South America vs Europe: Which continent has won the most FIFA World Cups?
The FIFA World Cup is the pinnacle of world football. It happens every four years and this quadrennial event is the very best honour for any footballing nation. Not many international continent have the honour of lifting the trophy and the highest number of World Cup is won Brazil who has 5 World Cups and are follow by Germany and Italy having four World Cup titles each.
South American and European international continent are some of the largest footballing nations. There’s a continent rivalry between the two to come out as the excellent footballing continent. So, here we will take a look at the continent that has won the most FIFA World Cups between South America and Europe.
South America vs Europe: Which continent has won the most FIFA World Cups?
South America – 9
- Brazil – 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
- Argentina – 2 (1978, 1986)
- Uruguay – 2 (1930, 1950)
Europe – 12
- Germany – 4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
- Italy – 4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)
- France – 2 (1998, 2018)
- Spain – 1 (2010)
- England – 1 (1966)