Thursday, September 3, 2009

What is FIFA World Cup?

It is one of the most popular international football organization in the world. Football or soccer (American term) is played religiously around the world. The FIFA World Cup is usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, because of World War II. Its schedule is staggered with that of the Summer Olympics. For example, the last World Cup was in 2006. The last Olympics was in 2008.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I bit Germany will win the 2010 world cup. yehey