| FIFA
WORLD
CUP |
 |
After
forming In 1904, FIFA, the Federation International de Football
Association, reserved the right to organise a world championship
tournament for its affiliated members. After a couple of unsuccessful
early attempts, it wasn't until the Barcelona congress of 1929, when
under the presidency of Jules Rimet, FIFA paved the way for the
first World Cup tournament to be held a year later in Uruguay. Only
13 teams entered the debut competition with many European sides
snubbing the long sea trip across the Atlantic and refusing to play,
the hosts, eventually winning after topping their group and beating neighbors
Argentina in the final.
In 1950, to mark
the 25th anniversary of his presidency with FIFA, the competition
was named the Jules Rimet Cup. The
tournament for the first and only time was played as a league
system, where the winner of each of the four groups would qualify
for the final group stage. This went down to the wire with Uruguay
needing to beat Brazil(who only needed the draw) in the
competition's final game. To this day that game has been classed as
the competition's final due to the unique situation in being the
decisive match. Since that tournament the round robin structure has
been almost mandatory in the finals, where after qualifying groups
(usually of four teams) a knockout phase is played until a winner is
found. This slightly changed in 1982 where the second phase of the
competition also included group games, but since then, the
competition has stayed much the same with the eventual winners
having to play seven finals matches before being crowned World Cup
Champions.
Today's competition involves over 200 countries from across the world,
all but the hosts will bid to qualify, the competition, with 32
finalists, is held once every four years. Brazil lead the way in
winning the tournament five times, they were allowed to keep the
original trophy in 1970 after winning their third title.
|
|
| year |
host
country |
winners |
runners up |
result |
third |
fourth |
result |
| 1930 |
Uruguay |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
4-2 |
USA
& Yugoslavia reached semi finals |
| 1934 |
Italy |
Italy |
Czechoslovakia |
2-1
(aet) |
Germany |
Austria |
3-2 |
| 1938 |
France |
Italy |
Hungary |
4-2 |
Brazil |
Sweden |
4-2 |
| 1950 |
Brazil |
Uruguay |
Brazil |
2-1 |
Sweden |
Spain |
3-1 |
| 1954 |
Switzerland |
FR
Germany |
Hungary |
3-2 |
Austria |
Uruguay |
3-1 |
| 1958 |
Sweden |
Brazil |
Sweden |
5-2 |
France |
FR
Germany |
6-3 |
| 1962 |
Chile |
Brazil |
Czechoslovakia |
3-1 |
Chile |
Yugoslavia |
1-0 |
| 1966 |
England |
England |
FR
Germany |
4-2
(aet) |
Portugal |
USSR |
2-1 |
| 1970 |
Mexico |
Brazil |
Italy |
4-1 |
FR
Germany |
Uruguay |
1-0 |
| 1974 |
FR
Germany |
FR
Germany |
Netherlands |
2-1 |
Poland |
Brazil |
1-0 |
| 1978 |
Argentina |
Argentina |
Netherlands |
3-1
(aet) |
Brazil |
Italy |
2-1 |
| 1982 |
Spain |
Italy |
FR
Germany |
3-1 |
Poland |
France |
3-2 |
| 1986 |
Mexico |
Argentina |
FR
Germany |
3-2 |
France |
Belgium |
4-2
(aet) |
| 1990 |
Italy |
FR
Germany |
Argentina |
1-0 |
Italy |
England |
2-1 |
| 1994 |
USA |
Brazil |
Italy |
0-0
(3-2 pens) |
Sweden |
Bulgaria |
4-0 |
| 1998 |
France |
France |
Brazil |
3-0 |
Croatia |
Netherlands |
2-1 |
| 2002 |
Japan
/ Korea Rep |
Brazil |
Germany |
2-0 |
Turkey |
Korea
Rep |
3-2 |
| 2006 |
Germany |
Italy |
France |
1-1
(5-3 pens) |
Germany |
Portugal |
3-1 |
| 2010 |
South
Africa |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2014 |
Brazil |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Key:
aet (after extra time) pens (penalty shootout score, after extra
time). |
| *1930
- No third / fourth place match played. |
| *1950
- Final four teams played in a round robin group rather than the
more familiar straight knockout. The last game(s) in that group
determined the final standings of the competition. Uruguay were
group and competition winners by a single point over Brazil after
beating them in the competitions last match. Sweden beat Spain on
the same day to finish third. |
| THE
OLYMPIC GAMES |
 |
The
Olympic Games Soccer tournament was first held as a
demonstration in Paris 1900. Three sides entered, a team
representing Britain called Upton Park FC, a French team selected by
the Union des Societes Francaises de Sports Athletiques and the
Universite de Bruxelles which represented Belgium. The British side
had the best record and although no medals were awarded. The IOC
(International Olympic Committee) currently grades these in order of
performance to inline with the modern medal award system.
