The World Cup is a Soccer tournament run by Federation Internationale de Football Association more commonly known as FIFA whose headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.
The South African 2010 World Cup is the 19th championship in the series. The previous 18 tournaments are listed below:
* 1930, Hosts - Uruguay - Winners Uruguay
* 1934, Hosts - Italy - Winners Italy
* 1938, Hosts - France - Winners Italy
* 1950, Hosts - Brazil - Winners Uruguay
* 1954, Hosts - Switzerland - Winners West Germany
* 1958, Hosts - Sweden - Winners Brazil
* 1962, Hosts - Chile - Winners Brazil
* 1966, Hosts - England - Winners England
* 1970, Hosts - Mexico - Winners Brazil
* 1974, Hosts - West Germany - Winners West Germany
* 1978, Hosts - Argentina - Winners Argentina
* 1982, Hosts - Spain - Winners Italy
* 1986, Hosts - Mexico - Winners Argentina
* 1994, Hosts - USA - Winners Brazil
* 1998, Hosts - France - Winners France
* 2002, Hosts - Korea and Japan - Winners Brazil
* 2006, Hosts - Germany - Winners Italy
So far winners of the world cup are:
* Brazil World Cup team - 5
* Italy World Cup Team - 4
* Germany World Cup Team - 3
* Argentina World Cup Team - 2
* Uruguay World Cup Team - 2
* England World Cup Team - 1
* France World Cup Team – 1