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History of the World Cup

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Advice International Federation Football (FIFA) on Tuesday unanimously approved an increase in the number of participants in the final part of the world championships from 32 to 48 teams.

Below is a background on the history of the World Cups.

The International Football Federation was founded on May 21, 1904 in Paris. Already at one of its first meetings, the Dutch banker Karl Hirschmann introduced a project to organize the World Cup, but did not find support.

The first real prospects for holding the World Cup opened after the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, where football matches aroused great interest. The final decision on the world championship was made by the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam on May 29, 1928.

There were five applicants for the first World Cup: Italy, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and Uruguay. The majority of delegates voted for Uruguay. This choice was supported by two victories of the national team of this country in the Olympic tournaments of 1924 and 1928 and a firm promise by the representative of Uruguay to fulfill all the financial conditions of FIFA.

1930 World Cup

In 1930, Uruguay hosted the first football world championship in history. The championship of the planet was held from 13 to 30 July in the country's capital, Montevideo.

Teams from 13 countries took part in the championship: Belgium, Romania, France, Yugoslavia (Europe); Mexico, USA (North and Central America); Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Chile (South America). They were divided into four groups, the winners of which advanced to the play-off semi-finals.

Uruguay won the championship. The second place was taken by the Argentines, the third - by the Americans. Top scorer("Golden Boot") - Guillermo Stabile (Uruguay).

1934 World Cup

In 1934, Italy hosted the second football world championship. Matches were played from May 27 to June 10.

The tournament was held in eight cities: Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples, Genoa, Trieste, Bologna, Florence.

Participating countries: Egypt (Africa), Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Romania, France, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Sweden (Europe); USA ( North America); Argentina, Brazil (South America) - 16 teams that started the tournament from the 1/8 finals.

The championship was won by the Italian team. The second place was taken by the team of Czechoslovakia, the third - by Germany. The top scorer is Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia).

1938 World Cup

The world championship was hosted by the following cities: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Reims, Toulouse, Le Havre, Strasbourg, Lille, Antibes.

Participants: Netherlands Antilles (Asia), Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Switzerland (Europe); Cuba (North and Central America), Brazil (South America) - 15 teams that formed seven pairs of 1/8 finals of the playoffs. On the world championship the Austrian team also made its way, but the country was annexed to Germany in the same year, and therefore a vacant place appeared in the tournament grid. The Swedes advanced directly to the quarter-finals.

The Italian national team became the champion for the second time in a row, beating the Hungarians in the final of the tournament. The third place was taken by the Brazilians. Top scorer - Leonidas (Brazil).

1950 World Cup

The first tournament after a 12-year break due to World War II was held in Brazil from June 24 to July 16, 1950.

World Cup matches were held in six cities: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Recife.

Participants: England, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia (Europe); Mexico, USA (North and Central America); Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile (South America) - 13 teams divided into four groups in the first round. Four group-winning teams formed final group in which they played each other in a round robin system. The winner of the championship was determined by the number of points scored in the final group.

Uruguay won the championship. The second place was taken by the Brazilians, the third - by the Swedes. Top scorer - Ademir (Brazil).

1954 World Cup

In 1954, Switzerland hosted the fifth World Cup. The tournament was held from June 16 to July 4.

Matches were held in six cities: Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Basel and Lugano.

Participants: South Korea (Asia), Austria, England, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Scotland, Yugoslavia (Europe); Mexico (North and Central America), Brazil, Uruguay (South America) - 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams. The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/4 finals of the playoffs.

The German team became the world champion. The second place was taken by the team of Hungary, the third - by Austria. The top scorer is Sandor Kocsis (Hungary).

1958 World Cup

World championship matches were held in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Helsingborg, Halmstad, Västerås, Norrköping, Eskilstuna, Örebro, Sandviken, Buros, Uddevalle.

Participating countries: Austria, England, Hungary, Northern Ireland, USSR, Wales, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Scotland, Yugoslavia (Europe); Mexico (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay (South America) - 16 teams divided into four groups. The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/4 finals of the playoffs.