In 1904 the
demonstration continued with a Canadian side called Galt FC and two
Church sides from the United States, again no medals were awarded
but the IOC today acknowledge the final placings in order as medal
winners. Four years later the competition was officially contested
for the first time in London, with National sides taking part, the
Great Britain team made up of the English Amateur side going on to
win the tournament. Until the FIFA world cup was born the winners of
the Olympic Tournament was widely regarded as World Champions. The
Amateur ruling though, which restricted sides to play non professionals
only, meant for years (between 1952 & 1980) the winners of the
competition came from Europe's Eastern block. This ruling was
changed in 1984 to allow Professionals with less than five caps to
play in the tournament. Since 1992 the tournament has became age
restricted and is now an under 23 competition with only three over
aged players allowed per team.
Today's
competition includes 15 qualifying teams and the hosts in a 16 team
four group finals tournament that's top two each qualify for the
Quarter Finals before Semi's and the Final itself. To determine the
bronze medal a third / fourth playoff game is also played.
|
|
| year |
host
city |
winners |
runners up |
result |
third |
fourth |
result |
| 1896 |
Athens |
No
Football Tournament held. |
| 1900 |
Paris |
Great
Britain |
France |
- |
Belgium |
- |
- |
| 1904 |
St
Louis |
Canada |
USA |
- |
USA |
- |
- |
| 1908 |
London |
Great
Britain |
Denmark |
2-0 |
Netherlands |
Sweden |
2-0 |
| 1912 |
Stockholm |
Great
Britain |
Denmark |
4-2 |
Netherlands |
Finland |
9-0 |
| 1920 |
Antwerp |
Belgium |
Spain |
- |
Netherlands |
Italy |
- |
| 1924 |
Paris |
Uruguay |
Switzerland |
3-0 |
Sweden |
Netherlands |
1-1
(3-1 replay) |
| 1928 |
Amsterdam |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
1-1
(2-1 replay) |
Italy |
Egypt |
11-3 |
| 1932 |
Los
Angeles |
No
Football Tournament held. |
| 1936 |
Berlin |
Italy |
Austria |
2-1
(aet) |
Norway |
Poland |
3-2 |
| 1948 |
London |
Sweden |
Yugoslavia |
3-1 |
Denmark |
Great
Britain |
5-3 |
| 1952 |
Helsinki |
Hungary |
Yugoslavia |
2-0 |
Sweden |
FR
Germany |
2-0 |
| 1956 |
Melbourne |
USSR |
Yugoslavia |
1-0 |
Bulgaria |
India |
3-0 |
| 1960 |
Rome |
Yugoslavia |
Denmark |
3-1 |
Hungary |
Italy |
2-1 |
| 1964 |
Tokyo |
Hungary |
Czechoslovakia |
2-1 |
German
DR |
United
Arab Emirates |
3-1 |
| 1968 |
Mexico
City |
Hungary |
Bulgaria |
4-1 |
Japan |
Mexico |
2-0 |
| 1972 |
Munich |
Poland |
Hungary |
2-1 |
USSR
& German DR |
2-2
(aet) |
| 1976 |
Montreal |
German
DR |
Poland |
3-1 |
USSR |
Brazil |
2-0 |
| 1980 |
Moscow |
Czechoslovakia |
German
DR |
1-0 |
USSR |
Yugoslavia |
2-0 |
| 1984 |
Los
Angeles |
France |
Brazil |
2-0 |
Yugoslavia |
Italy |
2-1 |
| 1988 |
Seoul |
USSR |
Brazil |
2-1
(aet) |
FR
Germany |
Italy |
3-0 |
| 1992 |
Barcelona |
Spain |
Poland |
3-2 |
Ghana |
Australia |
1-0 |
| 1996 |
Atlanta |
Nigeria |
Argentina |
3-2 |
Brazil |
Portugal |
5-0 |
| 2000 |
Sydney |
Cameroon |
Spain |
2-2
(5-3 pens) |
Chile |
USA |
2-0 |
| 2004 |
Athens |
Argentina |
Paraguay |
1-0 |
Italy |
Iraq |
1-0 |
| 2008 |
Beijing |
Argentina |
Nigeria |
1-0 |
Brazil |
Belgium |
3-0 |
| 2012 |
London |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Key:
aet (after extra time) pens (penalty shootout score, after extra
time) replay (replayed match after original tie ended in draw). |
| *1900
- Originally the football tournament at this competition was just a
demonstration between three sides that entered with only two matches
played, these results have since been upgraded by the IOC (International
Olympic Committee) to official status, with medals attributed to the
sides based on results between each other. |
| *1904
- As above, two American sides and a Canadian XI played each other
once each, with the team with the best record being awarded gold. |
| *1920
- With Belgium 2-0 up in the final of the tournament, opponents Czechoslovakia
walked off the pitch after
one of their players was ejected from the field of play by the
referee and thus thrown out of the competition. Belgium were awarded the gold medal by default and losing
semi finalists Spain were given silver after winning a consolation
final over the Netherlands 3-1. |
| *1972
- After the scores ended level at full time and extra time of the
third / fourth playoff match, the bronze medal was awarded to both
the USSR & German DR teams. |
|
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS |
 |
The
first ideas of a pan-European tournament were proposed by the French
Football Federations Henri Delauany in 1927, however, it wasn't
until 1958 that the tournament was first given the go ahead, with
UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations) naming the trophy
itself in the Frenchman's honour. The 1960 competition featured 17
teams in two-leg knock out qualifying, the last four reaching the
finals tournament in France, eventually being won by USSR. Four
years later 29 teams entered, with again, the finals tournament
featuring just four teams, with two semi finals a third place
playoff and a finals match all being played in Spain. That format
grew in participating qualifiers but continued the same until 1980,
where for the first time the tournament was increased to allow 8
finalists in two groups of four with the top two teams in each
reaching the semi finals before the final itself.
