FIFA World Cup
To date, the final of the World Cup has only been contested by European and South American teams. The two continents have won nine titles apiece. Only two teams from outside these two continents have ever reached the semi-finals of the competition: USA (North, Central America and Caribbean) in 1930 and Korea Republic (Asia) in 2002. The best result of an African team is reaching the quarter-finals: Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002. Oceania has only been represented in the World Cup three times, and an Oceanian team has reached the second round on only one occasion, when Australia progressed beyond the group stage in 2006.
All World Cups won by European teams have taken place in Europe. The only non-European team to win in Europe is Brazil in 1958. Only twice had consecutive World Cups been won by teams from the same continent — when Italy and Brazil successfully defended their titles in 1938 and 1962 respectively.
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Awards
At the end of each World Cup finals tournament, awards are presented to the players and teams for accomplishments other than their final team positions in the tournament. There are currently six awards:
- The adidas Golden Shoe for the top goalscorer (formerly called the Golden Shoe, or sometimes, the Golden Boot, first awarded in 1930); most recently, the Silver Shoe and the Bronze Shoe have been awarded to the second and third top goalscorers respectively;
- The adidas Golden Ball for the best player, determined by a vote of media members (formerly called the Golden Ball, first awarded in 1982); the Silver Ball and the Bronze Ball are awarded to the players finishing second and third in the voting respectively;[41]
- The Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper (first awarded in 1994);[42]
- The FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play (first awarded in 1978);[43]
- The Most Entertaining Team award for the team that has entertained the public the most during the World Cup, as determined by a poll of the general public (first awarded in 1994);
- The Gillette Best Young Player award for the best player aged 21 or younger at the start of the calendar year (first awarded in 2006).[43]
An All-Star Team consisting of the best players of the tournament is also announced for each tournament since 1998.
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Records and statistics
Two players share the record for playing in the most World Cups; Mexico's Antonio Carbajal and Germany's Lothar Matthäus both played in five tournaments.[44] Matthäus has played the most World Cup matches overall, with 25 appearances.[45] Brazil's Pelé is the only player to hold three World Cup winners' medals.[46]
The overall leading goalscorer in World Cups is Brazil's Ronaldo, scorer of 15 goals in three tournaments. West Germany's Gerd Muller is second, with 14.[47] The third placed goalscorer, France's Just Fontaine, holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup. All his 13 goals were scored in the 1958 tournament.[48]
Franz Beckenbauer, with West Germany, is the only person to date who has won the World Cup as both captain (1974) and head coach (1990).[49] Mário Zagallo, with Brazil, also won the World Cup as both player (1958 and 1962) and head coach (1970).[50] Italy's Vittorio Pozzo is the only head coach to ever win two World Cups.[51] All World Cup winning head coaches were natives of the country they coached to victory.
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See also
- List of men's national football teams
- List of other competitions named World Cup
- FIFA World Cup mascot
- FIFA World Cup balls
- FIFA World Cup goalscorers
- FIFA World Cup, goals with disputed scorers
- FIFA World Cup hat-tricks
- FIFA World Cup milestone goals
- List of players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups
- 1980 Mundialito, a tournament held in Uruguay to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the World Cup.
- Homeless World Cup
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Notes and references
- ^ a b 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
- ^ England National Football Team Match No. 1, England Football Online. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ British PM backs return of Home Nations championship. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved on December 16, 2007.
- ^ History of FIFA - FIFA takes shape, FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ 'The First World Cup'. The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy. Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council (10 October 2003). Retrieved on April 11, 2006.
- ^ History of FIFA — More associations follow, FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ Reyes, Macario (18 October 1999). VII. Olympiad Antwerp 1920 Football Tournament rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved on June 10, 2006.
- ^ The Olympic Odyssey so far... (Part 1: 1908–1964), FIFA.com. Retrieved on January 8, 2008.
- ^ History of FIFA - The first FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ Molinaro, John F. Lucien Laurent: The World Cup's First Goal Scorer. CBC. Retrieved on May 6, 2007.
- ^ FIFA World Cup Origin (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ "Scotland and the 1950 World Cup", BBC. Retrieved on May 13.
