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An Interesting Quiz About The Football World Cup

Amruta Deshpande
Test your knowledge about the Football World Cup through this challenge!
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Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known as FIFA, is the sports governing body for the senior men’s and women’s national teams.
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Uruguay was the host for the first ever World Cup held in 1930 and they also went on to win the tournament.
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Since the inaugural tournament, the World Cup has been held every four years, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was cancelled due to World War II.
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Originally known as the World Cup or Coupe du Monde, in 1946 it was renamed after FIFA President Jules Rimet who setup the first tournament.
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The trophy is 36 cms high, made of solid 18 carat (75%) gold and weighs 6.175 kg.
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The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13th July 1930, & were won by France and US, who defeated Mexico, 4–1 and Belgium 3–0 respectively.
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The inaugural match of the first Women’s World Cup was played between China and Norway in 1991. Ma Li of China scored the first ever goal of the World Cup.
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Just Fontaine of France, holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup; all his 13 goals were scored in the 1958 tournament.
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Brazil has won the most World Cups with five tournaments. Italy & Germany are close behind with four each.
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Since 1998, there have been a total of 32 national teams playing in the World Cup and a total of 64 matches are played.
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Out of the eight Women’s World Cup tournaments, USA has won four times & is the current Champion. Germany has won twice and Japan & Norway have won once each.
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Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored a goal, only 10.89 seconds after kick-off against South Korea in 2002.
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