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FIFA World Cup
This tag page covers both the FIFA Men’s World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The former, often known as “the World Cup”, is an international soccer tournament contested by men’s national teams who are members of FIFA. It is held every four years with Argentina winning the last edition in 2022, beating France in arguably the greatest final of all time. Qatar were the last hosts, amid controversy due to a whole lot of stuff I won’t go into here but let’s just say: corruption.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup is an international soccer tournament contested by women’s national teams who are also members of FIFA. It is held every four years and one year after the men’s edition. The USA won the last edition in 2019, beating the Netherlands in the final. France were the last hosts. In 2023, Australia and New Zealand will jointly host the competition for the first time.
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Punbelievable.
These Football Times on Pelé at the 1970 World Cup
‘Only Pelé would have the audacity to try to lob the goalkeeper from his own half.’
A 2022 FIFA World Cup review by Rikesh Chauhan
‘There was much to be said about the build up to Qatar, but the World Cup itself does what no other sporting competition can—it unites and brings the world together, even if for just a month.’
The World Cup, yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing (in terms of return on investment)
Money, Money, Money by ABBA is played out in this context but that about sums it up.
Adam Hurrey's 'England at USA 94'
‘Based on the empirical evidence of their lamentable qualifying campaign, England really had no business being part of the World Cup jamboree across the Atlantic 20 years ago.’
Argentina vs. Nigeria at USA 94
A Caniggia brace helped Argentina beat a powerful Nigeria side in 1994.
Happy birthday to That Maradona Celebration
Goooooooooool!
Dom Smith on England's 1-0 win against Argentina at World Cup 2002
I know he didn’t invent them but penalties down the line always take me back to Beckham’s in 2002.
Thomas Ravelli on USA 94 and Sweden's reaction to the virus
‘When I was in a good mood, and we had a 2-0 or 3-0 lead, I wanted to show the spectators something else, you know,’ Ravelli said. ‘I wanted to have fun.’
Cameroon at Italia 90: an underdog story
Relive some of the magic moments from Cameroon’s run at Italia 90 in this short video from FIFA.
Ronaldo's redemption at the 2002 World Cup
France 98 was meant to be the peak of Ronaldo’s career, but a seizure disrupted his chances. In 2002, he sought redemption.
Two Billion Hearts: The 1994 World Cup Film
Take a journey back to 1994 with 2 Billion Hearts, the official film of the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
5 World Cup Records Up For Grabs In Russia
The FIFA World Cup started today and with such a prestigious tournament steeped in history, we selected 5 records that could be broken in Russia.
2018 FIFA World Cup Retro Posters
UK design studio ∆ Studio—JQ ∆ have created some beautiful retro posters for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.