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The concept of holding a World Cup Soccer Championship was originated
by the 1920s president of FIFA, Jules Rimet. When planning for the
first event began in 1926, the idea was to have the World Cup “in
between” the Olympics. This does not work as well now, with
the staggered hosting of the Winter and Summer Olympics, but even
so it was a good idea.
Rimet and other officials organized the first event for 1930. The
first World Cup soccer event was the only event to not include today’s
qualifying rounds. The European teams involved were France, Belgium,
Yugoslavia, and Romania. Many other European teams were dissatisfied
with the location and refused to travel the distance to Uruguay.
There were a total of 13 teams in the first world cup. The remaining
countries, outside of Europe and besides the host Uruguay were:
Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Mexico, and the
United States.
World Cup soccer began on July 13th, 1930, when France beat Mexico
4 to 1, and a long, competitive history kicked off from that point.
The original FIFA World Cup Trophy was named the Jules Rimet Cup
after its president and main World Cup organizer.
| Year | Host
Country | Winner | Score |
| 1930 | Uruguay |
Uruguay | Uruguay 4-2 Argentina |
| 1934 | Italy |
Italy | Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia |
| 1938 | France |
Italy | Italy 4-2 Hungary |
| 1950 | Brazil |
Uruguay | Uruguay 2-1 Brazil |
| 1954 | Switzerland |
Germany | Germany 3-2 Hungary |
| 1958 | Sweden |
Brazil | Brazil 5-2 Sweden |
| 1962 | Chile |
Brazil | Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia |
| 1966 | England |
England | England 4-2 Germany |
| 1970 | Mexico |
Brazil | Brazil 4-1 Italy |
| 1974 | Germany |
Germany | Germany 2-1 Holland |
| 1978 | Argentina |
Argentina | Argentina 3-1 Holland |
| 1982 | Spain |
Italy | Italy 3-1 Germany |
| 1986 | Mexico |
Argentina | Argentina 3-2 Germany |
| 1990 | Italy |
Germany | Germany 1-0 Argentina |
| 1994 | US |
Brazil | Brazil 3-2 Italy |
| 1998 | France |
France | France 3-0 Brazil |
| 2002 | Japan/S. Korea |
Brazil | Brazil 2-0 Germany |
| 2006 | Germany |
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