FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is the most watched tournament in football (soccer). The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) organises the World Cup every four years. More people watch the World Cup finals than any other sporting event in the world—even more people than the Olympic Games.[source?]The most successful team has been Brazil because they have won the competition 5 times.
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| Founded | 1930 |
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| Region | International (FIFA) |
| Number of teams | 32 (finals) 211 (eligible to enter qualification) |
| Related competitions | FIFA Confederations Cup |
| Current champions |  Argentina (3rd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Brazil (5 titles) |
| Website | fifa |
 2022 FIFA World Cup | |
 Argentina, the current champions | |
| Tournaments | |
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The finals tournament is held every four years. In the other years there are only qualifiers (qualifying tournaments) in the six FIFA world regions. These games help to decide which teams will move on. Over 160 national teams play in the qualifying games. The best teams from the qualifying games win a place in the finals. The finals now include 32 teams. Before 1998, only 24 teams were in the finals; starting in 2026, there will be 48 teams in the finals.[1] Many years before each World Cup, FIFA picks the host nation, the country where the finals will be held. Being the host nation means that their team has qualified for the finals tournament automatically and does not need to play any qualifying games. The 32 teams in the finals then play for four weeks, usually between June and July, to decide who the champion (tournament winner) will be.
Results
- ↑ There was no Third Place match in 1930, so FIFA decided that the United States finished third because they played better overall in the tournament than Yugoslavia.[2]
- ↑ "1950 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
Wins by team
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | 3rd Place | 4th Place | Top of
Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) | 2 (1950, 1998) | 2 (1938, 1978) | 2 (1974, 2014) | 11 |
 Germany
|
4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) | 4 (1966,
1982, 1986, 2002) |
4 (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010) | (1) 1958 | 13 |
 Italy
|
4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) | 2 (1970, 1994) | (1) 1990 | (1) 1978 | 8 |
 Argentina
|
3 (1978, 1986, 2022) | 3 (1930, 1990,
2014) |
0 | 0 | 5 |
 Uruguay
|
2 (1930, 1950) | 0 | 0 | 3 (1954, 1970, 2010) | 5 |
 France
|
2 (1998, 2018) | 2 (2006, 2022) | 2 (1958, 1986) | (1) 1982 | 6 |
 Spain
|
(1) 2010 | 0 | 0 | (1) 1950 | 2 |
 England
|
(1) 1966 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1990, 2018) | 3 |
 Netherlands
|
0 | 3(1974,
1978, 2010) |
(1) | (1) | 5 |
 Hungary
|
0 | 2 (1938, 1954) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Croatia
|
0 | 1 (2018) | 2 (1998, 2022) | 0 | 2 |
 Sweden
|
0 | 1 (1958) | 2 (1950, 1994) | (1) 1938 | 4 |
FIFA World Cup Media
FIFA president Jules Rimet convinced the confederations to promote an international football tournament
Estadio Centenario, the location of the first World Cup final in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay
The opening game of the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shortly before the 1950 FIFA World Cup
Inside Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, during a match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup
The BC Place in Vancouver hosting a 2015 Women's World Cup match
Jules Rimet trophy, awarded from 1930 to 1970
The current trophy (held by Kylian Mbappé in 2018) was designed by Italian Silvio Gazzaniga and first awarded in 1974
A map of FIFA World Cup final hosts, 1930–2022. Green: once; dark green: twice; light green: planned
Russian delegates celebrate being chosen as the host of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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Related pages
References
- ↑ "World Cup to expand to 48 teams in 2026". NBC Sports Chicago. January 10, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- ↑ 1930 FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2009. Archived 2017-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
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