20 days to go: Previous editions
20 – No other sporting eventuality captivates a universe like a FIFA World Cupâ„¢. Eight opposite teams have carried a Trophy in a 20 tournaments hold given 1930 – Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil, France, Argentina, England and Uruguay.
Many thespian twists and turns have been etched in football’s story books along a way: USA’s win over England in 1950; Italy’s better by North Korea in 1966; a arise of Cameroon in a 1980s and a Indomitable Lions’ triumph over Argentina in a 1990 Opening Match…
The thought of bringing a world’s strongest general teams together to contest for a pretension of universe champion was dreamt adult by a organisation of French football officials led by a idealist Jules Rimet behind in 1920, that is because a strange gold-placed Trophy bears his name. When a crater was given to Brazil after their third pretension win in 1970, FIFA consecrated a new one. The stream Trophy is 36.8cm high, crafted from plain 18-carat bullion and weighs accurately 6,175 grams.
Who will be a subsequent group to lift a World Cup Trophy during a 21st book of a contest in Russia? We will find out on 15 July.
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