The FIFA World Cup, which is also known as the Football World Cup, but more commonly known as the World Cup is an international football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Federation Internationale de
Football Association (FIFA).
The Competition has been played every four years since the first competition in 1930, except for in 1942 and 1946 because of World War II.
At the moment, the format of the tournament is that it involves 32 teams competing for the cup at stadiums within the host nations over the period of one month. This period is usually called the World Cup Finals.
There is also a qualification period which takes place over the three years. This qualification period is used to decide what teams will qualify to the tournament with the host nations. The world cup is the most viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 final from Germany.
The 2006 world cup was hosted in Germany. All of the major teams's stadiums were used for the world cup final matches.
Even though the tournament has been played 18 times, only seven nations have ever won it. Brazil happen to be the only nation that have qualified for ever tournament and have won it five times. Italy, being the current champions, have won four times. Germany have won three titles. Uraguay and Argentina have won it twice each and England and France have one once each.
The 2006 world cup was held in Germany. The next world cup is being held in South Africa between June 11th and July 11th 2010. The 2014 world cup will be held in Brazil.
The world cup 2010 qualifiers have been played over the last year and now the 32 teams to play in South Africa 2010 have been decided. There was a lot of controversy over Thiery Henry's blatent handball for France against Ireland while setting up a goal
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