brazil was runner up in world cup twice.
brazil was runner up in world cup twice.
how many time brazil runner up in world cup?
twice
in the final match held in yokohama, japan, two goals from ronaldo secured the world cup for brazil as they claimed victory over germany. ronaldo scored twice in the second half and, after the game, won the golden shoe award for the tournament's leading scorer with eight goals. this was the fifth time brazil had won the world cup, cementing their status as the most successful national team in the history of the competition. brazil became the only team since argentina in 1986 to win the trophy without needing to win a penalty shoot-out at some stage during the knockout phase and the total number of penalty shoot-outs (2) was the lowest since the four-round knockout format was introduced in 1986. brazil also became the first team to win every match at a world cup finals since 1970 and set a new record for highest aggregate goal difference (+14) for a world cup winner. brazil's captain cafu, who became the first player to appear in three successive world cup finals, accepted the trophy on behalf of the team.
2002 fifa world cup
for brazil, the result became one of their two worst losses, equalling a 6–0 defeat to uruguay in 1920, and was their worst-ever defeat at home; their previous worst defeat at home was a 5–1 defeat by argentina in rio de janeiro in 1939. the loss broke brazil's 62-match home unbeaten streak in competitive matches, dating back to their 1–3 loss to peru in the 1975 copa américa; this match was also played at estádio mineirão in belo horizonte. the last time brazil had lost a world cup semi-final was in 1938, in a dramatic game against italy in marseille, and had emerged victorious from this stage the previous six times they had reached it, since the loss in 1974 against netherlands was not formally a semi-final. brazil had never before conceded seven goals at home, although they once conceded eight goals in a 4–8 friendly defeat to yugoslavia on 3 june 1934; the last time they conceded at least five was in a 6–5 win in the 1938 world cup versus poland; at least four was in a 2–4 defeat at the 1954 world cup against hungary. brazil's previous largest losing deficit at the world cup prior to the match was three goals, which came in the 0–3 defeat to france in the 1998 final. the game's outcome also marked brazil's worst result against germany, passing a 0–2 defeat in a 1986 friendly.
brazil v germany (2014 fifa world cup)