THE HISTORY OF FIFA WORLD CUP

The FIFA World Cup was founded in 1930.

It is an international association football competition contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of Federation International de Football Association (FIFA).
The FIFA World Cup is staged every four years and designed to alternate with the Summer Games. Besides, the FIFA World Cup is the most widely followed and viewed sporting organization all around the world.

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 champions are Spain, who won the 2010 tournament in South Africa.
And the most successful team over all are Brazil, who won five times, not only that, they are the only team to have played in every tournament.
The other World Cup winners are Italy, with the four titles.
And also Germany, with three titles;
Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two titles each;
and England, France and Spain, with one title each.

The 2014 world cup is currently being contested in Brazil.

The earlier 1908 Summer Olympics in London, football became an official competition. Planned by The Football Association (FA), England’s football governing body, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show after than a competition.

In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognize the Olympic tournament as a “world football championship for amateurs”, and took responsibility for managing the event. This paved the way for the world’s first intercontinental football competition, at the 1920 Summer Olympics, contested by Egypt and thirdteen European teams, and won by Belgium. Uruguay won the next two Olympics football tournaments in 1924 and 1928. Those were also the first two open world championships, as 1924 was the start of FIFA’s professional era.