FIFA World Cup

Every live footballer in the world wishes to compete in the FIFA World Cup. It is a global competition in which nations from many continents fight against one another. The worldwide tournament has been held since 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.

The FIFA World Cup, colloquially known as the World Cup, is an international association football championship played by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's worldwide governing organization. Since the first tournament in 1930, the championship has been awarded every four years, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, when it was not conducted due to the Second World War.

France is the current champion, having won its second championship in the 2018 tournament in Russia. The current model includes a qualification round that lasts three years to select which teams advance to the tournament phase. During the tournament phase, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), fight for the championship over a month at venues inside the host nation(s). Brazil is the most successful team in world cup history, having won five trophies.

The World Cup is the world's most renowned association football competition, as well as the most extensively observed and followed single athletic event. The FIFA World Cup is the world's top level football tournament. Millions of fans across the world are counting down the days before the World Cup begins. In the long term, the competition outperforms the popularity of the Olympic Games. The 2014 World Cup finals were seen by an unprecedented 715.1 million people globally, which is clearly remarkable.