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, including the qualification phase and the final phase, officially called the World Cup finals. The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years preceding the finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the finals. The current format of the finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Final is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated over 1 billion people watching the 2014 tournament final. Brazil is the most successful national team in the history of the World Cup, having won five titles, earning second place, third place and fourth place finishes twice each. Brazil is one of the countries besides Argentina, Spain and Germany to win a FIFA World Cup away from its continent and the only one to do it in four different continents. ( Sweden 1958, Chile 1962, Mexico 1970, United States 1994 and South Korea/Japan 2002). Brazil is the only national team to have played in all FIFA World Cup editions without any absence or need for playoffs. In 22 World Cup tournaments,

had 76 victories out of 114 matches. Brazil also has the best overall performance in World Cup history in both proportional and absolute terms with a record of 76 victories in 114 matches played, 129 goal difference, 247 points and only 19 losses. Traditionally, Brazil's greatest rival is

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. The two countries have met each other four times in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with two wins for Brazil ( West Germany 1974 and Spain 1982), one for Argentina ( Italy 1990) and a draw ( Argentina 1978). The country that played most against Brazil in the finals is Sweden: 7 times, with five wins for Brazil and two draws. Three other historical rivals are

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, which lost two World Cup finals against Brazil and eliminated the Brazilians in two tournaments ( France 1938 and Spain 1982),

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, which has defeated Brazil on three occasions ( Mexico 1986, France 1998 and

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), and the

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, which has eliminated Brazil at two of their five meetings ( West Germany 1974 and South Africa 2010) and won the third place match in

Brazil 2014 The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

. Brazil won their first world cup final in 1958, 28 years after the first competition was held in 1930. The second longest streak before winning their fourth world cup title in 1994 came 24 years after winning their third title in 1970. Since earning their fifth world cup final and title in 2002, it has currently been 21 years since Brazil has reached and won another world cup final. By

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, it will have been 24 years since Brazil has last won the title, the same duration between the third and the fourth title.

Records

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Winning World Cups

By match

By opponent

Record players

Brazil's record World Cup player,

Cafu Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 7 June 1970), known as Cafu (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank, he is regarded as one of the gr ...

is also the only player ever to have appeared in three consecutive World Cup finals: 1994, 1998 and 2002. Cafu brazil

Most matches played

Most tournament appearances

Altogether eight players share the record of four participations. The goalkeeper

Émerson Leão Émerson Leão (; born 11 July 1949) is a Brazilian former footballer and manager. He is regarded by pundits as one of best Brazilian goalkeepers of all time. A documentary video produced by FIFA, ''FIFA Fever'', called him the third-most im ...

is the only one who has played four tournaments non-consecutively (not called at 1982).

Top scorers

Five Brazilians have won the World Cup Golden Boot Award over the years:

Leônidas Leônidas da Silva (; 6 September 1913 – 24 January 2004) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the most important players of the first half of the 20th century. Leônidas played for Braz ...

with 7 goals in 1938, Ademir with 9 goals in 1950,

Garrincha Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "little bird"), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. He is widely regarded as one o ...

and

Vavá Edvaldo Izidio Neto (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002), commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian footballer who is widely considered one of the best strikers of his generation. His nickname was "Peito de Aço" (Steel Chest). He played as a ...

with 4 goals each in 1962 and Ronaldo with 8 goals in 2002. Ronaldinho06Jun2005Abr-bis

Players provided by club

Below is the list of clubs that have provided more than 5 players throughout the FIFA World Cup editions: ;Notes *1930: Some sources claim that players Doca ( São Cristóvão) and Benevenuto (Flamengo) were not officially entered at the 1930 squad. This count includes Benevenuto and Doca. Araken never played for Flamengo, but he was registered as a club athlete just as a matter of formality, since APEA (

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

) was in a power struggle over command of Brazilian football with the CBD, situated in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

. The player, in fact, had terminated with Santos and signed with São Paulo. *1934: This count does not include players who didn't travel to Italy and stayed on stand-by in Brazil: Almeida (

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...

), Bilé ( Ypiranga-SP), Jaguaré (Corinthians) and

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(Botafogo). Neither includes

Domingos da Guia Domingos Antônio da Guia (born in Rio de Janeiro, November 19, 1912 – died in Rio, May 18, 2000) was a Brazilian footballer. He played in four matches for Brazil in the 1938 FIFA World Cup finals. He is regarded as one of the best Brazilian d ...

, barred from participating in the competition by

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, who had already ceded Patesko and demanded a high compensation fee.

Awards and records

Team awards

1958 World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil be ...

Champions *

1962 World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place bet ...

Champions * 1970 World Cup Champions *

1994 World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w ...

Champions *

2002 World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea an ...

Champions * FIFA Fair Play Trophy 1982 *FIFA Fair Play Trophy 1986 *FIFA Fair Play Trophy 1994 *FIFA Fair Play Trophy 2006 * Most Entertaining Team 1994

Individual awards

Golden Ball awards

*Golden Ball 1938:

*Golden Ball 1950:

Zizinho Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho (; 14 September 1921 – 8 February 2002), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national football team. He came to international prominence at the 19 ...

