The world cup
The FIFA world cup is (like I said above) a worldwide mens soccer/football tournament. The sport is usually only called soccer in the United states of America. It is a tournament between the best countries in the world. The winner gets the World Cup. It is mostly made out of gold. The world cup happens every four years. The winners right now are Spain. The final of the world cup is one of the most watched games in the world.
How it is organized
First you have to qualify for the world cup. In the qualification processes it goes from 200 and over to 32 countries. Qualifying Tournaments are held in FIFA continental zones. North America, South America, Asia, Oceania, Africa and Europe. These zones do not go exactly with the geographic continents. Like Kazakhstan is in Europe and Germany plays them! If you are hosting the Cup you automatically qualify. After the Qualification Tournaments then the world cup starts. It starts with the group stage. This is a part when 4 teams are put together in a group and they play each other. Only the top 2 teams of the group will go to the knockout stage. In this stage if you lose a game you lose the tournament until semi finals and finals. The first part of the knockout stage is the round of 16. In the round of 16 the reaming teams from the group stage will play each other. Then the winners of the round of 16 will play each other in the quarter finals. The 4 winners of the quarter finals will play each other in the semi-finals. the winners of the semi finals play each other in the Final! The losers of the semi finals will play each other for third place. The winner of the final wins and the loser is the runner up or second place.
The history of the world cup
The first world cup was held in 1930 in Uruguay. There has been 19 world cups so far and 2014 is the 20th. Only south American and European teams have won it.
1930
1st Uruguay 2nd Argentina 3rd United States of America
host: Uruguay
1934
1st Italy 2nd Czechoslovakia 3rd Germany
host:Italy
1938
1st Italy 2nd Hungary 3rd Brazil
host: France
Canceled because of WWII
1950
1st Uruguay 2nd Brazil 3rd Sweden
host: Brazil
1954
1st Germany 2nd Hungary 3rd Austria
host: Switzerland
1958
1st Brazil 2nd Sweden 3rd France
host: Sweden
1962
1st Brazil 2nd Czechoslovakia 3rd Chile
host:Chile
1966
1st England 2nd Germany 3rd Portugal
host: England
1970
1st Brazil 2nd Italy 3rd Germany
host: Mexico
1974
1st Germany 2nd Netherlands 3rd Poland
host:Germany
1978
1st Argentina 2nd Netherlands 3rd Brazil
host: Argentina
1982
1st Italy 2nd Germany 3rd Poland
host: Spain
1986
1st Argentina 2nd Germany 3rd France
host:Mexico
1990
1st Germany 2nd Argentina 3rd Italy
host: Italy
1994
1st Brazil 2nd Italy 3rd Sweden
host:United states of America
1998
1st France 2nd Brazil 3rd Croatia
host: France
2002
1st Brazil 2nd Germany 3rd Turkey
host: Japan & Korea
2006
1st Italy 2nd France 3rd Germany
host:Germany
2010
1st Spain 2nd Netherlands 3rd Germany
host: South Africa
2014
1st Unknown 2nd Unknown 3rd Unknown
host: Brazil
All time winners
Brazil 5 ( 1958,1962,1970,1994,2002 )
Italy 4 ( 1934,1938,1982 , 2006 )
Germany ( 1954,1974, 1990 )
Argentina( 1978,1986)
Uruguay ( 1930,1950 )
France ( 1998)
England (1966)
Spain ( 2010 )
South America = 9
Europe =10
2014 world cup
The first game
Brazil vs Croatia was a Surprising match. It started off with an own goal at the 11'. Like I said above this game is the first time Croatia scored on a south American team and the first Brazilian own goal in world cup history ! Brazil came back with 2 goals from Neymar and one last minute goal by Oscar.
The Second game
Mexico vs Cameroon was a close-offside's game. With around 3 offside goals out of 8 offside's all together. Cameroon really played hard but could not score an allowed goal. The Mexicans had many goals but only 1 was considered legal. They faked a lot. I wanted Eto'o to score.
