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21 interesting thingsabout

Football World Cup

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FIFA World Cup started in 1930 under the stewardshipof International Federation of Association Football alsocalled "Fdration Internationale de Football

Association which is the international governing bodyof association football, futsal and beach soccer who isresponsible for the organization of football's majorinternational tournaments, notably the World Cup.

At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Oliver Kahn became thefirst and only goalkeeper in the tournament's history towin the Golden Ball trophy.

India withdrew from the 1950 World Cup when theyrealized that according to FIFA regulations players hadto wear football boots and would not be allowed to play

barefoot.

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Did you know that Soccer is played on every continentand the soccer World Cup is the most viewed event inthe world.

The first international football game or match wasbetween Scotland and England

Sir Viv Richards is the only person to have played bothWorld Cup Football and World Cup Cricket.

Norman Whiteside was 17 when he played in the 1982FIFA World Cup making him the youngest player toplay in the world cup.

42-year-old Roger Milla in 1994 became the oldest goalscorer and the oldest player in World Cup history.

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The first World Cup 1930 was the only one without qualification.

One of the two soccer balls were used in the first 1930 World Cup final

between Argentina and Uruguay as both teams wanted to use their own'home-made' ball in the Final. Argentina's ball was used for the first half,

and Uruguay's ball was used for the second half.

Host Country Uruguay won the first world cup tournament in 1930 against

Argentina.

After winning , the Uruguayan players were treated as national heroes,

and each player was presented with a plot of land and a new house by

the municipality of Montevideo.

An unexpected consequence of Argentina's defeat in the 1930 Final was

that the Argentinian president was overthrown in a military coup flamed by

the deeply disappointed citizens for several days after the Final.

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Brazil's Pele is the only player to win three WorldCups in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

Brazil is the country to have appeared for everyfinals tournament. They have appeared for the last19 tournaments, won five of them.

Out of the 19 world cups, European nations havewon ten titles; South American teams have wonnine. No other continent has produced a worldchampion.

The next World Cup will be held in Brazil in 2014and in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.

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Host country South Africa won their first ever match in a FIFA World Cup 2010tournament. South Africa is the first host country in history to be knocked outin the first round of a FIFA World Cup tournament.

New Zealand was the only unbeaten team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Theyplayed to a draw in all 3 of their group matches against Italy, Paraguay andSlovakia.

Its the first time European teams have won consecutive FIFA World Cuptournaments since Italy retained the title in 1938. It was also the first new

winner and the first new finalist since then 1998 FIFA World Cup tournamentin France and the first new winner without home advantage since Brazil in1958. And its the first time the winning team lost their opening match in atournament. A team from Europe has also won the FIFA World Cup for thefirst time on a different continent.

Germany Thomas Mller was awarded with the FIFA Golden Boot award,Uruguay Diego Forln was awarded with the FIFA Golden Ball award, SpainIker Casillas was awarded the Golden Glove award and Spain were awardedthe FIFA Fair Play trophy for their outstanding performances in the 2010 FIFAWorld.

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