The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia June 14- July 15,2018 will be the 21st edition
FIFA World Cup Winners from 1930 to 2014
Year | Host Country | Winner | Score |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | Brazil | Germany | Germany beat Argentina 1-0 |
2010 | South Africa | Spain | Spain 1-0 Netherlands |
2006 | Germany | Italy | Italy 1-1 (5-3) France |
2002 | Japan / S. Korea | Brazil | Brazil 2-0 Germany |
1998 | France | France | France 3-0 Brazil |
1994 | US | Brazil | Brazil 3-2 Italy |
1990 | Italy | Germany | Germany 1-0 Argentina |
1986 | Mexico | Argentina | Argentina 3-2 Germany |
1982 | Spain | Italy | Italy 3-1 Germany |
1978 | Argentina | Argentina | Argentina 3-1 Holland |
1974 | Germany | Germany | Germany 2-1 Holland |
1970 | Mexico | Brazil | Brazil 4-1 Italy |
1966 | England | England | England 4-2 Germany |
1962 | Chile | Brazil | Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia |
1958 | Sweden | Brazil | Brazil 5-2 Sweden |
1954 | Switzerland | Germany | Germany 3-2 Hungary |
1950 | Brazil | Uruguay | Uruguay 2-1 Brazil |
1946 | not held | ||
1942 | not held | ||
1938 | France | Italy | Italy 4-2 Hungary |
1934 | Italy | Italy | Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia |
1930 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Uruguay 4-2 Argentina |
This will be the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 FIFA WC held in Germany,the first ever to be held in Eastern Europe and the 11th time that it has been held in Europe.
2018 FIFA World Cup tournament will involve 32 national teams, which include 31 teams determined through Qualifying Competitions and the automatically qualified Host Team - Russia
Of the 32 teams, 20 will be making back-to-back appearances following the last tournament in 2014, including defending champions Germany
Iceland and Panama will both be making their first appearances at the 2018 FIFA WC in Russia.
A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities
2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia June 14-July 15,2018 - Match Results
Match 01 Group A Hosts Russia beat Saudi Arabia 5-0
Match 02 Group A Urugua beat Egypt 1-0
Match 03 Group B Iran beat Morocco 1-0
Match 04 Group B Portugal Vs Spain - Match ended in a 3-3 draw
Match 05 Group C France beat Australia 2-1
Match 06 Group D Argentina Vs Iceland - Match ended in a 1-1 draw
Match 07 Group C Denmark beat Peru 1-0
Match 08 Group D Croatia beat Nigeria 2-0
Match 09 Group E Serbia beat Cost Rica 1-0
Match 10 Group F Mexico beat Germany 1-0
Match 11 Group E Switzerland drew with Brazil 1-1
Match 12 Group F Sweden beat South Korea 1-0
Match 13 Group G Belgium beat Panama 3-0
Match 14 Group G England beat Tunisia 2-1
Match 16 Group H Senegal beat Poland 2-1
Match 17 Group A Russia beat Egypy 3-1
Match 18 Group B Portugal beat Morocco 1-0
Match 19 Group A Uruguay beat Saudi Arabia 1-0
Match 20 Group B Spain beat Iran 1-0
Match 21 Group C Australia drew with Denmark 1-1
Match 22 Group C France beat Peru 1-0
Match 23 Group D Croatia beat Argentina 3-0
Match 24 Group E Brazil beat Costa Rica 2-0
Match 25 Group D Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0
Match 26 Group E Switzerland beat Serbia 2-1
Match 27 Group G Belgium beat Tunisia 5-2
Match 28 Group F Mexico beat South Korea 2-1
Match 29 Group F Germany beat Sweden 2-1
Match 30 Group G England beat Panama 6-1
Match 31 Group H Japan drew with Senegal 2-2
Match 32 Group H Colombia beat Poland 3-0
England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties to reach QF's
England's Jordan Pickford saves a penalty during the shootout from Colombia's Carlos Bacca
England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford celebrates with teammates after winning the FIFA World Cup 2018 Round of 16 match against Colombia on Tuesday
England's Eric Dier scores the winning penalty during the shootout against Colombia
England won a penalty shoot-out at the World Cup for the first time.
The 1966 champions have reached the World Cup quarterfinals for the
first time since the David Beckham era, when a golden generation exited
in the last eight in 2002 and 2006.
Shockingly, English goalkeepers had only contributed 1 save from 12 kicks on target - - David Seaman at France’98 the lone ranger - - with a well below-par 8.3% save ratio. Only Romania, out of the nations having faced 10 or more penalty kicks in World Cup shoot-outs had fared worse.
While the English kick-takers had not covered themselves in any discernible glory, at least their 50% conversion rate coming into the tournament was not dwarfed as embarrassingly by the tournament average of 70.2%.
These numbers of English goalkeeping failures married with the contrarian perception surrounding their World Cup shoot-out misery align themselves perfectly with the footballing truism that goalkeepers have nothing to lose in penalty shoot outs. Pull out a save or two and they are elevated to the status of hero, emerging as the single reason for their team’s penalty shoot-out success. Should they fail, no one bats an eyelid in the goalkeeper’s direction, choosing only to parochially focus on the failures of the kick-takers.
It is of little surprise then, that England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford will be cast as the lead author of a momentous first in England’s footballing history, managing to save 1 out of the 4- which is 25%- of Colombian kicks on target in their maiden penalty shoot-out victory at the World Cup.
Gareth Southgate’s boys, the youngest English squad since the 1962 World Cup, have largely been spared the stress, with many back home looking at it as a team for the future. However, the departure of Argentina, Germany and Spain from its side of the draw has opened an avenue for the team to defy the odds and create history.
24-year-old goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was on just his seventh England
appearance for England. He said he did a lot of research and knew where
the Colombia players would move.
Pickford was just two years old when England last won a penalty
shootout, a few days older when the now-England coach Gareth Southgate
missed the deciding penalty in a European Championship semifinal loss to
Germany. That defeat at home was treated almost as a national trauma,
as was the penalty loss to Argentina two years later.
It was a scrappy game and there was edginess on both sides from the
start. Colombia had 23 fouls and six yellow cards while England had 13
fouls and two yellows.
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