Most Successful European team at FIFA World Cup
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Germany at FIFA World Cup
The most successful football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup is the highly acclaimed German National Football Team, which has won the tournament four times. Germany has won more games than Italy, despite Italy’s four Cup victories and sharing the position with Germany.
The group has also triumphed in three European Championships (1972, 1980, 1996), four World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014), and one Confederations Cup (2017). Additionally, they have placed second three times at the European Championships, fourth four times at the World Cup, and fourth four times at World Cups.
The only country to have won both the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup is Germany. Germany had the second-highest Elo rating of any national football team in history at the conclusion of the 2014 World Cup, with 2,223 points. Germany is the only country from Europe to have triumphed in an Americas-based FIFA World Cup.
Berlin (46 matches) has hosted the majority of national team games, serving as the site of Germany’s inaugural home game (in 1908 against England). Hamburg (34 matches), Stuttgart (32), Hanover (28) and Dortmund are some more often used host cities. A notable match that took place in Munich was the 1974 World Cup final.
German team pooling up records at FIFA World Cup
With 88 matches (8.94%) ending in a 2-1 victory for the German national team, this is the score that favours them most frequently. The results of the next two games are 1-1 (86 matches) and 1-0. (85 matches). Germany won the Confedetations Cup in 2017 and the World Cup in 1990 and 2014, both by scores of 1-0.
The most frequent outcome of Germany’s losses is 0-1 (46 matches), followed by 1-2. (44 matches). Germany played 341 games (34.6%) without conceding a goal, including seven straight games in 2016 and 2017. 51 of their games ended in a scoreless draw (5.18%).
Italy behind Germany in FIFA World Cup
With four wins (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), two appearances in finals (1970, 1994), a third-place finish (1990), and a fourth-place finish (1994), Italy is also one of the most successful national teams in the history of football and the World Cup (1978). Additionally, Italy won two European Championships (1968, 2020) and participated in two other tournament finals (2000, 2012).
In terms of wins, Germany is ranked higher than Italy since, according to statistics, it has 67 wins from 109 games and 20 draws, compared to Italy’s 45 wins from 83 games and 21 draws which makes Germany more successful.
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