England at the 1966 World Cup owned the ball even less than the French.
The French team led by Didier Deschamps became the world champion, defeating the national teams of Australia, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Belgium and Croatia, and drawing a tie with Denmark.
At the same time, on average for 7 matches, the percentage of possession of the ball from France was 48. 8%.
Below this figure, among all the world champions since 1966, was only in England in the same 1966.
Italy (1982 and 2006) and Brazil (2002), also owned the ball less than half the time, reports Espn Stats & information.
The leading position in this indicator for Spain, which in 2010 as many as 65. 3% of the time held the ball under his control. In second place, the Germans-2014 with an index of 60% exactly, Brazil in 1994 had 59. 4% of ownership.