History of world cup

England and Scotland played a challenge match in Glasgow in 1872, which was the first international football match ever played. In 1884, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland played in the first-ever British Home Championship, the first international competition for nations.Football was a demonstration sport at the Summer Olympics in 1900 and 1904, with no medals given, as it gained popularity in other parts of the world at the beginning of the 20th century. However, the International Olympic Committee has since upgraded these games to official competitions, including the 1906 Intercalated Games.

FIFA attempted to organize an international football competition between countries outside of the Olympic framework in Switzerland in 1906 after it was established in 1904. International football was still in its infancy at the time, and FIFA's official history characterizes the competition as a failure.

Football was included as an Olympic sport during the second British Summer Olympics in 1908. The English Football Association (FA), which oversees football in England, organized the tournament, which was only open to amateur players and was seen suspiciously as a show rather than a competition. The United Kingdom's national amateur football team, representing Great Britain, took home the gold medals. At the Stockholm Summer Olympics in 1912, they accomplished the same feat.

Trophy

The World Cup winning team received the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970. Originally called the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, it was renamed in 1946 in honor of FIFA President Jules Rimet, who organized the inaugural competition. Brazil was granted permanent possession of the trophy in 1970 after their third championship triumph. But since its theft in 1983, the trophy has never been found; it appears that the criminals melted it down.

A new trophy, the World Cup of FIFA Trophy, was created after 1970. After evaluating the 53 models that were submitted, FIFA specialists from seven different nations ultimately chose the work of Italian designer Silvio Gazing. The new trophy weighs 6.175 kg (13.6 lb), is 36 cm (14.2 in) high, and is composed of pure 18 carat (75%) gold.

The trophy's bottom side has the etched year and name of every FIFA World Cup champion since 1974, while the base is composed of two layers of semi-precious malachite. Gazzaniga described the prize as follows: "The lines extend forth to receive the world, ascending in spirals from the base. The figures of two athletes at the dramatic moment of triumph emerge from the sculpture's amazing dynamic tensions inside its tight form.

The winner country does not receive this new prize on a permanent basis. The trophy is only kept by World Cup winners until the conclusion of the post-match festivities. Immediately after, they receive a gold-plated duplicate instead of the solid gold original.

Each of the top three teams' players, coaches, and managers receives a medal bearing the World Cup Trophy insignia: gold for the champions, silver for the runners-up, and bronze for the third place finishers. South Korea, the hosts, took fourth place in the 2002 competition. Only the eleven players remaining on the field at the conclusion of the final and the third-place match received medals prior to the 1978 competition. FIFA declared in November 2007 that all players from World Cup winning teams from 1930 to 1974 will get winners' medals in retroactive fashion.

Qualification

To narrow down the field for the final competition, qualification rounds have been organized since the second World Cup in 1934.Under the direction of their respective confederations, they take place in the six FIFA continental zones: Africa, Asia, North and Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Oceania, and Europe. FIFA determines in advance how many spots will be given to each continental zone for each tournament, usually taking into account the relative power of the teams from the confederations.

The qualifying procedure can begin as early as nearly three years prior to the final competition and continue for more than two years. Each confederation has a different framework for its qualification

events. Intercontinental play-off winners often receive one or two spots. For instance, the Oceanian zone champion and the Asian zone's fifth-place team qualified for the 2010 World Cup in a play-off.Host countries automatically qualify for the final event starting with the 1938 World Cup. The defending champions were likewise given this privilege from 1938 to 2002, however starting with the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the champions had to qualify. The first defending champions to participate in qualification matches were Brazil, the 2002 victors.

Final competition

Last tour32 national teams competed over the course of a month in the host countries in the last tournament format since 1998. There are two phases: the group phase and the elimination phase.

Teams participate in eight groups of four during the group stage. Eight countries—including the hosts—are seeded, while the remaining teams are divided into different groups based on a system derived from the FIFA World Rankings or results from previous World Cups.Teams in each of the eight groups are selected at random from among the other teams, which are placed in various "pots" depending on geographic factors. The draw has been subject to restrictions since 1998 to guarantee that no group includes more than two European teams or more than one team from any other confederation.

Every group competes in a round-robin competition where each team faces off against other teams in its own group three times. In other words, a group plays six matches in total. Each group's last round of games is arranged at the same time to maintain equity for all four teams.From every group, the top two teams move on to the knockout phase. Within a group, teams are ranked using points. Previously, victors got two points; since 1994, three points have been given for a victory, one for a draw, and none for a defeat.