BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUPS The FIFA World Cup, also known as the World Cup, World Cup or World Cup, or FIFA World Cup, whose original name was the World Cup, is the international men's soccer tournament at the level of the most important national teams in the world.
This sporting event is held every four years since 1930, with the exception of the years 1942 and 1946, in which it was suspended due to World War II. INTRODUCTION The 1930 Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA World Cup organized by FIFA. It was developed in Uruguay between July 13 and 30, 1930. FIFA decided to hand over the organization of the tournament to Uruguay in commemoration of the centennial of the Constitution Jura, which the nation celebrated during July of that year, among other reasons .
In the tournament, 13 national teams participated
Champion: Uruguay URUGUAY 1930 The II Soccer World Cup took place in Italy between May 27 and June 10, 1934. For this tournament, thirty-four associations requested to participate, so this time there were eliminations to determine the sixteen participant selections. Only four non-European selected participants participated: Argentina, Brazil,
United States and Egypt, which was the first African team to participate in the contest.
Champion: Italy ITALY 1934 The III Soccer World Cup took place in France between June 4 and 19, 1938. The champion was Italy, being the first country to achieve the bicampeonato, after beating Hungary in the final by 4: 2.
This tournament is characterized as the last great event prior to World War II.
Champion: Italy FRANCE 1938 The IV Soccer World Cup took place in Brazil, between June 24 and July 16, 1950 and was the first edition of the tournament after the Second World War. After the suspension of the events of 1942 and 1946, the World Cup returned to South America after 20 years, from Uruguay 1930. 13 teams participated and were divided into 4 groups, of which they classified the best of each group to a new round final
Champion: Uruguay BRAZIL 1950 The 5th FIFA World Cup took place in Switzerland, between June 16 and July 4, 1954. Thus, the World Cup returned to Europe where Switzerland was chosen as the only nation with the infrastructure necessary for the event. The World Cup had the participation of 16 national teams, which were divided into 4 groups of 4.
Champion: Germany SWITZERLAND 1954 The VI Soccer World Cup took place in Sweden, between June 8 and 29, 1958.
16 national teams participated in the final phase, the debutants from the Soviet Union, Northern Ireland and Wales managed to be in the first eight finalists. Standing out the only time in the history of the tournament in which the four British teams participated in the final phase.
Champion: Brazil SWEDEN 1958 The seventh edition of the 1962 World Cup was held in Chile between May 30 and June 17, 1962.
After twelve years, the main competition of international football returned to America, following a press between Europe and America that would last until 2002. Despite having no experience in holding international sporting events, Chile was selected in 1956 as the venue overcoming the candidacy of Argentina.
Champion: Brazil CHILE 1962 The VIII Soccer World Cup was held in England, between July 11 and 30, 1966.
16 teams participated in the final round, being divided into 4 groups of 4 teams where the first 2 of each group advanced to the quarterfinal round, from which direct elimination duels occurred.
Champion: England ENGLAND 1966 The IX Soccer World Cup was held in Mexico, between May 31 and June 21, 1970.
16 teams participated in the final round, being divided into 4 groups of 4 teams where the first 2 of each group advanced to the quarterfinal round, from which direct elimination duels occurred.
This tournament is considered by several experts as one of the best in the history of football, due both to its fair play (no expulsion) and the various teams that attended with some of the best players in the sport, such as Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer.
Champion: Brazil MEXICO 1970 The X FIFA World Cup was held in West Germany in the summer of 1974 (from June 13 to July 7). Sixteen national teams participated in the tournament, which, as a novelty, changed the system in the second round, where instead of conducting direct elimination matches between the 8 teams that advanced, they were divided into 2 groups of 4; the winners of each group went to the final and the second, to play the game for third place.
Champion: Germany GERMANY 1974 The XI FIFA World Cup took place in Argentina, between June 1 and 25, 1978. The World Cup was back in South America for the first time since 1962. The tournament was played in 6 stadiums, distributed in the cities of Buenos Aires, Rosario, Mar del Plata, Córdoba and Mendoza.
Champion: Argentina ARGENTINA 1978 The XII Soccer World Cup of 1982 was held in Spain, between June 13 and July 11 of that year. The first president of the organizing committee was José Ángel Zalba.
The World Cup had Naranjito as its mascot and the official ball was the Adidas Tango España 82. The design did not vary much from the Tango of 1978, both used leather as the material, but this model had waterproof seams that reduced the absorption of water in case of rains.
Champion: Italy SPAIN 1982 The XIII Soccer World Cup took place in Mexico, between May 31 and June 29, 1986. Mexico became the first country to hold a World Cup twice, when the World Cup Executive Committee FIFA, after a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden in May 1983, decided to replace the selected venue in 1974, Colombia, which had to decline in November 1982 due to the impossibility of complying with the requirements that FIFA required to hold the event.
Champion: Argentina MEXICO 1986 The XIV Soccer World Cup took place in Italy, between June 8 and July 8, 1990.
Italy became the second country to hold a World Cup on 2 separate occasions when organizing the tournament in 1990.
Champion: Germany ITALY 1990 It was the XV edition of the Soccer World Cup and was held in the United States, between June 17 and July 17, 1994.
The United States was chosen to host the World Cup, generating great controversy for being a country without a football tradition, due to the popularity of other sports such as basketball, baseball and American football. However, due to the economic development and infrastructure of that country, the event was very successful.
Champion: Brazil UNITED STATES 1994 It was the 16th edition of the Soccer World Cup and was held in France, between June 10 and July 12, 1998.
France became the third country to organize two championships (trasMéxico)
and Italy), 60 years after the World Cup held in 1938.
Champion: France FRANCE 1998 It was the XVII edition of the Soccer World Cup and was held in South Korea and Japan, between May 31 and June 30, 2002. This tournament was the first organized in history by two countries , the first to be held outside Europe and America and the first to be held in Asia.
