Calendar

Dates, hosts, number of matches and final result for each edition of the final tournament.

01Calendar by edition

Year	Dates	Host(s)	Matches	Final
2026	2026-06-11 – 2026-07-19	Canada, Mexico, USA	104	Spain · Argentina 1–0 After extra time
2022	2022-11-20 – 2022-12-18	Qatar	64	Argentina · France 3–3 (4-2 Penalties) After extra time, Penalties
2018	2018-06-14 – 2018-07-15	Russia	64	France · Croatia 4–2
2014	2014-06-12 – 2014-07-13	Brazil	64	Germany · Argentina 1–0 After extra time
2010	2010-06-11 – 2010-07-11	South Africa	64	Spain · Netherlands 1–0 After extra time
2006	2006-06-09 – 2006-07-09	Germany	64	Italy · France 1–1 (5-3 Penalties) After extra time, Penalties
2002	2002-05-31 – 2002-06-30	South Korea, Japan	64	Brazil · Germany 2–0
1998	1998-06-10 – 1998-07-12	France	64	France · Brazil 3–0
1994	1994-06-17 – 1994-07-17	USA	52	Brazil · Italy 0–0 (3-2 Penalties) After extra time, Penalties
1990	1990-06-08 – 1990-07-08	Italy	52	West Germany · Argentina 1–0
1986	1986-05-31 – 1986-06-29	Mexico	52	Argentina · West Germany 3–2
1982	1982-06-13 – 1982-07-11	Spain	52	Italy · West Germany 3–1
1978	1978-06-01 – 1978-06-25	Argentina	38	Argentina · Netherlands 3–1 After extra time
1974	1974-06-13 – 1974-07-07	West Germany	38	West Germany · Netherlands 2–1
1970	1970-05-31 – 1970-06-21	Mexico	32	Brazil · Italy 4–1
1966	1966-07-11 – 1966-07-30	England	32	England · West Germany 4–2 After extra time
1962	1962-05-30 – 1962-06-17	Chile	32	Brazil · Czechoslovakia 3–1
1958	1958-06-08 – 1958-06-29	Sweden	35	Brazil · Sweden 5–2
1954	1954-06-16 – 1954-07-04	Switzerland	26	West Germany · Hungary 3–2
1950	1950-06-24 – 1950-07-16	Brazil	24	Uruguay · Brazil 2–1
1938	1938-06-04 – 1938-06-19	France	19	Italy · Hungary 4–2
1934	1934-05-27 – 1934-06-10	Italy	17	Italy · Czechoslovakia 2–1 After extra time
1930	1930-07-13 – 1930-07-30	Uruguay	18	Uruguay · Argentina 4–2