The USSR national team took part in the World Cup for the first time. Also for the first time the world championship received a huge television audience - from the stadiums where the final tournament was held, there were regular television broadcasts to many countries of the world.

Brazil became the world champion. The second place was taken by the Swedish team, the third - by the French. The top scorer is Just Fontaine (France). The best young player of the championship - Pele (Brazil).

1962 World Cup

Matches were held in the cities of Santiago, Arica, Viña del Mar, Rancagua.

Participating countries: England, Bulgaria, Hungary, Spain, Italy, USSR, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Yugoslavia (Europe); Mexico (North and Central America), Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile (South America) - 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams. The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/4 finals of the playoffs.

The Brazilians are the world champions. The second and third places were taken by the national teams of Czechoslovakia and Chile. The top scorers are Garrincha, Vava (both Brazil), Valentin Ivanov (USSR), Leonel Sanchez (Chile), Florian Albert (Hungary), Drazan Erkovich (Yugoslavia). The best young player of the championship - Florian Albert (Hungary).

1966 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Middlesbrough, Sunderland.

Participants: North Korea (Asia); England, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Portugal, USSR, France, Germany, Switzerland (Europe); Mexico (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile (South America) - 16 teams divided into four groups. The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/4 finals of the playoffs.

England won the world championship. The second place was taken by the German team, the third - by the Portuguese. Top scorer - Eusebio (Portugal). The best young player of the championship is Franz Beckenbauer (Germany).

1970 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in the cities of Mexico City, Puebla, Toluca, Guadalajara, Leon.

Participants: Morocco (Africa); England, Belgium, Bulgaria, Israel, Italy, Romania, USSR, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sweden (Europe); Mexico, El Salvador (North and Central America); Brazil, Peru, Uruguay (South America) - 16 teams divided into four groups. The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/4 finals of the playoffs.

The Brazilian team became the world champion, the Italian team took the second place, the German team took the third place. The top scorer is Gerd Müller (Germany). The best young player of the championship - Teofilo Cubillas (Peru).

1974 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Stuttgart, Gelsenkirchen.

Participants: Zaire (Africa); Australia (Asia); Bulgaria, East Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Scotland, Sweden, Yugoslavia (Europe); Haiti (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile (South America) - 16 teams divided in the first round into four groups of four teams.

The championship was won by the German team. The second place was taken by the Dutch, the third - by the Poles. The top scorer is Grzegorz Lato (Poland). The best young player of the championship - Vladislav Zhmuda (Poland).

1978 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in the cities of Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Rosario, Cordoba, Mendoza.

Participants: Tunisia (Africa); Iran (Asia); Austria, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, France, Germany, Sweden, Scotland (Europe); Mexico (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Peru (South America) - 16 teams divided in the first round into four groups of four teams.

The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed two groups of four teams in the second round. The winners of these groups reached the final of the championship, and the teams that took second places competed for bronze medals.

Argentina won the world championship. The second place is taken by the Netherlands team, the third place is taken by the Brazilians. Top scorer - Mario Kempes (Argentina). The best young player of the championship - Antonio Cabrini (Italy). Prize for fair play received by the Argentines.

1982 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza, Alicante, Bilbao, Elche, Gijon, Malaga, Oviedo, Valladolid, Vigo, La Coruña.

Participants: Algeria, Cameroon (Africa); Kuwait (Asia), Austria, England, Belgium, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Poland, Northern Ireland, USSR, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Scotland, Yugoslavia (Europe), Honduras, El Salvador (North and Central America), New Zealand ( Oceania), Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile (South America) - 24 teams divided in the first round into six groups of four teams.

The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed four groups of three teams in the second round. Teams-winners of groups of the second round formed the semi-finals of the playoffs.

