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First World Cup
The first world cup was done in Uruguay. Only 7 national teams competed, and it was a 17 day tournament. In the final stage of the torunament Uruguay beats Argentina by 4-2, turning their national team into the first world champions. APA:
Jezek, G. (2012, December 3). History Of Soccer. Historical events in soccer . Retrieved October 14, 2014, from http://www.historyofsoccer.info/ -
Second World Cup
The second World cup was held in Italy. This was the first World cup in which national teams had to qualify to participate. Only 16 teams participated in the tournament. In the finals Italy won against Czeckslovakia for a difference of 2-1 APA:
"1934 FIFA World Cup Italy ™." FIFA.com. FIFA, 23 Aug. 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. <http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive -
Third World Cup
The third world cup´s tourney's headquarters were held in France. Several countries such as Argentina, Uruguay and Spain were not able to participate, due to internal conflicts happening within their nations. In the finals of this World Cup, Italy beated Hungary by the result of 4-2. APA:
"1938 FIFA World Cup France ™." FIFA.com. FIFA, 24 Aug. 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. <http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/ -
Fourth World Cup
The Fourth World Cup was held in Brazil. It was held after twelve years form the previous tournamnet due the second world war. Only 13 nations participated in this tournament. Uruguay faced Brazil in the finals, and won by a difference of 2-1. APA:
"1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil ™." FIFA.com. FIFA, 24 Aug. 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. <http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive -
Fifth World Cup
The fifth world cup was held in the Alps of switzerland. 16 national temas qualified to this event. During the 18 days that this world cup lasted, 140 goals were scored, and West Germany was the new world champion (won over Hungary by 3-2). APA:
"1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland ™." FIFA.com. FIFA, 24 Aug. 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. <http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive -
Sixth World Cup
The sixth world cups´s headquarters was Sweden. Duirng this event, the 17 year-old Pele made his debut for brazil; he scored six goals in total, two of them in the finals, which were played against sweden. Brazil won by a score of 5-2 APA:
"1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden ™." FIFA.com. FIFA, 25 Aug. 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. <http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/ -
Seventh World Cup
Seventh World Cup was held in Chile. With a magnificent participation, Brazil won fthe World Cup for the second consecutive time. Pele was almsot absent form the event, due to a physical inury. Brazil won over Czechslovakia by a score of 3-1 APA:
"1962 FIFA World Cup Chile ™." FIFA.com. FIFA, 25 Aug. 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. <http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive . -
Eighth World Cup
The eighth anniversary of the world cup was celebrated in England. This is the first world cup that had an official mascot. The local national team (England) won this edition of thge world cup after beating West Germany in the finals by a difference of 2 goals (4-2). APA:
"1966 FIFA World Cup England ™." FIFA.com. FIFA, 25 Aug. 2012. Web. 16 Oct. 2014. <http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/ -
Ninth World Cup
The ninth World Cup was held in the american lands of Mexico. Brazil achieved a historical record, by winning a third world cup. Pele opened the scoring witha headear,and as time progressed, and the match continued, the game culminated with Brazil winning over Italy by a score of 4-1 APA:
"1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico ™." FIFA.com. FIFA, 26 Aug. 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. <http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/ -
Latest Edition of the World Cup (20th WC tournament)
The most recent World Cup tournamnet was held in Brazil, after sixty four years. Germany won this World Cup after crushing Brazil, the host, and scoring a goal against Argentina during suplementary time. With this victory, Germany has in posession four World Cup titles. APA:
"InÃcio | Site do governo brasileiro sobre a Copa do Mundo." InÃcio | Site do governo brasileiro sobre a Copa do Mundo. N.p., 12 May 2014. Web. 18 Oct. 2014. http://www.copa2014.gov.br/.
