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140 completed seasons

Is the belt a good judge of the best team? Here's who held it when each regular season ended, next to the best record that year.

18Seasons it matched
13%Match rate
49Holder in the top 3
15.0Holder's average rank
SeasonBest recordHolder at the endHolder's rank
2026Argentina 4–0Spain 2–0–221st of 127
2025Morocco 5–0Chile 4–01st of 132
2024Libya 4–0Zambia 0–0–151st of 138
2023Sweden 4–0Uruguay 3–0–113th of 134
2022Colombia 5–0Argentina 4–01st of 134
2021Sweden 4–0France 2–01st of 125
2020Bahrain 3–0Italy 2–01st of 78
2019Oman 3–0Netherlands 0–0109th of 119
2018Brazil 9–0Netherlands 2–1–344th of 120
2017Algeria 4–0Peru 2–01st of 139
2016Ukraine 5–0Chile 0–0114th of 122
2015Brazil 6–0Uruguay 2–01st of 139
2014Brazil 7–0Brazil 7–01st of 127 Same
2013Tajikistan 3–0Russia 2–0–212th of 110
2012Spain 7–0Colombia 2–0–17th of 136
2011Iran 4–0Uruguay 4–222nd of 122
2010Netherlands 5–0–1Cuba 1–01st of 122
2009Spain 5–0Peru 1–281st of 106
2008Spain 6–0Spain 6–01st of 134 Same
2007Croatia 3–0Japan 4–0–14th of 125
2006Guyana 4–0Egypt 2–372nd of 108
2005Cyprus 3–0Malawi 2–0–110th of 121
2004Ivory Coast 3–0Angola 1–1–154th of 121
2003Bulgaria 5–0Czech Republic 3–01st of 106
2002Belarus 4–0Netherlands 4–0–12nd of 105
2001Colombia 4–0Spain 3–112th of 108
2000Saint Lucia 4–0France 5–0–35th of 112
1999France 4–0Russia 1–0–18th of 85
1998Hungary 6–0France 2–1–334th of 87
1997Australia 5–0Germany 2–01st of 88
1996Morocco 4–0Germany 5–1–114th of 94
1995Nigeria 2–0Russia 1–132nd of 83
1994Brazil 5–0–1Colombia 4–1–317th of 89
1993Iran 4–0Colombia 3–0–39th of 82
1992Italy 3–0Argentina 2–01st of 94
1991Guinea-Bissau 2–0Netherlands 0–0–128th of 69
1990Nigeria 2–0Netherlands 1–3–161st of 82
1989Mexico 3–0Belgium 3–01st of 61
1988Mexico 3–0Italy 5–1–19th of 69
1987Mexico 3–0Italy 2–0–210th of 73
1986Senegal 2–0Argentina 0–271st of 74
1985Tunisia 4–0Netherlands 1–01st of 86
1984France 4–0France 4–01st of 73 Same
1983Mexico 6–0Portugal 1–2–159th of 82
1982Austria 3–0Switzerland 5–1–29th of 72
1981Tahiti 2–0Peru 0–465th of 76
1980Belgium 4–0Brazil 6–1–115th of 85
1979New Zealand 5–0Chile 0–1–153rd of 71
1978Sudan 2–0Argentina 3–110th of 64
1977Libya 3–0France 3–0–310th of 80
1976Brazil 4–0Germany 2–01st of 73
1975Poland 6–0Czechoslovakia 0–0–422nd of 62
1974Panama 2–0Germany 4–1–18th of 73
1973Italy 4–0Netherlands 1–1–124th of 61
1972Haiti 3–0Spain 3–0–15th of 70
1971Iraq 2–0Hungary 2–01st of 67
1970Australia 4–0Hungary 2–2–223rd of 60
1969DR Congo 4–0France 1–1–129th of 65
1968Nigeria 3–0Russia 2–0–414th of 61
1967Singapore 2–0Austria 0–250th of 54
1966Portugal 5–0England 6–0–25th of 54
1965North Korea 4–0Chile 0–051st of 56
1964Argentina 3–0Colombia 0–045th of 46
1963Ethiopia 5–0Colombia 1–122nd of 55
1962Russia 4–0Mexico 3–1–119th of 59
1961Ghana 3–0Spain 2–0–16th of 39
1960Brazil 5–0Argentina 1–01st of 51
