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FIFA World Cup tournaments
- 1950 FIFA World CupBrazil presented a bid at the 1946 FIFA Congress to host the first World Cup after a twelve-year hiatus caused by World War II.
- 2014 FIFA World CupFIFA president Sepp Blatter announced Brazil as the host nation on the 30th of October 2007. This decision came after Colombia withdrew its candidacy…
- 2022 FIFA World CupThe 2022 FIFA World Cup ended on the 18th of December, Qatar's National Day, with a final that many observers called the greatest match in the tournament's…
- 1974 FIFA World CupThe 1974 FIFA World Cup arrived carrying a secret no one was supposed to know. Before a ball was kicked at the Olympiastadion in Munich, a new trophy had…
- 1982 FIFA World CupThe 1982 FIFA World Cup opened on the 13th of June in Spain, and by the time it closed on the 11th of July, it had produced some of the most talked-about…
- 1998 FIFA World CupOn the 12th of July 1998, inside the Stade de France in the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis, a French team walked off the pitch as world champions for the…
- 2002 FIFA World CupOn the 31st of May 1996, FIFA announced that South Korea and Japan would jointly host the World Cup. This decision ended a bitter rivalry between two Asian…
- 1934 FIFA World CupOn the 9th of October 1932, FIFA's executive committee met in Stockholm to decide who would host the second World Cup. The Italian bid won without a single…
- 1962 FIFA World CupThe 1962 FIFA World Cup began its journey in a room filled with tension during the FIFA Congress held in Helsinki. Ernesto Alvear, chairman of Magallanes…
- 1986 FIFA World CupThe 1986 FIFA World Cup delivered one of the most talked-about moments in football history, all in the space of four minutes on a June afternoon in Mexico…
- 1990 FIFA World CupThe 1990 FIFA World Cup produced just 2.21 goals per game. That number, still a record low in World Cup history, tells you almost everything about a…
- 1994 FIFA World CupThe 1994 FIFA World Cup arrived in the United States carrying a question nobody could quite answer: what happens when you give the world's most popular game…
- 2006 FIFA World CupThe 2006 FIFA World Cup opened on the 9th of June with a goal after just five minutes. Germany's left-back Philipp Lahm struck first against Costa Rica, and…
- 2010 FIFA World CupThe 2010 FIFA World Cup opened on the 11th of June at Soccer City in Johannesburg, and for the first time in the tournament's history, the host continent was…
- 2018 FIFA World CupThe 2018 FIFA World Cup opened on the 14th of June in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, where Russian president Vladimir Putin welcomed the world and called…
- 1930 FIFA World CupFIFA president Jules Rimet stood before the 17th FIFA congress in Amsterdam during May 1928 and proposed a new competition for national teams.
- 1938 FIFA World CupFIFA chose France as the host nation in Berlin on the 13th of August 1936. The decision to hold a second consecutive tournament in Europe caused outrage…
- 1954 FIFA World CupSwitzerland received the hosting rights for the 1954 FIFA World Cup without opposition during a meeting in Luxembourg City on the 22nd of July 1946.
- 1978 FIFA World CupThe 1978 FIFA World Cup opened on the 1st of June in Argentina, a country where, less than two years earlier, a military coup had replaced a civilian…
- 1958 FIFA World CupSweden won the right to host the 1958 FIFA World Cup on the 23rd of June 1950. The decision came during a FIFA Congress held in Rio de Janeiro around the…
- 1966 FIFA World CupEngland secured the hosting rights for the 1966 FIFA World Cup during a meeting in Rome, Italy on the 22nd of August 1960.
- 1970 FIFA World CupThe 1970 FIFA World Cup arrived in Mexico with a question no one could fully answer: could a team play football so beautifully, in such hostile heat and…
- 2030 FIFA World CupThe 1930 FIFA World Cup final took place at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay. A hundred years later, that same stadium will host a special match…
- 2026 FIFA World CupThe 2026 FIFA World Cup will mark a historic shift in the sport's history by expanding from 32 teams to 48. This decision, approved by the FIFA Council on…
- 2034 FIFA World CupOn the 4th of October 2023, the bidding process for the 2034 FIFA World Cup officially began. The timeline moved with unusual speed compared to previous…