10 Interesting the FIFA World Cup Facts

Sunday, May 29th 2016. | Sports


One of the most popular sport events in the world is informed on the FIFA World Cup Facts. FIFA stands for Fédération Internationale de Football Association. It is the governing body of international football. In 1930, World Cup had its inaugural tournament. The sport event is held once in every four years. It gains a lot of attention from the people in the world because football is a very popular sport. Due to the World War 2, the events of World Cup in 1942 and 1946 were not launched. Let’s check other interesting facts about FIFA World Cup below:

The FIFA World Cup Facts 1: the qualification

The qualification of FIFA World Cup will be employed to find out the powerful teams which can go to the World Cup Finals.  The qualification phase lasts for three years.

The FIFA World Cup Facts 2: Germany

In the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil, Germany took the fourth title as the winner. It is considered as the current champion of FIFA World Cup.

FIFA World Cup event

FIFA World Cup event

The FIFA World Cup Facts 3: the teams

There were 32 teams competing in the World Cup tournament. The host nation will be automatically included in the tournament.

The FIFA World Cup Facts 4: the national team winners

There are 8 national teams in the world which have won the World Cup title. The five time winner of World Cup is Brazil. In every tournament of World Cup, Brazil always participates.

FIFA World Cup team

FIFA World Cup team

The FIFA World Cup Facts 5: the other national team winners

The four time winners are Italy and Germany. Spain, France and England earn one title. Two titles are owned by Uruguay and Argentine. Get facts about Commonwealth Games here.

The FIFA World Cup Facts 6: the popularity of FIFA World Cup

The popularity of FIFA World Cup is unbeatable. It earns more viewers than the Olympic Games.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup Facts 7: the number of audiences

There were around 26.29 billion viewers who watched FIFA World Cup in 2006. The final match was watched by 715.1 million people. Find facts about Cricket World Cup here.

The FIFA World Cup Facts 8: the first international football match

The match between Scotland and England in 1872 is considered as the first international football match in the world. It was launched in Glasgow with the final result 0-0 draw.

the FIFA World Cup facts

the FIFA World Cup facts

The FIFA World Cup Facts 9: the foundation of FIFA

In 1904, FIFA was founded. The main function at that time was to manage the football tournament outside the Olympic Games.

The FIFA World Cup Facts 10: the qualification of FIFA World Cup in 2002

During the qualification rounds of FIFA World Cup in 2002, there were 200 team competed.

FIFA World Cup Pic

FIFA World Cup Pic

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