FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2022 U S Soccer Official Tournament Hub
Due to COVID-19 outbreaks in their squads, Vanuatu and Cook Islands also withdrew because of the travel restrictions. Among the national teams, Germany and Brazil have played the most World Cup matches , Germany appeared in the most finals , semi-finals , and quarter-finals , while Brazil has appeared in the most World Cups , has the most wins and has scored the most goals . The two teams have played each other twice in the World Cup, in the 2002 final and in the 2014 semi-final. Due to the success of the Olympic football tournaments, FIFA, with President Jules Rimet as the driving force, again started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics. The best-attended single match, shown in the last three columns, has been the final in 11 of the 21 World Cups as of 2018. Another match or matches drew more attendance than the final in 1930, 1938, 1958, 1962, 1970–1982, 1990, and 2006. On 3 December 2015 two FIFA vice-presidents were arrested on suspicion of...