South America vs Europe: Which continent has won the most FIFA World Cups?

The FIFA World Cup is the pinnacle of world football. It occurs every four years and this quadrennial event is the highest honour for any footballing nation. Not many countries have the honour of lifting the trophy and the highest no of World Cup is won by Brazil who has 5 World Cups and are closely followed by Germany and Italy having 4 World Cup titles each.

South American and European countries are some of the biggest footballing nations. There’s a continent rivalry between the two to come out as the best 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)

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