History of the World Cup

The World Football Championship (English: FIFA World Cup) is an international football tournament organized by the World Football Association (FIFA) every 4 years for all national football teams of those FIFA member country. The first tournament was held in 1930, and was only interrupted twice in 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War.

The current format allows 32 best teams to participate in the final round (since 1998). Qualifying rounds were held during the previous 3 years to determine which teams were entitled to play the finals with the host country. The World Cup is a sporting event that attracts the most attention from all over the world (more people watch the World Cup).

FIFA said 906.6 million people watched at least one minute of the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands via television. This number increased to nearly one billion people including the number of online viewers and viewing in public areas. In more detail, 530.9 million people watched the home final and 619.7 million people watched at least 20 minutes of extra time for this match.

This year's World Cup is held in Russia.

Over 20 times (as of 2014), 8 countries stood on the coronation podium. Brazil is the only team to attend all 20 finalists and currently holds a record five times the championship. Followed by Italy and Germany with 4 times to win the highest position. Argentina and Uruguay's first championship team, together with 2 titles. Other champions are England, France and Spain, each with a title.

The reigning world champion was the German team after winning against Argentina 1–0 in extra time in the 2014 World Cup final.

According to the latest news, FIFA has accepted to increase the number of teams to 48 teams from the 2026 World Cup. This is the first time since 1998, FIFA increased the number of teams participating in the World Cup.

History was born

The idea of ​​bringing together the strongest teams of nations in a world championship match originated in the 1920s, initiated by a group of French football managers, headed by Jules Rimet.

The official name of the World Football Championship has changed several times.

Resolution of regular implementation The world football championship was passed in Amsterdam by the FIFA Congress in 1928. During this period, professional football was large-scale but the games in the Olympics were only Allowing amateur players to participate should not meet the requirements of the football world.

The official name of the World Football Championship has changed several times. It was originally called the " World Cup " (World Cup, Coupe du monde) followed by "Jules Rimet Cup" (name of former FIFA president), then "Cup Jules Rimet World Cup - " and finally the " FIFA World Cup ".

The first tournament was officially held in Uruguay in 1930, attended by 13 teams. And the first gold trophy called "Jules Rimet" was in the hands of the host.

The FIFA World Cup takes place every four years, except for the two canceled seasons in 1942 and 1946 due to the effects of World War II.

In the 1950s, the world football championship quickly reaffirmed its position and continued to maintain its monopoly as the biggest sporting event in modern times, held alternately in the Asian region. Europe and America. But it was not until the World Cup recently that a breakthrough was seen when Korea and Japan were selected to host the 2002 World Cup. By 2010, FIFA had for the first time brought the tournament to Africa, and the country. The honor to host is South Africa.

Cup

From 1970 and earlier, the world champion team was awarded the "gold cup" in the official FIFA documents called "art items". It is a small statue of "Nike Goddess of victory" (according to Greek mythology) that in soccer is often called the "Golden Goddess". According to FIFA orders, the statue was completed in 1928 by a goldsmith in Paris named real gold Abel Lafleur, weighing 1.8kg (with a marble base weighs about 4kg), curing $ 10,000 price.

World Cup gold cup.

Before the 1970 World Cup , FIFA kept the "Golden Cup" in accordance with the rules to give the national football federation of the country that had the world championship and returned it to FIFA before proceeding to the final round. Finalize the World Football Championship next time.

In 1970, after three championships, as stipulated in the charter, the Brazilian team was awarded the "Golden Goddess" permanently . FIFA then made a new trophy named FIFA World Cup . This trophy is a penalty shootout, no team can win forever. The winning teams will be awarded the miniature sample trophy as a souvenir along with holding the official trophy during the time between the two world football championships.

The new trophy was cast in real gold by Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga, 36.5cm tall, weighing 6.175kg, worth 20,000 USD. This cup is made by the goldsmith Stabilimento Artistico Bertoni in Milano city. The trophy features 2 young men with 4 arms raised to support the Earth. The metal part of the present trophy is 4.9kg "18 carat solid gold" and has 2 layers of malachite stone.