Football knowledge

The World Cup is held every four years

After the 1928 Olympic Games, FIFA held a representative meeting and unanimously passed a resolution to host the World Football Championship every four years. This has played a positive role in promoting the further development and improvement of world football. Initially this new football competition was called the "World Football Championship". The first session was held in Uruguay in 1930.

A total of 32 teams will participate in the World Cup. All teams from each continent must participate in the qualifiers to compete for the qualifying spots in that continent!

The European Cup is held every four years

In 1953, FIFA approved the hosting of the European League at a special congress in Paris. On June 15, 1954, UEFA was established . The following year, the European Champions League Cup began, and in 1956, preparations began for a competition involving national teams from all over Europe. Two years later, the qualifying rounds for the first European Nations Cup (the predecessor of the European Cup) began.

In 1960, the first European Nations Cup finals was held in France, with 16 teams participating.

The European Cup qualifiers are divided into groups by all European teams to compete for the remaining places except the host country!

The America's Cup is held every two years

In 1916, the first America's Cup was held in Argentina. There was no regular pattern at the beginning. Some were held every two years, and some were held once a year. , some are held every four years. Since 1987, it has been determined to be held every two years!

There is no qualifying round for the America's Cup, because there are only 12 teams in total, and some teams from other continents are usually invited to participate!

The Asian Cup is held every four years

The first Asian Cup was held in Hong Kong in 1956, and South Korea finally won the championship

In 1976, China sent a team to participate for the first time Participated in the Asian Cup held in Iran and finally finished third

China hosted the 13th Asian Cup in 2004

The Asian Cup qualifying round is a knockout round first, and then based on Teams are divided into different levels and compete for qualifying spots!

The African Cup is held every two years

The first African Cup was held in Egypt in 1957, and the host country won the championship!

Gold Cup

The Gold Cup is a stage for countries in Central and North America and the Caribbean to showcase their football prowess. It is also an arena to decide who is the football hegemon in the region.

In 1991, the first Gold Cup was held in the United States, with 8 teams participating. In 2000, the number of participating teams in the Gold Cup increased to 12.

The Women's World Cup is held every four years

From November 16 to 30, 1991, the first Women's World Cup was held in Guangzhou, China Officially held. The Women's World Cup will be held in the second year of the Men's World Cup.

The Women's World Cup is attended by 16 teams. Generally, the reference standard is based on the intercontinental competitions in each state, such as the Asian Cup.

In addition, the competitions that clubs participate in are basically held once a year, such as the European Champions Cup, UEFA Cup, Club World Cup, and Liberation Cup. The cup and so on.