After Messi won the World Cup, many Ronaldo fans were unconvinced and ridiculed Messi everywhere, saying that Messi won the World Cup by penalty kicks, so far a total of 8 teams have won the World Cup, and a total of 13 teams have reached the World Cup finals, of which Germany has reached the final 8 times and ranked first, Brazil has reached the final 7 times and is in second place, and Italy and Argentina have reached the final 6 times and are tied for third. European teams have reached the final 29 times, South American teams have reached the final 15 times, and no other continent has reached the final. Let's take a look at who won the World Cup with the most penalties.
Brazil have reached seven World Cup finals and won five World Cup titles, but Brazil have not been awarded a penalty or awarded a penalty in these seven games.
Germany reached the World Cup finals 8 times, won 4 championships and 4 runners-up, won a penalty in the 1974 World Cup, and won a penalty in 1990, which was very important and directly helped Germany win the championship.
Italy have reached the World Cup final six times, won four titles and finished two runners-up, and in the 2006 World Cup, Italy was awarded a penalty, but it did not affect the result, and Italy finally won the title through a penalty kick victory over France.
Argentina has reached the World Cup finals 6 times, won 3 championships and 3 runners-up, lost the championship after being awarded a penalty in the 1990 World Cup, and almost lost the championship in the 2022 World Cup when Argentina won 1 penalty and was awarded 2 penalties.
France has reached the World Cup final 4 times, won 2 championships and 2 runners-up, won a penalty in the 2006 World Cup, won another penalty in the 2018 World Cup, and won 2 penalties in the 2022 World Cup and was awarded 1 penalty.
Uruguay have won both World Cup finals without a penalty, Spain have won one World Cup without a penalty, and England have won one World Cup without a penalty.
Summary. The biggest beneficiary of penalty kicks is obviously France, except for the 1998 World Cup, the other 3 World Cups have won penalties, a total of 4 penalties, although Germany only won 2 penalties, but these 2 penalties are very important, directly helped Germany win the final championship. Although Argentina won 2 penalties, they were awarded 3 penalties, all 3 of which were very fatal, one penalty directly caused Argentina to lose the championship, and the other 2 penalties almost cost Argentina the championship. Brazil and Italy are about the same, and the penalty did not affect the outcome of the game. It is obvious that Argentina is not treated well by FIFA, and only 1 penalty was awarded in 6 World Cup finals, but 3 penalties were awarded, and 2 penalties were awarded in one World Cup, which shows that FIFA really does not want Argentina to win the World Cup.