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Sweden have been one of the more successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having reached the top four on four occasions, and becoming runners-up on home ground in 1958. They have been present at 12 out of 21 World Cups by 2018.
Current champion Argentina has three titles, Uruguay and France have two each, while England and Spain have one each. Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Sweden , the Netherlands and Croatia have played in the final without winning.
Sweden has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with 12 World Cup appearances and 3 medals in the Olympics. Sweden national team finished second in the 1958 World Cup, when it was the host team, being beaten by Brazil 5–2 in the final. Sweden has also finished third twice, in 1950 and 1994.
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The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament. The hosts of the tournament qualify automatically. For the final tournament the qualified 32 teams are split into eight groups...
The World Cup is a gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup. Since the advent of the World Cup in 1930, two trophies have represented victory. The Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970, and the FIFA World Cup Trophy from 1974 to the present day. Below is a table containing all eight winners of the World Cup and awarded trophi...
The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player of each World Cup. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.
2026 FIFA World Cup
The 2026 World Cupwill be hosted by Canada, Mexico and United States. It will be the first World Cup hosted by three nations.
Sep 3, 2021 · A star-studded side that was one of the main front-runners to win it all, Sweden made full use of the opportunity, obliterating Cuba 8-0 in the quarter-finals. The joint-fourth biggest win in World Cup history.
Sweden have been one of the more successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having reached the top four on four occasions, and becoming runners-up on home ground in 1958. They have been present at 12 out of 21 World Cups by 2018.
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As of 2022, only nations from Europe and South America have competed in a World Cup final. Six nations have won the final as host: Uruguay , Italy , England , Germany , Argentina and France . Two nations have lost the final as host: Brazil and Sweden .