In 1992 Denmark
became the first team to win the competition despite not originally
qualifying for the finals. Due to war in Yugoslavia, Denmark were
asked at the last minute to take place of the side that pipped them
in qualifying, and against all odds won the competition after
beating the recently unified Germany in the finals. The 1996
competition was another landmark in European Championships history,
not only did the official tournament tag drop it's name to simply
'Euro' the tenth tournament also saw in increase in finals
participants, from 8 to 16, with four groups of four before a
quarter finals round ahead of the usual semi's and final. In 2000
the first joint hosting finals was played with both the Netherlands
and Belgium naturally automatically qualifying for the finals
tournament.
From 2012 the
competition finals is likely to be increased again, this time to 24
teams. This is mainly down to the growth of breakaway European
Countries over the last twenty years along with the addition of some
Asian based Nations playing under UEFA. Over 50 teams now bid to
reach the finals, largely regarded as the second toughest
International Tournament in the World to win.
|
|
| year |
host
country |
winners |
runners up |
result |
third |
fourth |
result |
| 1960 |
France |
USSR |
Yugoslavia |
2-1
(aet) |
Czechoslovakia |
France |
2-0 |
| 1964 |
Spain |
Spain |
USSR |
2-1 |
Hungary |
Denmark |
3-1
(aet) |
| 1968 |
Italy |
Italy |
Yugoslavia |
1-1
(2-0 replay) |
England |
USSR |
2-0 |
| 1972 |
Belgium |
FR
Germany |
USSR |
3-0 |
Belgium |
Hungary |
2-1 |
| 1976 |
Yugoslavia |
Czechoslovakia |
FR
Germany |
2-2
(5-3 pens) |
Netherlands |
Yugoslavia |
3-2
(aet) |
| 1980 |
Italy |
FR
Germany |
Belgium |
2-1 |
Czechoslovakia |
Italy |
1-1
(9-8 pens) |
| 1984 |
France |
France |
Spain |
2-0 |
Portugal
& Denmark reached semi finals |
| 1988 |
FR
Germany |
Netherlands |
USSR |
2-0 |
West
Germany & Italy reached semi finals |
| 1992 |
Sweden |
Denmark |
Germany |
2-0 |
Netherlands
& Sweden reached semi finals |
| 1996 |
England |
Germany |
Czech
Republic |
2-1
(sdet) |
England
& France reached semi finals |
| 2000 |
Netherlands
/ Belgium |
France |
Italy |
2-1
(sdet) |
Portugal
& Netherlands reached semi finals |
| 2004 |
Portugal |
Greece |
Portugal |
1-0 |
Czech
Republic & Netherlands reached semi finals |
| 2008 |
Austria
/ Switzerland |
Spain |
Germany |
1-0 |
Russia
& Turkey reached semi finals |
| 2012 |
Poland
/ Ukraine |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Key:
aet (after extra time) sdet (sudden death extra time) pens (penalty shootout score, after extra
time) replay (replayed match after
original tie ended in draw). |
| *1984
- From this tournament onwards, no third place playoff has been
played. |
| COPA
AMERICA |
 |
Largely due to
the demise of the British Home Internationals Championships, the
Copa America, formerly the Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones (The South American Championship of Nations) is the oldest running
International Football Tournament. The competition officially dates
back to 1916 but in 1910, a tournament was played in Argentina and
won by the hosts 4-1 against Uruguay. This hasn't been included in
CONMEBOL's records. The Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol was
founded during the 1916 tournament, hence that particular
competition becoming the first official South American Championships
in today's record books.
Until 1967 the
competition was always played in a league basis. The winners of the
trophy being the team with the best record from their games played.
The first few tournaments involved only four sides, Uruguay,
Argentina, Brazil & Chile. That eventually grew to a seven team
tournament before a change in format and in name in 1975 saw the
competition grow to a nine team (three group) qualifying campaign
with the holders receiving a bye in to the two leg semi finals. The
final was also played over two legs, as for three tournaments, no
country was needed to host the games. That changed in 1987 to the
modern format and with the exception of the 1989 & 91
competitions, the Copa America is now a three group, twelve team
tournament with the top eight sides qualifying for the Quarter
Finals, before semis and final.
