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The FIFA World Cup is popularly known as the World Cup and also known as Football World Cup or Soccer World Cup and it is the most popular competition in international football. No other sporting event captures the world's imagination like the FIFA World Cup.

The championship has been contested every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.

A group of visionary French football administrators, led in the 1920s by the innovative Jules Rimet, are credited with the original idea of bringing the world's strongest national football teams together to compete for the title of World Champions. The original gold trophy was in the name of Jules Rimet's . From 1930 to 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the Cup winner.

It is more of an ongoing event as the qualifying rounds of the competition take place over the three years preceding the final rounds.

Foot Ball Heroes

Passarella
Kal Heinz Rummenigge
Diego Maradonal
Bobby Charlton
Johan Cruyff
Rund Gullit
Robert Falcao
Franco Baresi
Roger Milla
Zico
Gordon Banks
Roberto Baggio
Suker
Socrates
Michel Platini
Paolo Rossi
Batistuta
Didier Six

Year wise hosts of world cup

Uruguay 1930
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
Korea & Japan 2002
Germany 2006.

Since 1930, the 16 tournaments have seen only seven different winners. However, the FIFA World Cup has also been punctuated by dramatic upsets that have helped create football wave history - the United States defeating England in 1950, North Korea's defeat of Italy in 1966, Cameroon's emergence in the 1980s and their opening match defeat of the Argentinean cup-holders in 1990.... ?

After 1970, a new trophy, known as the FIFA World Cup Trophy, was designed.

Country wise World Cup Winners

Brazil - 5 - 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002

Germany - 3 - 1954, 1974*, 1990 (all as West Germany)

Italy - 3 - 1934*, 1938, 1982

Argentina - 2 - 1978*, 1986

Uruguay - 2 - 1930*, 1950

England - 1 - 1966*

France - 1 - 1998*

World cup teams

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Ecuador
England
France
Germany
Ghana
Iran
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Paraguay
Poland
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
Serbia-Montenegro
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Trinidad & Tobago
Togo
Tunisia
Ukraine
United states

Podolski Best Young player
- German striker – Lukas Podolski was named best young player at World Cup 2006 by FIFA. Apart from Podolski Portugual , Christiano Ronaldo was runner up. Podolski who turned 21 on June 4th 2006 have 3 goals at this world cup.

Poldi already boasts a tally of 15 goals in 31 games for his country . Hey was the key element in Germany’s attack.

"I would have very much liked to take another trophy home, but I'm very very glad to have this," Podolski said. "It is a great honor for me to be given this award."