The history of the fifa world cup, including its balls evolution, champions etc. For the first time in fifa s history, the final draw for the world cup was staged in a football stadium. It was not held between 2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of fifa. The world cup trophies the trophy was named in jules rimets honor because he was the president of the french football federation and fifa at the time of the first world cup. History of the fifa world cup preliminary competition by year. The official history of the fifa world cup fifa museum there are quotes and firsthand memories from all 20 tournaments, revealing a new dimension to the established histories. Out of the 208 fifa member nations, 204 attempted to qualify for the 2010 world cup. The world cup logo has been at the center of fifa s marketing and branding effort over the past 15 years as it evolved from a soccer organization into a global cultural powerhouse. Pdf the topic of this presentation is the fifa world cup that can be considered as the major sportive main event in the world.
These are the 10 that we think of first when you say, the best goals in world cup history. Tournament curtainraisers are always special, and none moreso than south africas contest against mexico that marked the first fifa world cup finals match ever on african soil. The competition between the best national teams in the world mobilizes billions of people from all continents, cultures, ethnicities and creeds. This is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. The championship was first contested as the fifa club world championship in 2000. The world cup logo has been at the center of fifas marketing and branding effort over the past 15 years as it evolved from a soccer organization into a global cultural powerhouse. First fifa world cup in uruguay with teams taking part 1932. The fifa world cup is one of the largest events in the. South american dominance traditionally south american nations had not been seen as playing a big part in world affairs and were not even regarded as great allround sporting countries. A brief history of the fifa world cup brand south africa. History of the world cup final draw 2006 leipzig ger 9 december 2005 the final draw for the 2006 fifa world cup provided the world with an entertaining show, led by. Fifa more than met these statutory requirements in the 20032006 financial period.
Fifa world cup is one of the most famous sports tournament in the world. History of fifaworldcup fifa world cup association. Dec 31, 2017 with the 2018 fifa world cup set be hosted in russia from 14 june to 15 july, takes a look at the history of footballs most beloved tournament. The world cup was first held in 1930, when fifa president jules rimet decided to stage an international football tournament. Yes, you get the lineups of each match including substitutions along with the name of the match officials. Due to the success of this and subsequent tournaments, fifas president, jules rimet, proposed that fifa organise its own competition and his plans were adopted at the annual congress on 28 may 1928. Today, the fifa world cup holds the entire global public under its spell. The fifa world cup was first held in 1930, when fifa, the worlds football governing body, decided to stage an international mens football tournament under the era of fifa president jules rimet who put this idea into place. T here is nothing in football that can compare with the world cup. The topic of this presentation is the fifa world cup that can be considered as the major sportive main event in the world. Nov 29, 2017 since the first world cup back in 1930, it has become tradition for each tournament to design their own unique poster. In germany, the proportion of the population with a moderate to strong interest in the 2006 fifa world cup is just over 40 per cent. The world s largest and most spectacular sports event has come to the african continent. Fifa world cup uru ita fra bra sui swe chi eng mex frg arg esp mex ita usa fra korjpn ger rsa bra rus qat.
The success of football as an olympic sport in the early 20th century inspired fifa the world governing body of football, which was founded in 1904 to create its own. History of the fifa world cup 2018 fifa world cup russia. Jun 27, 2014 the history of the fifa world cup, including its balls evolution, champions etc. The history of the fifa world cup started in 1928, when fifa president jules rimet decided to stage an international football tournament. History of fifa world cup a series of illustrations celebrating the fifa world cup.
The most successful team has been brazil the finals tournament is held. Tshabalalas absolute stunner came with his 50 th cap for bafana bafana and was a vuvuzelaworthy leftfooted laser aptly described as a goal for all of africa. This is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and. The fifa world cup no other sporting competition creates so much excitement or stirs such a level of unrivalled passion on a global scale. With the 2018 fifa world cup set be hosted in russia from 14 june to 15 july, takes a look at the history of footballs most beloved tournament. This could facilitate crossborder human trafficking. Eighty years of the ultimate footballing tournament have seen fifteen different nations play host, seven nations reign as champion and 204 nations attempt to qualify to be able to show their footballing heroes to the world. Greece withdrew after playing one match, poland after two matches.
An introductory narrative explains the origins and historical progression of the world cup, while a chronology traces the development of the world cup since it was first held in 1930. The first world cup was the only one withoutqualification and 2 months before the start. The fifa world cup is today one of the most popular sports events in the w. Around six months before the 2006 fifa world cup kicked off, the proportion of those surveyed who know that the tournament is being held in germany ranges from 40 per cent italy to 64 per cent netherlands. However, even by 1966, they had unquestionably dominated world cup football. In an atmosphere of fascinated suspense, 38,000 spectators at the stade velodrome in.
The encyclopedia of the fifa world cup provides the most comprehensive and uptodate information available on the history of this incomparable event. And world football as we know it emerged with the inaugural fifa world cup in uruguay. The 2014 fifa world cup braziltm was the 20th edition of the tournament 12 host cities, 12 stadiums 28 venue specific training sites vstss in the 12 host cities 32 team base camps tbcs across brazil 32 teams, 64 matches statistics fifa world cup teams matches goals average yellow red cards. The history of the world cup in soccer 978 words 123.
It rouses passions and, at the same time, lessens differences. The inaugural edition, held in 1930, was contested as a final tournament of only thirteen teams invited by the organization. The trophy cup awarded from 1930 to 1970 was the jules rimet trophy, named for the frenchman who proposed the tournament. Hungary could not avail of their star player,puskas, due to injury, but it only took them a few minutes to show they were well able to perform without him. Historical table of the fifa club world cup wikipedia. History of fifaworldcup free download as powerpoint presentation.