The first place in the championship was taken by the Italian team, the second by the German team, and the third by Poland. golden ball like best football player received by Paolo Rossi (Italy). Top scorer - Paolo Rossi (Italy). The best young player of the championship - Manuel Amoros (France). The Brazilians received the prize for fair play.

1986 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in the cities of Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Leon, Irapuato, Querétaro, Nezahualcoyotl.

Participants: Algeria, Morocco (Africa); Iraq, South Korea (Asia); England, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Northern Ireland, USSR, France, Germany, Scotland (Europe); Canada, Mexico (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (South America) - 24 teams divided into six groups of four teams.

Argentina won the world championship. In second place was the German team, in third - the French. Diego Maradona (Argentina) received the Golden Ball. The top scorer is Gary Lineker (England). The best young player of the championship - Enzo Schifo (Belgium). The Brazilians received the prize for fair play.

1990 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples, Florence, Bari, Genoa, Bologna, Verona, Udine, Cagliari, Palermo.

Participants: Egypt, Cameroon (Africa); South Korea, UAE (Asia); Austria, England, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, USSR, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Scotland, Yugoslavia (Europe); Costa Rica, USA (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay (South America) - 24 teams divided into six groups of four teams.

Teams that took first and second places in groups, as well as four best teams from among those who took third place, they formed pairs of the 1/8 finals of the playoffs.

The first place in the championship was taken by the German national team, the second - by the Argentines, the third - by the Italians. Ballon d'Or was awarded to Salvatore Schillaci (Italy). The top scorer is Salvatore Schillaci (Italy). The best young player of the championship - Robert Prosinechki (Yugoslavia). The prize for fair play was given to the British.

1994 FIFA World Cup

Matches were played in Washington DC, Los Angeles, Detroit, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, New York/New Jersey, Orlando.

Participants: Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria (Africa); South Korea, Saudi Arabia (Asia); Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Romania, Switzerland, Sweden (Europe); Mexico, USA (North and Central America); Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia (South America) - 24 teams divided into six groups of four teams.

The teams that took first and second places in the groups, as well as the four best teams from among those who took third place, formed pairs of the 1/8 finals of the playoffs.

The Brazilians won the world championship, the Italians took the second place, the Swedes took the third. Romario (Brazil) received the Golden Ball. The top scorers are Oleg Salenko (Russia), Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria). The best young player of the championship - Mark Overmars (Netherlands). Lev Yashin Prize ( best goalkeeper) was awarded to Michel Prudhomme (Belgium). The prize for fair play went to the Brazilians, who also won the award for spectacular play.

1998 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in Bordeaux, Lance, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse.

Participants: Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia (Africa), Iran, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia (Asia); Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Yugoslavia (Europe); Jamaica, Mexico, USA (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay (South America) - 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/8 finals of the playoffs.

The French team won the world championship, the Brazilians were in second place, and the Croats were in third. Ronaldo (Brazil) received the Golden Ball. The top scorer is Davor Šuker (Croatia). The best young player of the championship - Michael Owen (England). Lev Yashin Prize - Fabien Barthez (France). The prize for fair play was received by the teams of England and France, for the spectacular - by the French.

2002 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in the South Korean cities of Incheon, Gwangju, Busan, Seogwipo, Seoul, Suwon, Daegu, Taejeon, Ulsan, Chonju. Cities of Japan: Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kobe, Miyagi, Niigata, Oita, Osaka, Saitama, Sapporo, Shizuoka.

Participating countries: Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia (Africa); China, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia (Asia); Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Ireland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey (Europe); Costa Rica, Mexico, USA (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay (South America) - 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/8 finals of the playoffs.

Brazil won the championship, followed by Germany in second place and Turkey in third. Oliver Kahn (Germany) received the Golden Ball. Top scorer - Ronaldo (Brazil). The best young player of the championship - Landon Donovan (USA). Lev Yashin Prize - Oliver Kahn (Germany) The Belgians received the prize for fair play, and the South Koreans for spectacular play.

2006 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in Berlin, Dortmund, Munich, Stuttgart, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Cologne, Hannover, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Kaiserslautern.

