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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, football became an official competition
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the inaugaral champioship was in uruguay (south america) with only 8 teams and they did not have to qualified the were ivited to it
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this two world cups were interupted because of the world war II
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The 1994 World Cup in the United States was hosted in a number of different cities. there was a total economic profit of 623 million dollars that went directly into the metropolitan economy.To help one better understand this figure, in comparison of that same year the Super Bowl only accounted for 182 million dollars (Nodell)
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With the three million live spectators ticket sales left 1.2 billion dollars. FIFA alone promised each country 110 million for hosting and all revenue from their ticket sales.
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The German government reported that tourism revenue over the month of the World Cup was up roughly 400 million dollars
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The World Cup is among the world's most widely viewed sporting events; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany
