FIFA World Cup tournaments

21st FIFA World Cup, held in Russia

20th FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil

The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula, and the second in an Asian country after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan.

19th FIFA World Cup, held in South Africa

18th FIFA World Cup, held in Germany

17th FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, also marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026. It will be jointly hosted by sixteen cities—eleven in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada. The tournament will be the first FIFA World Cup to be hosted by three nations, and the first to include 48 teams, an expansion from 32.

1st FIFA World Cup, held in Uruguay

16th FIFA football World Cup finals, held in France

2nd FIFA World Cup, held in Italy

13th FIFA World Cup, held in Mexico

4th FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil

14th FIFA World Cup, held in Italy

8th FIFA World Cup, held in England

3rd FIFA World Cup, held in France

11th FIFA World Cup, held in Argentina

5th FIFA World Cup, held in Switzerland

15th FIFA World Cup, held in United States

7th FIFA World Cup, held in Chile

10th FIFA World Cup, held in West Germany

6th FIFA World Cup, held in Sweden

12th FIFA World Cup, held in Spain

9th FIFA World Cup, held in Mexico

24th FIFA World Cup

25th FIFA World Cup