Since 1993
CONMEBAL (who look after ten South American nations) have accepted
two guest teams into the tournament to make up the competition
numbers. Originally the best from the CONCACAF Nations were invited,
USA & Mexico were offered placings in 93, Mexico have taken part
in every competition since and although the US team have been back
on a couple of occasions, the tournaments conflict with Major League
Soccer has led to the Americans turning down more opportunities than
not, thus allowing the likes of Costa Rica, Honduras and even Japan,
the chance to take part in their place.
|
|
| year |
host
country |
winners |
runners up |
result |
third |
fourth |
result |
| 1916 |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
0-0 |
Brazil |
Chile |
1-1 |
| 1917 |
Uruguay |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
1-0 |
Brazil |
Chile |
5-0 |
| 1919 |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Uruguay |
2-2 (1-0
playoff) |
Argentina |
Chile |
4-1 |
| 1920 |
Chile |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
1-1 |
Brazil |
Chile |
1-0 |
| 1921 |
Argentina |
Argentina |
Brazil |
1-0 |
Uruguay |
Paraguay |
1-2 |
| 1922 |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Paraguay |
1-1
(3-0 playoff) |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
1-0 |
| 1923 |
Uruguay |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
2-0 |
Paraguay |
Brazil |
1-0 |
| 1924 |
Uruguay |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
0-0 |
Paraguay |
Chile |
3-1 |
| 1925 |
Argentina |
Argentina |
Brazil |
4-1 / 2-2 |
Paraguay |
- |
- |
| 1926 |
Chile |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
2-0 |
Chile |
Paraguay |
5-1 |
| 1927 |
Peru |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
3-2 |
Peru |
Bolivia |
3-2 |
| 1929 |
Argentina |
Argentina |
Paraguay |
4-1 |
Uruguay |
Peru |
4-1 |
| 1935 |
Peru |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
3-0 |
Peru |
Chile |
1-0 |
| 1937 |
Argentina |
Argentina |
Brazil |
1-0 (2-0
playoff) |
Uruguay |
Paraguay |
2-4 |
| 1939 |
Peru |
Peru |
Uruguay |
2-1 |
Paraguay |
Chile |
5-1 |
| 1941 |
Chile |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
1-0 |
Chile |
Peru |
1-0 |
| 1942 |
Uruguay |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
1-0 |
Brazil |
Paraguay |
1-1 |
| 1945 |
Chile |
Argentina |
Brazil |
3-1 |
Chile |
Uruguay |
1-0 |
| 1946 |
Argentina |
Argentina |
Brazil |
2-0 |
Paraguay |
Uruguay |
2-1 |
| 1947 |
Ecuador |
Argentina |
Paraguay |
6-0 |
Uruguay |
Chile |
6-0 |
| 1949 |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Paraguay |
1-2 (7-0
playoff) |
Peru |
Bolivia |
3-0 |
| 1953 |
Peru |
Paraguay |
Brazil |
3-2 |
Uruguay |
Chile |
- |
| 1955 |
Chile |
Argentina |
Chile |
1-0 |
Peru |
Uruguay |
- |
| 1956 |
Uruguay |
Uruguay |
Chile |
1-0 |
Argentina |
Brazil |
- |
| 1957 |
Peru |
Argentina |
Brazil |
3-0 |
Uruguay |
Peru |
5-3 |
| 1959 |
Argentina |
Argentina |
Brazil |
1-1 |
Paraguay |
Peru |
- |
| 1959 |
Ecuador |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
5-0 |
Brazil |
Ecuador |
3-1 |
| 1963 |
Bolivia |
Bolivia |
Paraguay |
2-0 |
Argentina |
Brazil |
3-0 |
| 1967 |
Uruguay |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
1-0 |
Chile |
Paraguay |
4-2 |
| 1975 |
N/A |
Peru |
Columbia |
0-1 / 2-0
/1-0 |
Uruguay
& Brazil reached semi finals |
| 1979 |
N/A |
Paraguay |
Chile |
3-0 / 0-1 /
0-0 |
Brazil
& Peru reached semi finals |
| 1983 |
N/A |
Uruguay |
Brazil |
2-0 / 1-1 |
Paraguay
& Peru reached semi finals |
| 1987 |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
Chile |
1-0 |
Columbia |
Argentina |
2-1 |
| 1989 |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Uruguay |
1-0 |
Argentina |
Paraguay |
0-0 |
| 1991 |
Chile |
Argentina |
Brazil |
3-2 |
Chile |
Columbia |
1-1 |
| 1993 |
Ecuador |
Argentina |
Mexico |
2-1 |
Columbia |
Ecuador |
1-0 |
| 1995 |
Uruguay |
Uruguay |
Brazil |
1-1 (5-3
pens) |
Columbia |
USA |
4-1 |
| 1997 |
Bolivia |
Brazil |
Bolivia |