Participants: Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Tunisia (Africa); Australia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia (Asia); Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (Europe); Costa Rica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, USA (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay (South America) - 32 teams, divided into eight groups of four teams.The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/8 finals of the playoffs.

The first place in the championship was taken by the Italians, the second by the French, and the third by the Germans. Zinedine Zidane (France) received the Golden Ball. Top scorer - Miroslav Klose (Germany). The best young player of the championship - Lukas Podolski (Germany). Lev Yashin Prize - Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) The Spaniards and Brazilians received the prize for fair play, and the Portuguese for spectacular play.

2010 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in the cities of Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Rustenburg, Nelspruit.

Participants: Algeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa (Africa); Australia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan (Asia); England, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia , Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, France (Europe); USA, Mexico, Honduras (North and Central America); New Zealand (Oceania), Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile (South America) - 32 teams divided into eight groups of 4. Teams that took the first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/8 finals of the playoffs.

The Spaniards won the world championship, the Dutch team was in second place, and the Germans were in third. Diego Forlán (Uruguay) received the Golden Ball. The top scorer is Thomas Müller (Germany). The best young player of the championship - Thomas Müller (Germany). Lev Yashin Prize - Iker Casillas (Spain). The Spanish national team received the prize for fair play.

2014 FIFA World Cup

Matches were held in 12 cities: Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Salvador, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Manaus, Fortaleza, Natal, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Cuiabe, Curitiba.

Participants: Algeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria (Africa); Australia, South Korea, Japan, Iran (Asia); England, Germany, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, France (Europe); USA, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica (North and Central America); Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Chile (South America) - 32 teams divided into eight groups of four.The teams that took first and second places in the groups formed pairs of the 1/8 finals of the playoffs.

The Germans won the world championship, the second place was taken by the national team of Argentina, the third - by the team of the Netherlands. Lionel Messi (Argentina) received the Golden Ball. Top scorer - James Rodriguez (Colombia). The best young player of the championship - Paul Pogba (France). The Lev Yashin Prize went to Manuel Neuer (Germany). The Colombian team received the Fair Play Award.

2018 FIFA World Cup

Matches will be held in 11 cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, Rostov-on-Don, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod and Volgograd.

2022 FIFA World Cup

In 2022, the tournament will be held in Qatar and for the first time will be held outside summer time- November 21 to December 18. It will be the last in which 32 teams will take part.

The FIFA Council, meeting in Zurich on 10 January 2017, unanimously approved the decision to increase the number of teams in the World Cup finals to 48 starting from the 2026 tournament. Teams will be divided into 16 groups of three teams each.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources

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Let's start with the main one. The FIFA World Cup is one of the two major sports tournaments in the world along with the Olympic Games. The total audience of the world championships in the 21st century steadily exceeds three billion people, and, for example, the final match of the 2014 world championship, in which the national teams of Germany and Argentina played, was watched by more than a billion viewers. That is, every eighth person on the planet, including babies and the elderly!

The World Cup has traditionally been held every four years since 1930. There were no competitions in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II. The 2018 tournament will thus be the 21st in history. And the first to be held on the territory of our country.

In 1930, the International Football Federation (FIFA) simply invited everyone to take part in the tournament. Only 13 teams arrived in Uruguay, where the competition was held. The hosts became the winners of the tournament, having won the final match against Argentina - 4:2.

Since 1934, the number of teams willing to take part in the tournament has increased. FIFA has decided to determine the format of the tournament and hold qualifying matches to determine which teams are eligible to compete. In 1934, for example, 32 teams took part in the selection, 16 of which fell into the final stage. 84 years later, the numbers have changed somewhat: in the flounces competition, which lasted two years, 207 teams participated, fighting for 31 tickets. 32nd place went to the host country - Russia.

In the history of the World Championships, only eight teams have won the title. Brazil have received the cup five times, Germany and Italy four each. Argentina, Uruguay, France, Spain and England also became world champions. The highest achievement of football players from our country is the fourth place of the team Soviet Union at the 1966 tournament.

