List of alternate world cup winners 1930-2014

1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
 
1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
 
1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 SPA
 
1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 SPA
1962 - Mexico - Brazil-BRA-4-1-ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]

[1]Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.
 
1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 SPA
1962 - Mexico - Brazil-BRA-4-1-ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]
1970 - Yugoslavia - New Zealand - NZL 1-0 ENG

[1]Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.
 
1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 SPA
1962 - Mexico - Brazil-BRA-4-1-ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]
1970 - Yugoslavia - New Zealand - NZL 1-0 ENG
1974 - Australia - Greece - GRE 2-1 PLE [2]

[1]Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.
[2]In a show of poetic justice, Greece won the World Cup with a controversial goal in the 84th minute. Altough video evidence eventually showed that the ball never crossed the goalline, referee Henry Landauer (USA) awarded the Greeks what turned out to be the winning goal. Despite accusations by the Palestinian Arab Republic that this was revenge from an American referee for the 'Hand of Allah' goal of 8 years earlier, FIFA dismissed all complaints.
 
1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 SPA
1962 - Mexico - Brazil-BRA-4-1-ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]
1970 - Yugoslavia - New Zealand - NZL 1-0 ENG
1974 - Australia - Greece - GRE 2-1 PLE [2]
1978 - Sweden - Socialist Republic of Japan - SRJ 6-2 PLE [3]

[1]Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.
[2]In a show of poetic justice, Greece won the World Cup with a controversial goal in the 84th minute. Altough video evidence eventually showed that the ball never crossed the goalline, referee Henry Landauer (USA) awarded the Greeks what turned out to be the winning goal. Despite accusations by the Palestinian Arab Republic that this was revenge from an American referee for the 'Hand of Allah' goal of 8 years earlier, FIFA dismissed all complaints.
[3]: Heavily remembered for Communist Protesters against the Monarchy in Sweden, the main target being the notably anti Socialism and Abortion King Jorvin, but it's also well remembered for a Controversial fight by Pro Israeli footie fans fighting Arab Republic supporters, killing 10 and injuring 20, resulting in a number of arrests, even Striker Jonas Furlonger was sent to 2 years in Prison.
 
1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 SPA
1962 - Mexico - Brazil-BRA-4-1-ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]
1970 - Yugoslavia - New Zealand - NZL 1-0 ENG
1974 - Australia - Greece - GRE 2-1 PLE [2]
1978 - Sweden - Socialist Japan - SRJ 6-2 PLE [3]
1982 - Canada - Soviet Union - URS 4-0 FRA [4]

[1]Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.
[2]In a show of poetic justice, Greece won the World Cup with a controversial goal in the 84th minute. Altough video evidence eventually showed that the ball never crossed the goalline, referee Henry Landauer (USA) awarded the Greeks what turned out to be the winning goal. Despite accusations by the Palestinian Arab Republic that this was revenge from an American referee for the 'Hand of Allah' goal of 8 years earlier, FIFA dismissed all complaints.
[3]: Heavily remembered for Communist Protesters against the Monarchy in Sweden, the main target being the notably anti Socialism and Abortion King Jorvin, but it's also well remembered for a Controversial fight by Pro Israeli footie fans fighting Arab Republic supporters, killing 10 and injuring 20, resulting in a number of arrests, even Striker Jonas Furlonger was sent to 2 years in Prison.
[4] Repeating the 1946 World Cup, the team of the Soviet Union, considered dark horse by many sports analysts, eliminated teams from England (the Eighth Finals), Japan champion in the quarterfinals (the famous "Hammer-and-Sickle Match" ), the team of Argentina in the semifinals (with great performance of goalkeeper Vladimir Putin) with and defeating the French team thrashed in the final in Ottawa.
 
