FIFA World Cup History
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The FIFA World Cup has been organised every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The last tournament took place in Brazil in 2014 and was won by the German National Team, which won its fourth.
The current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In this moment 32 teams can participate in the tournament , including the automatically qualified host nation or nations. Until now there were 20 World Cup tournaments and this 20 tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina and  Uruguay, with two titles each; and England, France and Spain, with one title each.
World Cup Winners
2014 Brazil
The 2014 edition was held for the second time in Brazil. The final was Germany against Argentina, becoming the most repeated match for a final. Argentina beat the Netherlands in overtime, after a disastrous game; Germany, meanwhile, defeated the hosts, which to date is probably the most surprising result in the history of the world, a winning 7-1, and not only for this big difference, but by the opponent, location and timing. The title was won by the Germans after extra-time, goal scored by Mario Götze. Thus, Germany getting his fourth star, even it out with Italy in number of won championships and being just one behind Brazil. In addition, Germany became the first European country to win the tournament in South America. For the third time in a row, a European team had had the trophy. (Italy 2006, Spain 2010, Germany 2014), a situation which never occurred before.
Winner