Difference between revisions of "FIFA World Cup"
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1962 Brazil | 1962 Brazil | ||
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1970 Brazil | 1970 Brazil | ||
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2002 Brazil | 2002 Brazil | ||
Revision as of 04:03, July 19, 2007
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.
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 finals of the 2010 World Cup will be held in South Africa, the first time the tournament has been hosted in Africa.
List of Tournament Winners
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