The Third game
Spain vs Netherlands. This was a terrible and amazing game. A crazy rematch of the 2010 final. It started off with a penalty scored by Spanish player Xabi Alanso. It barley passed the keeper. It was looking good for the Spaniards. But then Van Persie did an amazing diving header goal. For a Spanish fan it would also be terrible. After this Spain kind of slackened and Cassias did mistake after mistake ending in a crushing 5-1 defeat. This will probably lead to Spain playing Brazil in the round of sixteen or even worse, Not getting past the group stage!
The Fourth game
Australia vs Chile was cheap game. Chile faked and cheated a lot. Australia played very well but who can beat cheaters. The end score was 3-1.
Groups
Group A
Teams
Brazil Pts: 3
Croatia Pts: 0
Mexico Pts: 3
Cameroon Pts: 0
Games
Brazil vs Croatia Results: 3-1
Mexico vs Cameroon Results: 1-0
Brazil vs Mexico Results: Unknown
Cameroon vs Croatia Results: Unknown
Cameroon vs Brazil: Unknown
Mexico vs Croatia Results: Unknown
Group B
Teams
Spain Pts: 0
Netherlands Pts: 3
Australia Pts: 0
Chile Pts: 3
Games
Spain vs Netherlands Results: 1-5
Australia vs Chile Results: 1-3
Australia vs Netherlands: Unknown
Spain vs Chile Results: Unknown
Australia vs Spain: Unknown
Chile vs Netherlands: Unknown
Group C
Teams
Colombia Pts: 0
Ivory coast Pts: 0
Greece Pts: 0
Japan Pts: 0
Games
Colombia vs Greece Results: Unknown
Ivory coast vs Japan Results: Unknown
Colombia vs Ivory coast Results: Unknown
Greece vs Japan Results: Unknown
Colombia vs Japan: Unknown
Ivory coast vs Greece Results: Unknown
Group D
Teams
Uruguay Pts: 0
Italy Pts: 0
Costa Rica Pts: 0
England Pts: 0
Games
Uruguay vs Costa Rica Results: Unknown
England vs Italy: Unknown
Uruguay vs England Results: Unknown
Italy vs Costa Rica Results: Unknown
Uruguay vs Italy: Unknown
Costa Rica vs England Results: Unknown
Group E
Teams
France Pts: 0
Ecuador Pts: 0
Honduras Pts: 0
Switzerland Pts: 0
Games
Switzerland vs Ecuador Results: Unknown
France vs Honduras Results: Unknown
Switzerland vs France Results: Unknown
Honduras vs Ecuador Results: Unknown
Honduras vs Switzerland Results: Unknown
Ecuador vs France Results: Unknown
Group F
Teams
Iran Pts: 0
Argentina Pts: 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Pts: 0
Nigeria Pts: 0
Games
Argentina vs Bosnia and Herzegovina Results: Unknown
Iran vs Nigeria Results: Unknown
Iran vs Argentina Results: Unknown
Nigeria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina Results: Unknown
Argentina vs Nigeria Results: Unknown
Iran vs Bosnia and Herzegovina Results: Unknown
Group G
Teams
Untied States of America Pts: 0
Germany Pts: 0
Portugal Pts: 0
Ghana Pts: 0
Games
Germany vs Portugal Results: Unknown
Untied States of America vs Ghana Results: Unknown
Germany vs Ghana Results: Unknown
Untied States of America vs Portugal Results: Unknown
Untied States of America vs Germany Results: Unknown
Portugal vs Ghana Results: Unknown
Group H
Teams
Belgium Pts: 0
South Korea 0
Algeria Pts: 0
Russia Pts: 0
Games
Belgium vs Algeria Results: Unknown
South Korea vs Russia Results: Unknown
Russia vs Belgium Results: Unknown
Algeria vs South Korea Results: Unknown
South Korea vs Belgium: Unknown
Algeria vs Russia Results: Unknown
Top 10 games to watch
- The world cup final
- Italy vs England June 14 6:00 pm
- The first Semi final
- The Second Semi final
- Spain vs Netherlands already happened
- Germany vs Portugal June 16 12:00 pm
- Untied States of America vs Ghana June 16 6:00 pm
- Uruguay vs England June 19 3:00 pm
- Italy vs Uruguay June 24 12:00 pm
- France vs Ecuador June 25 4:00 pm
Sources:Wikipedia and ESPN
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