1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 SPA
1962 - Mexico - Brazil-BRA-4-1-ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]
1970 - Yugoslavia - New Zealand - NZL 1-0 ENG
1974 - Australia - Greece - GRE 2-1 PLE [2]
1978 - Sweden - Socialist Japan - SRJ 6-2 PLE [3]
1982 - Canada - Soviet Union - URS 4-0 FRA [4]
1986 - Italy - USA - USA 3-1 URS [5]

[1]Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.
[2]In a show of poetic justice, Greece won the World Cup with a controversial goal in the 84th minute. Altough video evidence eventually showed that the ball never crossed the goalline, referee Henry Landauer (USA) awarded the Greeks what turned out to be the winning goal. Despite accusations by the Palestinian Arab Republic that this was revenge from an American referee for the 'Hand of Allah' goal of 8 years earlier, FIFA dismissed all complaints.
[3]: Heavily remembered for Communist Protesters against the Monarchy in Sweden, the main target being the notably anti Socialism and Abortion King Jorvin, but it's also well remembered for a Controversial fight by Pro Israeli footie fans fighting Arab Republic supporters, killing 10 and injuring 20, resulting in a number of arrests, even Striker Jonas Furlonger was sent to 2 years in Prison.
[4] Repeating the 1946 World Cup, the team of the Soviet Union, considered dark horse by many sports analysts, eliminated teams from England (the Eighth Finals), Japan champion in the quarterfinals (the famous "Hammer-and-Sickle Match" ), the team of Argentina in the semifinals (with great performance of goalkeeper Vladimir Putin) with and defeating the French team thrashed in the final in Ottawa.
[5]USA scored two of the three goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, after a disastrous first half. The USA had narrowly beaten the Palestinian Arab Republic in the semi-finals, with the ironic score of 1-0.
 
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1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 SPA
1962 - Mexico - Brazil - BRA 4-1 ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]
1970 - Yugoslavia - New Zealand - NZL 1-0 ENG
1974 - Australia - Greece - GRE 2-1 PLE [2]
1978 - Sweden - Socialist Japan - SRJ 6-2 PLE [3]
1982 - Canada - Soviet Union - URS 4-0 FRA [4]
1986 - Italy - USA - USA 3-1 URS [5]
1990 - Indonesia - Brazil - BRA 0-0 PLE (8-7) [6]

[1] Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.
[2] In a show of poetic justice, Greece won the World Cup with a controversial goal in the 84th minute. Altough video evidence eventually showed that the ball never crossed the goalline, referee Henry Landauer (USA) awarded the Greeks what turned out to be the winning goal. Despite accusations by the Palestinian Arab Republic that this was revenge from an American referee for the 'Hand of Allah' goal of 8 years earlier, FIFA dismissed all complaints.
[3] Heavily remembered for Communist Protesters against the Monarchy in Sweden, the main target being the notably anti Socialism and Abortion King Jorvin, but it's also well remembered for a Controversial fight by Pro Israeli footie fans fighting Arab Republic supporters, killing 10 and injuring 20, resulting in a number of arrests, even Striker Jonas Furlonger was sent to 2 years in Prison.
[4] Repeating the 1946 World Cup, the team of the Soviet Union, considered dark horse by many sports analysts, eliminated teams from England (the Eighth Finals), Japan champion in the quarterfinals (the famous "Hammer-and-Sickle Match" ), the team of Argentina in the semifinals (with great performance of goalkeeper Vladimir Putin) with and defeating the French team thrashed in the final in Ottawa.
[5] USA scored two of the three goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, after a disastrous first half. The USA had narrowly beaten the Palestinian Arab Republic in the semi-finals, with the ironic score of 1-0.
[6] First World Cup in Asia and the first to have the penalty shootout in the decision.
 
1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 ESP
1962 - Mexico - Brazil- BRA 4-1 ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]
1970 - Yugoslavia - New Zealand - NZL 1-0 ENG
1974 - Australia - Greece - GRE 2-1 PLE [2]
1978 - Sweden - Socialist Japan - SRJ 6-2 PLE [3]
1982 - Canada - Soviet Union - URS 4-0 FRA [4]
1986 - Italy - USA - USA 3-1 URS [5]
1990 - Indonesia - Brazil - BRA 0-0 PLE (8-7) [6]
1994 - Argentina - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 CRC [7]

[1]Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.

[2]In a show of poetic justice, Greece won the World Cup with a controversial goal in the 84th minute. Altough video evidence eventually showed that the ball never crossed the goalline, referee Henry Landauer (USA) awarded the Greeks what turned out to be the winning goal. Despite accusations by the Palestinian Arab Republic that this was revenge from an American referee for the 'Hand of Allah' goal of 8 years earlier, FIFA dismissed all complaints.

