FIFA World Player Mr Football (Soccer) in the World from 1982 to 2009:fifa world cup is an international football or soccer competition, the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title within the host nation that takes about a month, it happens every four years. The most recent world cup was held in Germany 2006 and was won by Italy who defeated France at the finals, the next world cup is going to be held in South Africa in 2010 between june and july and fifa world cup 2014 is going to be held in Brazil.
The FIFA World Cup began as an invitational event- with thirteen national soccer teams- in 1930. After the second World Cup in 1934, qualifying tournaments were held to distill the number of participants in the World Cup Finals. Since 1938, host nations were granted an automatic berth in the finals.
Qualification for the World Cup Finals involves the majority of FIFA's 207 member associations across six continental zones.
