The England national football team has competed at the FIFA World Cup since 1950. England did not enter the competition until 1950, but have entered all 18 subsequent tournaments. They have failed to qualify for the finals on three occasions, 1974 (West Germany), 1978 (Argentina) and 1994 (United States), and have failed to advance from the group stage on three occasions; in 1950, 1958 and 2014. Their best ever performance is winning the cup in the 1966 tournament held in England; they also finished in fourth place in 1990 in Italy, and in 2018 in Russia. Other than these, the team have reached the quarter-finals on six other occasions, the latest of which was in 2006 in Germany.