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The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, Soccer World Cup, but usually referred in English as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men's national football teams of member nations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (the sport's global governing body). In other languages the competition is often referred as Football World Championships and the winning team hailed as the world champions (of football). FIFA also holds the Women's World Cup on a separate schedule. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. However, the event is often ongoing, as the qualifying rounds of the competition take place over the three years preceding the final rounds. Image File history File links Padlock. ...
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The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, known worldwide by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football and the largest sporting organization in the world. ...
The FIFA Womens World Cup is the most important competition in international football for women. ...
Qualifying countries The first FIFA World Cup was staged in 1930. ...
Combatants Allies: Poland, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, France/Free France, United States, China, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8...
The tournament's final phase (often called the "World Cup Finals") involves 32 national teams competing at several venues (within the host nation or nations) over a period of about a month. It is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with 1.1 billion people watching the 2002 tournament final.[1] The 2002 FIFA World Cup (Official name: 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan) was held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. ...
In seventeen tournaments held, only seven nations have won. Brazil is the most successful World Cup team, having won the tournament five times. Italy follows with four titles, in addition to being the current holders, whilst Germany holds three. The other former champions are Uruguay and Argentina with two titles each, and England and France with one title each. Of the nine World Cups staged in Europe before the current tournament, only one saw victory by a non-European team, that being Brazil in 1958. When held outside Europe, the competition has only ever been won by South American teams. Only two teams from outside these two continents have ever reached the semi-finals of the competition: the USA (in 1930) and South Korea (in 2002). First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...
UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...
Qualifying countries In June 1954, the FIFA congress in Bern, Switzerland decided to award the right to host the 1958 Football World Cup to Sweden. ...
CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in South America. ...
Qualifying countries The first FIFA World Cup was staged in 1930. ...
The 2002 FIFA World Cup (Official name: 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan) was held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. ...
The most recent football World Cup Finals were held in Germany between June 9 and July 9, 2006, where Italy was crowned as the champions after a penalty shootout. 2006 World Cup redirects here. ...
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History - Main article: History of the FIFA World Cup
The History of the FIFA World Cup started in 1928, when FIFA president Jules Rimet decided to stage an international football tournament. ...
Previous international competitions The first international football match was played in 1872 between Scotland and England. [2] At this stage the sport was rarely played outside Great Britain and Ireland. As football began to increase in popularity, it was held as a demonstration sport (with no medals awarded) at the 1900 and 1904 Summer Olympics, and at the 1906 Intercalated Games; football became an official competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Planned by The Football Association, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition. Great Britain (represented by the England national amateur football team) won the event in both 1908 and 1912. See also: 1871 in sports, other events of 1872, 1873 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Boat race Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge Football (soccer) March 16 - England: Inaugural FA Cup Final: Wanderers F.C. beat Royal Engineers 1–0 November 30 - First International: Scotland 0...
First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Scotland 9 - 0 Wales (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 March 1878) Worst defeat Uruguay 7 - 0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First...
First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...
A demonstration sport is a sport which is played in order to promote itself during the Olympic Games (or other sporting events). ...
The 1900 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, were held in 1900 in Paris, France. ...
The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ...
(Redirected from 1906 Intercalated Games) The fourth modern Olympic games, held in sports Opening ceremonies April 22, 1906 Closing ceremonies May 2, 1906 Officially opened by George I of Greece Athletes Oath not applicable Judges Oath not applicable Olympic Torch not applicable First Intercalated Games These games were...
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IV Olympiad, were held in 1908 in London, England. ...
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ...
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The England national amateur football team was the amateur representative team for England at football. ...
The Games of the V Olympiad were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. ...
In 1906, there was an attempt made by FIFA to arrange an international football tournament between nations outside of the Olympic framework in Switzerland. These were very early days for international football, and the official history of FIFA describes the competition as having been a failure.[3] The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, known worldwide by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football and the largest sporting organization in the world. ...
With the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between amateur teams, Sir Thomas Lipton produced the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament in Turin in 1909. The Lipton tournament was a championship between individual clubs (not national teams) from different nations, each one of which represented an entire nation. For this reason, it was not really a forerunner of the World Cup. Notwithstanding that, the competition is sometimes described as The First World Cup,[4] and featured the most prestigious professional club sides from Italy, Germany and Switzerland. The first tournament was won by West Auckland, an English amateur side from County Durham, that was invited after the Football Association refused to be associated with the competition. West Auckland returned in 1911 to successfully defend their title, and were given the trophy to keep forever, as per the rules of the competition. Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton (born May 10, 1850 in Glasgow; died October 2, 1931 in London), Scottish self-made man, merchant and yachtsman who created the famous Lipton tea brand and was the most persistent challenger in the history of the Americas Cup. ...
The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was a football (soccer) competition that took place in Turin, Italy in 1909. ...
Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ...
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In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a "world football championship for amateurs",[3] and took responsibility for managing the event. This led the way for the world's first intercontinental football competition, at the 1920 Summer Olympics, contested by Egypt (who were knocked out in their first match) and thirteen European teams. The golden medals were won by Belgium.[5] Uruguay won the tournaments in 1924 and 1928. In 1928 FIFA made the decision to stage their own international tournament. With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions and due to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country. In the football tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, Belgium won the gold medal while Spain won the silver. ...
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. ...
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout tournament, is a type of tournament where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event. ...
The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ...
The Games of the IX Olympiad were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ...
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The first official World Cup The 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, did not plan to include football as part of the schedule due to the low popularity of football in the United States, as American football had been growing in popularity. FIFA and the IOC also disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so football was dropped from the Games.[6] FIFA president Jules Rimet thus planned the inaugural World Cup tournament to be held in Uruguay in 1930. The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of the competition.[7] Rimet eventually persuaded teams from Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia to make the trip. In total 10 nations took part — four from South America, four from Europe and two from North America. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 381 KB) Summary Estadio Centario Montevideo, Uruguay Taken by Salomon Salvador Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 381 KB) Summary Estadio Centario Montevideo, Uruguay Taken by Salomon Salvador Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Estadio Centenario in Montevideo was a host stadium of the 1930 World Cup. ...
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The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. ...
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Qualifying countries The first FIFA World Cup was staged in 1930. ...
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The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously, and were won by France and the USA, who beat Mexico 4-1 and Belgium 3-0, respectively. The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and became the first nation to win a World Cup.[8] Lucien Laurent (born December 10, 1907 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, Ile-de-France near Paris; died April 11, 2005 in Besançon) was a French footballer, famous for scoring the first ever World Cup goal. ...
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Growth The issues facing the early World Cup tournaments were the difficulties of intercontinental travel, and war. Few South American teams were willing to travel to Europe for the 1934 and 1938 tournaments, with Brazil the only South American team to compete in both. The 1942 and 1946 competitions were cancelled due to World War II and its aftermath. Qualifying countries The 1934 Football World Cup was hosted in Italy, chosen by FIFA over the other candidate, Sweden, in Stockholm in October 1932. ...
Qualifying countries The 1938 Football World Cup was played in France, the second tournament in a row to be played in Europe. ...
Combatants Allies: Poland, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, France/Free France, United States, China, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8...
The 1950 World Cup was the first to include British participants. British teams withdrew from FIFA in 1920, partly out of unwillingness to play against the countries they had been at war with, and partly as a protest against a foreign influence to football,[9] but rejoined in 1946 following FIFA's invitation. The tournament also saw the return of 1930 champions Uruguay, who had boycotted the previous two World Cups. Uruguay won the tournament again. Qualifying countries The 1950 Football World Cup was the only one not decided by a knockout final. ...
In the tournaments between 1934 and 1978, 16 teams qualified for each finals tournament, except in 1938 and 1950 where teams withdrew after qualifying. Most were from Europe and Latin America, with a very small minority from Africa, Asia and Oceania. These teams were usually defeated easily by the European and South American teams (with the notable exception of North Korea, who reached the 1966 quarter-finals). Qualifying countries The 1934 Football World Cup was hosted in Italy, chosen by FIFA over the other candidate, Sweden, in Stockholm in October 1932. ...
Qualifying countries The 1978 Football World Cup was held in Argentina between June 1 and 25, 1978. ...
Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ...
World map showing the location of Asia. ...
Oceania is a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands – mostly islands but often including Australia – in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. ...
Qualifying countries 1966 was a year of triumph for the host nation, England, which won the final beating West Germany 4-2. ...
The finals were expanded to 24 teams in 1982, then 32 in 1998, allowing more teams from Africa, Asia and North America to take part. In recent years, these comparatively new participants have enjoyed more success, with Morocco reaching the knockout rounds in 1986, Cameroon reaching the quarterfinals in 1990, Saudi Arabia reaching the knockout rounds in 1994, Nigeria reaching the knockout rounds in both 1994 and 1998, Japan reaching the knockout rounds, Senegal reaching the quarterfinals, and the United States reaching the quarterfinals and South Korea reaching the semifinals in 2002, and Australia and Ghana reaching the knockout rounds in 2006. Qualifying countries The 1982 Football World Cup was held in Spain by decision of FIFA in July 1966, in the same session where FIFA gave the right to host the 1974 and 1978 tournaments to, respectively, West Germany and Argentina. ...