The only three-time world football champion in history is the great Brazilian Pele, who, together with the team, won tournaments in 1958, 1962 and 1970. Another 20 players (15 Brazilians, four Italians and an Argentine) became champions twice.

The Russians will play three matches. Or more?

As a rule, they don’t expect much from the Russian team before the start of the World Cup, but the surprises that the Russian team will present to the fans can be all the more pleasant. As for the inexorable figures and historical facts, they do not set up an optimistic mood. The Russian national team, which played at three world championships - in 1994, 2002 and 2014 - never left the group, although our team was usually lucky with the opponents during the draw.

For the 2018 World Cup, the Russian national team is in 70th place in the FIFA rankings. This is the worst figure among all the countries participating in the tournament. True, it is worth remembering that the host country always sags in the ranking table, since it does not play in the qualifying tournament.

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Main coach national team - Stanislav Cherchesov, who has been working with the Russian team since 2016. Team captain - goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. The average age of the team is 28.3 years. This is a little less than it was in 2016 at the European Championships, but still a lot. For comparison: the average age of Germans is 25.7 years, Brazilians - 27.8, Spaniards - 28.0.

The oldest and most experienced player of the Russian national team is a 38-year-old defender Sergey Ignashevich. When he made his international debut, his current international teammate, 22 Alexander Golovin, who plays as a midfielder, has not yet gone to school.

The Russian national team has the most players from Zenit and CSKA - six and five, respectively. Spartak, Lokomotiv, Krasnodar, Rubin and Akhmat sent three players or less to the national team. Also in the squad there are two players playing abroad: Vladimir Gabulov from the Belgian "Bruges" and Denis Cheryshev from Spanish Villarreal.

The latest results of the Russian team can hardly please the fans of the team. The Russians have failed to win in the last seven friendly matches. The last victory was won in October 2017 in a match with the national team South Korea. As for official matches, last summer Russia played at the home Confederations Cup. beat New Zealand, but lost to Portugal and Mexico and failed to qualify from the group.

At the World Cup, the Russian team will play at least three matches - June 14 in Moscow with Saudi Arabia, June 19 in St. Petersburg with Egypt and June 25 in Samara with Uruguay. If, following the results of these matches, Russia leaves the group, then the next match will be held on June 30 or July 1 with someone from group B. Probably Spain or Portugal.

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The format of the World Cup is as simple as possible and familiar to everyone, since it has not changed for 20 years. 32 teams take part in the competition. At the first stage, all of them are divided by lot into eight quartets. In these groups of four teams will play each other once. The top two teams will advance to the playoffs. The regulations of knockout matches are as simple as possible: only the winner of the match advances to the next round. If the main time of the game ends in a draw, the game continues for two more halves of 15 minutes. If in overtime none of the teams could snatch victory, then the fate of the meeting will be decided by a series of post-match penalties.

The first match of the World Cup in Russia will be held on June 14 - in Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium Russian team will play with the national team Saudi Arabia. Final matches group stage will be played on June 28th. And a day later, on June 30, the matches of the 1/8 finals of the World Cup will start in Sochi and Kazan. The decisive match of the tournament, which will determine the new world champions, will be held on July 15 - also in the Moscow Luzhniki.

World Cup matches will be held at 12 stadiums built or reconstructed in 11 Russian cities. The most capacious stadium is the capital's Luzhniki (seats 80,000 spectators). The most expensive is the St. Petersburg Stadium in the northern capital, which took about 43 billion rubles to build. Also matches will be held in Yekaterinburg, Volgograd, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Kaliningrad, Sochi, Kazan and Saransk.

Who will win the World Cup, of course, cannot be predicted in advance. This tournament always gives the audience a whole scattering of unexpected results and football discoveries. However, the top five favorites can still be named: the national teams of Germany, Brazil, Spain, France and Argentina, according to experts, have the greatest chance of winning the tournament.

