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FIFA World Cup, which is also called the World Cup of Soccer, is the most coveted football competition, where top football players from around the world represent their national teams to compete for the most prestigious World Cup trophy. Organized by FIFA, which stands for Federation Internationale de Football Association, this competition takes place every 4 years at a pre-decided host country around the world.
The first Soccer World Cup was held in the year 1930, and since then except for times during World War II in 1942 & 1946, this 4 yearly event has been regularly held till now with the latest due to be held in South Africa this year. Germany played host to the World Cup tournament in its previous 2006 edition, where an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup live. This is undoubtedly the most eagerly awaited tournaments among all football loving fans around the world.
Under the current format of the tournament, 32 teams are made to compete against each other on venues pre-decided around the host nation in a period spanning over a month. The top 8 teams comprising from the 4 groups are then made to clash in quarterfinals. The final 4 which qualify ultimately clash in the semi-finals to book a place in the finals of this prestigious event. The final match is the culmination of the tournament, which also decides the winner and the runner up team.
In the 18 editions of the world cup soccer that have taken place so far, Brazil has won the championship for a record 5 times, followed closely by Italy who are the current champions and have won the cup 4 times. Germany, the host nation to the previous edition of the Word Cup has won this coveted championship 3 times, followed by Uruguay and Argentina, who have won the championship 2 times, and England & France with one championship wins to their names.
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