2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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
10. WORLD CUP TROPHY EVOLUTION
ALL FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY (1930-2018)
11. 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
