Fifa world cup

FIFA - WORLD CUP
The world championship of soccer (association football) is the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup. The competition is held every four years and is the most-watched sporting event in the world.
The first World Cup was organized by FIFA, the worldwide governing body of soccer, in 1930. The competition was won by Uruguay, which also hosted the event. National teams from 13 countries participated in the inaugural World Cup. Today, the competition consists of preliminary qualifying tournaments leading to a final elimination event made up of 32 national teams. Six FIFA confederations (the Asian Football Confederation; the Confédération Africaine de Football; the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; the Oceania Football Confederation; the Union des Associations Européennes de Football; and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) oversee the preliminary tournaments in their respective regions. Unlike the Olympic men’s soccer competition—which is limited to players aged 23 and under, with each team allowed three players over 23—World Cup teams are not limited to players of a certain age. All players participating in World Cup competition must be citizens of the country they represent. Referees for the World Cup are selected from lists that are submitted by all of the FIFA-affiliated national associations, which in the early 21^st century numbered more than 200.
With t of 1942 and 1946, when World War II prevented the tournament from being held, the World Cup has been played every four years since 1930. From 1930 to 1970 the trophy cup that was awarded to the World Cup champions was the Jules Rimet Trophy, named for the Frenchman who proposed the tournament. This cup was permanently awarded in 1970 to then three-time winner Brazil (1958, 1962, and 1970), and a new trophy called the FIFA World Cup was put up for competition.
The World Cup has experienced remarkable growth in popularity since the tournament’s inception and in the 21^st century continues to attract global attention. The 2002 World Cup was held in South Korea and Japan in what marked the first dual hosting of a World Cup final tournament. The event drew a cumulative television audience estimated at more than 26 billion people. The 2006 World Cup in Germany attracted a similarly sized television viewership, with some 715 million people around the world tuning in to watch the dramatic final match in which Italy beat France 5–3 in a penalty shootout. South Africa was host to the 2010 World Cup, the first time that the event was held in an African country. The 2014 World Cup in Brazil was the first World Cup held in South America since Argentina hosted the event in 1978. The tournament took place in Russia in 2018, and Qatar is hosting the event in 2022. The 2026 World Cup will be hosted jointly by the United States, Mexico,

CONCLUSION

This was a brilliant World Cup, perhaps my favourite ever. But the rush to call it ‘the best’ or rank it objectively against others is misplaced.
The magnificence of the World Cup lies in its universal popularity and yet its simultaneous ability to mean a million different things to a million different people. Your enjoyment of a tournament depends largely on your personal and professional situation.
Was this the one where you came of age, long afternoons spent in hazy beer gardens in a fog of beery bliss? Was this this the one where you wowed at 100 goals in silence, dancing on the inside as you tried to hide the tiny live stream window in the corner of your work computer screen? Was this the one where you watched the highlights every night with your newborn baby in arms, fizzing with happiness to the point where you thought you might burst?
That comes as little surprise, in truth. The lack of funding and disorganisation – and corruption – within South American football is finally coming home to roost, with European sides now able to match their South American counterparts on technical ability. With North America, Africa and Asia still unable to mount a meaningful challenge, Europe has enjoyed the cakewalk.
There is hope, of course. Argentina must now undergo a self-imposed cleanse if it is to respond again following years of dependence on Messi, but Brazil remain in rude health despite their exit. Tite’s team outplayed Belgium for long periods of their quarter-final and could well have given France a stern test, while Belgium themselves came close to exit at the hands of Japan.
But that doesn’t alter the cold, hard statistics. Only one of the last eight World Cup finalists (Argentina in 2014) have come from outside Europe.