I love looking back on the previous tournaments and looking up who hosted, who won, etc. Here is the list of all the tournaments since it started in 1930.
1930 - Host: Uruguay; Champion: Uruguay over Argentina 1934 - Host: Italy; Champion Italy over Czechoslovakia 1938 - Host: France; Champion: Italy over Hungary 1942 - No games, World War II 1946 - No games, World War II
1950 - Host: Brazil; Champion: Uruguay over Brazil 1954 - Host: Switzerland; Champion: West Germany over Hungary 1958 - Host: Sweden; Champion: Brazil over Sweden 1962 - Host: Chile; Champions: Brazil over Czechoslovakia 1966 - Host: England; Champions: England over West Germany 1970 - Host: Mexico; Champions: Brazil over Italy 1974 - Host: West Germany; Champions: West Germany over Netherlands 1978 - Host: Argentina; Champions: Argentina over Netherlands 1982 - Host: Spain; Champions: Italy over West Germany 1986 - Host: Mexico; Champions: Argentina over West Germany 1990 - Host: Italy; Champions: West Germany over Argentina 1994 - Host: USA; Champions: Brazil over Italy 1998 - Host: France; Champions: France over Brazil 2002 - Host: South Korea & Japan; Champions: Brazil over Germany 2006 - Host: Germany; Champions: Italy over France 2010 - Host: South Africa; Champions: Spain over Netherlands 2014 - Host: Brazil 2018 - Host: Russia 2022 - Host: Qatar
The world's greatest football event that comes around every four years is finally here. This year's tournament is going to Brazil. This blog is a collection of history, random facts, and stories surrounding the prized event, the FIFA World Cup.
La Copa Mundial, as referred to in Latin America, is actually a multi-year tournament that countries from all continents are invited to participate. After many games, the number of teams is reduced to 32. These 32 teams will play matches this summer with the winner taking home the FIFA trophy.
Brazil was selected to host this year's tournament and will share the games in 12 different host cities.
