Qatar 2022: from which group the latest champions of each World Cup came

The beginning of the World Cup 2022who already has the group stage and his regular date, and the fans begin to look for similarities between the current calendar and the one that the national team had to face in the consecrations of the 1978 and 1986 World Cups.

Argentina will be sown group C and will debut on Tuesday 22 November at 7 am (Argentine time) against Saudi Arabia. Similarly, Mexico and Poland, who will face each other on the same day starting at 13, complete the area of ​​the national team.

Both in the tournament won with Cesare Luis Menotti at the head of the team, like the one obtained with Carlos Salvador Bilar, the chosen one was the group leader. However, in both 78 and 86, the albiceleste joined group A.

However, in the two World Cups they won, Argentina made their debut on 2 June, which will not happen Qatar due to the calendar change due to high temperatures in the middle of the year in the Middle Eastern country.

Qatar 2022: the groups of all the champions

• Uruguay 1930: Uruguay – Group C, together with France and Yugoslavia.
• Italy 1934: Italy (Eighth 16) * In this edition the group stage has been eliminated and the direct elimination has been chosen since the beginning of the tournament *
• France 1938: Italy (Eighth 16) * In this edition the group stage has been eliminated and the direct elimination has been chosen since the beginning of the tournament *
• 1942 and 1946: the World Cup was not played due to World War II.
• Brazil 1950: Uruguay – Group D together with Bolivia, as the other two qualified teams retire early.
• Switzerland 1954: Federal Germany – Group B, together with Hungary, Turkey and South Korea.
• Sweden 1958: Brazil – Group D, together with Austria, USSR and England.
• Chile 1962: Brazil – Group C, together with Czechoslovakia, Mexico and Spain.
• England 1966: England – Group A, along with France, Mexico and Uruguay.
• Mexico 1970: Brazil – Group C, together with England, Romania and Czechoslovakia.
• Germany 1974: Federal Germany – Group A, along with Democratic Germany, Chile and Australia.
• Argentina 1978: Argentina – Group A, together with France, Hungary and Italy.
• Spain 1982: Italy – Group A, together with Cameroon, Peru and Colombia.
• Mexico 1986: Argentina – Group A, together with Bulgaria, South Korea and Italy.
• Italy 1990: West Germany – Group D, together with Yugoslavia, United Arab Emirates and Colombia.
• United States 1994: Brazil – Group B, together with Sweden, Romania and Cameroon.
• France 1998: France – Group C, together with Saudi Arabia, Denmark and South Africa.
• Korea-Japan 2002: Brazil – Group C, along with China, Costa Rica and Turkey.
• Germany 2006: Italy – Group E, together with Ghana, the United States and the Czech Republic.
• South Africa 2010: Spain – Group H, along with Switzerland, Honduras and Chile.
• Brazil 2014: Germany – Group G, together with the United States, Portugal and Ghana.
• Russia 2018: France – Group C, along with Australia, Peru and Denmark.

Altogether, in five World Cups the winner was the host country: Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966, Germany 1974 and Argentina 1978.

In turn, the group Cthe same one that will integrate Argentina in Qatarit is the only one more samples had (6) in the history of the World Cup (Uruguay 1930, Brazil 1962, 1970 and 2002 and France 1998 and 2018), while E, G and H had only one world champion in their groups.

For its part, Argentina He entered Group A at the ’78 and ’86 World Cups and is the team that has won the most titles within that group (England 1966, Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, Italy 1982 and Argentina 1986).

The groups of the World Cup in Qatar 2022

• Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands.
• Group B: England, Iran, United States and Wales.
• Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland.
• Group D: France, Winner of Peru against Australia-United Arab Emirates, Denmark and Tunisia.
• Group E: Spain, winner of Costa Rica against New Zealand, Germany and Japan.
• Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco and Croatia.
• Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon.
• Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea.