Fifa World Cup History

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

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

During the 18 tournaments that have been held previously , seven nations have won the world cup . Brazil have won the World Cup a total of five times, and they are the only country to have compteted 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 a piece .

The World Cup is the most viewed sporting event in the world, when 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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