Brazil chasing World Cup glory and history
Brazil will be chasing an unprecedented sixth World Cup title when football's global showpiece begins next week in Russia.
Below is the full list of hosts, winners and star players since the competition was first played in 1930.
1930:
Host country: Uruguay.
Champions: Uruguay.
Golden Boot winner: Guillermo Stabile (Argentina, eight goals).
1934
Host country: Italy.
Champions: Italy.
Golden Boot winner: Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia, five goals).
1938
Host country: France.
Champions: Italy.
Golden Boot winner: Leonidas (Brazil, seven goals).
1950
Host country: Brazil.
Champions: Uruguay.
Golden Boot winner: Ademir (Brazil, eight goals).
1954
Host country: Switzerland.
Champions: West Germany.
Golden Boot winner: Sandor Kocsis (Hungary, 11 goals).
1958
Host country: Sweden.
Champions: Brazil.
Golden Boot winner: Just Fontaine (France, 13 goals).
1962
Host country: Chile.
Champions: Brazil.
Golden Boot winners (shared, all with four goals): Garrincha, Vava (Brazil), Leonel Sanchez (Chile), Drazan Jerkovic (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), Florian Albert (Hungary) and Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union).
1966
Host country: England.
Champions: England.
Golden Boot winner: Eusebio (Portugal, nine goals).
1970
Host country: Mexico.
Champions Brazil.
Golden Boot winner: Gerd Muller (West Germany, 10 goals).
1974
Host country: West Germany.
Champions: West Germany.
Golden Boot winner: Grzegorz Lato (Poland, seven goals).
1978
Host country: Argentina.
Champions: Argentina.
Golden Boot winner: Mario Kempes (Argentina, six goals).
1982
Host country: Spain.
Champions: Italy.
Golden Boot winner: Paolo Rossi (Italy, six goals).
1986
Host country: Mexico.
Champions: Argentina.
Golden Boot winner: Gary Lineker (England, six goals).
1990
Host country: Italy.
Champions: West Germany.
Golden Boot winner: Salvatore Schillaci (Italy, six goals).
1994
Host country: United States.
Champions: Brazil.
Golden Boot winners (shared, both with six goals): Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) and Oleg Salenko (Russia).
1998
Host country: France.
Champions: France.
Golden Boot winner: Davor Suker (Croatia, six goals).
2002
Host countries: Japan and South Korea.
Champions: Brazil.
Golden Boot winner: Ronaldo (Brazil, eight goals).
2006
Host country: Germany.
Champions: Italy.
Golden Boot winner: Miroslav Klose (Germany, five goals).
2010
Host country: South Africa.
Champions: Spain.
Golden Boot winners (shared, all with five goals): Diego Forlan (Uruguay), Thomas Muller (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Holland), David Villa (Spain).
2014
Host country: Brazil
Champions: Germany.
Golden Boot winner: James Rodriguez (Colombia, six goals).
