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World Cup Memories If you are a football fan - here's a brush-up of your memory... And if not have a look at biggest SHOW on earth happening for 81 years !!! World Cup 1930 Winners: Uruguay Host Country : Uruguay Score : Uruguay 4-2 Argentina Number of matches : 18 Notable absentees : The major European countries, only France took part. Surprises USA, who finished third Golden Boot Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) - 8 Stats A total of 70 goals were scored (3.89 per match); Argentina (18) scored the most Format One group of four and three groups of three in the qualifying stage, with the top from each group going into the semi-finals World Cup 1934 Winners: Italy Host Country : Italy Score : Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia Number of matches : 17 Notable absentees : Holders Uruguay, England Surprises Egypt Golden Boot Oldrich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia) - 5 Stats. A total of 70 goals were scored (4.12 per match); Italy (12) scored the most Format Straight knockout, replays for drawn matches. World Cup 1938 Winners: Italy Host Country : France Score : Italy 4-2 Hungary Number of matches : 18 Notable absentees : Argentina, England, Spain, Uruguay Surprises Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Cuba Golden Boot Leônidas (Brazil) - 7 Stats A total of 84 goals were scored (4.67 per match); Hungary (15) scored the most Format Straight knockout, replays for drawn matches. World Cup 1950 Winners: Uruguay Host Country : Brazil Score : Uruguay 2-1 Brazil Number of matches : 22 Notable absentees : France, Germany, Hungary Surprises Bolivia Golden Boot Ademir (Brazil) - 9 Stats. A total of 88 goals were scored (4.00 per match); Brazil (22) scored the most Format Four groups, with the winners of each progressing to a four-team round-robin final group. Withdrawals meant there were two groups of four, one of three and one of two
World Cup 1954 Winners: Germany Host Country : Switzerland Score : Germany 3-2 Hungary Number of matches : 26 Notable absentees : Spain Surprises Korean Republic
Golden Boot Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) - 11
Stats A total of 140 goals were scored (5.38 per match); Hungary (27) scored the most
Format Four groups of four with two seeded and two unseeded teams in each group. However, the teams played just two matches per group rather than the usual three, with the seeded sides facing unseeded sides. Where teams ended up tied for the second qualifying position by points, they required a play-off. The two teams finishing at the top of their group went through to the quarter-finals. World Cup 1958 Winners: Brazil Host Country : Sweden Score : Brazil 5-2 Sweden Number of matches : 35 Notable absentees : Italy, Uruguay Surprises Wales, Northern Ireland Golden Boot Just Fontaine (France) - 13 Stats A total of 126 goals were scored (3.60 per match); France (23) scored the most Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals. World Cup 1962 Winners: Brazil Host Country : Chile Score : Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia Number of matches : 32 Notable absentees : Sweden Surprises Colombia Golden Boot Garrincha, Vavá (Brazil), Leonel Sánchez (Chile), Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) , Flórián Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (USSR) - 4 Stats A total of 89 goals were scored (2.78 per match); Brazil (14) scored the most Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals. World Cup 1966 Winners: England Host Country : England Score : England 4-2 Germany Number of matches : 32 Notable absentees : None Surprises North Korea Golden Boot Eusébio (Portugal) - 9 Stats A total of 89 goals were scored (2.78 per match); Portugal (17) scored the most Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals World Cup 1970 Winners: Brazil Host Country : Mexico Score : Brazil 4-1 Italy Number of matches : 32 Notable absentees : Argentina, France, Portugal. Spain Surprises Morocco, the first African qualifiers since World War II Golden Boot Gerd Muller (Germany) - 10 World Cup 1974 Winners: Germany Host Country : Germany Score : Germany 2-1 Holland Number of matches : 38 Notable absentees : England, France, Hungary, Spain. USSR Surprises Australia, Haiti and Zaire Golden Boot Grzegorz Lato (Poland) - 7 Stats A total of 97 goals were scored (2.55 per match); Poland (16) scored the most Format Four groups of four in the qualifying stage, with the top two from each group going into a second round of two four-team groups and the winners facing each other in the final. World Cup 1978 Winners: Argentina Host Country : Argentina Score : Argentina 3-1 Holland Number of matches : 38 Notable absentees : England, Czechoslovakia, USSR Surprises Iran, Tunisia Golden Boot Mario Kempes (Argentina) - 6 Stats A total of 102 goals were scored (2.68 per match); Argentina and Netherlands (15) scored the most Format Four groups of four in the qualifying stage, with the top two from each group into a second round of two groups of four, the top side in each progressing into the final. World Cup 1982 Winners: Italy Host Country : Spain Score : Italy 3-1 Germany Number of matches : 52 Notable absentees : Netherlands, Mexico Surprises Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand Golden Boot Paolo Rossi (Italy) - 6 Stats A total of 146 goals were scored (2.81 per match); France (16) scored the most Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the second round, where they split into four groups of three. The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals. World Cup 1986 Winners: Argentina Host Country : Mexico Score : Argentina 3-2 Germany Number of matches : 52 Notable absentees : Netherlands, Mexico Surprises Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand Golden Boot Paolo Rossi (Italy) - 6 Stats A total of 146 goals were scored (2.81 per match); France (16) scored the most Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the second round, where they split into four groups of three. The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals World Cup 1990 Winners: Germany Host Country : Italy Score : Germany 1-0 Argentina Number of matches : 52 Notable absentees : Denmark, France, Portugal. Surprises Costa Rica, Republic of Ireland, UAE Golden Boot Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) - 6 Stats A total of 115 goals were scored (2.21 per match), which was the lowest goals-per-match ratio in World Cup history; West Germany (15) scored the most Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16, plus four best third place finishers World Cup 1994 Winners: Brazil Host Country : US Score : Brazil 3-2 Italy Number of matches : 52 Notable absentees : England, France Surprises Greece, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Golden Boot Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria), Oleg Salenko (Russia) - 6 Stats A total of 141 goals were scored (2.71 per match); Sweden (15) scored the most Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16, plus four best 3rd place finishers. World Cup 1998 Winners: France Host Country : France Score : France 3-0 Brazil Number of matches : 62 Notable absentees : England, France Surprises Greece, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia
Golden Boot Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria), Oleg Salenko (Russia) - 6
Stats A total of 141 goals were scored (2.71 per match); Sweden (15) scored the most
Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of 16, plus four best 3rd place finishers.
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