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In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a "world football championship for amateurs", and took responsibility for managing the event. [15] This paved the way for the world's first intercontinental football competition for nations, at the 1920 Summer Olympics, contested by Egypt and 13 European teams, and won by Belgium. [16]
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, the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, when it was not held because of World War II.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. [ 2 ]
Football World Championship; Global Tour for Peace; International Champions Cup; La Manga Cup: winter tournament 1999–2015; Usual between clubs from countries with a summer football season (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, United States and Canada) Marbella Cup: 2004–2017; Mohammed V Cup; Opel Master Cup; Peace Cup
In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognize the Olympic tournament as a "world football championship for amateurs", [13] and took responsibility for organizing the event. This led the way for the world's first intercontinental football competition, at the 1920 Summer Olympics, won by Belgium. [14] Uruguay won the tournaments in 1924 and 1928.
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total ...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, [2] will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026.
FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament officially assigns the world title. [34] The competition was first contested in 2000 as the FIFA Club World Championship.