The FIFA World Cup is the Most Esteemed Soccer Tournament in the World

The football world cup came into being only after the game met with success in numerous other tournaments around the globe.

Soccer Tournaments - Where it all began

 This was followed by the British Home Championship that was began in 1888 and as of this point in time, the popularity of the sport stayed within the UK only. In the early 19th century, football began becoming popular outside the united kingdom and was being played largely as a demonstration sport. This just meant that there were no medals or awards for the shooting. In fact, football was introduced in the 1900 as good as 1904 Summer Olympics in France and Canada respectively. Only 3 team teams participated in the tournament during both Summer Olympics. Soccer was also played in the 1906 Summer Olympics also referred to as the Intercalated Games in Athens and there was participation from 4 teams including 3 clubs.

 The Federation made an attempt to organize a global football tournament between nations which were outside of the Olympic framework. FIFA 17 Coin generator  This tournament is regarded as the first ever step towards modern football championships and this is held in Switzerland in 1906. The depressing news is that FIFA declared this contest as a total failure.

Soccer went on to become an official sport in the 1908 Olympics in England and it was only in 1914 that FIFA began acknowledging the Olympic soccer tournament as a "world football championship for hobbyists." Following their approval, FIFA agreed upon taking the duty of the management of the big event. This opened the doors for the first international football competition in the sort of 1920 Olympics. The winners were Belgium followed by Uruguay in the next two Olympics in 1924 and 1928.

The FIFA world cup

The success of football in Olympic tournaments made FIFA reconsider their vision of arranging an international tournament. With President Jules Rimet heading from the front, the FIFA congress in a meeting at Amsterdam in 1928 determined to organize a world championship. The host country for the first FIFA world cup was named as Uruguay since they were two time Olympic Champs. So in 1930, the first FIFA world cup came into existence. The first football world cup saw participation from 13 nations including 7 from South America, 4 from Europe, and 2 from North America.

The first FIFA world cup matches were held simultaneously on 18 July 1930 and the victor were France and USA. Uruguay went on to become the victor by defeating Argentina 4-2 in front of a 93,000 powerful home crowd in Montevideo. The FIFA world cup is played once every 4 years with 32 teams participating for the prize.

The last FIFA world cup (2006) was held in Germany and Italy was crowned as the victor. The next FIFA world cup (2010) is going to be held in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010.