The FIFA World Cup, is probably one of the most famous, most
viewed international sport championships that has ever existed .Perhaps causing
more excitement and controversy than the Olympics, this Soccer tournament awakens
the passion for football in everybody’s souls around the world, even if they don’t
follow or play the sport.
Soccer
is one of those sports that has been around for probably the longest time, and
it causes and impact on the whole world when everyone united just to enjoy watching
the games together. The FIFA World Cup is one of those moments where not only
soccer and sport is celebrated, but world union is encouraged. Myself, being
actually a golfer, am as intrigued when the World Cup comes as I am in most of
the professional golf tournaments. Since 1930, the World Cup has been organized
every 4 years (Excluding 42 & 46 because of WWII). With 32 teams playing
it, they are organized into groups and over the time period of a month, they
fight for the title of World Champions. The teams who actually participate in
this tournament are decided by a classification process prior to the World Cup,
where countries in specific regions fight for a place in the Cup.
The
most successful country in the history of the World Cup has been Brazil, with 5
titles (58, 62, 70, 94 and 2002). But the most recent winner was Spain in the
2010 World Cup. FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) also organizes most of the rest of the
Soccer World, such as its rules, regulations and tournaments amongst clubs.
As I mentioned earlier, the FIFA
world cup is not only a soccer tournament. It is for some a way of life, for
others a job, and for most of the rest of us, a passion. An estimated 712.1
million people watched the 2006 final, that shows a passion that unites
families and friends to gather and watch the intensity of soccer, and just
simply have a good time. Personally, I can’t wait for the next World Cup to
begin in 2014 in Brazil!
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