FIFA WORLD CUP

HISTORY

First World Cup• 1930 @ Uruguay• Champion: Uruguay

World Cup 2010• 19th FIFA World Cup

16 teams at the beginning• 1982: expand to 24 teams• 1998: expand to 32 teams

FINAL TOURNAMENT

32 national teams• In 8 groups

Each group plays a round-robin tournament• Three matches against other teams• Top two teams advance to the knockout stage

knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament• 90 minutes regular match• 30 minutes extra time• Penalty kick

TEAM RESULTSTeam Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place

 Brazil 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 2 (1950*, 1998) 2 (1938, 1978) 1 (1974)

 Italy 4 (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006) 2 (1970, 1994) 1 (1990*) 1 (1978)

 Germany^ 3 (1954, 1974*, 1990) 4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) 3 (1934, 1970, 2006*) 1 (1958)

 Argentina 2 (1978*, 1986) 2 (1930, 1990) — —

 Uruguay 2 (1930*, 1950) — — 2 (1954, 1970)

 France 1 (1998*) 1 (2006) 2 (1958, 1986) 1 (1982)

 England 1 (1966*) — — 1 (1990)

 Netherlands — 2 (1974, 1978) — 1 (1998)

 Czechoslovakia# — 2 (1934, 1962) — —

 Hungary — 2 (1938, 1954) — —

 Sweden — 1 (1958*) 2 (1950, 1994) 1 (1938)

 Poland — — 2 (1974, 1982) —

 Austria — — 1 (1954) 1 (1934)

 Portugal — — 1 (1966) 1 (2006)

 Chile — — 1 (1962*) —

 Croatia — — 1 (1998) —

 Turkey — — 1 (2002) —

 United States — — 1 (1930) —

 Yugoslavia# — — — 2 (1930, 1962)

 Belgium — — — 1 (1986)

 Bulgaria — — — 1 (1994)

 Korea Republic — — — 1 (2002*)

 Soviet Union# — — — 1 (1966)

 Spain — — — 1 (1950)

AWARDS

Golden Ball: the best player• Paolo Rossi(82), Diego Maradona(86), Salvatore Schillaci(90),

Romário(94), Ronaldo(98), Oliver Kahn(02), Zinedine Zidane(06)

Golden Boot: top goalscorer (first awarded in 1982)

Yashin Award: the best goalkeeper (first awarded in 1994)•  Michel Preud'homme(94), Fabien Barthez(98), Oliver Kahn(02),

Gianluigi Buffon(06)

Best Young Player Award: the best player aged 21 or younger

FIFA Fair Play Trophy : (first awarded in 1978)

Most Entertaining Team (first awarded in 1994)

WORLD CUP 2010

Theme song: Wavin Flag

Current status: semi-final• Germany vs Spain• Netherlands vs Uruguay

1986 WORLD CUP

Host: Mexico

Champion: Argentina • Defeated West Germany

Highlight• Maradonna

• Goal of the century• Hand of God

1990 WORLD CUP

Host: Italy

Champion: West Germany• Defeated: Argentina

Highlights• 悶• Regarded as one of the poorest World Cups (from

wiki)•  back-pass rule was introduced after

1994 WORLD CUP

Host: USA

Champion: Brazil• Defeated Italy

Highlight• Roberto Baggio missed penalty kick

1998 WORLD CUP

Host: Frances

Champion: Frances• Defeated Brazil by 3:0

Highlight• Famous theme song• Zidane 馬塞迴旋 (roulette)• Frances beat Brazil by 3:0

2002 WORLD CUP

Host: Japan and Korea

Champion: Brazil

Highlight• Frances couldn’t make it to knock-out stage• Korea in semi final• Team Brazil

• Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos

2006 WORLD CUP

Host: Germany

Champion: Italy• Defeated Frances

Highlight• Zidane headbutt