WORLD CUP FOOTBALL
On 21May 1904,the federation International Foot ball associan (FIFA) was founded in Paris by representatives of seven countries –Belgium,Denmark,France,Netherlands ,Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.On28 May 1928,the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship of football and Uruguay was finally chosen as the host country in 1929.In 1970,the trophy was awarded to Brazil permanently when it became the first country to win the world cup thrice and a new trophy called the FIFA world cup was the world cup thrice and a new .Though the tournament was held alternately in Europe and the America since 1958,it broken new ground when it was held in Japan and Korea in 2002.Since 1930,only seven terms have able to win the trophy.
LIST OF WORLD CUP WINNERS
1930 | Uruguay | Argentina | |
1934 | Italy | Italy | Czechoslovakia |
1938 | France | Italy | Hungary |
1950 | Brazil | Uruguay | Brazil |
1954 | Switzeerland | W.Germany | Hungary |
1958 | Sweden | Brazil | Sweden |
1962 | Chile | Brazil | Czechoslovakia |
1974 | West Germany | W.GERMANY | Netherlands |
1978 | Argentina | Argentina | Netherlands |
1982 | Spain | Italy | West Germany |
1990 | Mexico | Argentina | Argentina |
1998 | France | Brazil | Italy |
2002 | S.korea&japan | France | Brazil |
2006 | Germany | Brazil | Germany |
2010 | South Africa | Italy | France |
2014 | Brazilschelduled) | Spain | Netherlands |
