FIFA World CupDulaney Williams

FIFA

History

-The Worlds first football match (Soccer) was is 1872 between Scotland and England, which ended in a 0 to 0 draw.

-Games continued to be played untill 1904 when FIFA was established.

-Games under FIFA soon became world football classics in the 1908 olympic games and would soon break away.

Establishment

-The FIFA World Cup is an international football competition that involves the sports global governing body.

-Beginning in 1930 the trophy had been rewarded to the winning country every 4 years.

-The only years the trophy was never rewarded was in 1942 and 1946 when the games had to be put on hold due to the second world war.

Tournament

The tournament consists of 32 teams broken down into different sections and a round robin tournament is played with eight groups of four teams playing a total of three games. Eventually two teams from each section are moved on to the knockout stage and the single elimination begins. Finally the tournament is narrowed down to one final champion leaving us with the recent 2010 champion Spain.

2010 World Cup Champs

Money

In 2010 FIFA pocketed 3.2 Billion dollars from tourism and endorsements

The World Cup effected the economy of South Africa in a positive way. Tourism rose by 21% in 2010 leading up to and including the World Cup, there was a 25% increase in airport arrivals for South Africa and was just shy of bringing in $1.1 Billion into the South African economy. So looking at things from a money sense, over $1 Billion was pumped into the country alone due to a soccer tournament.