1959Hungary 5–0Uruguay 0–139th of 44
1958Indonesia 4–0Brazil 2–01st of 47
1957Jamaica 3–0Argentina 1–01st of 32
1956Bulgaria 4–0Argentina 3–0–16th of 49
1955South Africa 5–0Argentina 0–035th of 41
1954Ethiopia 3–0Paraguay 1–0–18th of 42
1953Denmark 3–0Uruguay 1–01st of 37
1952Romania 3–0Brazil 0–037th of 41
1951Hungary 3–0Chile 0–032nd of 33
1950Zambia 2–0Chile 2–216th of 38
1949Scotland 2–0Scotland 2–01st of 33 Same
1948Uganda 2–0England 2–0–12nd of 26
1947Uganda 2–0France 5–14th of 34
1946Portugal 2–0France 3–14th of 23
1945Uganda 3–0Switzerland 4–0–15th of 20
1944Brazil 2–0Sweden 0–010th of 10
1943Hungary 4–1Sweden 2–2–15th of 12
1942Cuba 2–0Switzerland 3–37th of 16
1941Spain 2–0–1Hungary 1–1–16th of 16
1940Japan 2–0Hungary 3–0–56th of 21
1939Switzerland 5–0–1Switzerland 5–0–11st of 24 Same
1938Italy 4–0Scotland 2–01st of 30
1937England 4–0England 4–01st of 27 Same
1936Latvia 2–0–1Wales 0–025th of 27
1935Uganda 2–0Scotland 2–01st of 30
1934Germany 3–0England 1–216th of 22
1933Trinidad and Tobago 5–0–1Wales 0–0–110th of 21
1932Poland 4–0England 1–01st of 26
1931Austria 4–0Austria 4–01st of 28 Same
1930Brazil 3–0England 0–0–210th of 23
1929Spain 3–0Scotland 2–0–14th of 26
1928Czechoslovakia 4–0Scotland 0–025th of 26
1927England 3–0Northern Ireland 0–027th of 27
1926Romania 3–0Scotland 0–019th of 18
1925Spain 4–0Scotland 0–024th of 27
1924England 2–0Wales 0–025th of 28
1923England 4–0–1Scotland 0–022nd of 21
1922Spain 2–0Scotland 0–019th of 18
1921Costa Rica 2–0Scotland 1–01st of 17
1920Austria 2–0–1England 0–012th of 11
1919Argentina 4–1–1Scotland 0–09th of 9
1918Hungary 4–0Scotland 0–06th of 5
1917Hungary 4–0–1Scotland 0–06th of 5
1916Denmark 3–1Scotland 0–08th of 7
1915Denmark 3–0Scotland 0–06th of 5
1914Sweden 3–0–2Scotland 0–010th of 10
1913Hungary 3–0England 0–014th of 14
1912Netherlands 3–0–1Scotland 0–011th of 12
1911Sweden 3–1Scotland 0–09th of 8
1910Argentina 4–0Scotland 0–010th of 12
1909England 3–0England 3–01st of 6 Same
1908Netherlands 4–0Scotland 0–09th of 10
1907Hungary 2–2Wales 0–06th of 5
1906Belgium 3–0Scotland 0–04th of 4
1905Netherlands 2–0England 0–07th of 8
1904Hungary 1–1England 0–03rd of 2
1903Uruguay 1–0Northern Ireland 0–04th of 5
1902Argentina 1–0Scotland 0–03rd of 4
1888Scotland 1–0England 0–02nd of 2
1886United States 1–0Scotland 0–02nd of 2
1885Canada 1–0Scotland 0–02nd of 2
1883Scotland 2–0Scotland 2–01st of 4 Same
1882Scotland 2–0Scotland 2–01st of 4 Same
1881Scotland 2–0Scotland 2–01st of 3 Same
1880Scotland 2–0Scotland 2–01st of 3 Same
1879England 2–0England 2–01st of 3 Same
1878Scotland 2–0Scotland 2–01st of 3 Same
1877Scotland 2–0Scotland 2–01st of 3 Same
1876Scotland 2–0Scotland 2–01st of 3 Same
1875England 0–0–1Scotland 0–0–11st of 2
1874Scotland 1–0Scotland 1–01st of 2 Same
1873England 1–0England 1–01st of 2 Same
1872Scotland 0–0–1England 0–0–11st of 2

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