The World’s greatest nations hosted FIFA World Cup and won it in the same year they hosted.
From 1930 to the present year, 2022, FIFA World Cup has played 22 tournaments excluding 1942 and 1946 due to the World War II and its associated factors.
How many hosts nations won the world cup in the same year they hosted it?
Out of the many host nations for FIFA World Cup, only 6 host nations lifted the Cup in the same year they hosted it.
These nations are:
1. Uruguay – 1930
2. Italy – 1934
3. England – 1966
4. West Germany – 1974
5. Argentina – 1978
6. France – 1998
For the continent of Africa, Mexico was the host nation that hosted the tournament in 1986 where the North African country, Morocco qualified for their first Quarter Finals in history.
LIST OF ALL FIFA WORLD CUP HOST NATIONS
1) Uruguay- 1930
2) Italy – 1934
3) France – 1938
4) Brazil – 1950
5) Switzerland – 1954
6) Sweden – 1958
7) Chile – 1962
8) England – 1966
9) Mexico – 1970
10) West Germany – 1974
11) Argentina – 1978
12) Spain – 1982
13) Mexico – 1986
14) Italy – 1990
15) United States – 1994
16) France – 1998
17) Japan & South Korea (hosted it jointly) – 2002
18) Germany – 2006
19) South Africa – 2010
20) Brazil – 2014
21) Russia – 2018
22) Qatar – 2022
The country for the next World Cup (2026) will be between Canada, Mexico and United States. Decision will be taken by the FIFA Council.
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