Year Venue Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth 1989 Rotterdam Brazil 2-1 Netherlands USA 3-2 Belgium [aet] 1992 Hong Kong Brazil 4-1 USA Spain 9-6 Iran 1996 Barcelona Brazil 6-4 Spain Russia 3-2 Ukraine 2000 Guatemala Spain 4-3 Brazil Portugal 4-2 Russia 2004 Taiwan Spain 2-1 Italy Brazil 7-4 Argentina 2008 Brazil Brazil 2-2 Spain [4-3pen] Italy 2-1 Russia 2012 Thailand
win fin semi qf
Brazil 4 1 1
Spain 2 2 1
Italy 1 1 2
USA 1 1 1
Netherlands 1 3
Russia 3
Argentina 1 4
Belgium 1 2
Ukraine 1 2
Iran 1 1
Portugal 1 1
Paraguay 2
Croatia 1
Czech Republic 1
Egypt 1
Hungary 1
Poland 1
Uruguay 1
All-Time Table Final Tournaments Explanations FT1: number of final tournaments played FT2: consecutive final tournaments played (+) consecutive final tournaments missed (-) G: Games W: Wins D: Draws L: Losses GD: goal difference P2+ points according to 2 points/win P%: success percentage P2/3+:points actually obtained P3+: points according to 3 points/win Country FT1 FT2 G W D L G+ G- GD P2+ P% P2/3+ P3+ Brazil 6 6 49 41 5 3 324 78 246 87:11 0,888 116 128 Spain 6 6 44 35 4 5 190 82 108 74:14 0,841 102 109 Italy 5 2 32 18 3 11 107 76 31 39:25 0,609 53 57 Argentina 6 6 36 16 5 15 92 96 -4 37:35 0,514 48 53 Russia 4 1 28 13 4 11 148 89 59 30:26 0,536 42 43 Netherlands 4 -2 26 12 5 9 76 72 4 29:23 0,558 34 41 USA 5 2 29 12 4 13 89 86 3 28:30 0,483 30 40 Iran 5 5 24 12 2 10 87 85 2 26:22 0,542 33 38 Portugal 3 3 18 11 1 6 56 39 17 23:13 0,639 34 34 Belgium 3 -3 20 10 2 8 57 52 5 22:18 0,550 24 32 Ukraine 3 2 21 9 4 8 75 61 14 22:20 0,524 31 31 Paraguay 4 2 19 7 3 9 64 61 3 17:21 0,447 21 24 Egypt 4 4 16 6 0 10 65 70 -5 12:20 0,375 18 18 Uruguay 3 1 13 4 2 7 30 39 -9 10:16 0,385 14 14 Czech Rep. 2 2 10 4 0 6 22 28 -6 8:12 0,400 12 12 Hungary 1 -5 6 2 2 2 23 17 6 6: 6 0,500 6 8 Croatia 1 -2 6 3 0 3 18 15 3 6: 6 0,500 9 9 Guatemala 2 1 7 3 0 4 24 49 -25 6: 8 0,429 9 9 Japan 3 2 10 2 1 7 21 46 -25 5:15 0,250 7 7 Australia 5 -1 15 2 1 12 24 85 -61 5:25 0,167 5 7 Poland 1 -4 6 2 0 4 15 22 -7 4: 8 0,333 4 6 Thailand 3 3 10 2 0 8 14 45 -31 4:16 0,200 6 6 Denmark 1 -5 3 1 1 1 12 10 2 3: 3 0,500 3 4 Hong Kong 1 -4 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 2: 4 0,333 2 3 Canada 1 -5 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 2: 4 0,333 2 3 Costa Rica 2 -2 6 1 0 5 17 41 -24 2:10 0,167 3 3 Cuba 4 4 13 1 0 12 24 92 -68 2:24 0,077 3 3 Libya 1 1 4 0 1 3 7 14 -7 1: 7 0,125 1 1 Nigeria 1 -4 3 0 0 3 7 15 -8 0: 6 0,000 0 0 Zimbabwe 1 -5 3 0 0 3 3 14 -11 0: 6 0,000 0 0 Algeria 1 -5 3 0 0 3 5 17 -12 0: 6 0,000 0 0 Kazakhstan 1 -2 3 0 0 3 8 