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Ranking All Twenty World Cup Winners

By Josh Sippie

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)
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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Top World Cup Winners All-Time: Number Thirteen – West Germany, 1990

West Germany may have three World Cup titles, but not once have they looked wholly conclusive or overbearing. Germany still exhibits that discipline and forthright style of play, but recently they have looked far more dominant than their West German predecessors.

Still, 1990 was a display of defense. No World Cup has brought about fewer goals per game (2.21) and it played perfectly into West Germany’s hands.

The West Germans dominated their group before going on an impressive streak in the knockout stages to take home the title. They opened up against the Dutch, went on to face the Czechs, then the English and finally, they beat Argentina to win the title.

In a World Cup that was lacking in goals, West Germany scored the most, slotting home 15 goals, five more than the next highest tally. It would be the last title for a split Germany, but it was by far the most convincing.

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