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The FIFA World Cup is a gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup association football tournament. Since the advent of the World Cup in 1930, two different trophies have been used: the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970 and thereafter the FIFA World Cup Trophy from 1974 to the present day. The production cost of the ...
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 94 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 ...
In November 2007, FIFA announced that all members of World Cup-winning squads between 1930 and 1974 were to be retroactively awarded winners' medals. [65] This made Brazil's Pelé the only player to have won three World Cup winners' medals (1958, 1962, and 1970, although he did not play in the 1962 final due to injury), [ 123 ] with 20 other ...
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA.It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007.
Last year in Qatar, Messi helped his country of Argentina win its third FIFA World Cup title (and his first) by beating France via a penalty shootout in one of the most thrilling finals in ...
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.
Costs of the tournament totalled $11.6 billion, [26] making it the most expensive World Cup to date, [27] until surpassed by 2018 FIFA World Cup which cost an estimated $14.2 billion. [28] FIFA was expected to spend US$2 billion on staging the finals, [29] with its greatest single expense being the US$576 million prize money pot. That money ...
Saudi Arabia was the sole bidder for the 2034 World Cup. Winning the 2034 hosting rights has propelled Saudi Arabian efforts to be seen as a world leader in sport, which its critics say is an ...