3-1 |
Mexico |
Peru |
2-1 |
| 1999 |
Paraguay |
Brazil |
Uruguay |
3-0 |
Mexico |
Chile |
2-1 |
| 2001 |
Columbia |
Columbia |
Mexico |
1-0 |
Honduras |
Uruguay |
2-2 (5-4
pens) |
| 2004 |
Peru |
Brazil |
Argentina |
2-2 (4-2
pens) |
Uruguay |
Columbia |
2-1 |
| 2007 |
Venezuela |
Brazil |
Argentina |
3-0 |
Mexico |
Uruguay |
3-1 |
| 2011 |
Argentina |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Key: pens (penalty shootout score, after extra
time) playoff (extra playoff match after top two teams finished
level on points). |
|
*1916 - 1967,
Competition played in a structured league basis. Results shown are
the ones between the two nations in question when playing against
each other in the group, any tournaments that needed to be concluded
via a playoff match has that result in brackets. |
|
*1925 - Uruguay &
Chile withdrew from the competition meaning only three teams took
part in a group that was extended to playing each other twice. |
|
*1975- 1983, No host
country as fixtures were played both home and away. The final was
played over two legs and if required a playoff on neutral territory, no third place playoff
was played. |
| AFRICA
CUP OF NATIONS |
 |
When the
Confederation of African Football (CAF) was created at the third
FIFA congress in Lisbon in 1956. Immediate plans were made to hold
an International Tournament for its member teams. And with no time
wasted, in February 1957, the first African Nations Cup was held in
Sudan. Four teams were invited to play in the first competition but
South Africa were disqualified after refusing to send a multi-racial
squad, Ethiopia receiving a bye into the final.
In 1962, the
competition grew from a three team tournament
to a nine team affair with for the first time, qualifying stages
before a semi final and final match. Ethiopia were winners, beating Egypt
in the first final to reach extra time. The competition grew to 22
teams in 1968 with the eight best qualifying for the finals
tournament. This format stuck until 1992 and with the growth in
quality of African football on a world stage, the competition's
finals was increased to a twelve team competition. Each divided in
to four groups of three before the customary knock out stages.
After years in
the wilderness due to the political state of the country, South
Africa hosted the 1996 tournament, participating for the first time
since originally being asked to take part in 1957 and winning in the
final against Tunisia, a competition that was extended to sixteen
finalists.
Nowadays over forty
teams qualify for the finals which are held every two years, the
qualifiers for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations also qualify for the
FIFA World Cup.
|
|
| year |
host
country |
winners |
runners up |
result |
third |
fourth |
result |
| 1957 |
Sudan |
Egypt |
Ethiopia |
4-0 |
Sudan |
- |
- |
| 1959 |
Egypt |
Egypt |
Sudan |
2-1 |
Ethiopia |
- |
- |
| 1962 |
Ethiopia |
Ethiopia |
Egypt |
4-2
(aet) |
Tunisia |
Uganda |
3-0 |
| 1963 |
Ghana |
Ghana |
Sudan |
3-0 |
Egypt |
Ethiopia |
3-0 |
| 1965 |
Tunisia |
Ghana |
Tunisia |
3-2
(aet) |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
Senegal |
1-0 |
| 1968 |
Ethiopia |
Congo
DR |
Ghana |
1-0 |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
Ethiopia |
1-0 |
| 1970 |
Sudan |
Sudan |
Ghana |
1-0 |
Egypt |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
3-1 |
| 1972 |
Cameroon |
Congo |
Mali |
3-2 |
Cameroon |
Zaire |
5-2 |
| 1974 |
Egypt |
Zaire |
Zambia |
2-2
(2-0 replay) |
Egypt |
Congo |
4-0 |
| 1976 |
Ethiopia |
Morocco |
Guinea |
1-1 |
Nigeria |
Egypt |
3-2 |
| 1978 |
Ghana |
Ghana |
Uganda |
2-0 |
Nigeria |
Tunisia |
2-0 |
| 1980 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria |
Algeria |
3-0 |
Morocco |
Egypt |
2-0 |
| 1982 |
Libya |
Ghana |
Libya |
1-1
(7-6 pens) |
Zambia |
Algeria |
2-0 |
| 1984 |
Ivory
Coast |
Cameroon |
Nigeria |
3-1 |
Algeria |
Egypt |
3-1 |
| 1986 |
Egypt |
Egypt |
Cameroon |
0-0