The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France, by the FIFA decision in July 1992 beating a bid by Morocco to host the event. ...
Qualifying countries The 1986 Football World Cup was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. ...
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Qualifying countries The 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the USA was won by Brazil who beat Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the game and extra time ended 0-0. ...
The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France, by the FIFA decision in July 1992 beating a bid by Morocco to host the event. ...
The 2002 FIFA World Cup (Official name: 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan) was held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. ...
2006 World Cup redirects here. ...
198 nations attempted to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and all but three of the 207 FIFA member nations have previously entered the competition, with Comoros, East Timor and Bhutan the only current members not yet to have entered (Comoros and East Timor were not FIFA members at the time of the qualifying draw for the 2006 tournament, and so have not yet had an opportunity to take part).[10] 2006 World Cup redirects here. ...
An equivalent tournament for women's football, the FIFA Women's World Cup, was first held in 1991 in China. This article or section is in need of expansion. ...
The FIFA Womens World Cup is the most important competition in international football for women. ...
The FIFA Womens World Cup 1991 was held in the China and won by the United States womens national football team. ...
Trophy - Main article: FIFA World Cup Trophy
From 1930 to 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the Cup winner. It was originally simply known as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, but in 1946 it was renamed after the FIFA president who set up the first tournament. In 1970, Brazil's third victory in the tournament entitled them to keep the trophy permanently. However, the trophy was stolen in 1983, and has never been recovered.[11] Replica of the Jules Rimet Trophy (1930-1970) The FIFA World Cup (1974-Present) The World Cup is a gold trophy that represents victory in the FIFA World Cup. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (860x605, 37 KB) Beschreibung Wohlfahrtsbriefmarke der Deutschen Post AG Für den Sport - 100 Jahre FIFA 21. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (860x605, 37 KB) Beschreibung Wohlfahrtsbriefmarke der Deutschen Post AG Für den Sport - 100 Jahre FIFA 21. ...
1990 copy of the World Cup Trophy awarded to West Germany. ...
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The Jules Rimet trophy was the original physical manifestation of the prize for winning the football world cup, a small gold cup representing the hopes and ambitions of every footballing nation on earth. ...
Qualifying countries The 1970 Football World Cup was held in Mexico, from May 31 to June 21. ...
After 1970, a new trophy, known as the FIFA World Cup Trophy, was designed. This is not awarded to the winning nation permanently, irrespective of how many World Cups they win. Argentina, Germany (as West Germany) and Brazil have all won the second trophy twice. It will not be retired until the name plaque has been entirely filled with the names of winning nations in 2038. [12]
The new trophy is 36 cm high, made of solid 18-carat gold and weighs 4.97 kilograms. The base contains two layers of semi-precious malachite while the bottom side of the Trophy bears the engraved year and name of each FIFA World Cup winner since 1974. Meanings of Carat or Karat: Carat (mass) is a unit of mass for gems. ...
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Malachite from the Democratic Republic of Congo Malachite is a carbonate mineral, copper(II) carbonate hydroxide Cu2CO3(OH)2. ...
World Cup winners retain it until the next tournament and are awarded a gold-plated replica rather than the solid gold original.
Format
Qualification - Main article: FIFA World Cup qualification
Since the second World Cup in 1934, qualifying tournaments have been held to thin the field for the final tournament. They are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe), overseen by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIFA decides the number of places awarded to each of the continental zones beforehand, generally based on the relative strength of the confederations' teams, but also subject to lobbying from the confederations. FIFA World Cup qualification is the process a team must go through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals, or, more commonly known as the FIFA World Cup or Football World Cup. ...
Qualifying countries The 1934 Football World Cup was hosted in Italy, chosen by FIFA over the other candidate, Sweden, in Stockholm in October 1932. ...
The qualification process can start as early as almost three years before the final tournament and last over a two-year period. The formats of the qualification tournaments differ between confederations. Usually, one or two places are awarded to winners of intercontinental play-offs. For example, the winner of the Oceanian zone and the fifth-placed team from the South American zone entered a play-off to decide which team would qualify for the 2006 World Cup.[13] From the 1938 World Cup onwards, host nations have received an automatic berth in the finals. This right also used to be granted to the defending champion, but from the 2006 finals onwards, this entitlement has been withdrawn, requiring the champions to qualify as well.[14] A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion. ...
Qualifying countries The 1938 Football World Cup was played in France, the second tournament in a row to be played in Europe. ...
