The World Cup is
thirty-two soccer teams in one host nation trying to be the champions of the
world. The way this works is they first have to qualify in to the World Cup
with teams from all seven continents. This can last up to three years before
the World Cup.The association that runs the World Cup is called FIFA. FIFA
stands for Federation International Football Association. The headquarters of
FIFA is in Zürich, Switzerland and the current president of FIFA is Sepp
Blatter. The trophy for the World Cup was named for Jules Rimet. He was the
president of FIFA from 1946 to 1970. Brazil’s third victory in 1970 entitled
them to keep the trophy, but then the trophy was reported stolen and it was
never found. Then they changed the name of the trophy to FIFA World Cup Trophy.
They also got a new model of the trophy. The designer’s name is Italian Silvio
Gazzaniga. The new trophy is thirty six centimeters high, is made with eighteen
carat gold and weighs thirteen pounds. The winning team does not get to keep
the trophy, but instead they keep it for four years and then they get a replica.
Comments:
All you soccer fanatics better be getting ready for
another exciting world cup. Go and support your team. Be
ready to get blown away by the quality of the soccer players. Prepare for the
best world cup in history.
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