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Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
The 2011 FIFA World Cup may refer to the following football (soccer) competitions: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup; 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup; 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup; 2011 FIFA Club World Cup; 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
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The FIFA Confederations Cup was a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country. [ 57 ]
The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. Four days later, the first World Cup hat-trick was achieved by Bert Patenaude of the U.S. in the Americans' 3–0 win against Paraguay. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo to become the first nation to win a ...
June 18 – July 10 – 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico Mexico won the cup as host being the first team to achieve that, defeating Uruguay 2–0 and achieving their second title in the category. June 26 – July 17 – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany First title for Japan. Runner up United States. Third place Sweden.
As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2] Eight nations have won the tournament.
September 9–October 23 – The 2011 Rugby World Cup is held in and won by New Zealand. September 10 – The MV Spice Islander I, carrying at least 800 people, sinks off the coast of Zanzibar, killing 240 people. [67] September 12 – Approximately 100 people die after a petrol pipeline explodes in Nairobi. [68] September 16 – Snapchat was ...