FIFA World Cup
he FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champion is France, which won its second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia.
The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month.
The 21 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France, and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain, with one title each.
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed single sporting event in the world. The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet
17 countries have hosted the World Cup. Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, and Mexico have each hosted twice, while Uruguay, Switzerland, Sweden, Chile, England, Argentina, Spain, the United States, Japan and South Korea (jointly), South Africa, and Russia have each hosted once. Qatar will host the 2022 tournament, and 2026 will be jointly hosted by Canada, the United States, and Mexico, which will give Mexico the distinction of being the first country to host games in three World Cups
The tournament was expanded to 24 teams in 1982,[] and then to 32 in 1998]also allowing more teams from Africa, Asia and North America to take part. Since then, teams from these regions have enjoyed more success, with several having reached the quarter-finals: Mexico, quarter-finalists in 1986; Cameroon, quarter-finalists in 1990; South Korea, finishing in fourth place in 2002; Senegal, along with USA, both quarter-finalists in 2002; Ghana, quarter-finalists in 2010; and Costa Rica, quarter-finalists in 2014. Nevertheless, European and South American teams continue to dominate, e.g., the quarter-finalists in 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2018 were all from Europe or South America and so were the finalists of all tournaments so far.
Two hundred teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds; 198 nations attempted to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, while a record 204 countries entered qualification for the
| Confederation | Total | (Hosts) Years |
|---|---|---|
| AFC | 2 |   2002,  2022 |
| CAF | 1 |  2010 |
| CONCACAF | 4 |  1970, 1986,  1994,  2026 |
| CONMEBOL | 5 |  1930,  1950,  1962,  1978, 2014 |
| OFC | 0 | |
| UEFA | 11 |  1934,  1938,  1954,  1958,  1966,  1974,  1982, 1990, 1998, 2006,  2018 |
Performances
Six of the eight champions have won one of their titles while playing in their own homeland, the exceptions being Brazil, who finished as runners-up after losing the deciding match on home soil in 1950 and lost their semi-final against Germany in 2014, and Spain, which reached the second round on home soil in 1982. England (1966) won its only title while playing as a host nation. Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), Argentina (1978), and France (1998) won their first titles as host nations but have gone on to win again, while Germany (1974) won their second title on home soil.[]
Other nations have also been successful when hosting the tournament. Switzerland (quarter-finals 1954), Sweden (runners-up in 1958), Chile (third place in 1962), South Korea (fourth place in 2002), and Mexico (quarter-finals in 1970 and 1986) all have their best results when serving as hosts. So far, South Africa (2010) has been the only host nation to fail to advance beyond the first round.[83]
Attendance
| Year | Hosts | Venues/ Cities | Total attendance | Matches | Avg. attendance | Highest attendances † | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Venue | Game(s) | ||||||
| 1930 | Uruguay | 3/1 | 590,549 | 18 | 32,808 | 93,000 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | Uruguay 6–1 Yugoslavia, Semi-final |
| 1934 |  Italy | 8/8 | 363,000 | 17 | 21,353 | 55,000 | Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome | Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia, Final |
| 1938 |  France | 10/9 | 375,700 | 18 | 20,872 | 58,455 | Olympique de Colombes, Paris | France 1–3 Italy, Quarter-final |
| 1950 |  Brazil | 6/6 | 1,045,246 | 22 | 47,511 | 173,850[84] | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil 1–2 Uruguay, Deciding match |
| 1954 | Switzerland | 6/6 | 768,607 | 26 | 29,562 | 63,000 | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern | West Germany 3–2 Hungary, Final |
| 1958 | Sweden | 12/12 | 819,810 | 35 | 23,423 | 50,928 | Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg | Brazil 2–0 Soviet Union, Group stage |
| 1962 | Chile | 4/4 | 893,172 | 32 | 27,912 | 68,679 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago | Brazil 4–2 Chile, Semi-final |
| 1966 | England | 8/7 | 1,563,135 | 32 | 48,848 | 98,270 | Wembley Stadium, London | England 4–2 West Germany, Final |
| 1970 | Mexico | 5/5 | 1,603,975 | 32 | 50,124 | 108,192 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Mexico 1–0 Belgium, Group stage |
| 1974 | West Germany | 9/9 | 1,865,753 | 38 | 49,099 | 83,168 | Olympiastadion, West Berlin | West Germany 1–0 Chile, Group stage |
| 1978 | Argentina | 6/5 | 1,545,791 | 38 | 40,679 | 71,712 | River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires | Italy 1–0 Argentina, Group stage |
| 1982 | Spain | 17/14 | 2,109,723 | 52 | 40,572 | 95,500 | Camp Nou, Barcelona | Argentina 0–1 Belgium, Opening match |
| 1986 | Mexico | 12/11 | 2,394,031 | 52 | 46,039 | 114,600 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Mexico 1–1 Paraguay, Group stage Argentina 3–2 West Germany, Final |
| 1990 | Italy | 12/12 | 2,516,215 | 52 | 48,389 | 74,765 | San Siro, Milan | West Germany 4–1 Yugoslavia, Group stage |
| 1994 | United States | 9/9 | 3,587,538 | 52 | 68,991 | 94,194 | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California | Brazil 0–0 (3–2p) Italy, Final |
| 1998 | France | 10/10 | 2,785,100 | 64 | 43,517 | 80,000 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | Brazil 0–3 France, Final |
| 2002 |  South Korea Japan | 20/20 | 2,705,197 | 64 | 42,269 | 69,029 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | Brazil 2–0 Germany, Final |
| 2006 | Germany | 12/12 | 3,359,439 | 64 | 52,491 | 72,000 | Olympiastadion, Berlin | Germany 1–1 (4–2p) Argentina, Quarter-final |
| 2010 | South Africa | 10/9 | 3,178,856 | 64 | 49,670 | 84,490 | Soccer City, Johannesburg | Spain 1–0 Netherlands, Final |
| 2014 | Brazil | 12/12 | 3,429,873 | 64 | 53,592 | 74,738 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Germany 1–0 Argentina, Final |
| 2018 | Russia | 12/11 | 3,031,768 | 64 | 47,371 | 78,011 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow | France 4–2 Croatia, Final |
| Overall | 40,532,478 | 900 | 45,036 | 171,772 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio (1950) | |||
The best-attended single match, shown in the last three columns, has been the final in 11 of the 21 World Cups as of 2018. Another match or matches drew more attendance than the final in 1930, 1938, 1958, 1962, 1970–1982, 1990, and 2006.
