The quadrennial World Cup is approaching, and I believe that football fans have been excited and began to study and discuss with each other about this year's world competition, which team will win the Hercules Cup.
Brazil? Germany? Spain? Or France? Portugal?
Or Argentina? Belgium?
Which team are you looking for in front of the screen?
Starting from today, I will successively introduce the history of the World Cup and the glory won by various teams in the past hundred years with three chapters: "Past World Cup Chapters", "National Team Glory Chapter" and "2022 World Cup Team Details", I hope you like to watch.
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The first World Cup, the 1930 Fifacé in Uruguay
Date: July 13-30, 1930
Since many European teams believe that going to South America is too costly and a waste of time, only a few European teams are willing to participate in this tournament.
Only 13 teams competed in the tournament, divided into 4 groups, and the first place in each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Group 1: Argentina 6 points, Chile 4 points, France 2 points, Mexico 0 points
Group II: Yugoslavia 4 points, Brazil 2 points, Bolivia 0 points
Group III: Uruguay 4 points, Romania 2 points, Peru 0 points
Fourth group: 4 points for the United States, 2 points for Paraguay, 0 points for Belgium
In the end, two American teams competed for the first World Cup title, and in the final, the host Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 to win the first World Cup.
The second World Cup, the 1934 World Cup in Italy
It was held from May 27 to June 10, 1934
The World Cup was held in Italy, the first time the World Cup had been held in a European country.
A total of 16 teams from the 4 continental football federations participated in the tournament, 16 teams qualified through the qualifiers organized by the continental football federations, and even the host Italian team had to qualify through the qualifiers.
For the first time in this World Cup, a qualifier was established, with 32 teams participating in the group qualifiers (even in the host country, Italy), and the winning 16 teams entered the final stage.
Since most European countries refused to go to Uruguay for the first World Cup, Uruguay did not send a team to participate in this World Cup. Uruguay thus became the only world champion in world cup history who did not defend its title.
In addition, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland did not participate due to FIFA discord.
There are no group matches in this tournament, only single-elimination matches. If the two teams draw within 90 minutes, a 30-minute overtime match will be played. After 120 minutes, it will still be a draw, and there will be a replay, rather than a penalty to decide the winner.
Italy's dictators before the final threatened players and coaches to win the title or make them pay with their lives.
In the 76 minutes of the final, the Czech team scored an advance goal, the Italian team fell into a desperate situation, in the 81st minute, the Italian player Orsi withstood the pressure to score a goal, equalized, 95 minutes of extra time, the Italian team scored another goal to seal the championship, the players saved their lives.
The third World Cup , the 1938 Fifacé in France
Date: June 4-19, 1938
A new provision has been made in this World Cup, in which the previous champion team and the host country team directly enter the final circle, and the system of the host country team directly entering the final circle has been used ever since.
This World Cup was held on the eve of The Second World War, and due to war and political reasons, many excellent teams did not qualify for this cup.
France and Argentina simultaneously made a bid to host the third World Cup, but the then FIFA president, Frenchman Remitt, used his position to decide to arrange the match in France, which led to strong dissatisfaction among Argentines, who believed that Europe should not host two consecutive World Cups, and finally refused to participate in this tournament.
The United States had no choice but to withdraw from the tournament because the British hired players in the team did not participate in the game on Sunday.
Uruguay continues to refuse to participate because European teams did not participate in the inaugural World Cup.
Despite the shadow of war, 35 teams participated in the tournament, and in the end, 14 teams plus the host team and the defending champion team, a total of 16 teams reached the final round, because Argentina withdrew, so in fact only 15 teams participated in the final round.
In the end, the Italian team first eliminated the host France team, then eliminated the champion Brazil team, and finally successfully defended the title 4-2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the second consecutive time.
From the first three World Cups, we can see the arrogance of European paranoia, but also can see the pride of South Americans to protect the dignity, from the initial construction to the gradual improvement of the rules, from the promotion of 3 continents to 4 continents, the World Cup has been questioned a lot, affected by the war, simply like the Olympic Games, 4 years a slow inheritance, nearly a hundred years of international football, now is just the beginning.