24 -16 0: 6 0,000 0 0 Malaysia 1 -3 3 0 0 3 4 24 -20 0: 6 0,000 0 0 Saudi-Arabia 1 -5 3 0 0 3 4 27 -23 0: 6 0,000 0 0 Taiwan 1 -1 3 0 0 3 2 29 -27 0: 6 0,000 0 0 Salomon Islands 1 1 4 0 0 4 6 69 -63 0: 8 0,000 0 0 China 3 1 10 0 0 10 15 66 -51 0:20 0,000 0 0 Participants 2008 Country FT1 FT2 G W D L G+ G- GD P2+ P% P2/3+ P3+ Brazil 6 6 49 41 5 3 324 78 246 87:11 0,888 116 128 Spain 6 6 44 35 4 5 190 82 108 74:14 0,841 102 109 Italy 5 2 32 18 3 11 107 76 31 39:25 0,609 53 57 Argentina 6 6 36 16 5 15 92 96 -4 37:35 0,514 48 53 Russia 4 1 28 13 4 11 148 89 59 30:26 0,536 42 43 USA 5 2 29 12 4 13 89 86 3 28:30 0,483 30 40 Iran 5 5 24 12 2 10 87 85 2 26:22 0,542 33 38 Portugal 3 3 18 11 1 6 56 39 17 23:13 0,639 34 34 Ukraine 3 2 21 9 4 8 75 61 14 22:20 0,524 31 31 Paraguay 4 2 19 7 3 9 64 61 3 17:21 0,447 21 24 Egypt 4 4 16 6 0 10 65 70 -5 12:20 0,375 18 18 Uruguay 3 1 13 4 2 7 30 39 -9 10:16 0,385 14 14 Czech Rep. 2 2 10 4 0 6 22 28 -6 8:12 0,400 12 12 Guatemala 2 1 7 3 0 4 24 49 -25 6: 8 0,429 9 9 Japan 3 2 10 2 1 7 21 46 -25 5:15 0,250 7 7 Thailand 3 3 10 2 0 8 14 45 -31 4:16 0,200 6 6 Cuba 4 4 13 1 0 12 24 92 -68 2:24 0,077 3 3 Libya 1 1 4 0 1 3 7 14 -7 1: 7 0,125 1 1 Salomon Islands 1 1 4 0 0 4 6 69 -63 0: 8 0,000 0 0 China 3 1 10 0 0 10 15 66 -51 0:20 0,000 0 0 Final Placings Final Tournaments Explanations FT: Final Tournaments S3: Second Stage 3rd place S4: Second Stage 4th place F3: Second Stage 3rd place F4: Second Stage 4th place Country FT 1 2 3 4 S3 S4 F3 F4 F5 Brazil 6 4 1 1 Spain 6 2 2 1 1 Italy 5 1 1 1 1 1 USA 5 1 1 1 1 1 Netherlands 4 1 1 2 Russia 4 1 2 1 Portugal 3 1 1 1 Argentina 6 1 1 3 1 Belgium 3 1 1 1 Ukraine 3 1 1 1 Iran 5 1 1 3 Paraguay 4 1 1 1 1 Egypt 4 1 2 1 Uruguay 3 1 1 1 Hungary 1 1 Croatia 1 1 Czech Rep. 2 1 1 Poland 1 1 Australia 5 2 3 Guatemala 2 2 Japan 3 1 2 Thailand 3 1 2 Costa Rica 2 1 1 Denmark 1 1 Hong Kong 1 1 Canada 1 1 Cuba 4 4 China 3 2 1 Nigeria 1 1 Zimbabwe 1 1 Algeria 1 1 Kazakhstan 1 1 Malaysia 1 1 Saudi-Arabia 1 1 Taiwan 1 1 Libya 1 1 Salomon Islands 1 1 Participants 2008 Country FT 1 2 3 4 S3 S4 F3 F4 F5 Brazil 6 4 1 1 Spain 6 2 2 1 1 Italy 5 1 1 1 1 1 USA 5 1 1 1 1 1 Russia 4 1 2 1 Portugal 3 1 1 1 Argentina 6 1 1 3 1 Ukraine 3 1 1 1 Iran 5 1 1 3 Paraguay 4 1 1 1 1 Egypt 4 1 2 1 Uruguay 3 1 1 1 Czech Rep. 2 1 1 Guatemala 2 2 Japan 3 1 2 Thailand 3 1 2 Cuba 4 4 China 3 2 1 Libya 1 1 Salomon Islands 1 1
Thanks to Markus Schaal (markus.schaal74@freenet.de) for all-time tables
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Author: Erik Garin
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