HOW THE CHAMPIONS FROM THE LAST WORLD CUP HAVE FARED AT THE NEXT TOURNAMENT (Uruguay won the first World Cup in 1930):
1934: Uruguay - did not play
1938: Italy - winners
1950: Italy - group stage
1954: Uruguay - fourth place
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1958: Germany - fourth place
1962: Brazil - winners
1966: Brazil - group stage
1970: England - quarter-finals
1974: Brazil - fourth place
1978: Germany - second round
1982: Argentina - second round
1986: Italy - last 16
1990: Argentina - runners-up
1994: Germany - quarter-finals
1998: Brazil - runners-up
2002: France - group stage
2006: Brazil - quarter-finals
2010: Italy - group stage
2014: Spain - group stage
2018: Germany - group stage
