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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 France winning the last edition in 2018, beating Croatia in the final. Russia were the last hosts. In 2022, Qatar will host the competition for the first time, 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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Adam Hurrey’s ‘England at USA 94’

28th June 202228th June 2022 by lukealexdavis

‘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.’

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Argentina vs. Nigeria at USA 94

25th June 202221st June 2022 by lukealexdavis

A Caniggia brace helped Argentina beat a powerful Nigeria side in 1994.

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Happy birthday to That Maradona Celebration

21st June 202221st June 2022 by lukealexdavis

Goooooooooool!

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Dom Smith on England’s 1-0 win against Argentina at World Cup 2002

6th June 20226th June 2022 by lukealexdavis

I know he didn’t invent them but penalties down the line always take me back to Beckham’s in 2002.

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Shout out to the Philippines women’s soccer team who qualified for their first World Cup

31st January 20228th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

Yesterday, the Philippines women’s soccer team qualified for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup after beating Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup.

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Thomas Ravelli on USA 94 and Sweden’s reaction to the virus

9th January 20227th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

‘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.’

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Cameroon at Italia 90: an underdog story

19th December 20207th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

Relive some of the magic moments from Cameroon’s run at Italia 90 in this short video from FIFA.

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Ronaldo’s redemption at the 2002 World Cup

4th November 20207th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

France 98 was meant to be the peak of Ronaldo’s career, but a seizure disrupted his chances. In 2002, he sought redemption.

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Two Billion Hearts: The 1994 World Cup Film

28th March 202021st February 2021 by lukealexdavis

Take a journey back to 1994 with 2 Billion Hearts, the official film of the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

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5 World Cup Records Up For Grabs In Russia

14th June 201821st February 2021 by lukealexdavis

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.

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2018 FIFA World Cup Retro Posters

25th May 201821st February 2021 by lukealexdavis

UK design studio ∆ Studio—JQ ∆ have created some beautiful retro posters for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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