(5-4 pens) |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
Morocco |
3-2 |
| 1988 |
Morocco |
Cameroon |
Nigeria |
1-0 |
Algeria |
Morocco |
1-1
(4-3 pens) |
| 1990 |
Algeria |
Algeria |
Nigeria |
1-0 |
Zambia |
Senegal |
1-0 |
| 1992 |
Senegal |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
Ghana |
0-0
(11-10 pens) |
Nigeria |
Cameroon |
2-1 |
| 1994 |
Tunisia |
Nigeria |
Zambia |
2-1 |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
Mali |
3-1 |
| 1996 |
South
Africa |
South
Africa |
Tunisia |
2-0 |
Zambia |
Ghana |
1-0 |
| 1998 |
Burkina
Faso |
Egypt |
South
Africa |
2-0 |
Congo
DR |
Burkina
Faso |
4-4
(4-1 pens) |
| 2000 |
Ghana
/ Nigeria |
Cameroon |
Nigeria |
2-2
(4-3 pens) |
South
Africa |
Tunisia |
2-2
(4-3 pens) |
| 2002 |
Mali |
Cameroon |
Senegal |
0-0
(3-2 pens) |
Nigeria |
Mali |
1-0 |
| 2004 |
Tunisia |
Tunisia |
Morocco |
2-1 |
Nigeria |
Mali |
2-1 |
| 2006 |
Egypt |
Egypt |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
0-0
(4-2 pens) |
Nigeria |
Senegal |
1-0 |
| 2008 |
Ghana |
Egypt |
Cameroon |
1-0 |
Ghana |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
4-2 |
| Key:
aet (after extra time) pens (penalty shootout score, after extra
time) replay (replayed match after
original tie ended in draw). |
|
*1957 - South Africa
were disqualified due to apartheid. |
|
*1959 - Tournament
played as a best of three match competition, Result shown is the
last game between Egypt and Sudan which both needed to win having
beat Ethiopia in their respective first matches. |
|
*1976 - No final match
played, tournament decided via four team group, results shown are
those played against the respective sides. |
|
*1978 - Nigeria were
awarded third place and a 2-0 win after Tunisia walked off the pitch
in the playoff at 1-1 in the 42nd minute. |
|
*1998 - Third Place
Playoff went straight to a penalty shootout with no extra time
played. |
| AFC
ASIAN CUP |
 |
The
first Asian Football Confederations Championships was held in 1956
and included the hosts along with three other qualifying teams.
Afghanistan and Pakistan originally declined the offer to
participate allowing Israel the chance to automatically qualify for
the finals tournament. South Vietnam won a two leg game against
Malaya to reach the finals, Korea Republic had to play two, two leg
matches before they made up the final four. The competition was
decided with all the sides playing each other once, the winner,
Korea, having the best record from their three games played. The
next three tournaments followed suit with qualifying increasing in
numbers, before in 1972, a six team two group finals competition was
put in place with the top two in each reaching the semi finals
before final.
Finals
competition numbers were increased to ten teams in 1980, with two
groups of five. By 1992 that went down to an eight team tournament
but with twenty teams participating in a six group preliminary stage
along with two automatic qualifiers (The hosts and defending
champions). 1996 saw numbers grow to 33 qualifying teams adding to
the hosts and holders, the competition's final stage in the United
Arab Emirates consisted of three groups of four with the best
qualifiers reaching the quarter finals. The competition grew in
numbers of participating teams to 44 in 2000, In 2004 the finals
were increased to sixteen teams.
Usually held
every four years, the competition was brought forward in 2007 to
lessen the fixture congestion that surrounds the global game, for
the first time it was held between four nations. Indonesia,
Malaysia, Thailand & Vietnam all hosting matches, although this
caused controversy when AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam was said
to have regretted the decision, after criticizing the financial
state of each of these countries. The final was held at the Bung
Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Iran beating Saudi Arabia 1-0. Of all the
host nations, only Vietnam qualified from the group stage.