- ^ Glanville, Brian (2005). The Story of the World Cup. Faber, 44. ISBN 0-571-22944-1.
- ^ Glanville, p45
- ^ Glanville, p238
- ^ Glanville, p359
- ^ Record number of 204 teams enter preliminary competition, FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on December 22, 2007.
- ^ Regulations Men's Olympic Football Tournament 2008 (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on December 22, 2007.
- ^ FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on December 22, 2007.
- ^ Jules Rimet Trophy, FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ FIFA World Cup Trophy, FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ FIFA Assets – Trophy, FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ FIFA World Cup qualifying: Treasure-trove of the weird and wonderful. FIFA. Retrieved on December 23, 2007.
- ^ 2010 World Cup Qualifying. ESPN (November 26, 2007). Retrieved on December 23, 2007.
- ^ 1938 FIFA World Cup France Preliminaries. FIFA. Retrieved on December 27, 2007.
- ^ "England seeded for 2006 World Cup", BBC, December 6, 2005. Retrieved on December 24.
- ^ Regulations of the 2010 FIFA World Cup (PDF), (page 40–41), FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ Formats of the FIFA World Cup final competitions 1930–2010 (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved on January 1, 2008.
- ^ Uruguay 1930. BBC (April 11, 2002). Retrieved on May 13, 2006.
- ^ France 1938, BBC. (April 17, 2002). Retrieved on May 13, 2006.
- ^ Asia takes World Cup center stage. CNN (June 3, 2002). Retrieved on January 1, 2008.
- ^ Brazil will stage 2014 World Cup. BBC (October 10, 2007). Retrieved on January 1, 2008.
- ^ Rotation ends in 2018. FIFA.com. Retrieved on October 10, 2007.
- ^ Socceroos face major challenge: Hiddink, ABC Sport, December 10, 2005. Retrieved on May 13, 2006.
- ^ FIFA Assets – Mascots, FIFA.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.
- ^ There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ a b There was no official World Cup final match in 1950. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain). However, Uruguay's 2-1 victory over Brazil (a match known as Maracanazo) was the decisive match (and also coincidentally one of the last two matches of the tournament) which put them ahead on points and ensured that they finished top of the group as world champions. Therefore, this match is often considered the "final" of the 1950 World Cup. [1] (PDF) Likewise, Sweden's 3-1 victory over Spain (played at the same time as Uruguay vs Brazil) ensured that they finished third.
- ^ If the records of the national teams of Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia, and USSR/Russia are combined together respectively, 75 national teams have appeared in at least one World Cup. Planet World Cup - All time table. Planet World Cup. Retrieved on January 26, 2008.
- ^ Brazil. CNN. Retrieved on December 29, 2007.
- ^ Golden Ball for Zinedine Zidane. Soccerway (July 10, 2006). Retrieved on December 31, 2007.
- ^ Kahn named top keeper. BBC (June 30, 2002). Retrieved on December 31, 2007.
- ^ a b FIFA Awards. RSSSF (May 18, 2007). Retrieved on January 8, 2008.
- ^ Yannis, Alex. "Matthaus Is the Latest MetroStars Savior", New York Times, November 10, 1999. Retrieved on December 23.
- ^ "World Cup Hall of Fame: Lothar Matthaeus", CNN. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
- ^ Kirby, Gentry. "Pele, King of Futbol", ESPN, July 5, 2006. Retrieved on December 23.
- ^ Chowdhury, Saj. "Ronaldo's riposte", BBC, June 27, 2006. Retrieved on December 23.
- ^ "Goal machine was Just superb", BBC, April 4, 2002. Retrieved on December 23.
- ^ Brewin, John (December 21, 2007). World Cup Legends - Franz Beckenbauer. ESPN. Retrieved on December 31, 2007.
- ^ Hughes, Rob (March 11, 1998). No Alternative to Victory for National Coach : 150 Million Brazilians Keep Heat on Zagalo. International Herald Tribune. Retrieved on December 31, 2007.
- ^ 1938 France. CBC. Retrieved on December 31, 2007.
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External links
- FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002
- FIFA official site
- Official FIFA World Cup Charity Campaign
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