The World Cup is one of the biggest sporting event in the world, behind only the Olympics. It is a men's soccer tournament, the French Jules Rimet implemented the competition in the world calendar, assumed the presidency of FIFA in 1928. The event is held every four years. The first edition happened in 1930, Uruguay was chosen as host country, with the victory of the selection of the house. The last World Cup was in 2006 in Germany, with Italy as the champion. In 2010, will take place in South Africa and in 2014, Brazil will be the host country, as announced by FIFA.
The last three World Cups had 32 participants, which will probably be maintained in the coming competitions. In this first world, there was no knockout tournament, and countries were invited to the tournament. In the years 1942 and 1946, the Cup did not happen because of the Second World War. Brazil is the country that has achieved more world titles - five and the only one to have won the tournament outside their continent. It is also the only country to have participated in all Championships. Below is a selection of Italy tetracampeã, Germany, three times winners, the twice champions Argentina and Uruguay (winner in 1930 and 1950) and, finally, with a single title, the selections of England, champions in 1966, and France, champions in 1998.
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