South African student Gordon Bolson is pressed against a glass door at a 2010 FIFA World Cup ticket sales office in Brooklyn Mall on April 15, 2010 in Pretoria, South Africa. Some fans queued overnight and police were called in following outbreaks of disorder at ticket offices around the country where 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets were made available to purchase with cash for the first time as a result of lower than expected demand.
Years | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
2006 | Italy | France | Germany |
2002 | Brazil | Germany | Turkey |
1998 | France | Brazil | Croatia |
1994 | Brazil | Italy | Sweden |
1990 | Germany | Argentina | Italy |
1986 | Argentina | Germany | France |
1982 | Italy | Germany | Poland |
1978 | Argentina | Holland | Brazil |
1974 | Germany | Holland | Poland |
1970 | Brazil | Italy | Germany |
1966 | England | Germany | Portugal |
1962 | Brazil | Czech | Chile |
1958 | Brazil | Sweden | France |
1954 | Germany | Hungary | Austria |
1950 | Uruguay | Brazil | Sweden |
1938 | Italy | Hungary | Brazil |
1934 | Italy | Czech | Germany |
1930 | Uruguay | Argentina | America |