From the perspective of modern people, the organization of the first World Cup in Uruguay was simply shoddy. There is no preliminaries. Team 13 is invited to participate. Four European teams crossed the ocean for three weeks and arrived in Uruguay. After the team arrived, the organizer decided to give up the usual elimination system at that time, divide it into four groups for the preliminaries and then draw lots. At that time, Americans who had their own professional football league were listed as seed teams. They beat Belgium and Paraguay with the same score of 3-0 in the group stage, and lost to Argentina with 1-6 after entering the semi-final.
The 2nd Italy 1934
The success of the first World Cup attracted 32 teams from all over the world to participate in the second World Cup. Fifa had to arrange the qualifiers at the first time and decided 16 teams to participate in the finals. Host Italy was also forced to participate in the qualifiers, and their opponent was the weaker Greek team. The draw ceremony was held before the final, and the first round adopted the elimination system, which means that eight teams will go home after only one game. The American team arrived late and had to play a play-off against Mexico. After winning, he was able to enter the first round, but lost to Italy with 1-7.
The third 1938 France
Thirty-six teams signed up for the World Cup. After the preliminary selection, 16 teams were selected, but only 15 teams arrived in Paris. Due to political reasons at that time, Austria gave up this quota after winning the final ticket. FIFA intends to invite an Englishman who has always been dismissive of this event to fill this quota, but the arrogant Englishman still refuses this invitation. The lottery ceremony was presided over by the grandson of FIFA President. Sweden had a bye in the first round, and Germany (including many Austrian stars), France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Cuba and Brazil, the only teams representing South America, were listed as seed teams.
No.4 1950 Brazil
With the re-emergence of Europe after the war, the World Cup, which was interrupted for two years, finally opened a new chapter in Brazil. After chaotic preliminaries (some teams withdrew after entering the final), * * * 13 teams finally rushed to Brazil to participate in the final. In order to prevent European teams from coming from afar from going out early just by playing football, the competition system was innovated again: 13 teams were divided into four groups, and the four teams with the first place in the small group played round robin, so there was no actual championship and runner-up final, but in fact, the last game, Uruguay 2- 1 Brazil, was actually a championship and runner-up battle.
No.5 Switzerland 1954
This year coincides with the 50th anniversary of FIFA. FIFA held various celebrations for its 50th birthday at its headquarters in Lausanne, and the World Cup naturally fell to Switzerland. It is also from this session that the competition system in the final stage of the World Cup has been improved and fixed. 16 teams are divided into four groups. First, the group round robin is held, and each group has two seed teams. The top two in the group qualified for the quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals. Interestingly, the seed team was determined before the qualifiers. Spain, which was listed as the seed team, was eliminated in the qualifiers, so Turkey, which beat them, naturally became the seed team. The champion of this World Cup, the Federal Republic of Germany, is not the seed team.
The 6th Sweden 1958
It was through this World Cup that people began to understand Pele. As Sweden will hold several other large-scale sports activities immediately after the World Cup, the schedule of this World Cup is very tight. Different from four years ago, the group stage did not list the seed teams, but stipulated that one of the four teams in each group must come from Western Europe, one from Britain (all four teams in Britain entered the finals this year) and one from South America, so it is inevitable that many strong teams will be placed in the same group. For example, the fourth group consists of England, Brazil, the Soviet Union and Austria.
No.7 1962 Chile
FIFA's new regulations: From this session, the last champion and the host team will automatically enter the 16 semi-finals, without having to participate in the qualifiers, and the Brazilian team and the intellectual team will directly enter the finals. Drawing on the experience of the last World Cup, our group selected four seed teams again. They are Brazil, Italy, England and Uruguay. Even so, the Italian team is inevitably in a group with two other elite intelligence teams and the Federal Republic of Germany.
No.8 1966 England
This year's lottery ceremony is unremarkable, but it will always be remembered by Asians. In the lottery, Italy was listed as the seed team as usual. At that time, you may look down on the North Korean team in the same group. However, it is this Asian team that broke the biggest upset in this World Cup, eliminated Italy and advanced to the quarter-finals, which is still the best result of Asian teams in the World Cup. In fact, at that time, the North Korean team had already booked a plane ticket to return to China, and the quarter-finals were going to play Portugal. They almost created another miracle, leading 3-0, but Portugal led by Ubisi finally reversed 5-3.