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- one of three players along with the Germans Uwe Seeler and Miroslav Klose, who scored in four world championships. He is also the scorer of the "youngest" goal. When he hit the gates of the Wales team at the 1958 World Cup, he was only 17 years, seven months and 27 days old.

The German striker holds the record for most goals scored in a World Cup final. The top scorer in the history of the national team scored 16 goals: five at the 2002 World Cup, five at the 2006 World Cup, four at the 2010 World Cup and two more on gold for the German 2014 World Cup team. Klose is one goal ahead of Brazil's Ronaldo, Germany's Gerd Müller by two and France's Juste Fontaine by three.

Just Fontaine

The French striker is the most effective scorer in a single tournament. Fontaine scored all of his 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup. In the group stage, he first scored a hat-trick against Paraguay, then scored a double in the game with Yugoslavia and added a goal to Scotland. Juste then scored twice in the quarter-final against Northern Ireland and scored once in the semi-final against the Brazilians. Finally, in the match for third place Fontaine succeeded in poker against the German national team. Since then, no one has been able to come close to the result of the Frenchman. Only Gerd Müller at the 1970 World Cup reached the milestone of 10 goals.

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The striker of the Russian national team at the 1994 World Cup managed to score five goals in one match. The Cameroon national team became a client of a native of Leningrad. In the entire history of the world championships, no one, except Salenko, has succeeded in a penta-trick. In total, Oleg had six goals in that tournament. three matches group stage, as he also scored in the game with Sweden. At the 1994 World Cup, Salenko won the Golden Boot along with Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov. Interestingly, the match with Cameroon was the last in the striker's career for the Russian national team.

Geoffrey Hirst

Continuing the theme of the great scorers of the World Cups, one cannot but recall the former striker of the England national team. Hurst is the only player to score a hat-trick in the final. It happened at the 1966 World Cup in a match with Germany. Regular time ended with a score of 2:2, and in extra time everything was decided by two accurate hits Hirst. The episode with the winning goal, which the Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst counted after consulting with the Soviet linesman Tofig Bakhramov, remains perhaps the most controversial in the history of the world championships.

Antonio Carbajal and Lothar Matthäus

The Mexican goalkeeper and Germany defender have played in five World Cups. Carbajal entered the field in tournaments that were held from 1950 to 1966. Matthäus made his debut at the 1982 World Cup, and his last tournament was the 1998 World Cup. It is Matthäus who holds the record for the number of matches in the final stages of the world championship. The German has 25 of them. In addition to Carbajal and Matthäus, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was five times included in the Italian team's application for the World Cup, but he played on four tournaments from 2002 to 2014. For Mexico defender Rafael Marquez will also be the fifth in his career.

The Brazilian defender is the only player to have played in three World Cup finals (1994, 1998, 2002). Two of them ended with the victory of the Kafu team. In 1994, the Brazilian national team defeated Italy in a penalty shootout, and in 2002, they defeated Germany - 2: 0.

Norman Whiteside

At the 1982 World Cup, this attacking midfielder Northern Ireland played in the match with Yugoslavia at the age of 17 years and 41 days. Whiteside is the youngest participant in the final stages of the World Championships. The Northern Irishman broke the record owned by . At the club level, Whiteside played for Manchester United and Everton, but due to injuries he was forced to retire at the age of 26. He managed to play 38 matches for the Northern Ireland national team, in which he scored nine goals. Including hit the gates of the Algerian national team at the 1986 World Cup.

Farid Mondragon

The Colombian goalkeeper holds a record with the opposite value. Mondragon is the oldest player ever to play in the final stages of the World Cup. He took the field against Japan at the 2014 World Cup at the age of 43 and three days. However, in Russia Mondragon's record is likely to be beaten. The main goalkeeper of the Egyptian national team, Essam El-Hadari, is already 45 years old and almost five months old!

