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Countries With the Most World Titles by Sport

For each of the eight sport categories below, can you name the countries with the most world titles?
If two countries have an equal number of titles, precedence is given to the team with the most runner-ups.
Countries that no longer exist are marked in red. Countries that are not sovereign nations are marked in blue. Figures that include predecessor states are marked in green.
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Last updated: March 12, 2024
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Soccer
5
Brazil
4
Germany
4
Italy
3
Argentina
2
France
 
 
Formula 1
308
United Kingdom
179
Germany
101
Brazil
81
France
57
Finland
Cricket
6
Australia
2
India
2
West Indies
1
England
1
Sri Lanka
 
 
Field Hockey
4
Pakistan
3
Netherlands
3
Australia
3
Germany
1
India
Tennis
144
United States
45
Australia
38
Spain
35
Serbia
32
Germany
 
 
Basketball
5
United States
5
Yugoslavia
3
Soviet Union
2
Brazil
2
Spain
Golf
283
United States
108
United Kingdom
22
South Africa
18
Australia
10
Spain
 
 
Rugby Union
4
South Africa
3
New Zealand
2
Australia
1
England
0
France
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Level 84
Mar 12, 2024
Great quiz!
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Level 66
Mar 12, 2024
Thanks!
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Level 76
Mar 12, 2024
Brazil has won the world cup five times, not four.
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Level 66
Mar 12, 2024
Oops, fixed!
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Level 67
Mar 12, 2024
Along with Brazil winning 5 world cups in Football not 4, Uruguay has also won 2 world cups in Football. Pakistan has also won a world cup in ODI cricket.
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Level 68
Mar 12, 2024
As Stubart says... A good quiz otherwise
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Level 66
Mar 12, 2024
Yes that is true of Uruguay and Pakistan, but unfortunately there is only room for 5 per sport, and thus as France and England/Sri Lanka have come second more times in soccer and cricket respectively, they make the list, just edging the others out. This is explained in the caveats.
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Level 72
Mar 12, 2024
I already had both West Germany and Germany as separate answers for other sports it didn’t copy the Germany answer for tennis.

Can you please look into this?

Really fun quiz otherwise.

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Level 66
Mar 12, 2024
Hmmm... not sure what happened, it seems to work fine for me