|
|
| year |
host
country |
winners |
runners up |
result |
third |
fourth |
result |
| 1956 |
Hong
Kong |
Korea
Rep |
Israel |
2-1 |
Hong
Kong |
South
Vietnam |
2-2 |
| 1960 |
Korea
Rep |
Korea
Rep |
Israel |
3-0 |
Chinese
Taipei |
South
Vietnam |
3-1 |
| 1964 |
Israel |
Israel |
India |
2-0 |
Korea
Rep |
Hong
Kong |
1-0 |
| 1968 |
Iran |
Iran |
Burma |
3-1 |
Israel |
Chinese
Taipei |
4-1 |
| 1972 |
Thailand |
Iran |
Korea
Rep |
2-1
(aet) |
Thailand |
Khmer
Republic |
2-2
(5-3 pens) |
| 1976 |
Iran |
Iran |
Kuwait |
1-0 |
China
PR |
Iraq |
1-0 |
| 1980 |
Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Korea
Rep |
3-0 |
Iran |
Korea
DPR |
3-0 |
| 1984 |
Singapore |
Saudi
Arabia |
China
PR |
2-0 |
Kuwait |
Iran |
1-1
(5-3 pens) |
| 1988 |
Qatar |
Saudi
Arabia |
Korea
Rep |
0-0
(4-3 pens) |
Iran |
China
PR |
0-0
(3-0 pens) |
| 1992 |
Japan |
Japan |
Saudi
Arabia |
1-0 |
China
PR |
UAE |
1-1
(4-3 pens) |
| 1996 |
UAE |
Saudi
Arabia |
UAE |
0-0
(4-2 pens) |
Iran |
Kuwait |
1-1
(3-2 pens) |
| 2000 |
Lebanon |
Japan |
Saudi
Arabia |
1-0 |
Korea
Rep |
China
PR |
1-0 |
| 2004 |
China
PR |
Japan |
China
PR |
3-1 |
Iran |
Bahrain |
4-2 |
| 2007 |
South
East Asia |
Iraq |
Saudi
Arabia |
1-0 |
Korea |
Japan |
0-0
(6-5 pens) |
| 2011 |
Qatar |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Key:
aet (after extra time) pens (penalty shootout score, after extra
time). |
| *1956
- 1968, No final match played, tournament played as a round robin
competition and the team with the best record in the finals group
was crowned champions. Results shown are those against the
respective sides. |
| *2007
- Competition co hosted by four countries, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand and Vietnam with the final being played in Jakarta
(Indonesia). |
| CONCACAF
GOLD CUP |
 |
The Confederation
of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
was formed in 1961 after an amalgamation between the North American
Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederacion Centroamericana
y del Caribe de Futbol (CCCF). Within two years the Campeonato de
Naciones was set up for the national teams within the confederation.
Prior to this, both the NAFC and the CCFC had their own
championships. The CCCF championship was first held in 1941 and ran
for twenty years and ten tournaments, this competition of mainly
Central American sides was won seven times by Costa Rica and
once each by El Salvador, Panama and Haiti. The NAFC competition
which originally included Mexico, USA and Cuba ran for two years in
1947 and 1949, both being won by Mexico, however the competition was
reborn in 1990 with Canada participating, hosting and winning. A
year later another victory for Mexico was the last of that particular
tournament to be held.
The 1963
Championship's was the first under the recently merged
confederations. With eight teams taking part in two qualifying
groups before a final group round defined who would be tournament
winner. Two years later the competition was reduced to one group of
six teams, this is how the finals tournament stayed until 1985 where
for two competition's only, the finals were played on a home / away
group basis.
Until 1973, the
competition was played every two years, but an idea to allow the
eventual tournament winners in to the World Cup finals was put into
place, with the competition now being held a year before FIFA's
global (four yearly) competition. Haiti, winners of the 1973
CONCACAF Championship's qualified as the North American entrants for
the 1974 World Cup in West Germany. In 1977, after winning the
competition, Mexico were entered into the 78 World Cup. This format
continued until 1989, where Costa Rica and USA were both entered
into FIFA's ever expanding tournament due to their successful
CONCACAF Championship's.
In 1991, CONCACAF
re-branded their tournament to inline with it's global counterparts
with two four team groups before a semi final and final match. The
competition was to be re-named the CONCACAF Gold Cup and would be
played largely in the USA. Since 1996, the competition finals have
grown in numbers with more groups and more teams (including guest
appearances from Brazil 1996, 98 & 2003, Columbia in 2000, 03
& 05, Korea 2000 & 2002, Ecuador in 2002 South Africa in
2005. Today, the competition finals has three groups of four teams
with the best eight qualifiers reaching the Quarter Finals and so
on. The 2007 competition didn't include any guest nations from other
confederations.
