FIFA World Cup & Olympic Games Host Nations

The FIFA World Cup has been played every four years (except during the World War years) since it's first tournament in 1930.

Shown below is a list of the year, host nation and final score of each tournament since 1930.

1930 - URUGUAY - Uruguay 4 - Argentina 2.

1934 - ITALY - Italy 2 - Czechoslovakia 1.

1938 - FRANCE - Italy 4 - Hungary 2.

1950 - BRAZIL - Uruguay 2 - Brazil 1.

1954 - SWITZERLAND - West Germany 3 - Hungary 2.

1958 - SWEDEN - Brazil 5 - Sweden 2.

1962 - CHILE - Brazil 3 - Czechoslovakia 1.

1966 - ENGLAND - England 4 - West Germany 2.

1970. - MEXICO - Brazil 4 - Italy 1.

1974. - WEST GERMANY - West Germany 2 - Netherlands 1.

1978. - ARGENTINA - Argentina 3 - Netherlands 1.

1982 - SPAIN - Italy 3 - West Germany 1.

1986 - MEXICO - Argentina 3 - West Germany 2.

1990 - ITALY - West Germany 1 - Argentina 0.

1994. -U.S.A - Brazil 3 - Italy 2.

1998 - FRANCE - France 3 - Brazil 0.

2002 - SOUTH KOREA - Brazil 2 - Germany 0.

2006 - GERMANY - Italy 5 - France 3.

2010 - SOUTH AFRICA - Spain 1 - Netherlands 0.

2014 - BRAZIL - Germany 1 - Argentina 0.

2018 - RUSSIA -

2022 - QATAR -

The country that has won the most FIFA World Cup finals is Brazil, winning it five times. Italy has won it four times and Germany, including when it was known as West Germany, has won it three times.

Germany has played in the most FIFA World Cup finals, having chalked up eight finals to date.

Six countries have won the FIFA World Cup on home soil when they were the tournament's host nations, they were Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934, England in 1966, West Germany in 1974, Argentina in 1978 and France in 1998.

FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP HOST NATIONS

The FIFA Women's World Cup tournament was the brainchild of former FIFA president, Joao Havalange.

The first tournament was hosted by China in 1991, sixty one years after the men's first FIFA World Cup.

Shown below is a list of the year, host nation and final score of each FIFA Women's World Cup tournament since 1991.

1991 - CHINA - U.S.A 2 - Norway 1.

1995 - SWEDEN - Norway 2 - Germany 0.

1999 - U.S.A - U.S.A 5 - China 4.

2003 - U.S.A - Germany 2 - Sweden 1.

2007 - CHINA - Germany 2 - Brazil 0.

2011 - GERMANY - U.S.A 2 - Japan 2. (Japan won 3 - 1 on P.S.O)

2015 - CANADA - U.S.A 5 - Japan 2.

2019 - FRANCE -

OLYMPIC GAMES & PARALYMPIC GAMES HOST NATIONS

In 1894 Baron de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee. Two years later in 1896 the modern Olympic Games were established.

The first Winter Olympic Games were not introduced until 1924.

The iconic five ring symbol of the Olympic Games was designed by Baron de Coubertin in 1912. The blue, black, red, yellow and green rings were chosen as they were the most predominant colours of the participating nation's flags. Today the five rings symbolise the five continents of the world.

The Olympic Games, as they were known in the early days, have been held every four years (except during the World War years) with the games held only in the summer at first, changing in 1924 to being held in both Summer and Winter of the same year and generally in the same country, but since 1994 the Summer games and Winter games have been held alternately every two years and are generally held in two separate countries.

The first Paralympic Games were introduced in Rome in 1960 and have been held along with the Summer Olympic Games ever since.

The Winter Paralympic Games were introduced in 1976, with the first four Winter Paralympic Games all being held in separate locations to the Winter games until 1992.

Shown below is a list of the year and host nation of each Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games since 1896.

1896 - Athens, Greece.

1900 - Paris, France.

1904 - St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

1908 - London, England, U.K.

1912 - Stockholm, Sweden.

1920 - Antwerp, Belgium.

1924 - Paris, France (Summer) - Chamonix, France (Winter)

1928 - Amsterdam, Netherlands (Summer) - St Moritz, Switzerland (Winter)

1932 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (Summer) - Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A (Winter)

1936 - Berlin, Germany (Summer) - Garmisch, Germany (Winter)

1948 - London, England, U.K. (Summer) - St Moritz, Switzerland (Winter)

1952 - Helsinki, Finland (Summer ) - Oslo, Norway (Winter)

1956 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Summer) - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Winter)

1960 - Rome, Italy (Summer) & first combined Summer Paralympic Games - Squaw Valley, California, U.S.A. (Winter)

1964 - Tokyo, Japan (Summer) - Innsbruck, Austria (Winter)

1968 - Mexico City, Mexico (Summer) - Grenoble, France (Winter)

1972 - Munich, Germany (Summer) - Sapporo, Japan (Winter)

1976 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Summer ) - Innsbruck, Austria (Winter) - First Winter Paralympic Games - Ornskoldvik, Sweden.

1980 - Moscow, Russia (Summer) - Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A. (Winter) - Winter Paralympics - Geilo, Norway.

1984 - Los Angeles, Californa, U.S.A. (Summer) - Sarajevo, situated at that time in the former Yugoslavia, now present day Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Winter) - Winter Paralympics - Innsbruck, Austria.

1988 - Soeul, South Korea (Summer) - Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Winter) - Winter Paralympics - Innsbruck, Austria.

1992 - Barcelona, Spain (Summer) - Tignes - Albertville, France (Winter) & first combined Winter Paralympics.

1994 - Lillehammer, Norway (Winter) Summer & Winter Olympic Games now held every alternate two years.

1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. (Summer)

1998 - Nagano, Japan (Winter)

2000 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Summer)

2002 - Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. (Winter)

2004 - Athens, Greece (Summer)

2006 - Turin, Italy (Winter)

2008 - Beijing, China (Summer)

2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Winter)

2012 - London, England, U.K. (Summer)

2014 - Sochi, Russia (Winter)

2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Summer)

2018 - Pyeongchang, South Korea - (Winter)

2020 - Tokyo, Japan - (Summer)

2022 - To be announced. - (Winter)

The United Kingdom's capital city London has hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times.

Three cities have held the games twice, Athens in Greece, Paris in France and Los Angeles in California, U.S.A.

The country which has hosted the most number of Olympic Games is the United States, with four Winter games and three Summer games.

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