What is the World Cup?

The quadrennial World Cup has always attracted millions of fans around the world, so how did it come into being and develop? 1928 In May, in order to meet the needs of the development of modern football, FIFA held a congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the participants unanimously adopted the decision to host the World Cup. 1930, the first World Cup soccer championship was held in Uruguay, and it has been held every four years since then.

At the FIFA Congress held in Luxemburg from 65438 to 0956, it was suggested that the "World Football Championship" be renamed as "Rimet Cup" in recognition of the outstanding contribution of former FIFA President and Frenchman Rimet to football. Later, it was proposed to link the two names to become the "World Football Championship-Rimet Cup". Later, at the meeting of octyl delegates held in Geben, Finland, the name was changed to "World Football Championship-Rimet Cup", which is referred to as "World Cup" for short, and this name has been used ever since.

There are two World Cup trophies. The first "Golden Goddess Cup" is made of pure gold. The cup weighs 1.8kg and stands on a marble base with a height of 30cm. It was made by ferrier, a famous French jewelry designer. Taking Nikai, the winged goddess of victory in Greek mythology, as a model, he created an image of a woman dressed in ancient Roman costume, with her arms stretched out and her cup held high. At that time, FIFA stipulated that the team that won the World Cup would keep the gold cup until the next game. But at the same time, it is stipulated that the country that won the championship three times will always have this gold cup.

1970 Brazil won the World Cup in Mexico for the third time, so the "Golden Goddess Cup" flew to Brazil and settled there forever. Unfortunately, someone stole the golden cup and melted it. In order to make a new trophy, in 197 1, FIFA selected 52 design patterns, and the design scheme of Gazania in Italy was selected. The trophy he designed is the shape of two Hercules holding an earth. This golden cup is 36 cm high and weighs 5 kg. It is called "FIFA World Cup". The trophy is liquid.

19th world cup (official name: 20 10 FIFA world cup in south Africa? The final week will be held in June 10, 20 1 1 in ten stadiums in nine cities in South Africa. This is the first World Cup in Africa. * * * A total of 32 teams from all over the world participated in the competition, and a total of * * * 64 games were held to decide the champion team. In addition to the host country, South Africa, other teams need to compete for seats in the final week through qualifying. On February 5, 65438, the World Cup in South Africa held a group draw ceremony, and the schedule of the group stage was determined.