Until1May 26th, 930, FIFA decided to hold a football match alone, and the World Cup was born. At the 1936 FIFA General Assembly, President Rimet adopted the proposal of "holding the first FIFA World Cup open to all national teams of member football associations".
They chose to compete in the middle of the Olympic Games and decided to hold the World Cup every four years. After the third World Cup (1938) was held in France, the World Cup was interrupted due to the outbreak of World War II 12. As soon as the war ended, Brazil hosted the fourth World Cup at 1950.
Germany, South Africa, England, Monaco and Brazil bid for the 2006 World Cup, but Brazil withdrew at the last minute. In the final vote, Germany defeated South Africa by 12 1 1 and won the right to host the 2006 World Cup. This is the second time that Germany has hosted the World Cup finals. Germany last hosted the World Cup in 1974.
In order to win the bid, five countries have tried their best, from heads of state to party leaders, from celebrity artists to children, to join this vigorous bid. Among them, England invested the most in this campaign, reaching 654.38+03 billion pounds.
Although Germany's football tradition and economic strength can guarantee its success in hosting the 2006 World Cup, South Africa's voice was the highest when bidding for the 2006 World Cup, because according to the order of hosting the World Cup on all continents, it should be the turn of African countries to host the 2006 World Cup, and FIFA President Blatter also expressed support for South Africa on various occasions. Two days before the final vote of the FIFA Executive Committee in the 2006 World Cup, Brazil turned to support South Africa because Rio de Janeiro's bid was hopeless, in exchange for South Africa's support for Brazil's bid to host the 20 10 World Cup. Regarding the South African's move, German football player Su Belgen Bauer said: "The World Cup bid is actually open to Taiwan Province, and I really want to quit." British Prime Minister Tony Blair even hinted that he would give up bidding for the 2006 World Cup.
Germany's successful bid for the 2006 World Cup should be attributed to German football legend beckenbauer. His lobbying on various occasions and his position in the world football can be said to have played an important role in the success of Germany's Olympic bid. In addition, the German government said that it would waive FIFA's huge income during the World Cup, which is also attractive to the FIFA Executive Committee.
In the final vote, in the first round of voting, Morocco won 3 votes, England won 5 votes, South Africa won 6 votes and Germany won 10 votes. Morocco was eliminated first. In the second round of voting, Germany and South Africa each got 1 1 and England got 2 votes. In the final crucial round, 1 of the 2 votes supporting England switched to Germany, and 1 abstained. In this way, Germany won the right to host the 2006 World Cup by 12 votes to 1 1.
It took Germany seven years to bid for the 2006 World Cup. 1On June 2nd, 993, Wohlfeld, vice president of German Football Association, submitted his first application for the 2006 World Cup to FIFA, but the bidding process was not smooth. 1In the summer of 995, there was a conflict between FIFA and UEFA. In a document, UEFA requested that starting from 2006, the FIFA President and the host country of the World Cup should take turns to sit between continents, starting from Europe. This was rejected by FIFA.
Germany has also encountered challenges from England, which is a strong rival of continental Europe. 1June 1996, 10 European football championship was held in England. England took the opportunity to promote itself and made Euro 96 the biggest and most successful one at that time under the slogan of "Let Football Go Home".
1In March, 997, Bergenbauer became the bid ambassador of the German Football Association. At the same time, before the European Champions Cup final in Munich, the German Football Association's bid slogan was: "We regard ourselves as the heart of Europe."
1998 12 15, Bergenbauer officially took over the leadership of the bid committee, and he got his wish.
They chose to compete in the middle of the Olympic Games and decided to hold the World Cup every four years. After the third World Cup (1938) was held in France, the World Cup was interrupted due to the outbreak of World War II 12. As soon as the war ended, Brazil hosted the fourth World Cup at 1950.
The earliest World Cup competition appeared in 1920 Belgian Olympic Games, and 22 teams from South America, Asia and Africa participated in the football competition. 1929, at the FIFA General Assembly, President Rimet officially announced the birth of the World Cup. "We will hold the' World Cup' competition, and teams from all member countries will share this competition." Since then, FIFA member countries all over the world can enjoy the World Cup ceremony every four years, except for the suspension due to the war during World War II.
The origin of FIFA World Cup trophy In the history of FIFA World Cup, there were two World Cup trophies, and the first time it experienced many twists and turns. When FIFA decided to hold the first World Cup in 1930, the French sculptor Raphael made a pure gold trophy to be presented to the winning team. The trophy is a sculpture of a goddess of victory. She holds an octagonal cup with her arms stretched out on a pillar inlaid with precious stones. To commemorate the founder of the World Cup, President Rimet, the trophy was named "World Cup", but it was not called the World Cup until the third World War II (1930, 1934, 1938). By 1970, Brazil, the only country that won three consecutive championships at that time, always had the trophy. During World War II, in order not to be persecuted by invaders, the World Cup trophy was hidden under the bed of an Italian family. 1966 Before the World Cup was held in Britain, it was stolen when it was on display to civilians. The British police searched for this trophy many times, but all ended in failure. Finally, the trophy was found by a dog named "picket" in a trash can in the suburbs. The World Cup is back. 1983, the trophy was stolen again in Brazil and has not been found so far. It is estimated that it may have been melted by thieves, so it became the trophy of Hercules and passed away. So the Brazilian Football Association made a copy instead of keeping it. The second World Cup trophy was selected from 53 technical designs and awarded at the World Cup held in 1974. The trophy was made of 18K pure gold by Italian sculptor Galliani. According to his explanation, the image of the trophy contains "the spiral rising from the ground is supporting the earth, which strongly shows the passion at the moment of winning". This trophy is 36cm (14 inch) high and weighs 4970g (1 1), belonging to FIFA. The team that wins the World Cup will get a gilded replica.
This trophy is 36cm (14 inch) high and weighs 4970g (1 1), belonging to FIFA. The team that wins the World Cup can get a gold-plated replica.
Holding time: once every four years (in the middle of hosting the Olympic Games), one month in June and one month in July.
Ranking of previous World Cups (former 16)
9 times in Europe, 4 times in South America and 3 times in Central and North America.
World Cup host countries in past dynasties (13 countries)
Uruguay, Italy (second), France (second), Brazil, Switzerland, Sweden, Chile, Britain, Mexico (second), West Germany, Argentina, Spain and the United States (1).