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Monday, May 31, 2010
world cup
Today I’m going to give some information about the history of the world cup .
The are a few names for this tournament FIFA World cup ( international association football competition contested by the men’s national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA ,it start in France) , football World cup ( I’m talking about soccer not American football) . But for each sports there are a popular name simply as the world cup because all the world care about this sports so we have the same name in each language. First tournament was in 1930 once every four years but except 1942 and 1966 for the second world war .
The format of the tournament involves 32 teams trying to win the title and they take this teams by qualification phase in three years . During the 18th tournaments that have been held, seven nations have won the title. Brazil have won the World Cup a record 5 times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament since world cup start . Italy, 2006champions, have won four titles, and Germany with three titles. The other are Uruguay , winners of the inaugural tournament, and Argentina , with two titles each, England and France , with one title each. based on wikipediaand me .
the top four, with eleven.
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Brazil 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 2 (1950*, 1998) 2 (1938, 1978) 1 (1974)
Italy 4 (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006) 2 (1970, 1994) 1 (1990*) 1 (1978)
Germany^ 3 (1954, 1974*, 1990) 4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) 3 (1934, 1970, 2006*) 1 (1958)
Argentina 2 (1978*, 1986) 2 (1930, 1990) — —
Uruguay 2 (1930*, 1950) — — 2 (1954, 1970)
France 1 (1998*) 1 (2006) 2 (1958, 1986) 1 (1982)
England 1 (1966*) — — 1 (1990)
Netherlands — 2 (1974, 1978) — 1 (1998)
Czechoslovakia# — 2 (1934, 1962) — —
Hungary — 2 (1938, 1954) — —
Sweden — 1 (1958*) 2 (1950, 1994) 1 (1938)
Poland — — 2 (1974, 1982) —
Austria — — 1 (1954) 1 (1934)
Portugal — — 1 (1966) 1 (2006)
Chile — — 1 (1962*) —
Croatia — — 1 (1998) —
Turkey — — 1 (2002) —
United States — — 1 (1930) —
Yugoslavia# — — — 2 (1930, 1962)
Belgium — — — 1 (1986)
Bulgaria — — — 1 (1994)
Korea Republic — — — 1 (2002*)
Soviet Union# — — — 1 (1966)
Spain — — — 1 (1950)
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