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World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but 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 when it was not contested because of World War II.

The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a
period of about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place
over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s).
The World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the
2006 final.

The 19 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the
only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany with three
titles; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two titles each; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each.

The World Cup is among the world's most widely viewed sporting events; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final
match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany.

The most recent World Cup was held in South Africa in 2010. The next three World Cups will be hosted by Brazil in 2014,
Russia in 2018, and Qatar in 2022.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "FIFA World
Cup". You can explore more on the Wikipedia website. The text and the images are used here only for educational purposes.

Questions about the text

1. The tournament takes place every four years.

True.
False.
We don't know.

2. In 1942 the World Cup was not played.

True.
False.
We don't know.

3. There are 32 teams playing the World Cup.

True.
False.
We don't know.

4. Only eight nations have ever won the championship.

True.
False.
We don't know.

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