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World Cup
The World Cup is an international soccer tournament that showcases the best national teams in the world. Read below to find out more about the World Cup Soccer Tournament.
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This year the 18th World Cup finals will be held in Germany. The World Cup originated in the 1930's when visionary Jules Rimet
had the desire to bring together the World's best soccer teams. The tournament only occured 3 times before a halt was put on it because of the 2nd World War. Since then, out of the 16 tournaments held, there has been only
7 different winners. These seven, Brazil (5 wins), Germany and Italy (3 wins), Argentina and Uruguay (2 wins), France and England (1 win), are the best teams in the world. The world cup is one of the most popular sports tournaments in the entire world with over 37 billion viewers combined of all of the tournament's games.
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Below is the map of all the team qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup
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Below are posters from World Cups 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002. Click on each poster to be taken to the offical FIFA websites.