|
|
| year |
host
country |
winners |
runners up |
result |
third |
fourth |
result |
| 1963 |
El
Salvador |
Costa
Rica |
El
Salvador |
4-1 |
Netherlands
Antilles |
Honduras |
4-1 |
| 1965 |
Guatemala |
Mexico |
Guatemala |
2-1 |
Costa
Rica |
El
Salvador |
1-2 |
| 1967 |
Honduras |
Guatemala |
Mexico |
1-0 |
Honduras |
Trinidad
& Tobago |
1-0 |
| 1969 |
Costa
Rica |
Costa
Rica |
Guatemala |
1-1 |
Netherlands
Antilles |
Mexico |
2-2 |
| 1971 |
Trinidad
& Tobago |
Mexico |
Haiti |
0-0 |
Costa
Rica |
Cuba |
3-0 |
| 1973 |
Haiti |
Haiti |
Trinidad
& Tobago |
2-1 |
Mexico |
Honduras |
1-1 |
| 1977 |
Mexico |
Mexico |
Haiti |
4-1 |
El
Salvador |
Canada |
2-1 |
| 1981 |
Honduras |
Honduras |
El
Salvador |
0-0 |
Mexico |
Canada |
1-1 |
| 1985 |
N/A |
Canada |
Honduras |
1-0
/ 2-1 |
Costa
Rica |
El
Salvador |
- |
| 1989 |
N/A |
Costa
Rica |
USA |
1-0
/ 0-1 |
Trinidad
& Tobago |
Guatemala |
1-0
/ 2-1 |
| 1991 |
USA |
USA |
Honduras |
0-0
(4-3 pens) |
Mexico |
Costa
Rica |
2-0 |
| 1993 |
USA
& Mexico |
Mexico |
USA |
4-0 |
Costa
Rica & Jamaica |
1-1
(aet) |
| 1996 |
USA |
Mexico |
Brazil |
2-0 |
USA |
Guatemala |
3-0 |
| 1998 |
USA |
Mexico |
USA |
1-0 |
Brazil |
Jamaica |
1-0 |
| 2000 |
USA |
Canada |
Columbia |
2-0 |
Peru
& Trinidad & Tobago reached semi finals |
| 2002 |
USA |
USA |
Costa
Rica |
2-0 |
Canada |
Korea
Rep |
2-1 |
| 2003 |
USA
& Mexico |
Mexico |
Brazil |
1-0
(sdet) |
USA |
Costa
Rica |
3-2 |
| 2005 |
USA |
USA |
Panama |
0-0
(3-1 pens) |
Honduras
& Columbia reached semi finals |
| 2007 |
USA |
USA |
Mexico |
2-1 |
Canada
& Guadeloupe reached semi finals |
| Key:
aet (after extra time) sdet (sudden death extra time) pens (penalty shootout score, after extra
time). |
| *1963
-1989, No final match played, tournament decided in group format,
results shown are against the respective sides. |
| *1985
- 1989, Tournaments played on home / away format with winner (in 87)
and top two (in 89) gaining a place in to the World Cup finals. |
| *1985
- Only three teams reached final group stage, El Salvador were best
placed non qualifier in first group round. |
| *1993
- After the scores ended level at full time and extra time of the
third / fourth playoff match, third place was shared by both
the Costa Rica & Jamaica. |
| *2000
- No third place playoff was
played. |
| *2005
- From this tournament onwards, no third place playoff has been played. |
| OFC
NATIONS CUP |
 |
The youngest of
the six major continental national team championships, the OFC
(Oceania Football Confederation) Nations Cup was first held in 1973
(then named, simply the Oceania Cup) and featured five teams in a
group format with the top two reaching the final and third and
fourth place teams playing off for bronze. New Zealand were first
winners of a tournament that didn't include Australia, as the OFC
was not officially recognised at the time by FIFA as a full
confederation, some of the smaller islands participating weren't
even affiliated
with FIFA.
In 1980, the
second Oceania Cup tournament was held, seven years after the
original effort. This time Australia did participate, winning an
eight team two group tournament. It was'nt until 1996 when the next
tournament took place, with only four sides playing home and away
semi final legs, the winner Australia (again), won a two leg final
against Tahiti.
Following the
confirmation of 'full confederation status' by FIFA in 1996, the OFC
Nation's Cup was restructured as a six team finals competition
(after qualifying) in 1998, with the top two in two groups reaching
the final. That was restricted to one six team group as the
competition doubled up as World Cup qualification in 2004. Although
the competition was staged in Australia, The final was held as a two
leg match, home and away.
In January 2006
Australia, the confederation's most successful nation withdrew from
the OFC to join the 'more competitive' AFC. The 2008 competition,
again doubling up as World Cup qualification, included four
finalist's, each playing home and away in a group format which New
Zealand won.
|
|
| year |
host
country |
winners |
runners up |
result |
third |
fourth |
result |
| 1973 |
New
Zealand |
New
Zealand |
Tahiti |
2-0 |
New
Caledonia |
New
Hebrides |
2-1 |
| 1980 |
New
Caledonia |
Australia |
Tahiti |
4-2 |
New
Caledonia |
Fiji |
2-1 |
| 1996 |
N/A |
Australia |
Tahiti |
6-0
/ 5-0 |
New
Zealand & Solomon Islands reached semi finals |
| 1998 |
Australia |
New
Zealand |
Australia |
1-0 |
Fiji |
Tahiti |
4-2 |
| 2000 |
Tahiti |
Australia |
New
Zealand |
2-0 |
Solomon
Islands |
Vanuatu |
2-1 |
| 2002 |
New
Zealand |
New
Zealand |
Australia |
1-0 |
Tahiti |
Vanuatu |
1-0 |
| 2004 |
Austraila |
Australia |
Soloman
Islands |
5-1
/ 6-0 |
New
Zealand |
Fiji |
- |
| 2008 |
N/A |
New
Zealand |
New
Caledonia
|
3-1
/3-0 |
tba |
tba |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
No
third / fourth place match played. |
| *1996
- Tournament played on a two leg home / away basis with no third place
playoff. |
| *2004
- Two leg final, No third place playoff was
played. New Zealand finished third in group stage, Fiji fourth
position. |
| *2008
- Two leg final, Tournament played on a two leg home / away basis,
third and fourth still to be decided. |
