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The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. Cameroon have appeared in the Finals of the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions, the first being in 1982 where they drew all three group games and finished in 17th position.
The first joint bid of the World Cup was approved, edging out Mexico. Results: South Korea/ Japan (joint bid, voted by acclamation) Mexico; The 2002 FIFA World Cup was co-hosted in Asia for the first time by South Korea and Japan (the opening match was held in South Korea and the final was held in Japan).
In addition, stadiums must have a minimum number of television camera stands and media areas and also be free of advertising throughout the World Cup. This includes stadium names – for instance, during the 2006 World Cup, German stadiums such as Allianz Arena were renamed "FIFA World Cup Stadium – Munich" for licensing reasons. [3]
The steel-roof of the main stadium, which is decorated in the colours of Cameroon's flag, was designed by Maeg, [7] who specialise in steel structures. The first match held at the Stadium was on 3 September 2021: a FIFA World Cup African Qualifier game between Cameroon and Malawi, which Cameroon won 2–0.
Cameroon women's national football team played its first game on 15 June 1991 in Nigeria (defeated 2–0) as Martin Spirit as Captain . Cameroon has been runners up in Africa Women Cup of Nations in 1991, 2004 and 2014. The national team competed for the first time at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and first qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World ...
Estadio Centenario, the location of the first World Cup final in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13 July 1930, and were won by France and the United States, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0 respectively. The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of ...
BY MARK GLEESON SALVADOR Brazil Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:16pm EDT (Reuters) - Cameroon are to investigate claims that seven of their players were involved in match-fixing at the World Cup, the country's ...
A site of the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Expandable to 40,000 TD Place Stadium: 24,000: Ottawa: Ontario: Atlético Ottawa. Former home of the Ottawa Fury. A host site for the 1976 Summer Olympics soccer matches, 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup: Expandable to 40,000 Tim Hortons Field ...