FIFA World Cup 2006: Now Playing

I’m not a huge football fan or even a little. I only enjoy watching it but don’t have favorite team in particular. We don’t have a cable so I will not able to see it regularly. Football is not that popular to us Filipinos compare to the well loved basketball. Maybe because were not that much exposed to this kind of sports. So I make a little research.

FIFA or Fédération Internationale de Football Association was founded on May 21, 1904 in Paris, France. The first World Cup was held in Uruguay, where the home nation took the first World Cup title. This was held every four years. Due to World War II, after the 1938 World Cup, the tournament was not played again until 1950. Brazil leads with total of five World Cup title, they got their latest on the last 2002 World Cup held in Yokohama, Japan.

Here is the complete list of World Cup winners

1930 held in Montevideo, Uruguay -Uruguay won over Argentina 4-2

1934 held in Rome, Italy -Italy won over Czechoslovakia 2-1

1938 held in Paris, France -Italy won over Hungary 4-2

1950 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -Uruguay won over Brazil 2-1

1954 held in Bern, Switzerland -West Germany won over Hungary 3-2

1958 held in Stockholm, Sweden -Brazil won over Sweden 5-2

1962 held in Santiago, Chile -Brazil won over Czechoslovakia 3-1

1966 held in London, England -England won over West Germany 4-2

1970 held in Mexico City, Mexico -Brazil won over Italy 4-1

1974 held in Munich, West Germany -West Germany won over Netherlands 2-1

1978 held in Buenos Aires, Argentina -Argentina won over Netherlands 3-1

1982 held in Madrid, Spain -Italy won over West Germany 3-1

1986 held in Mexico City, Mexico -Argentina won over West Germany 3-2

1990 held in Rome, Italy -West Germany won over Argentina 1-0

1994 held in Pasadena, USA -Brazil won over Italy 0*-0 (*-penalty 3-2)

1998 held in Paris, France -France won over Brazil 3-0

2002 held in Yokohama, Japan -Brazil won over Germany 2-0

2006 held in Germany -on going-

On the on going FIFA World Cup 2006, there are 32 competing countries in 64 games.

FACT: Philippines is ranked 191 in FIFA World Ranking-Asia

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