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World Cup appearances: 16 (only nation to participate in all editions)
Best Finish: Winner -- 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994
World Cup record: (W-L-T) 53-13-14
World Cup goals for/against: 173-78
1998 (France) -- Defeated Scotland, 2-1, in group play Defeated Morocco, 3-0, in group play Lost to Norway, 2-1, in group play Defeated Chile, 4-1, in second round Defeated Denmark, 3-2, in quarterfinals Defeated The Netherlands, 1-1 (4-2 PK), in semifinals Lost to France, 3-0, in final 1994 (USA) -- Defeated Russia, 2-0, in group play Defeated Cameroon, 3-0, in group play Tied Sweden, 1-1, in group play Defeated United States, 1-0, in second round Defeated The Netherlands, 3-2, in quarterfinals Defeated Sweden, 1-0, in semifinals Defeated Italy, 0-0 (3-2 PK) in final 1990 (Italy) -- Defeated Sweden, 2-1, in group play Defeated Costa Rica, 1-0, in group play Defeated Scotland, 1-0, in group play Lost to Argentina, 1-0, in second round 1986 (Mexico) -- Defeated Spain, 1-0, in group play Defeated Algeria, 1-0, in group play Defeated Northern Ireland, 3-0, in group play Defeated Poland, 4-0, in second round Lost to France, 1-1 (4-3 PK), in quarterfinals 1982 (Spain) -- Defeated Soviet Union, 2-1, in group play Defeated Scotland, 4-1, in group play Defeated New Zealand, 4-0, in group play Defeated Argentina, 3-1, in second-round group play Lost to Italy, 3-2, in second-round group play 1978 (Argentina) -- Tied Sweden, 1-1, in group play Tied Spain, 0-0, in group play Defeated Austria, 1-0, in group play Defeated Peru, 3-0, in second-round group play Tied Argentina, 0-0, in second-round group play Defeated Poland, 3-1, in second-round group play Defeated Italy, 2-1, for third place 1974 (West Germany) -- Tied Yugoslavia, 0-0, in group play Tied Scotland, 0-0, in group play Defeated Zaire, 3-0, in group play Defeated East Germany, 1-0, in second-round group play Defeated Argentina, 2-1, in second-round group play Lost to Holland, 2-0, in second-round group play Lost to Poland, 1-0, for third place 1970 (Mexico) -- Defeated Czechoslovakia, 4-1, in group play Defeated England, 1-0, in group play Defeated Romania, 3-2, in group play Defeated Peru, 4-2, in quarterfinals Defeated Uruguay, 3-1, in semifinals Defeated Italy, 4-1, in finals 1966 (England) -- Defeated Bulgaria, 2-0, in group play Lost to Hungary, 3-1, in group play Lost to Portugal, 3-1, in group play 1962 (Chile) -- Defeated Mexico, 2-0, in group play Tied Czechoslovakia, 0-0, in group play Defeated Spain, 2-1, in group play Defeated England, 3-1, in quarterfinals Defeated Chile, 4-2, in semifinals Defeated Czechoslovakia, 3-1, in finals 1958 (Sweden) -- Defeated Austria, 3-0, in group play Tied England, 0-0, in group play Defeated Soviet Union, 2-0, in group play Defeated Wales, 1-0, in quarterfinals Defeated France, 5-2, in semifinals Defeated Sweden, 5-2, in finals 1954 (Switzerland) -- Defeated Mexico, 5-0, in group play Tied Yugoslavia, 1-1, in group play Lost to Hungary, 4-2, in quarterfinals 1950 (Brazil) -- Defeated Mexico, 4-0, in group play Tied Switzerland, 2-2, in group play Defeated Yugoslavia, 2-0, in group play Defeated Sweden, 7-1, in final-round group play Defeated Spain, 6-1, in final-round group play Lost to Uruguay, 2-1, in finals 1938 (France) -- Defeated Poland, 6-5, in first round Tied Czechoslovakia, 1-1, in quarterfinals Defeated Czechoslovakia, 2-1, in quarterfinal replay Lost to Italy, 2-1, in semifinals Defeated Sweden, 4-2, for third place 1934 (Italy) -- Lost to Spain, 3-1, in group play 1930 (Uruguay) -- Lost to Yugoslavia, 2-1, in group play Defeated Bolivia, 4-0, in group play
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