South Africa hosted the 2010 World Cup tournament, becoming the first African country to do so.

With the final stage of the World Cup approaching, now is a good opportunity for a mid tournament appraisal.

The Somalia Cup is the top knockout football tournament in Somalia.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is an international football tournament taking place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014.

References External links FIFA World Cup Official Site 1938 World Cup Qualification RSSSF 1950 World Cup Qualification All World Cup 1950 World Cup Qualification

The result was declared final by FIFA, and Myanmar were initially banned from competing in the qualifying tournament for the 2018 World Cup.

Prior to 1992, the tournament was officially called the European Champion Clubs' Cup but was usually referred to as simply the European Cup or European Champions' Cup.

As the tournament was held on even years, the same years big tournaments such as the UEFA European Cup of Nations or the FIFA World Cup were held, the official ball for the tournament held this year was used for the African Cup of Nations the Adidas Roteiro in 2004, or the Adidas Teamgeist in 2006.

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification is the qualification process for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, the 29th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

The first tournament is due to commence in September 2018, after the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the winner will be decided in June 2019.

History Origin According to FIFA, the first attempt at creating a global club football tournament was in 1909, 21 years before the first FIFA World Cup.

World Cup America

World Cup Blues

Writing in the newspaper El Pais, Antonio Jiménez Barca argues that demonstrations cast a shadow on Brazil's World Cup, demonstrating a lack of public support for the tournament.

External links 1986 FIFA World Cup Final planetworldcup.com 1986 FIFA World Cup Final shubhayan.com

It was the first major FIFA affiliated men's tournament to be held within the United Kingdom since the 1966 FIFA World Cup and was the first men's Olympic football tournament to feature a team representing Great Britain since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

In March 2009, Danny Jordaan, the president of the 2010 World Cup organising committee, reported that all stadiums for the tournament were on schedule to be completed within six months.

Angola's first participation on the World Cup was on the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in Germany.

The 1934 FIFA World Cup Final was the deciding match of the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Staging the next World Cup in Brazil, as well as the Olympic Games in 2016, even though the football tournament alone will cost up to 13 billion, seems a logical move.

2006 FIFA World Cup The stadium was one of the venues for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and is currently the second most successful football team in World Cup history, after Brazil, having won four FIFA World Cup championships.

Djibouti has never played in the African Nations Cup, with the team withdrawing twice from the tournament in 2004 and 2008.

After the 2010 World Cup in South Africa a country where peace has taken root and before the 2014 tournament in Brazil, it will be time to select the host for 2018.

The Swedish national football team has seen some success at the World Cup in the past, finishing second when they hosted the tournament in 1958, and third twice, in 1950 and 1994.

The Lessons of the World Cup

The World Cup and African Women

'Tis called...the Gaza World Cup.

2006 World Cup On 15 May 2006, Fàbregas was selected for the Spanish 2006 FIFA World Cup squad.

See also FIBA Basketball World Cup records National team appearances in the FIBA Basketball World Cup FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA World Championship for Women) Wheelchair Basketball World Championship References External links 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup official website 2010 FIBA World Championship official website FIBA World Championship History (PDF) United States Men's World Championship Team History

The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship.

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 19 January until 10 February 2013.

The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations is an international football tournament hosted by Equatorial Guinea from 17 January to 8 February 2015.

The 2011 Nations Cup (also known as the Carling Nations Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural round robin football tournament between the Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales national teams.

Iran We're Going to the World Cup!

Nor was it a fluke Egypt is consistently the most successful national team in the Africa Cup tournament, winning it five times previously.

As the host team, Egypt received automatic entry to the cup, bringing the total number of teams to twenty four for the tournament.

The 2010 AFC Challenge Cup was the third edition of the tournament which was held from 16 27 February 2010 in Sri Lanka.

The 2015 AFC Asian Cup is an international football tournament that is currently being held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015.

It has never qualified for the World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Before the inception of the World Cup, the Olympics (especially during the 1920s) had the same status as the World Cup.

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is the official video game for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, published by EA Sports.

The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA.

The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA.

Only 10 of the 32 entrants, and four of the 16 qualified teams (Brazil, Argentina, United States and Egypt, the first African team to qualify for a World Cup finals tournament), were from outside Europe.