The fifa world cup is one of the largest events in the world. When it comes to the grandest goals of them all those scored at the fifa world cup finals weve seen individual brilliance, historychanging strikes and legends born or boosted forever, like pele, diego maradona and more. The fifa world cup is the most watched sport of football soccer. As stated before, the inaugural world cup edition featured teams split into four groups. The fifa world cup was first held in 1930, when fifa, the worlds football governing body, decided to stage an international mens football tournament under. Each of the fifa world cup chapters is full of anecdotes curiosities long forgotten as well as the memorable and downright bizarre incidents on and off the pitch which have. The creation of sufficient reserves for the future is of major strategic importance to fifa, particularly. Packed with stunning photography, unique official documents and statistics from the fifa world football museum. The competition has subsequently expanded to a 2 year qualifying process involving almost 200 teams from all. The trophy itself has a funny story, because during world war ii, ottorino barassi, an official of the italian football association, hid it in a shoebox under his bed. Fifa world cup history history and origin of football. The world cup and economics 2 world cup 2002 the history of the world cup world cup finals year host country winner runnerup score 1930 uruguay uruguay argentina 42 1934 italy italy czechoslovakia 21 extratime 1938 france italy hungary 42 1950 brazil uruguay brazil 21 1954 switzerland west germany hungary 32 1958 sweden brazil sweden 52. Constantinople was renamed istanbul, the planet pluto was discovered, and agatha christies first miss marple novel rolled off the presses.
Encyclopedia of the fifa world cup 2015 publication. Packed with stunning photography, unique official documents and. The fifa world cup or the football world cup is believed to be the worlds most anticipated and biggest sporting extravaganza. Although bettors will be analysing the odds to try and find value in this years tournament, theres several interesting stats and facts from throughout world cup history. Buy the official history of the fifa world cup book at easons. More people watch the world cup finals than any other sporting event in the worldeven more people than the olympic games. Switzerland general secretary zenruffinen michel switzerland address fifa house hitzigweg 11 p. The complete history appears, on the surface, to follow freddis path. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site.
South africa will host the 2010 fifa world cup from 11 june to 11 july. Jul 10, 2014 the world cup was first held in 1930, when fifa president jules rimet decided to stage an international football tournament. Jan 26, 2017 the topic of this presentation is the fifa world cup that can be considered as the major sportive main event in the world. Read now world cup stories a bbc history of the fifa world cup ebook. History of the fifa world cup preliminary competition by year good to know 6 fifa communications division, 19 september 2007 finalists fifa world cup 1938.
Goals are assigned to the appropriate goals scorers but without the times of the goal. South africa was widely expected to be awarded the competition, but some tactical voting by fifa participants the body of world football resulted in a more. Lucien laurent of france scored the first goal in world. Fifa president jules rimet thus set about organising the inaugural world cup tournament to be held in uruguay in 1930. As the title of the book implies, this aims to provide a referencestyle indepth look at the fifa world cup. The first world cup in 1930 consisted of 18 matches. From the first fifa wc 1930 in uruguay to the last one 2014 in brazil. Austria, belgium, bulgaria, czechoslovakia, estonia, finland, france, germany, greece, hungary, irish free state, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, netherlands. Background fifa world cup 1938 world cup preliminary competition with all the pioneering work that had been done for the fifa world cup by jules rimet, henri delauney, and robert guerin, it was no great surprise that the 1938 venue chosen was france, which the same as 60 years. This cup was permanently awarded in 1970 to then threetime winner brazil 1958, 1962, and 1970, and a new trophy called the fifa world cup was put up for competition. Even though the uefa champions league may produce games in the same quality, it cant overreach the status earned from the long tradition and the fact that one team represent a whole country. Pdf world cup stories a bbc history of the fifa world cup ebook. All fifa world cup winners list and pdf to download sportswhy.
The official history of the fifa world cup fifa world. The 21 st edition of the fifa world cup will be hosted by russia and begin on june 14, 2018. The competition has subsequently expanded to a 2 year qualifying process involving almost 200 teams from all over the world. The fifa world cup was first held in 1930, when fifa, the world s football governing body, decided to stage an international mens football tournament under the era of fifa president jules rimet who put this idea into place. History of the fifa world cup preliminary competition. The history of the soccer world cup can be traced to 1930, when the first competition was held in uruguay. Since the first world cup back in 1930, it has become tradition for each tournament to design their own unique poster. Due to the success of this and subsequent tournaments, fifa s president, jules rimet, proposed that fifa organise its own competition and his plans were adopted at the annual congress on 28 may 1928. An accumulated audience of over 37 billion people watched the france 98 tournament, including approximately 1. Even though the people are from different countries, without ex.
World cup history index page historical football kits. For help with downloading a wikipedia page as a pdf, see help. The inaugural edition, held in uruguay in 1930, was contested as a. Every image refers to the most important goal scored in the final match.
The fifa world cup quarterfinal tie that hungary and brazil contested at the wankdorf stadium in berne, switzerland, on 27 june 1954 did become that battle. The first competition, in 1930, consisted of just the final tournament of invited teams. From a financial point of view, the entire period, and the year 2006 in particular, was a resounding success. History of the fifa world cup preliminary competition by. A brief history of the fifa world cup logo adobe 99u. The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the atlantic ocean for european sides.
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