*Golden Ball 1958:

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*Golden Ball 1962:

*Golden Ball 1970: Pelé *Golden Ball 1994: Romário *Golden Ball 1998: Ronaldo ''(youngest Golden Ball winner of all time at 21 years)'' *Silver Ball 1958: Pelé ''(youngest Ball award winner at 17 years)'' *Silver Ball 1970:

Gérson Gérson de Oliveira Nunes, generally known as Gérson (; born 11 January 1941 in Niterói), nicknamed ''Canhotinha de ouro'' (literally: Golden left foot), is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous ...

*Silver Ball 1982: Falcão *Silver Ball 2002: Ronaldo *Bronze Ball 1950: Ademir *Bronze Ball 1978:

Dirceu Dirceu José Guimarães, known as Dirceu (; 15 June 1952 – 15 September 1995), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, notably for Botafogo and the Brazil national team as well as numerous Italian teams in the 1980s� ...

Golden Boot awards

*Golden Boot 1938:

*Golden Boot 1950: Ademir *Golden Boot 1962:

and

''(shared)'' *Golden Boot 2002: Ronaldo *Silver Boot 1958: Pelé ''(youngest Boot award winner at 17 years)'' *Silver Boot 1970:

Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho (born 25 December 1944), better known as Jairzinho (), is a Brazilian former footballer. A quick, skillful, and powerful right winger known for his finishing ability and eye for goal, he was a key member and top scorer of th ...

*Silver Boot 1986:

Careca Antônio de Oliveira Filho (born 5 October 1960), better known as Careca (), is a Brazilian former footballer, who was deployed as a forward. During his career, Careca played for several clubs, most notably with Italian side Napoli. He also r ...

*Silver Boot 2002:

Rivaldo Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born 19 April 1972), known simply as Rivaldo (), is a Brazilian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a second striker, and on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as a ...

*Bronze Boot 1950: Chico *Bronze Boot 1982: Zico *Bronze Boot 1994: Romário *Bronze Boot 2006: Ronaldo *Bronze Boot 2014:

Neymar Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), known as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team. A prolific goalscorer and renowned ...

Other individual awards

* Best Young Player Award 1958: Pelé ''(youngest Best Young Player award winner at 17 years)'' * Man of the Match award 2002:

Awards as coaches of other nations

Brazilian coaches have appeared on the sidelines of other nations with some regularity. Three of them have won team awards with their nations: *

Otto Glória Otto Martins Glória (9 January 1917 – 4 September 1986) was a Brazilian football coach. Career Glória was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but had his greatest successes with Benfica in Portugal, guiding the club to nine national trophies. ...

won Third Place with

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in 1966. *

won the FIFA Fair Play Trophy with

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in 1970. *

Luiz Felipe Scolari Luiz Felipe Scolari (; born 9 November 1948), also known as Felipão ("Big Phil"), is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Athletico Paranaense. Scolari was a defender during his playing days, and no ...

won the Most Entertaining Team award with

in 2006.

Team records

*Most titles (5) *Most participations (22) *Most games played (114) *Most victories (76) *Most goals scored (237) *Biggest goal difference (+129) *Most sendings-off (11) *Most finishes in the Top 8 (19) and Top 16 (22) *Most consecutive wins (11) and matches without losing (13) *One of two teams to have defended their title as champions (1962). The other being

(1938). *One of two teams to have progressed to three consecutive World Cup finals (1994-2002). The other being

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(1982-1990). *Most wins in one tournament (7, 2002) *Biggest goal difference as champion (+14, 2002), shared with

(2014)

Individual records

* Pelé holds a number of FIFA World Cup records: **Only player to win three FIFA World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970) **Youngest tournament winner (1958, at 17y 249d) **Youngest goalscorer (1958 v Wales, at 17y 239d) **Youngest hat-trick scorer (1958 v France, at 17y 244d) **Youngest goalscorer in a final (1958 v Sweden, at 17y 249d) *Youngest Golden Ball winner: Ronaldo (1998, at 21y 9m 24d) *Most appearances in an All-Star Team:

Djalma Santos Djalma Pereira Dias dos Santos known simply as Djalma Santos (; also spelled Dejalma Santos), (27 February 192923 July 2013) was a Brazilian footballer who started for the Brazil national team in four World Cups, winning two, in 1958 and 1962. ...

(3, 1954–1962) ''(shared with Franz Beckenbauer and

Philipp Lahm Philipp Lahm (; born 11 November 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a full-back. Considered by many to be one of the greatest full-backs of all time, Lahm was the captain of Bayern Munich, having led them to numerous ...

)'' *Most appearances as a substitute: Denílson (11, 1998–2002) *Most tournament wins as player and coach:

Mário Zagallo Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo (; born 9 August 1931) is a Brazilian former professional football player, coordinator and manager, who played as a forward. Zagallo holds the record for World Cup titles in general with four titles in total. He was ...

(3, 1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach) *Only player to appear in three consecutive FIFA World Cup finals:

(1994, 1998 and 2002) *Most team awards won: Cafu (4, 1994–2006) *Most cautions: Cafu (6), shared with

Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the mos ...

and

Rafael Márquez Rafael Márquez Álvarez (; born 13 February 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current head coach of Spanish team Barcelona Atlètic. Nicknamed '' El Káiser'', he is regarded as the best defender in Mexico's history and o ...

References

External links

FIFA World Cup official website

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