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The background of the birth of the World Cup

As a single sport, the World Cup is the biggest sport in the world. The World Cup originated from the Olympic Games in the early 20th century, especially in Antwerp 1920. At that Olympic Games, 65,438+04 countries from South America, Asia and Africa took part in Olympic football, while 65,438+0928 and 65,438+07 countries took part in the Amsterdam Olympic Games, but by this time, the World Cup has not yet formed.

Until1May 26th, 920, FIFA decided to hold a football match alone, and the World Cup was born. At the 1926 FIFA General Assembly, President Rimet adopted the proposal of "holding the first FIFA World Cup open to all national teams of member football associations".

They chose to compete in the middle of the Olympic Games and decided to hold the World Cup every four years. After the third match (1938) was held in France, the World Cup was interrupted due to the outbreak of World War II 12. As soon as the war ended, Brazil hosted the fourth World Cup at 1950.

The origin of FIFA World Cup trophy

There have been two World Cup trophies in the history of FIFA World Cup, and the first time experienced many twists and turns.

When FIFA decided to hold the first World Cup in 1930, the French sculptor Raphael made a pure gold trophy to be presented to the winning team. The trophy is a sculpture of a goddess of victory. She holds an octagonal cup with her arms stretched out on a pillar inlaid with precious stones. To commemorate the founder of the World Cup, President Rimet, the trophy was named "World Cup", but it was not called the World Cup until the third World War II (1930, 1934, 1938). By 1970, Brazil, the only country that won three consecutive championships at that time, always had the trophy.

During World War II, in order not to be persecuted by invaders, the World Cup trophy was hidden under the bed of an Italian family. 1966 Before the World Cup was held in Britain, it was stolen when it was on display to civilians. The British police searched for this trophy many times, but all ended in failure. Finally, the trophy was found by a dog named "picket" in a trash can in the suburbs. The World Cup is back.

1983, the trophy was stolen again in Brazil and has not been found so far. It is estimated that it may have been melted by thieves, so it became the trophy of Hercules and passed away. So the Brazilian Football Association made a copy instead of keeping it.

The second World Cup trophy was selected from 53 technical designs and awarded at the World Cup held in 1974. The trophy was made of 18K pure gold by Italian sculptor Galliani. According to his explanation, the image of the trophy contains "the spiral rising from the ground is supporting the earth, which strongly shows the passion at the moment of winning".

This trophy is 36cm (14 inch) high and weighs 4970g (1 1), belonging to FIFA. The team that wins the World Cup can get a gold-plated replica.

Overview of the World Cup

Holding time: once every four years (in the middle of hosting the Olympic Games), one month in June and one month in July.

Ranking of previous World Cups (former 16)

9 times in Europe, 4 times in South America and 3 times in Central and North America.

World Cup host countries in past dynasties (13 countries)

Uruguay, Italy (second session), France (second session), Brazil, Switzerland, Sweden, Chile, Britain, Mexico (second session), West Germany, Argentina, Spain and the United States (1 session).