Roger Mila

The legendary Cameroonian striker is still the oldest player to score at the World Cups. In 1990, the whole world fell in love with the bright team of Cameroon Valery Nepomniachtchi, in which Milla sparkled. However, Roger managed to excel at the next 1994 World Cup. He hit the gates of Stanislav Cherchesov in the same match Russia - Cameroon (6:1). At that time, the striker was already 42 years old, one month and eight days old.

Italy goalkeeper has created the longest streak without conceded goals. At the 1990 World Cup, Zenga kept a clean sheet for 517 minutes. In three matches of the group stage, he did not miss from Austria, the USA and Czechoslovakia, then Walter played to zero in the 1/8 finals with Uruguay and the quarter-finals with Ireland. Only the Argentinean Claudio Canigia managed to break Zenga in the semi-finals. The Italians were leading 1-0, but conceded in the 67th minute and lost on penalties.

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Jose Batista

The former player of the national team of Uruguay has a record that none of the participants in Russia exactly wants to repeat. Batista is the author of the earliest red card in the world championships. This story happened in 1986 in the match of the 3rd round of the group stage Scotland - Uruguay. The defender left the field less than a minute after being given starting whistle. French referee Juel Quino sent off Batista in the 56th second for a tackle from behind against Gordac Strachan.

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The FIFA World Cup, often referred to as the FIFA World Cup or simply the World Cup, is one of the most long-awaited and grandiose sporting events which takes place every four years. In order to get to the tournament, each team will have to overcome the qualifications on their continent. IN final part only 32 of the best national teams from around the world enter and compete for the trophy. Every footballer dreams of getting to the World Cup and winning it, because this tournament is the most prestigious in football, and even the Olympics cannot be compared with it.

World Cup champions in the history of the tournament

The FIFA World Cup, which began in 1930, is a very popular tournament and this is confirmed by official figures. Thus, the final of the 2006 World Cup, held in Germany, was watched by about 715 million viewers, and in 2014 almost half of the planet (3 billion people) watched the final match of the World Cup.

In total, the World Cup has been held 20 times since its inception. Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0 in the final.

The most titled team of the World Championships is Brazil, which won the trophy 5 times, and in addition, took part in all 20 tournament draws. National teams Europe has won the World Cup 11 times and South American teams 9 times. Most often, the German national team (FRG) took part in the final matches - 8 times, of which the Germans lost 4 finals.

World Cup Champions by Year

Year	Location	Country - world champion		Semifinalists
	The country	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	USA	Yugoslavia
1934	Italy	Italy	Czechoslovakia	Germany	Austria
1938	France	Italy	Hungary	Brazil	Sweden
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Brazil	Sweden	Spain
1954	Switzerland	Germany	Hungary	Austria	Uruguay
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Sweden	France	Germany
1962	Chile	Brazil	Czechoslovakia	Chile	Yugoslavia
1966	England	England	Germany	Portugal	the USSR
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Italy	Germany	Uruguay
1974	Germany	Germany	Netherlands	Poland	Brazil
1978	Argentina	Argentina	Netherlands	Brazil	Italy
1982	Spain	Italy	Germany	Poland	France
1986	Mexico	Argentina	Germany	France	Belgium
1990	Italy	Germany	Argentina	Italy	England
1994	USA	Brazil	Italy	Sweden	Bulgaria
1998	France	France	Brazil	Croatia	Netherlands
2002	Republic of Korea, Japan	Brazil	Germany	Turkey	South Korea
2006	Germany	Italy	France	Germany	Portugal
2010	South Africa	Spain	Netherlands	Germany	Uruguay
2014	Brazil	Germany	Argentina	Netherlands	Brazil
2018	Russia

As mentioned above, the first FIFA World Cup champion was Uruguay. The last World Cup, which took place in 2014, was won by the German national team, thus winning the cup 4 times in its history. Thus, the Germans only had to win the tournament once in order to catch up with the Brazilian national team in terms of the number of titles.

The next World Cup will be held in 2018 in Russia, and after another 4 years, Qatar will host the Mundial.