The FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup is an international football competition in which member countries of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) participate. The World Cup has been held every four years since 1930, but was stopped in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.FIFA World Cup

Establishment:

1930;(92years)

Region

International (FIFA)

Number of teams

32 teams

The current champion

France (2nd title)

The most successful team

Brazil (5 titles)

FIFA World Cup 1978 during the first 3 years, qualifiers are held by continents. A total of 32 teams that win the final qualifying round and the host country that hosts the World Cup participate in the World Cup, which lasts only 1 month.

In the last 21 times, 8 countries won the championship. Among those countries, Brazil has won the champion award 5 times and has been allowed to compete in each time. The other winners were Italy and Germany, who won four times. Uruguay and Argentina; The French have 2 times each. England and Spain have won 1 time each.

The World Cup is also the most watched sporting event in the world. The 2006 FIFA World Cup final in Germany was watched by an estimated 715 million viewers. [1] The 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa from June 11 to July 11. Spain won the match. The 2014 FIFA World Cup was held in Brazil and Germany won. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was held in Russia and France won the championship.

So far, 17 countries have hosted the World Cup, including Brazil, France Germany Italy Mexico twice each. Uruguay Switzerland Sweden Chile England Argentina Spain United States of America, Japan-South Korea (joint); South Africa the Russians have hosted each one. The 2022 World Cup will be hosted by Qatar.

In 2026, Canada-United States-Mexico will co-host, so Mexico will have the distinction of hosting the World Cup three times.

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