World Cup 2010

Either Spain or the Netherlands will become the eighth nation to be crowned World Cup champions on Sunday as one team will win their first world title.

South Africa 2010 is slowly becoming a tournament of firsts.

It is the first World Cup on Africa soil. The South Africans are the first host nation to bow out in the group stage. And for the first time, a European nation will win a World Cup outside of Europe.

But Spain’s victory over three-time winners Germany means either Spain or the Netherlands will be the first nation since France in 1998 to claim a World Cup crown for the first time.

Here a breakdown of the past World Cup champions:

Brazil: Five world titles – 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002

Italy: Four – 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006

Germany: Three – 1954, 1974, 1990

Uruguay: Two – 1930, 1950

Argentina: Two – 1978, 1986

England: One – 1966

France: One – 1998