 The title marked Brazil's fifth World Cup championship, which is more than any other team has achieved.They also became the first team to win all seven matches in the current 32-team format (Brazil had previously achieved a similar feat in the 16-team 1970 tournament with six wins), and the first to win all their knockout matches without any extra time or penalty shoot-out (later equaled by France in 2018).Brazil also became the first team to win the World Cup outside Europe and the Americas.