FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association
football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The
tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in
1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The reigning
champions are France, who won their second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia.
 FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Trophy

Organising body FIFA

Founded 1930

Region International

Number of teams 32 (finals, 48 from 2026)

Current champions France (2nd title)

(2018)

Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles)

Television broadcasters List of broadcasters

Website fifa.com/worldcup (https://www.fifa.com/tourna

ments/mens/worldcup)

2022 FIFA World Cup

 France, the reigning world champions

Tournaments

1930 • 1934 • 1938 • 1950 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1970 • 1974 • 1978 •

1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2018 • 2022 •

2026 • 2030 • 2034

The format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years,
to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32
teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month. The host
nation(s) automatically qualify.

As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 21 final tournaments have been held and a total of 79
national teams have competed. The trophy has been won by eight national teams. Brazil, with
five wins, are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners
are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France, as well as inaugural winner
Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain, with one title each.

The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well
as the most widely viewed and followed single sporting event in the world. The cumulative
viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an
estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of
the planet.[1][2][3][4]

Seventeen countries have hosted the World Cup. Brazil, France, Italy, Germany and Mexico
have each hosted twice, while Uruguay, Switzerland, Sweden, Chile, England, Argentina, Spain,
the United States, Japan and South Korea (the latter two jointly), South Africa and Russia
have each hosted once. Qatar is hosting the 2022 tournament; in 2026 it will be jointly hosted
by Canada, the United States and Mexico, which will give Mexico the distinction of being the
first country to host games in three World Cups.

History
Trophy

Format

Hosts

Attendance

Broadcasting and promotion

Results

Awards

Records and statistics

See also

Notes

Citations

Cited works

External links
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