Despite the recent history of eliminations, the Brazilian team has won 45 matches and won five titles in decisions against the Europeans
This Friday, against Croatia, Brazil can end a 20-year taboo without winning European sides after the group stage of the World Cup. The last one in 2002, in Japan, against Germany, which earned us the penta. Since then, we’ve lost to France (2006), the Netherlands (2010), Germany and the Netherlands (2014), and Belgium (2018).
Despite the recent history, the Brazilian national team has a big advantage over the European teams at the World Cup. In 76 matchesI am 45 wins15 draws and only 16 losses🇧🇷 The story is also positive with regard to the ‘weight’ of the matches. In decisions, it is 5 to 1 for Brazil, European champions in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, losing only the 1998 final against France.
When it comes to the knockout match, Brazil also tops the Europeans. Were 12 in the standings, against nine eliminations🇧🇷 It’s worth remembering that different formats were adopted in the World Cup and the decisive clashes weren’t always knockouts. These are the cases of the 1974 and 1982 World Cups, when the Brazilian team lost against the Netherlands and Italy respectively and was eliminated.
Brazil have played for third place against the Europeans again in four editions of the World Cup. Won against Sweden (1938) and Italy (1978), but lost against Poland (1974) and Netherlands (2014).
BRAZIL X EUROPEAN NATIONAL TEAMS IN THE WORLD CUP
76 matches
45 wins (27 in group stage; 12 in knockout stage; four in decider; two in third-place matches)
15 draws (11 in group stage; two in knockout stage; one in final)
16 losses (four in group stage; nine eliminations caused; two in third-place matches; one in finals)
ALL THE GAMES
1930 – Uruguay
Brazil 1 x 2 Yugoslavia – group stage
1934 – Italy
Brazil 1 x 3 Spain – Round of 16
1938 – France
Brazil 6 x 5 Poland – Round of 16
Brazil 1 x 1 Czechoslovakia – quarter finals
Brazil 2 x 1 Czechoslovakia – quarter final play-off match
Brazil 1 x 2 Italy – semi-final
Brazil 4 x 2 Sweden – dispute for third place
1950 – Brazil
Brazil 2 x 2 Switzerland – group stage
Brazil 2 x 0 Yugoslavia – group stage
Brazil 7 x 1 Sweden – Quadrangular final
Brazil 6 x 1 Spain – Quadrangular final
1954 – Switzerland
Brazil 1 x 1 Yugoslavia – group stage
Brazil 2 x 4 Hungary – quarter finals
1958 – Sweden
Brazil 3 x 0 Austria – group stage
Brazil 0 x 0 England – group stage
Brazil 2 x 0 Soviet Union – group stage
Brazil 1 x 0 Wales – quarter finals
Brazil 5 x 2 France – semi-final
Brazil 5 x 2 Sweden – final
1962 – Chile
Brazil 0 x 0 Czechoslovakia – group stage
Brazil 2 x 1 Spain – group stage
Brazil 3 x 1 England – quarter finals
Brazil 3 x 1 Czechoslovakia – final
1966 – England
Brazil 2 x 0 Bulgaria – group stage
Brazil 1 x 3 Hungary – group stage
Brazil 1 x 3 Portugal – group stage
1970 – Mexico
Brazil 4 x 1 Czechoslovakia – group stage
Brazil 1 x 0 England – group stage
Brazil 3 x 2 Romania – group stage
Brazil 4 x 1 Italy – final
1974 – Germany
Brazil 0 x 0 Yugoslavia – group stage
Brazil 0 x 0 Scotland – group stage
Brazil 1 x 0 East Germany – second group stage
Brazil 0 x 2 Netherlands – second group stage
Brazil 0 x 1 Poland – third place
1978 – Argentina
Brazil 1 x 1 Sweden – group stage
Brazil 0 x 0 Spain – group stage
Brazil 1 x 0 Austria – group stage
Brazil 3 x 1 Poland – second group stage
Brazil 2 x 1 Italy – dispute for third place
1982 – Spain
Brazil 2 x 1 Soviet Union – group stage
Brazil 4 x 1 Scotland – group stage
Brazil 2 x 3 Italy – second group stage
1986 – Mexico
Brazil 1 x 0 Spain – group stage
Brazil 3 x 0 Northern Ireland – group stage
Brazil 4 x 0 Poland – Round of 16
Brazil 1(3) x (4)1 France – quarter finals
1990 – Italy
Brazil 2 x 1 Sweden – group stage
Brazil 1 x 0 Scotland – group stage
1994 – United States
Brazil 2 x 0 Russia – group stage
Brazil 1 x 1 Sweden – group stage
Brazil 3 x 2 Netherlands – quarter finals
Brazil 1 x 0 Sweden – semi-final
Brazil 0 (3) x (2) 0 Italy – final
1998 – France
Brazil 2 x 1 Scotland – group stage
Brazil 1 x 2 Norway – group stage
Brazil 3 x 2 Denmark – quarter finals
Brazil 1 (4) x (2) 1 Netherlands – semifinal
Brazil 0 x 3 France – Final
2002 – South Korea/Japan
Brazil 2 x 1 Turkey – group stage
Brazil 2 x 0 Belgium – Round of 16
Brazil 2 x 1 England – quarter finals
Brazil 1 x 0 Turkey – semi-final
Brazil 2 x 0 Germany – final
2006 – Germany
Brazil 1 x 0 Croatia – group stage
Brazil 0 x 1 France – quarter finals
2010 – South Africa
Brazil 0 x 0 Portugal – group stage
Brazil 1 x 2 Netherlands – quarter finals
2014 – Brazil
Brazil 3 x 1 Croatia – group stage
Brazil 1 x 7 Germany – semi-final
Brazil 0 x 3 Netherlands – dispute for third place
2018 – Russia
Brazil 1 x 1 Switzerland – group stage
Brazil 2 x 0 Serbia – group stage
Brazil 1 x 2 Belgium – quarter finals
2022 – Qatar
Brazil 2 x 0 Serbia – group stage
Brazil 1 x 0 Switzerland – group stage
Brazil vs Croatia – Quarter Finals
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