2006 World Cup redirects here. ...
Final tournament The current finals tournament features 32 national teams competing over a month in the host nation(s). There are two stages: a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
In the group stage, teams compete within eight groups of four teams each. Eight teams are seeded (based on both current FIFA World Rankings and recent World Cups) and assigned to separate groups. The other teams are drawn at random. Since 1998, constraints have applied to the draw to ensure that no group contains more than two European teams or more than one team from any other confederation. Each group plays a round-robin tournament, guaranteeing that every team will play at least three matches. The last round of matches of each group is held simultaneously to preserve fairness. A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout or sudden death tournament, is a type of tournament where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event. ...
The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France, by the FIFA decision in July 1992 beating a bid by Morocco to host the event. ...
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times. ...
The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage. Points are used to rank the teams within a group. Since 1994, three points have been awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss (prior to this, winners received two points rather than three). If two or more teams end up with the same number of points, tie-breakers are used: first is goal difference, then total goals scored, then head-to-head results, and finally drawing of lots (i.e. determining team positions at random).[15] Qualifying countries The 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the USA was won by Brazil who beat Italy 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the game and extra time ended 0-0. ...
In sports such as ice hockey and soccer, goal difference (that is, goals scored less goals conceded) is often the first tie-breaker used to rank teams which finish a competition with an equal number of points. ...
The knockout stage is a single-elimination round in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner. It begins with the "round of 16" (or "last 16") in which the winner of each group plays against the runner-up from another group. This is followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final. The losing semi-finalists contest a third-place match. Extra time is an additional period played at the end of some games of football (soccer) if the score is tied after the two standard periods (halves) of play. ...
Penalty shootouts (officially referred to as kicks from the penalty mark) are sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a draw in a game of association football (soccer). ...
Selection of hosts - Main article: FIFA World Cup hosts
Early World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The choice of location was highly controversial, given the three week boat journey between South America and Europe, the two centres of strength in football. The decision to hold the first cup in Uruguay, for example, led to only four European nations competing.[16] The next two world cups were both held in Europe. The decision to hold the second of these, the 1938 FIFA World Cup, in France was controversial, as the American countries had been led to understand that the World Cup would rotate between the two continents. Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the tournament.[17] Map of FIFA World Cup hosts Early World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFAs congress. ...
South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...
World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...
Qualifying countries The 1938 Football World Cup was played in France, the second tournament in a row to be played in Europe. ...
After the 1958 FIFA World Cup, to avoid any future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternation between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup (hosted jointly by Japan and Korea) was the first one held in Asia, and in 2010, South Africa will become the first African nation to host the World Cup. Qualifying countries In June 1954, the FIFA congress in Bern, Switzerland decided to award the right to host the 1958 Football World Cup to Sweden. ...
World map showing the Americas America or the Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ...
The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France, by the FIFA decision in July 1992 beating a bid by Morocco to host the event. ...
The 2002 FIFA World Cup (Official name: 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan) was held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. ...
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The 2010 FIFA World Cup will take place in South Africa. ...
Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ...
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was allocated to South America in 2003, allowing the ten member nations of CONMEBOL to bid in order to host. However, after a short period of time, every nation in the continent backed Brazil as the only viable host of the 2014 finals, creating the odd situation where the 2014 World Cup host was unofficially determined. However, it is not yet certain that Brazil will be able to host the competition; if the Brazilians pull out, the tournament will be moved to another continent. Recently, FIFA president Sepp Blatter indicated that Brazil is "almost certain to be the hosts of the 2014 World Cup.[18]" The 2014 FIFA World Cup will provisionally take place in Brazil. ...
CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in South America. ...
The system evolved so that the host country is now chosen in a vote by FIFA's executive committee. This is done under a single transferable vote system. The decision is currently made six years in advance of the tournament. This STV ballot for the Australian Senate illustrates group voting tickets. ...
Media coverage The World Cup was first televised in 1954 and is now the most widely-viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games.[19] The cumulative audience of the World Cup 2002 event - summing over all matches - is estimated to be 28.8 billion.[1] 1.1 billion individuals watched the final match of this tournament (a sixth of the entire population of the planet). The draw, which decided the distribution of teams into groups, has been watched by 300 million viewers.[20] For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...
Each Football World Cup usually has its own mascot. World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot. Mascots for the World Cup 2006 are Goleo, a lion, and Pille, a football. Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, Florida. ...
Qualifying countries 1966 was a year of triumph for the host nation, England, which won the final beating West Germany 4-2. ...
2006 World Cup redirects here. ...
It has been suggested that Pille be merged into this article or section. ...
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Pille is one of the official mascots, along with Goleo VI, for the 2006 World Cup to be held in Germany External links FIFAs profile Categories: | ...
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Tip and Tap figurine Each Football World Cup usually has its own mascot. ...
Results
World Cup summaries - Further information: FIFA World Cup hosts
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