Five Cursed Countries After Winning the World Cup

VIVA – The news of curse from the world cup has spread in many people worldwide. Actually, there are five cursed countries after winning the World Cup. The curse means the country's national team was immediately eliminated in the group stage after winning the World Cup in the previous edition.

Starting from four of the past five winners have suffered humiliating exits in recent years. Germany was the most recent winner who suffered the embarrassment of exiting the tournament after the group stage.

France in 2002, Italy in 2010, and Span in 2014 all suffered similar fates in their defense of football's most coveted prize. With the first winter World Cup kicking off in less than two months, fans wonder what the curse is and if the defending champions, France, will fall victim to it.

Well, here are five cursed countries after winning the World Cup, as launched by various sources.

5. Brazil National Team

The Brazilian national team has experienced this terrible curse. After winning the 1962 World Cup, Canarinha or the nickname of the Brazilian national team had to be eliminated in the group phase of the 1966 World Cup which was held in England.

At the 1966 World Cup, Brazil joined Group 3 with Portugal, Hungary, and Bulgaria. As a result, Brazil only finished third after getting one win and two defeats.

4. French National Team

France won the 1998 World Cup when they played at the 2002 World Cup which was held in Korea and Japan. Unfortunately, France's superiority was not seen at the 2002 World Cup.

Joined Group A with Denmark, Senegal, and Uruguay, France did not move. The effect of Zinedine Zidane, who has only played on matchday three, France lost 0-1 to Senegal, drew 0-0 with Uruguay, and lost 0-2 to Denmark.

3. Spain National Team

The Spanish national team won the only World Cup trophy in 2010. At the top party, La Furia Roja, or the nickname of the Spanish national team won 1-0 over the Netherlands.