Czechoslovakia
1938 – Hungary
1950 – Brazil
1954 – Hungary
1958 – Sweden
1962 – Czechoslovakia
1966 – Germany

1970 – Italy
1974 – Netherlands
1978 – Netherlands
1982 – Germany
1986 – Germany
1990 – Argentina

1994 – Italy
1998 – Brazil
2002 – Germany
2006 – France
2010 – Netherlands
2014 – Argentina
2018 – Croatia
2022 - France

**This article was last updated on 18 December 2022.