Transcription of A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WORLD CUPS

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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP The World Cup
FIFA, also known as the World Cup, World Cup or
World Cup, or FIFA World Cup, whose original name was World Championship of
Football is the international men's football tournament at the national team level.
most important in the world.

This sporting event takes place every four years since 1930, with the exception of the
years 1942 and 1946, during which it was suspended due to World War II.
INTRODUCTION The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first edition of
World Football Championship organized by FIFA. It took place in Uruguay between
on July 13 and 30, 1930. FIFA decided to assign the organization of the tournament to
Uruguay in commemoration of the centenary of the Oath of the Constitution, which the nation
I was celebrating during July of that same year, among other reasons.
In the tournament, 13 national teams participated.

Champion: Uruguay URUGUAY 1930 The II Football World Cup took place in
Italy between May 27 and June 10, 1934. For this tournament thirty-four
associations requested to participate, so this time eliminations were held for
determine the sixteen participating selections. Only four participated
non-European selected: Argentina, Brazil,
United States and Egypt, which was the first African team to participate in
contest.

Champion: Italy ITALIA 1934 The III World Cup of Football took place in
France from June 4 to June 19, 1938. The champion was Italy, being the first country
in achieving the two-time championship, after defeating Hungary in the final by 4:2.
This tournament is characterized as the last major event before the Second World War.
World.

Champion: Italy FRANCE 1938 The IV World Cup took place in Brazil,
between June 24 and July 16, 1950, and it was the first edition of the tournament after
of World War II. After the suspension of events in 1942 and 1946, the
The World Cup returned to South America after 20 years, since Uruguay 1930.
teams participated and were divided into 4 groups, of which qualified the
best from each group to a new final round

Champion: Uruguay BRAZIL 1950 The V World Cup was held in

Switzerland, between June 16 and July 4, 1954. Thus, the World Cup returned
to Europe where Switzerland was chosen as the host being the only nation with the infrastructure
necessary for the event. The World Cup had the participation of 16 teams
Nationals, which were divided into 4 groups of 4.

Champion: Germany SWITZERLAND 1954 The VI FIFA World Cup took place in
Sweden, between June 8 and June 29, 1958.
16 national teams participated in the final phase, the debuting teams
from the Soviet Union, Northern Ireland and Wales managed to finish in the top eight
finalists. Highlighting the only time in the history of the tournament that all four
British teams participated in the final stage.

Champion: Brazil SWEDEN 1958 The VII edition of the World Cup
from 1962 was held in Chile between May 30 and June 17, 1962.
After twelve years, the main international football competition returned to America.
following a rotation between Europe and America that would last until the year 2002.
Despite lacking experience in organizing international sporting events,
Chile was selected in 1956 as the host, surpassing Argentina's bid.

Champion: Brazil CHILE 1962 The VIII World Cup took place in England,
between July 11 and 30, 1966.
16 teams participated in the final round, being divided into 4 groups of 4 teams.
where the top 2 from each group advanced to the quarter-finals, starting from
in which direct elimination matches took place.

Champion: England ENGLAND 1966 The IX World Cup was held in

Mexico, between May 31 and June 21, 1970.
16 teams participated in the final round, being divided into 4 groups of 4 teams.
where the top 2 from each group advanced to the quarterfinals, starting from
which had direct elimination matches.
This tournament is considered by various experts as one of the best in history.
of football, due both to its fair play (there were no expulsions) and the various
teams that attended with some of the best players of this sport,
like Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer.

Champion: Brazil MEXICO 1970 The X World Cup was held in

West Germany in the summer of 1974 (From June 13 to July 7). Sixteen
National teams participated in the tournament which, as a novelty, changed the system.
in the second round, where instead of conducting knockout matches
among the 8 teams that advanced, they were divided into 2 groups of 4; the winners of
each group advanced to the final and the runners-up to play the match for third place.

Champion: Germany GERMANY 1974 The XI Football World Cup was held in
Argentina, between June 1 and June 25, 1978. The World Cup was back thus
in South America for the first time since 1962. The tournament was held in 6 stadiums,
distributed in the cities of Buenos Aires, Rosario, Mar del Plata,
Córdoba and Mendoza.

Champion: Argentina ARGENTINA 1978 The XII World Cup of Football 1982 is
took place in Spain, between June 13 and July 11 of that year. The first president
the organizing committee was José Ángel Zalba.
The World Cup had Naranjito as its mascot, and the official ball was the Adidas Tango.
Spain 82. The design did not vary much from the Tango of 1978, both used as
material leather, but this model had waterproof seams that reduced the
water absorption in case of rains.

Champion: Italy SPAIN 1982 The XIII World Cup was held in
Mexico, between May 31 and June 29, 1986. Mexico became the first
country to host the World Cup twice, when the Executive Committee of the
FIFA, after a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden in May 1983, decides to change the venue
selected in 1974, Colombia, which had to decline in November 1982 before the
impossibility of meeting the requirements that FIFA demanded to hold the
event.

Champion: Argentina MEXICO 1986 The XIV World Cup took place in
Italy, between June 8 and July 8, 1990.
Italy became the second country to celebrate a World Cup on 2 occasions.
different when organizing the tournament in 1990.

Champion: Germany ITALY 1990 It was the XV edition of the World Cup and
It took place in the United States, between June 17 and July 17, 1994.
The United States was chosen as the host of the World Cup, generating great controversy for being
a country without a football tradition, due to the popularity of other sports such as
basketball, baseball, and football. However, due to the development
economic and the infrastructure of that country, the event was a great success.

Champion: Brazil UNITED STATES 1994 It was the XVI edition of the World Cup
Football took place in France, from June 10 to July 12, 1998.
France became the third country to host two championships (after Mexico.
and Italy), 60 years after the World Cup held in 1938.

Champion: France FRANCE 1998 It was the XVII edition of the World Cup
Football was held in South Korea and Japan, between May 31 and June 30.
June 2002. This tournament was the first organized in history by two countries, the
the first to be held outside of Europe and America and the first to be held in Asia.
Champion: Brazil KOREA/JAPAN 2002 It was the XVIII edition of the World Cup
Soccer. This edition of the event took place in Germany, between June 9 and June 9.
July 2006, being the second opportunity in which that country organized this event.
after the championship held in 1974 in what was then West Germany.

Champion: Italy GERMANY 2006 It was the XIX edition of the FIFA World Cup.
The competition took place in South Africa, from June 11 to July 11, 2010.
being the first time the tournament was held in Africa and the fifth time it took place in the
southern hemisphere, surpassing the host country in the previous election to Egypt and Morocco.

Champion: Spain SOUTH AFRICA 2010 It will be the XX edition of the World Cup
Football. This edition of the tournament will take place in Brazil in 2014 (from the 12th of
June to July 13), being the second time this tournament is held in Brazil after
from the 1950 FIFA World Cup, after the president of FIFA, Joseph
Blatter established the criterion of continental rotation. BRAZIL 2014 CONCLUSION *
Football is undoubtedly the king of sports.
19 World Cups have been held since 1930 and with each edition their popularity
increase.
Brazil is the most successful team with 5 victories, followed by Italy, the current champion, with 4.
Germany with 3, Uruguay and Argentina with 2, while England and France have been
champions just once.

Uruguay 1930

Peru participated in the first World Cup in the history of football. It did not
he can say that he qualified since he was invited by the host country. He lost.
their two matches: against Uruguay (0-1) and Romania (1-3). That quickly it
the first participation of the bicolor in a World Cup has passed.