What was the best World Cup in your opinion?

Spain '82 mainly because of Brazil

'74 because of Holland and Cruyff

1970 was the best because of Brazil - I thought England would get to at least the semi final with our best ever squad - followed by 1982

I hated the last one in South Africa. Those vuvuzelas just grated on me and the ball was like one of those 99p corner shop sorts.

USA 94 for me.

Some great players. Romario, Roberto Baggio, Klinsmann, Stoichkov etc...

86, but probably only because it was my first one.

86 and Maradona.  Goal against England and then against Belgium.  5 goals in the final, plenty of penalty shoot outs.  Laudrup and Elkjaer for Denmark, Scifo for Belgium, Platini for France, respectively for each country their best players for many years.  It was a wide open World Cup and the best team won, with the best player in the world at his absolute peak.

I honestly think this World Cup will be one of the best.  Some great attacking players around at the moment.

At least this World Cup is in a proper footballing country and that definitely makes it more prestigious.

I enjoyed 82 most I think

On the last WC Forum there was a thread like this and someone said everyone's favourite world cup are the ones when they were aged 10-14

Probably because they are old enough to appreciate the significance and rarity of it , but young enough not to see all the negatives and overhyping of teams/players .

the best was 1970, the best team who DID NOT win the world cup brazil in 1982 ..the most memorable was 1990 but then im irish.
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1974 best

1970 Italy v West Germany semi a great match.  altitude a problem
1974 final a great match. Wonderful Netherlands a joy
1978 poor pitch surfaces, crowds throwing paper onto pitch
1982 Good finals imo.  Rossi sensational, Schumacker a disgrace
1986 finals in a stupid location again - altitude
1990 well organised tournament, boring final (but I had Germany at 13/2)
1994 biggest crowds, but forgettable tournament.  Jaws music for stretcher funny
1998 remembered for Brazil not turning up for final.  Zidane the king
2002 average tourney.  Roy Keane a prima donna
2006 remembered most for Zidane sending off. 
2010 Spain bored their way to the trophy.  Zuvuzelas v annoying

I have watched all matches since the 1966 final (four in one day in 1990 a few times).
Now matches take place simultaneously, so its watching repeats.

Now matches take place simultaneously, so its watching repeats.

Actually i recall in 1982 they often had group games played at the same time in different groups . For some reason though the last games in the same group would be played at different times , enabling the WG/Aust fix .

In that sense it is much better now as the only games played simultaneously are the deciding games in the same group .

As a nine year old in 1978, I loved stopping up late to watch the games and fell in love with Peru.
It seemed strange to watch a side that always played the ball on the floor.
And Cubillas free kick V the Scotch cemented it.
1978 was the best.

ones in the 70s for me. 82 and 86 decent and deteriorated ever since .

1982, just to watch that Brazilian team live was sensational. They made you want to go out and play football all day and night.

The football today is sh*te.

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On the last WC Forum there was a thread like this and someone said everyone's favourite world cup are the ones when they were aged 10-14

Probably because they are old enough to appreciate the significance and rarity of it , but young enough not to see all the negatives and overhyping of teams/players .

About right

i'm younger than most on here and i haven't seen any good world cups at all - tbh i dont know what all the fuss is about - i'm always glad when it's over and get back to the epl/cl action.

i've seen clips from world cups from years ago and it looks like teams attacked more back then. these days it's all about safety first.

so my list of world cups are as follows...

1998 carp
2002 carp
2006 carp
2010 carp

i actaully prefer the euro nations tbh

1982 by a country mile.

Fell in love with the Brazil team.

Cried when they got knocked out by fecking Italy.

I loved it when Germany knocked England out of the 1990 World Cup

1982

2010 World Cup South Africa

Germany 4-1 England




A very enjoyable game of football

think problem for me and other fellow older posters is that due to saturation of football there are no or few surprises, you looked forward to wc in 70s and 80s to see players you didn't regularly see eg pele, cruyff, kempes, Socrates etc.  now can see likes of messi Ronaldo etc every week. although its progress its not come without a price.

France were also delicious to watch in 1982, Platini, Tigana, Giresse spring to mind.

82 Brazil team was the best to watch in my lifetime.

There defeat to Italy was as distressing as any defeat I can recall for my club team.

They were a joy to watch.

1982 edges it from 1970.

Since then, I'd say 1986 and 2006 had their moments and probably the best of the rest.

