It’s again the time of the year when Football lovers are going to be extremely busy as FIFA 2018 has come up. This game definitely draws a great amount of attention from people all over the world. This is the 21st FIFA World Cup which is going to be held in Russia from 14th June to 15th July 2018. The hosting rights to Russia for the same were given in 2010. All the selected venues are in European Russia for the comfort of the players and visitors. People who love this sport come from ied places to enjoy the matches. It is believed that this will be the most expensive football World Cup in history.
The FIFA World Cup was first held in 1930 when FIFA President, Jules Rimet decided to start an international football tournament. The inaugural edition was first held in 1930 and the final tournament comprised of only thirteen teams invited by the organization. Since then, the Football World Cup has experienced succeeding development and format remodeling to its current 32-team final tournament headed by a two-year qualifying process which involved over 200 teams from around the world. Given below is the brief history of each year the football world cup was played.
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1. FIFA World Cup 1930 Winner
The FIFA World Cup was started on 13 July 1930 and ended on 30 July 1930. Uruguay and Argentina played the final match in which Uruguay took the title. Guillermo Stabile who was the Argentina player was the top scorer of the whole series and was appreciated for the same.
2. FIFA World Cup 1934 Winner
In the year 1934 second FIFA World Cup was played. It was played in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The winner of this series was Italy National Football Team who defeated Czechoslovakia in the finals. Oldřich Nejedlý was a Czech footballer who was the top scorer during this series.
3. FIFA World Cup 1938 Winner
The Third FIFA World Cup was held in France from 4 June to 19 June 1938. The championship in this year was again won by Italy who defeated Hungary by 4-2 in the final. Leônidas was the top scorer of this match and was appreciated for the same.
4. FIFA World Cup 1942 Cancelled
In the year 1942, all preparations were made and Germany was the one who was asked to host the series but due to Second World War the FIFA was not conducted and cancellation for the same was done.
5. FIFA World Cup 1946 Cancelled
The Second World War was over in 1945 but it was very difficult to make preparations for 1946 as in a year things could not be done. No country stood up to take the charge so series was not played in this year as well.
6. FIFA World Cup 1950 Winner
In 1950 the FIFA World Cup resumed again. It was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July. Uruguay national football team won the championship this year by beating Brazil by 2-1. This series was loved by people as it was played after a break.
7. FIFA World Cup 1954 Winner
The FIFA World Cup in this year was played in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July and the trophy was taken home by Germany International Football Team. Hungary was the first runners-up during this series and Sándor Kocsis was the favorite player.
8. FIFA World Cup 1958 Winner
This year FIFA World Cup was held in Sweden from 8 to 29 June. The series was won by Brazil by beating Sweden with 5-2 in the finals.
9. FIFA World Cup 1962 Winner
The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th FIFA World Cup in the history. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. Brazil took the cup this year too by beating Czechoslovakia. Ziti and Vasa were the main players of the match.
10. FIFA World Cup 1966 Winner
During this year FIFA was held in England from 11- 30 July in which England National Football Team Won. Eusébio was the top scorer during this match.
11. FIFA World Cup 1970 Winner
The FIFA World Cup in this year was held in Mexico from 31 May to 21 June. This championship was won by Brazil national football team. The top scorer of this match was Gerd Müller.
12. FIFA World Cup 1974 Winner
The 1974 FIFA World Cup was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The trophy was taken back home by Germany National Football Team. The top scorer was Grzegorz Lato.
13. FIFA World Cup 1978 Winner
The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th staging of the series which was held in Argentina from 1-25 June. The Argentina National Football Team won the series. Mario Kempes was the top scorer during the series.
14. FIFA World Cup 1982 Winner
This was the 13th stage FIFA World Cup which was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July. The tournament was won by Italy by beating West Germany. The top scorer was Paolo Rossi.
15. FIFA World Cup 1986 Winner
This year FIFA World Cup was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The trophy was won by Argentina National Football Team. Gary Lineker was the top scorer.
16. FIFA World Cup 1990 Winner
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was played from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy. The trophy was won by Germany National Football team and the best player was Robert Prosinečki.
17. FIFA World Cup 1994 Winner
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th tournament played in different cities of United States from 17 June to 17 July 1994. The trophy was won by Brazil National Football Team. Marc Overmars was the best player.
18. FIFA World Cup 1998 Winner
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup which was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The trophy was won by France, the host country. Davor Sueker was the main player at that time.
19. FIFA World Cup 2002 Winner
This year football series of FIFA was organized in Japan and South Korea. The top scorer at this time was Ronaldo and it was held from 31 May to 30 June, 2002. Brazil won the title of the best team in this year.
20. FIFA World Cup 2006 Winner
This year the FIFA World Cup was held from 9 June to 9 July in which Italy National Football Team won. It was hosted in Germany and the top player was Miroslav Klose.
21. FIFA World Cup 2010 Winner
This was the 19th staged event for the FIFA World Cup. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The trophy was taken home by Spain beating the Netherlands. Diego FORTRAN was the top scorer in this year.
22. FIFA World Cup 2014 Winner
This was the 20th FIFA World Cup which was held in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July. The trophy was taken home by Germany this year and the best player was Lionel Messi during this year.
Thus this was the brief History of FIFA Football World Cup