Until December 18, Qatar hosts the Men’s Football World Cup. Every 4 years, this planetary event is watched on television by billions of people. But who invented the World Cup? And how long has it existed? 1day1news answer you on video.
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Since when does the FIFA World Cup exist?
The first one Football World Cup takes place in 1930. At the time, 13 soccer teams from all over the world compete and represent their country. The first organizing country, Uruguay, was also the first winner of this competition!
But who invented the World Cup?
It was a Frenchman, Jules Rimet, president of the French Football Federation, who had the idea and took almost ten years to create it. Since then, this competition has taken place every four years.
Except in 1942 and 1946. These two editions were canceled because of the Second World War. Since the first edition, the number of participating teams has greatly increased. We went from 13 to 32 today. And, since 1991, there is also a Women’s World Cup football, more and more followed.
Among the main winners of the Men’s World Cup are Brazil, Germany and Italy. France, meanwhile, achieved the feat, in 1998, of hosting and winning the World Cup. Every four years, a new country organizes this competition, the economic benefits of which are enormous. Because it is a planetary event watched by nearly half of the world’s population!
