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FIFA WORLD CUP
Presented By-
Subhradeep Mitra
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF FIFA
HISTORY OF WORLD CUP
FIFA WORLD CUP WINNER LIST
SOME SPECIAL AWARDS
WORLD CUP TROPHY EVOLUTION
OVERVIEW
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
 Full form of FIFA is Fédération Internationale de Football
Association.
 The championship has been awarded every four years
 There are held within the six FIFA continental zones
(Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean,
South America, Oceania, and Europe)
 The qualification process can start almost three years
before the final tournament and last over a two-year period
 The final tournament has been used since 1998 & features
32 national teams competing over the course of a month
in the host nation(s). There are two stages: the group
stage followed by the knockout stage
HISTORY OF FIFA
 Founded in Paris, France on may 21,1904
 At the 1920 Summer Olympics, contested by Egypt and 13
European teams, and won by Belgium. Uruguay won the
next two Olympic football tournaments in 1924 and 1928
 The first president of FIFA was Robert Guérin
 At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London,
football became an official competition
 In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the
Olympic tournament as a "world football
championship for amateurs"
Robert Guérin
HISTORY OF WORLD CUP
 1st fifa world cup was on july 18,1930 in uruguay
 13 Teams participate (from 3 confederations)
 No of matches played- 13
 The final was played at the Estadio Centenario on 30
July, 1930
 Champion Team- Uruguay (Runners-up- Argentina)
 No of goals scored – 70
 Top goal scorer - Guillermo Stábile(8 goals)
Official Poster of
1st FIFA World Cup
1930 Uruguay Team
GOLDEN GLOVE AWARD
 The Golden Glove Award is awarded to
the best goalkeeper of the tournament
 The award was introduced with the name
Lev Yashin Award in 1994
 1ST Golden Glove winner was Michel
Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme (Belgium)
 In 2018 FIFA World Cup Thibaut Nicolas
Marc Courtois (Belgium) won this award.
GOLDEN BOOT AWARD
 The Golden Boot or Golden Shoe Award goes to the
top goal scorer of the FIFA World Cup
 The first time this award was given in 1982
 1ST Golden Boot winner was Paolo Rossi (Italy).
He scored 6 Goals in this tournament.
 In 2018 FIFA World Cup Harry Kane
(England) won this award.
 Besides Golden Boot Silver and
Bronze Boots are awarded to the 2nd
and 3rd top goal scorer player.
GOLDEN BALL AWARD
 The 'Golden Ball Award' is presented to the outstanding
player at each FIFA World Cup finals.
 Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards given to the 2nd and 3rd
most outstanding players in the tournament respectively
 1st Golden Ball winner was José Nasazzi
Yarza(Uruguay)
 Barcelona is the only club whose players have
won the Golden Ball a record 3 times (Johan
Cruyff in 1974, Romário in 1994, Lionel Messi in
2014).
Luka Modrić
2018 Golden Ball Winner
WORLD CUP TROPHY EVOLUTION
ALL FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY (1930-2018)
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
 Qatar will be organized 22nd Edition of FIFA
World Cup in 2022 & Canada,Maxico & USA
will be organized 23rd Edition in 2026.
 In 2019 United States women's national
soccer team won the 8th Edition of FIFA
WOMAN World Cup title.
 FIFA also organises FIFA U-17 world cup,
FIFA U-20 world cup men and woman
 India was organized FIFA U-17 in 2017
REFERENCES
1. https://www.fifa.com
2. https://en.wikipedia.org
3. https://www.worldsoccer.com
4. https://www.britannica.com
5. https://www.slideshare.net
6. https://www.the-afc.com
7. https://www.foxsports.com
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