The 9th Mexico 1970
The European teams entering the finals are most concerned about not who the opponents are at the draw ceremony, but the influence of the Mexican plateau on the players, the conditions of the stadium and how to avoid those games scheduled for hot noon. Due to the rapid development of science and technology, it is possible to broadcast the World Cup live on a global scale. In order to meet the needs of European audiences, some competitions were arranged at noon. The average strength of Mexico was listed as the seed team, and as a result, they won the second place in the group. England, the last champion team, was naturally seeded. Unfortunately, they were separated from Brazil, which later won the World Cup.
Tenth 1974 Germany
1974 65438+1On October 5th, innocent laughter came from the studio of Hanson Broadcasting Company in Frankfurt. These children are from the organizing committee of Berlin Chorus of this World Cup. I hope that with the help of these innocent children, the lottery will be truly fair. The host countries Germany, Brazil, Italy and Uruguay were seeded. Perhaps it was God's arrangement that the "fair" result made the Federal Republic of Germany and the Democratic Republic of Germany be placed in the same group. Despite the great political pressure at that time, the match between the two teams went on as scheduled. The Federal Republic of Germany won the championship with 1-0 in Hamburg.
Eleventh Argentina 1978
* * * A record 99 teams participated in the World Cup qualifiers, and the competition lasted for a record 2 1 month. Among them, the game between the United States and Canada is the most interesting. Canadians will arrange the home game in Vancouver with artificial turf, while Americans will answer blows with blows and arrange the home game in Seattle's indoor stadium, which is the first indoor game in the history of the World Cup. The lottery ceremony held in Buenos Aires on June 4, 65438 was also quite complicated. Due to the intransigence of all parties, after compromise, the four teams decided on five seed teams, namely Argentina, Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany, Brazil and the Netherlands. The top eight teams are divided into two groups, and the first place in each group competes for the third place in the championship. This schedule caused dissatisfaction among many teams and was abandoned after this World Cup.
The 12th Spain 1982
The teams that participated in the World Cup finals for the first time expanded from 16 to 24 teams, divided into 6 groups. After a long debate, Argentina, Brazil, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the current champion Italy became the seed teams. 1982 65438+1October 16 The lottery ceremony held in Madrid is the most unforgettable in history. The organizers designed some rollers, and the teams were designed to shake out mini-football. To FIFA's embarrassment, they can't figure out a way to separate the participating South American teams. This lesson made FIFA determined not to use machines in future lottery ceremonies.
The 3rd Mexico 1986
The lottery in Mexico City was much smoother. In order to allow teams more time to prepare, the draw ceremony was advanced to 1985 12 15. The ceremony was held in the brightly lit studio of Mexican national television, and all 45 agendas lasted for 23 minutes. The fingers of three boys replaced the machine used in Madrid. The seed teams are Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, the Federal Republic of Germany, France and Poland.
14 1990 Italy
1989 65438+On February 9th, the Italian World Cup Organizing Committee not only invited FIFA Secretary-General Blatter to preside over the draw in Rome, but also invited a large number of stars to cheer, including singer Pavarotti, actress sophia loren, and stars Pele and beckenbauer. This is the richest lottery ceremony in the past, with classical opera, rock music and modern dance interspersed, but the content of the lottery ceremony is no different from the last one. Argentina, Brazil, the Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium and England were seeded.
15 1994 USA
In Washington, US President Bill Clinton gave an enthusiastic speech with a football in his hand. In Rome, the star Roberto Baggio personally wrote a congratulatory letter. However, in June 5438+0993+February 19, the focus of world football was in Las Vegas. 4,500 spectators, including business tycoons and sports stars, watched the lottery ceremony that lasted nearly two hours in the convention center. Bolivia was lucky enough to play a match with defending champion Germany. Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, Italy and the United States have become the six seed teams in this World Cup.
16 1998 France
France still seems to be fresh in my mind. France became the last team to win the gold cup in this century.
The classic battle of this World Cup is another contest between England and Argentina, but England lost in the key game. The score of 2: 3 left England with only hope for the next century. Nigeria defeated Spain, but lost to the old Denmark; The iron will of the Germans is no longer a magic weapon to win, and they are gradually lagging behind in the world football; Brazil, composed of a large number of talented players with sky-high prices, failed to rewrite the honor again. They lost to France 3-0 mysteriously.
The17th Korea in 2002
Brazil became the team that finally won the World Cup in this century.
2006 18 Germany