[3]: Heavily remembered for Communist Protesters against the Monarchy in Sweden, the main target being the notably anti Socialism and Abortion King Jorvin, but it's also well remembered for a Controversial fight by Pro Israeli footie fans fighting Arab Republic supporters, killing 10 and injuring 20, resulting in a number of arrests, even Striker Jonas Furlonger was sent to 2 years in Prison.

[4] Repeating the 1946 World Cup, the team of the Soviet Union, considered dark horse by many sports analysts, eliminated teams from England (the Eighth Finals), Japan champion in the quarterfinals (the famous "Hammer-and-Sickle Match" ), the team of Argentina in the semifinals (with great performance of goalkeeper Vladimir Putin) with and defeating the French team thrashed in the final in Ottawa.

[5] USA scored two of the three goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, after a disastrous first half. The USA had narrowly beaten the Palestinian Arab Republic in the semi-finals, with the ironic score of 1-0.

[6] First World Cup in Asia and the first to have the penalty shootout in the decision.

[7] Costa Rica was the big shock of the 1990 tournament after being ranked 135th before the tournament started. But then they went on the kill streak by eliminating England (The Eighth Finals), Ireland (In the Top 10) before taking out the top ranked team in the Soviet Union. But Yugoslavia stopped their tracks with the war being prevented in the capital.
 
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1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 ESP
1962 - Mexico - Brazil- BRA 4-1 ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]
1970 - Yugoslavia - New Zealand - NZL 1-0 ENG
1974 - Australia - Greece - GRE 2-1 PLE [2]
1978 - Sweden - Socialist Japan - SRJ 6-2 PLE [3]
1982 - Canada - Soviet Union - URS 4-0 FRA [4]
1986 - Italy - USA - USA 3-1 URS [5]
1990 - Indonesia - Brazil - BRA 0-0 PLE (8-7) [6]
1994 - Argentina - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 CRC [7]
1998 - France - USA - USA - 3-0 - BRA
2002 - Germany - Netherlands - NED 2-1 JPN
2006 - USA - West Japan - JPN 1-1 SRJ (5-4) [8]



[1]Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.

[2]In a show of poetic justice, Greece won the World Cup with a controversial goal in the 84th minute. Altough video evidence eventually showed that the ball never crossed the goalline, referee Henry Landauer (USA) awarded the Greeks what turned out to be the winning goal. Despite accusations by the Palestinian Arab Republic that this was revenge from an American referee for the 'Hand of Allah' goal of 8 years earlier, FIFA dismissed all complaints.

[3]: Heavily remembered for Communist Protesters against the Monarchy in Sweden, the main target being the notably anti Socialism and Abortion King Jorvin, but it's also well remembered for a Controversial fight by Pro Israeli footie fans fighting Arab Republic supporters, killing 10 and injuring 20, resulting in a number of arrests, even Striker Jonas Furlonger was sent to 2 years in Prison.

[4] Repeating the 1946 World Cup, the team of the Soviet Union, considered dark horse by many sports analysts, eliminated teams from England (the Eighth Finals), Japan champion in the quarterfinals (the famous "Hammer-and-Sickle Match" ), the team of Argentina in the semifinals (with great performance of goalkeeper Vladimir Putin) with and defeating the French team thrashed in the final in Ottawa.

[5] USA scored two of the three goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, after a disastrous first half. The USA had narrowly beaten the Palestinian Arab Republic in the semi-finals, with the ironic score of 1-0.

[6] First World Cup in Asia and the first to have the penalty shootout in the decision.

[7] Costa Rica was the big shock of the 1990 tournament after being ranked 135th before the tournament started. But then they went on the kill streak by eliminating England (The Eighth Finals), Ireland (In the Top 10) before taking out the top ranked team in the Soviet Union. But Yugoslavia stopped their tracks with the war being prevented in the capital.

[8] The loss of the Communist Japanese to the Japanese Empire ("West Japan") was followed two months later with a peaceful revolution and a reunification under the West. Also notable for being marred by a series of violent terrorist incidents (including the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building) across the United States a week before the tournament; the left-wing separatist group Frente Nacional Boriquense claimed responsibility.
 