- Source: FIFA
Broadcasting and promotion
The World Cup was first televised in 1954 and is now the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world. The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion.[1] 715.1 million individuals watched the final match of the tournament, almost a ninth of the entire population of the planet. The 2006 World Cup draw, which decided the distribution of teams into groups, was watched by 300 million viewers.[ The World Cup attracts many sponsors such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Adidas. For these companies and many more, being a sponsor strongly impacts their global brands. Host countries typically experience a multimillion-dollar revenue increase from the month-long event. The governing body of the sport, FIFA, generated $4.8 billion in revenue from the 2014 tournament,[ and $6.1 billion from the 2018 tournament.[
Each FIFA World Cup since 1966 has its own mascot or logo. World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot.[] World Cups feature official match balls specially designed for each tournament. After Slazenger produced the ball for the 1966 World Cup Adidas became the official supplier to FIFA.[ Each World Cup also has an official song, which have been performed by artists ranging from Shakira to Will Smith.[91][92] Other songs, such as “Nessun dorma”, performed by The Three Tenors at four World Cup concerts, have also become identified with the tournament.[Forming a partnership with FIFA in 1970, Panini published its first sticker album for the 1970 World Cup.[94] Since then, collecting and trading stickers and cards has become part of the World Cup experience, especially for the younger generation.[] FIFA has also licensed World Cup video games since 1986, with Electronic Arts the current license holder.[94]
Results
- ^ There was no third place match in 1930; the two losing semi-finalists are ranked according to their overall records in the tournament.[
- ^ a b The final stage in 1950 was a round-robin group of four teams. Coincidentally, one of the last two matches pitted together the top two teams (and the only two who could win the title), and the other was between the bottom two teams. Uruguay v Brazil is often considered the de facto final of the 1950 World Cup
In all, 79 nations have played in at least one World Cup.[Of these, eight national teams have won the World Cup, and they have added stars to their badges, with each star representing a World Cup victory. (Uruguay, however, choose to display four stars on their badge, representing their two gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, which are recognised by FIFA as World Championships, and their two World Cup titles in 1930 and 1950).
With five titles, Brazil are the most successful World Cup team and also the only nation to have played in every World Cup (21) to date.] Brazil were also the first team to win the World Cup for the third (1970), fourth (1994) and fifth (2002) time. Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles. West Germany (1982–1990) and Brazil (1994–2002) are the only nations to appear in three consecutive World Cup finals. Germany has made the most top-four finishes (13), medals (12), as well as the most finals (8).
Teams reaching the top four
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) | 2 (1950*, 1998) | 2 (1938, 1978) | 2 (1974, 2014*) | 11 |
| Germany1 | 4 (1954, 1974*, 1990, 2014) | 4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) | 4 (1934, 1970, 2006*, 2010) | 1 (1958) | 13 |
| Italy | 4 (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006) | 2 (1970, 1994) | 1 (1990*) | 1 (1978) | 8 |
| Argentina | 2 (1978*, 1986) | 3 (1930, 1990, 2014) | 5 | ||
| France | 2 (1998*, 2018) | 1 (2006) | 2 (1958, 1986) | 1 (1982) | 6 |
| Uruguay | 2 (1930*, 1950) | 3 (1954, 1970, 2010) | 5 | ||
| England | 1 (1966*) | 2 (1990, 2018) | 3 | ||
| Spain | 1 (2010) | 1 (1950) | 2 | ||
 Netherlands | 3 (1974, 1978, 2010) | 1 (2014) | 1 (1998) | 5 | |
 Hungary | 2 (1938, 1954) | 2 | |||
 Czech Republic2 | 2 (1934, 1962) | 2 | |||
| Sweden | 1 (1958*) | 2 (1950, 1994) | 1 (1938) | 4 | |
 Croatia | 1 (2018) | 1 (1998) | 2 | ||
 Poland | 2 (1974, 1982) | 2 | |||
 Austria | 1 (1954) | 1 (1934) | 2 | ||
 Portugal | 1 (1966) | 1 (2006) | 2 | ||
 Belgium | 1 (2018) | 1 (1986) | 2 | ||
| United States | 1 (1930) | 1 | |||
| Chile | 1 (1962*) | 1 | |||
 Turkey | 1 (2002) | 1 | |||
 Serbia3 | 2 (1930, 1962) | 2 | |||
| Russia4 | 1 (1966) | 1 | |||
 Bulgaria | 1 (1994) | 1 | |||
| South Korea | 1 (2002*) | 1 |
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