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2002 World Cup
The Final Contenders
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 Brazil &  Germany have played 7 Final World Cup Matches, each:
Brazil has won 5, Germany 3
Brazil & Germany first met in an World Cup for 2002's Final Match:
Brazil's 87th World Cup match and Germany's 85th.
As these have been the two most assiduous countries in World Cups, it is quite amazing that they had never played each other before, except in friendly matches.
x have now played 18 times in all, exhibiting the following retrospective:
Brazil - 11 wins  4 draws 3 wins - Germany
In these matches: Brazil scored 33 goals, Germany 18.
Other relevant data regarding these two traditional soccer nations,
in the context of All World Cups:
60 victories in 87 matches
50 victories in 85 matches
194 points, 191 goals scored (versus 82 goals suffered)
168 points, 176 goals scored (versus 106 goals suffered)
three consecutive World Cup Final Matches (1994, 1998 & 2002), winning two (1994 & 2002)
three consecutive World Cup Final Matches (1982, 1986 & 1990), winning one (1990)
5 World Championships
3 World Championships
Germany is yet to win a World Cup,
since the unification of West & East Germanies was sealed.
The figures above include data for the former West Germany.
East Germany (GDR) took part in a single World Cup – see related data here.
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