The 2002 fifa world cup, hosted jointly by south korea and japan, was the first one held in asia, and the first tournament with multiple hosts. The 1994 fifa world cup was the 15th edition of the fifa world cup, the world championship for mens national soccer teams. The city has many world class sporting facilities, including six fifa world cup qatar 2022 venues, making it an. World cup, formally fifa world cup, in football soccer, quadrennial tournament that determines the sports world champion. Canada, mexico and the united states also have a long and successful history as hosts fifa world cups have been hosted in canada, mexico and the united states, five of which have set attendance. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Fifa world cup history history and origin of football. The fifa world cup is just around the corner and everyone is super excited. A revised and updated edition of the only history of soccer officially licensed by fifa. The official history of the fifa world cup, featuring over 600 photographs and available at present in french and english, is a fifa official licensed product. Packed with stunning photography and expert analysis of each of the 32 teams, its star players, and its prospects in the finals, this official book is essential for soccer fans everywhere. It was the final of the 21st fifa world cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the mens national teams of the member associations of fifa.
We are inching closer to the april 15 launch of ea sports 2014 fifa world cup brazil, exclusively for xbox 360 and playstation 3. Fifa world cup 2022 news fifa president looks ahead. It features a guide to all 12 stadiums and 11 host cities, a history of the fifa world cup, and a tournament progress chart to complete as competition progresses. United bid selected to host the 2026 fifa world cup. In line with the approved timeline for the bidding process of the 2026 fifa world cup, fifa has received the bid books from the moroccan football association and the joint submission from the canadian soccer association, mexican football association and united states soccer federation. Like this page and test your knowledge for the world cup. The 2018 fifa world cup, hosted by russia, was won by france, which beat croatia 42 in. The designs of the stadiums are based on influential qatari motives and herewith symbolize the diversity of the country. Hosts uruguay beat archrivals to first world crown. While the ink is only just drying on the 2018 fifa world cup russia chapter in footballs history books, eyes are already starting to gaze forward longingly to the next edition, as we pass the.
Only mexico, italy, france, germany west germany until shortly after the 1990 world cup and brazil have hosted the event on two occasions. It is fifa s responsibility towards the world of football to conduct these bidding and selection. As we approach the fifa world cup beginning june 14, we bring you a lowdown of the 12 stadiums hosting the world cup matches. Fifa world cup scores,history and quiz home facebook.
The 2018 fifa world cup final was a football match that took place on 15 july 2018 to determine the winners of the 2018 fifa world cup. This page was last edited on 8 october 2019, at 12. With unique attractions, spectacular, stateoftheart stadiums and the added bonus of traditional arab. Packed with stunning photography, unique official documents and statistics from the fifa world football museum. Licensed by world footballs governing body, this book is packed with stunning photography and expert analysis of each team, its star players and its prospects in the finals. Date venue city attendanceteams final result 90 ht aet pso 30. Football world cup 2022 in qatar, we are preparing all there is to know before traveling to qatar, listing the greatest hotels, and designing the best packages, for you to realx and enjoy your world cup 2022 vacations. Canada will play host to the largest gathering in fifa womens world cup history, with the 2015 edition comprising, for the first time, 24 countries. Germany beat argentina 10 in the final to clinch the trophy while hosts brazil finished fourth in the tournament. The world cup final match is the last of the competition, and the result determines which country is declared world champions. The process to select the host or hosts of the first 48team fifa world cup must not be open to even one iota of doubt. Its always more exciting to watch and follow the world cup matches when you know the history, background and details of the the tournament, country you are supporting and. If the united bid is selected by fifa as the host for the 2026 fifa world cup, up to 16 host cities will be selected as venues for games.
The official history of the fifa world cup fifa world. It was the 21st fifa world cup, a worldwide football tournament held once every four years. What are some good books about the history of fifa world. It features a guide to all 12 stadiums and 11 host cities, a history of the fifa world cup, and a tournament progress chart to complete as competition. The 2018 fifa world cup was an international football tournament contested by mens national teams and took place between 14 june and 15 july 2018 in russia. The 2018 fifa world cup, hosted by russia, was won by france, which beat croatia 42 in regulation time.
Since the 1958 fifa world cup, to avoid future boycotts or controversy, fifa began a pattern of alternating the hosts between the americas and europe, which continued until the 1998 fifa world cup. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. In 2006 it staged the asian games, before hosting the afc asian cup in 2011. Qatar is the first west asian nation and also the smallest country to host a fifa world cup. The venue was reported to be 94 percent complete before the tragedy, which could further delay delivery of the stadium fifa has set a december deadline for all 12 world cup venues to be ready. Fifa president sepp blatter has admitted that there is a ground swell of popular support to rehold the 2022 vote won by qatar. Fifa has since opened an internal inquiry into the matter, and a revote on the 2022 world cup remains a possibility if the allegations are proven. No event rivals the world cup and now you can look back at all 21 tournaments, starting from the very first game, in the only officially endorsed history from fifa. It was the 11th time the championships had been held in europe, and the first time they were held in eastern europe.
Encyclopedia of the fifa world cup 2015 publication. Packed with stunning photography, official documents, and statistics, this unique book tells behindthescenes stories, analyzes the legendary matches, and features the biggest stars as well. The inaugural edition, held in 1930, was contested as a final tournament of only thirteen teams invited by the organization. Packed with stunning photography, official documents, and statistics, this unique book tells behindthescenes stories, analyzes the legendary matches, and features the biggest stars as well as many lesserknown players. It was hosted by the united states and took place from june 17 to july 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. Media in category venues of the 2014 fifa world cup the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
Wirld cup quiz, history,records,news and fixtures all can be found here. Packed with stunning photography, exclusive interviews with the biggest stars of each edition, unique official documents and. The world cup concept is characterized by its extremely innovative, compact configuration of competition and training venues, team base camps, fan hotels and fifa headquarters and accommodation. Also, the stadium has engraved its name in books of history as the legends of football pele and diego maradona lifted the world cup trophy at this venue. Played every four years, the world cup hosts the top 32 national teams in a month long tournament. It is likely the most popular sporting event in the world, drawing billions of television viewers every tournament.
The match was played by france and croatia, and held at the luzhniki stadium in moscow, russia. The fifa world cup or the football world cup is believed to be the world s most anticipated and biggest sporting extravaganza. The fifa world cup was first held in 1930, when fif a, the world s football governing body, decided to stage an international mens football tournament under t he era of fifa president jules rimet who put this idea into place. Tim vickery has written about how the accident highlights the need.