FIFA World Cup

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The FIFA World Cup is a global association football (soccer) tournament held every four years since 1930 (except during the Second World War). Its scale as a global sporting event is challenged only by the Olympics.

In the current form, the final tournament is contested by 32 nations who, with the exception of the host nation, are required to qualify by beating others from their region in a preliminary tournament. The current holders of the World Cup are Italy, who beat France in the 2006 final in Germany. The 2010 World Cup will be held in South Africa, the first time the tournament is hosted in Africa.

Tournament Winners^[1]

width="50%" 1930 Uruguay 1934 Italy 1938 Italy 1942 (No tournament) 1946 (No tournament) 1950 Uruguay 1954 Germany 1958 Brazil 1962 Brazil 1966 England 1970 Brazil 1974 West Germany 1978 Argentina 1982 Italy 1986 Argentina 1990 Germany 1994 Brazil 1998 France 2002 Brazil 2006 Italy

5 Brazil 1958,1962,1970,1994,2002 4 Italy 1934,1938,1982,2006 2 Argentina 1978,1986 2 Germany 1954,1990 2 Uruguay 1930,1950 1 England 1966 1 France 1998 1 West Germany 1974

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