Argentina World Cup History

FIFA World Cup, a timeline made with Timetoast's free interactive timeline making software. There were a total of 13 teams in the first world cup. World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot 71 Recent World Cups have also featured official match balls specially designed for each World Cup. But in the final, the Jodie Fields-led Australians bounced back in style to beat West Indies by 114 runs and clinch its sixth World Cup title.

The Goal of the Tournament , consisting of the tournament's best goal, as chosen by users of from a shortlist of 12 goals selected by FIFA's web administrators (first awarded in 2015). Brazil, which played magnificently throughout the opening round, went into the Final needing only a draw in the round robin tournament to win the title.

She scored six goals in the final four games, including game-winners against China in the quarterfinal and Germany in the semifinal. Geoff Hurst became the first and to this day the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final and Eusébio, whose team Portugal were taking part in their first World Cup, was the tournament top-scorer, with 9 goals to his name.

The games would not be held again until 1950, where Uruguay won for the second time in World Cup history. As the Kuwaiti team were protesting the goal, Sheikh Fahid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, president of the Kuwaiti Football Association, rushed onto the pitch and gave the referee a piece of his mind, who proceeded to disallow the goal.

1968New Zealand First Time Co-hostsIt was eight year's before the next World Cup was held with New Zealand and Australia co-hosting the tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy , with four titles each; Argentina and inaugural winner Uruguay , with two titles each; and England , France and Spain , with one title each.

Germany won the most recent FIFA World Cup in 2014 and it was their fourth title but first since coming a unified country. The Tournament features 24 teams instead of 16 and takes place over three phases for the first time - a round-robin, a group stage, and knock-out finale.