Football quiz
World Cup runners-up
23 World Cups, 10 different runners-up. Type a team once and it fills every year it came second; the score of the final appears beside it.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 23 answers
- Limit
- 3:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 23
- Time limit
- 3:00
- Order
- Any order
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- Type an answer; it files itself the moment it matches.
- One answer can fill several slots.
- Give up at any time to see what you missed.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the runners-up of every men's World Cup.
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Uruguay | Not found yet | |
| 1934 | Italy | Not found yet | |
| 1938 | Italy | Not found yet | |
| 1950 | Uruguay | Not found yet | |
| 1954 | West Germany | Not found yet | |
| 1958 | Brazil | Not found yet | |
| 1962 | Brazil | Not found yet | |
| 1966 | England | Not found yet | |
| 1970 | Brazil | Not found yet | |
| 1974 | West Germany | Not found yet | |
| 1978 | Argentina | Not found yet | |
| 1982 | Italy | Not found yet |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Argentina | Not found yet | |
| 1990 | West Germany | Not found yet | |
| 1994 | Brazil | Not found yet | |
| 1998 | France | Not found yet | |
| 2002 | Brazil | Not found yet | |
| 2006 | Italy | Not found yet | |
| 2010 | Spain | Not found yet | |
| 2014 | Germany | Not found yet | |
| 2018 | France | Not found yet | |
| 2022 | Argentina | Not found yet | |
| 2026 | Spain | Not found yet |
About this quiz
The beaten finalists of all 23 men's World Cups. In 1950 there was no final: Brazil finished second in the final round group.
- Germany have been runners-up most often, four times, three of them as West Germany.
- Argentina lost the 2026 final to Spain after extra time; it was their fourth defeat in a final.
- The Netherlands lost three finals, in 1974, 1978 and 2010, and have never won one.
- Hungary and Czechoslovakia each lost two finals.
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