Brazil 1970 had the best team, but 1982 had greater depth and better players/better matches.

Brazil's route to the final in 1970

Romania-England-Czech-Peru-Uruguay-Italy.

Only England gave them a game.

Two truly great (ie iconic) games- the 4-3 semi WG v Italy (and mainly the extra-time bit), + the Final (not because it was a contest, but just footballing perfection by Brazil)

Italy 1982

Poland-Peru-Cameroon-Argentina-Brazil-Poland(again)-W.Germany

Great games- Brazil v USSR; Italy v Brazil; West Germany v France; + the Final itself

Italy qualified from their group n 1982 without winning a game ( I think )

1998 World Cup for me with France winning on home soil.

so much happened in 82

and it wins by some way

1982 by a mile

the brazil team knocked out by Italy are the best side ive ever seen

Aberdonia- I have to say Brazil 1970 because they won it and had Pele, but had the 82 Brazilians won (as they really should have done), the argument would have been over for 50 years from 1982.

1978 was the best. Kempes was unreal, Holland were superb, and the Scots made us all laugh. Shame that won't ever happen again.

the first one i remember watching was Italia 90.

Rushing home from school to watch the nightly games!

Cameroon and roger miller celebration, must have been the first non white peron id ever seen with the bright green tops / red shorts

Gazza yellow card and crying and thinking germany had 2 teams.

the dirty / tough argies

italy's schillaci

still gutted i was grounded and missed the final

1990 was good because it was the only one Gazza ever played in.

It really does depend when you grew up. 1978 was the first one I remember and it left a massive impression on me. So it will always be my favourite. But looking back now and including watching games from world cups before my time, I'd have to say 1982 was the best for sheer quality and level of competition - so many great sides, so many world class players. 1986 was also fantastic and was the last really great World Cup. The Brazil v France QF in 1986 is the greatest match of all time, IMO.

We're long overdue a good one. It's been too long.

Don't forget Gomez and Rossiteau

Brazil 1970 best team ever

1990

England finished 4th

1986
the first world cup i can remember
and also the last time my country northern ireland qualified for it
also maradonas world cup
still remember josimars goal not often big pat was made to look stupid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGrpx8MYTok

I remember watching the 74 final in Ireland and my Grandad didn't get it.
My favourite watching Argentina 78, staying up late on a school night with the old man. Didn't finish until after midnight and he had to be up at 6.

I remember watching the 74 final in Ireland and my Grandad didn't get it.
My favourite watching Argentina 78, staying up late on a school night with the old man. Didn't finish until after midnight and he had to be up at 6.

1986 Some great teams and an Argentine magician ripping teams to shreads.

1990 Not a great one but England got to semis. I may never see it happen again

any tournament in america because of the time difference, sort of makes it special, imo

1982 for me. Unbelievable, epic matches and drama & mainly cos of Brazil side & playing the game how it is meant to be played - stunning strikes from distance from the likes of Eder, Zico, Falcao & Socrates. The French were also superb in that tourno & it was heart-breaking to see them lose to W.Germany having been 3-1 up in ET, after the shocking challenge on Battiston by Schumacher for which the ref gave… a goal kick to W.Germany Only consolation was seeing Italy beat W.Germany in the final - Tardelli's celebration of his goal still the greatest spontaneous celebration of a goal I've ever seen.

1990 2nd best for me mainly cos of drama of matches too set to Pavarotti Nessun Dorma & the run of England with the soundtrack of New Order's World In Motion. Personally loved it when the Argies put out Brazil following one moment of magic by Maradona to put through Caniggia. The Argies beating Italy on pens was also the peak of WC drama. A real shame Caniggia was suspended for the final - reckon the Argies might have won if he had played. He was one of the outstanding players of tourno along with Gazza & Lothar Matthaus.

only young in 1978 but still one of my favourites.
Remember the Peru goalkeeper Ramon Quiruga(El Loco)
think he was known as,coming and takeing people
out on the halfway line.

1990 is remembered a bit more fondly in hindsight perhaps?  A lot of the games were very dull and that tournament was the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of introducing the backpass rule.  Republic of Ireland were the worst culprits; I believe Packie Bonner wasted almost 10 minutes of one game just putting the ball down, doing a one-two with a defender, dribbling it a bit then picking it up when a forward approached.

the jules rimet trophy is aesthetically superior to the current model imo.