History of the Fifa World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes known as the Football World Cup or Soccer World Cup, but normally called simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men’s national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), who are the sport’s global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of World War II.

The present format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at arean’s within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently happens over the prior three years, is used to decide which countries qualify for the finals together with the host nation(s).

During the 18 tournaments that have been played previously , seven nations have won the world cup . Brazil have won the competition a record five times, and they are the only country to have played in every tournament. Italy, who are the current world cup champions, have won a total of four finals , and Germany are next with three titles. The other past champions are Uruguay, winners of the inaugural tournament, and Argentina, with two titles each, and England and France, with one title each .

The World Cup is the most viewed sporting event in the world, where approx 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup held in Germany.The next World Cup will be held in South Africa, between 11 June and 11 July 2010, and the 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil.

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History of the Fifa World Cup

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