<Dd> ^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1954 and 1990 </Dd> <Dd> #= states that have since split into two or more independent nations </Dd> <P> To date, the final of the World Cup has only been contested by teams from the UEFA (Europe) and CONMEBOL (South America) confederations . European nations have won eleven titles, while South American have won nine . Only two teams from outside these two continents have ever reached the semi-finals of the competition: USA (North, Central America and Caribbean) in 1930 and South Korea (Asia) in 2002 . The best result of an African team is reaching the quarter - finals: Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010 . Only one Oceanian qualifier, Australia in 2006, has advanced to the second round . </P> <P> Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany are the only teams to win a World Cup outside their continental confederation; Brazil came out victorious in Europe (1958), North America (1970 and 1994) and Asia (2002), Argentina won a World Cup in North America in 1986, while Spain won a World Cup in Africa in 2010 . Germany was the first European team to win in South America in 2014 . Only on four occasions have consecutive World Cups been won by teams from the same continent, and currently it is the first time with three champions in a row from the same continental confederation . Italy and Brazil successfully defended their titles in 1938 and 1962 respectively, while Italy's triumph in 2006 has been followed by Spain's in 2010 and Germany's in 2014 . Currently, it is also the first time that one of the currently winning continents (Europe) is ahead of the other (South America) by two championships . </P>

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