About the World Cup

World Cup, FIFA World Cup, World Football Championship) is the highest level of football match in the world, and it is also called the three top events in the world with the Olympic Games and F 1. Held every four years, any FIFA member country (region) can send teams to sign up for the World Cup, which is mainly divided into two stages: the qualifying stage and the final stage.

1928 After the Olympic Games, FIFA held a representative meeting and unanimously adopted the resolution to hold the World Football Championship every four years. This has played a positive role in promoting the further development and improvement of world football. At first, this new football game was called "World Football Championship". 1956, FIFA decided to change its name to "Rimet Cup" at its meeting in Luxemburg. This is in recognition of Rimet, a Frenchman and former FIFA president, for his achievements in football. Rimet has been the president of FIFA for 33 years (192 1- 1954), and is the initiator and organizer of the World Football Championship. Later, it was suggested that the two names be linked, called "World Football Championship-Rimet Cup". Therefore, the Helsinki Conference decided to change its name to "World Football Championship-Rimet Cup" or "World Cup" for short.

Introduction to the World Cup

The World Cup qualifiers are divided into six divisions, namely Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, North America and Oceania. Each division needs to formulate the rules of the qualifiers according to the actual situation of its own division, while teams from FIFA member countries (regions) who sign up for the World Cup need to conduct qualifiers in their respective divisions to compete for the places in the World Cup finals.

At present, there are 32 places in the final stage of the World Cup, and the host country can directly obtain the places in the final stage. Except for the host country, other places are allocated by FIFA according to the football level of each qualifier, and different qualifiers will have different places in the final stage. Note: FIFA stipulates that from the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, defending champions need to participate in the World Cup qualifiers in their respective regions, so that only the host country can enter the top 32 finals.

The host country of the final stage of the World Cup must be a FIFA member country (region). Member countries (regions) need to apply to FIFA (two member countries can jointly apply for hosting), and then all FIFA member countries (regions) will vote to decide.

The national team that won the place in the final stage through the World Cup qualifiers will go to the host country to compete for the championship together with the host country's team in the final stage. In the final stage, 32 teams will be divided into 8 groups by lottery, with 4 teams in each group, and the top two teams in each group will be qualified to enter the semi-finals; After entering the semi-finals, 16 teams decided the schedule according to the established rules, no more lottery, and then single elimination matches were held until the champion was decided.

History of world cup development

In the Tang Dynasty, the competitive game "Football" appeared in China, which was called "Cuju" at that time. Modern football originated in England and then swept the world. Due to the rapid development of football, international competitions have also appeared. 1896 When the Athens Olympic Games was held, football was listed as an official event. Denmark beat Greece 9-0 and became the first football champion in the Olympic Games. Because professional athletes are not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games, the football match will not last until the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games.

The World Cup trophy is a special prize made by FIFA for the winner in 1928, which was cast by the famous Parisian jewelry technician Friel. Its model is Nikai, the legendary Greek goddess of victory. She was wearing an ancient Roman tunic, with her arms straight and a big cup in her hand. The statue, made of pure gold, weighs1800g and is 30cm high, and stands on a marble pedestal. This cup is a mobile prize. Whoever wins the championship can keep the gold cup for four years and return it to FIFA before the next cup so that it can be awarded to the new world champion. There is also an additional rule: whoever wins the world championship three times will win the trophy forever.

During the 9th World Cup from 65438 to 0970, Uruguay, Italy and Brazil all won the championship twice. So, everyone has a chance to keep this cup forever. As a result, Brazil took the lead and occupied the cup. To this end, FIFA has to prepare a new trophy for the next champion. 1971may, FIFA held a new cup judging meeting. After reviewing 53 schemes, we decided to adopt the design scheme of Gazania, Italy-the design scheme of holding the earth high with both hands. This figure symbolizes the strength and scale of sports. The new cup is named "Hercules Cup". This cup is 36 centimeters high and weighs 5 kilograms, which was worth 20 thousand dollars at that time. 1974 In the 10 World Cup, West Germany won the new cup as a champion for the first time. This time, FIFA stipulates that the new cup is a mobile prize, and no matter which team wins many championships, it can't occupy this cup.