Ranking All Twenty Men's World Cup WInners All-Time

Ranking All Twenty World Cup Winners

By Josh Sippie | Sep 30, 2016

BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 15: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Per Mertersacker, Manuel Neuer and Kevin Grosskreutz celebrate during the German team victory ceremony on July 15, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil match against Argentina in Rio de Janeiro on July 13. (Photo by Markus Gilliar - Pool /Getty Images) /

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Football, 1950 World Cup Final, Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, 16th July 1950, Brazil 1 v Uruguay 2, The victorious Uruguayan team (Photo by Bob Thomas/Popperfoto/Getty Images) /

Top World Cup Winners All-Time: Number Seventeen – Uruguay – 1950

The 1950 World Cup in Brazil seemed handpicked for the host nation. After showing dominance in the first round of the group stage, the second round of the group showed even more power by the Brazilians. In the bizarre final round group stage, Brazil scored 14 goals, beating Sweden 7-1 and Spain 6-1.

The finished the group with a +10 goal differential. Yet they lost the World Cup because Uruguay, one of the most untested World Cup teams in the competitions history, won the game that mattered, taking down the host 2-1 after Brazil had probably scored itself out, netting 13 times in their previous two games.

Uruguay’s path was odd. Their initial group was composed of just them and Bolivia, as France withdrew, leaving Uruguay with just one match to play, which they won 8-0.

Therefore the Uruguayans played just four games this competition, and this was the first time the best team did not win the World Cup.

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