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1930 - Uruguay - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 USA
1934 - Sweden - Poland - POL 3-1 ENG
1938 - Germany - Germany - GER 5-0 HUN
1942 - England - England - ENG 2-1 GER
1946 - Canada - USA - USA 1-0 ENG
1950 - Italy - Brazil - BRA 2-1 URU
1954 - Brazil - Belgium - BEL 4-3 USA
1958 - Hungary - France - FRA 2-0 ESP
1962 - Mexico - Brazil- BRA 4-1 ENG
1966 - Ireland - Palestinian Arab Republic - PLE 1-0 USA [1]
1970 - Yugoslavia - New Zealand - NZL 1-0 ENG
1974 - Australia - Greece - GRE 2-1 PLE [2]
1978 - Sweden - Socialist Japan - SRJ 6-2 PLE [3]
1982 - Canada - Soviet Union - URS 4-0 FRA [4]
1986 - Italy - USA - USA 3-1 URS [5]
1990 - Indonesia - Brazil - BRA 0-0 PLE (8-7) [6]
1994 - Argentina - Yugoslavia - YUG 3-2 CRC [7]
1998 - France - USA - USA - 3-0 - BRA
2002 - Germany - Netherlands - NED 2-1 JPN
2006 - USA - West Japan - JPN 1-1 SRJ (5-4) [8]
2010 - Egypt - Germany - GER def NZL 6-0
2014 - Australia - New Zealand - NZL 2-1 AUS
2018 - India - Nigeria - NIG 4-0 NZL [9]

[1]Won by goal at 90th minute; notable for sparking riots in the New York, due to a belief that the Palestinian striker handballed the goal. The referee, Herbert Frahm (GER) stated later that he saw no handball, while the USA goalie alleges there was indeed a handball.

[2]In a show of poetic justice, Greece won the World Cup with a controversial goal in the 84th minute. Altough video evidence eventually showed that the ball never crossed the goalline, referee Henry Landauer (USA) awarded the Greeks what turned out to be the winning goal. Despite accusations by the Palestinian Arab Republic that this was revenge from an American referee for the 'Hand of Allah' goal of 8 years earlier, FIFA dismissed all complaints.

[3]: Heavily remembered for Communist Protesters against the Monarchy in Sweden, the main target being the notably anti Socialism and Abortion King Jorvin, but it's also well remembered for a Controversial fight by Pro Israeli footie fans fighting Arab Republic supporters, killing 10 and injuring 20, resulting in a number of arrests, even Striker Jonas Furlonger was sent to 2 years in Prison.

[4] Repeating the 1946 World Cup, the team of the Soviet Union, considered dark horse by many sports analysts, eliminated teams from England (the Eighth Finals), Japan champion in the quarterfinals (the famous "Hammer-and-Sickle Match" ), the team of Argentina in the semifinals (with great performance of goalkeeper Vladimir Putin) with and defeating the French team thrashed in the final in Ottawa.

[5] USA scored two of the three goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, after a disastrous first half. The USA had narrowly beaten the Palestinian Arab Republic in the semi-finals, with the ironic score of 1-0.

[6] First World Cup in Asia and the first to have the penalty shootout in the decision.

[7] Costa Rica was the big shock of the 1990 tournament after being ranked 135th before the tournament started. But then they went on the kill streak by eliminating England (The Eighth Finals), Ireland (In the Top 10) before taking out the top ranked team in the Soviet Union. But Yugoslavia stopped their tracks with the war being prevented in the capital.

[8] The loss of the Communist Japanese to the Japanese Empire ("West Japan") was followed two months later with a peaceful revolution and a reunification under the West. Also notable for being marred by a series of violent terrorist incidents (including the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building) across the United States a week before the tournament; the left-wing separatist group Frente Nacional Boriquense claimed responsibility.

[9] Originally to be held in the Soviet Union, FIFA decides to change the host due to the Russian Civil War. After pressure from leading European clubs with heavy business interests in the emerging Indian market, FIFA eventually decides on India. With most of the stadiums only half-finished and European teams having difficulties with the climate, no European country makes the semi-finals. New Zealand's golden generation appear in their third final in a row, but receive a thrashing by Nigeria.
 
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