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How often is the World Cup held? The most fascinating facts from the history of the World Cup

All 19 World Championships - from 1930 to 2010 - in entertaining facts and figures.

1930 Uruguay

final match: Uruguay 4-2 Argentina

Dorado (12), Cea (57), Iriarte (68), Castro (89) - Peuselle (20), Stabile (37)

The first World Cup was timed to coincide with the centenary of Uruguay's independence.

The entire tournament was held in one city - Montevideo.

The Europeans did not want to sail across the Atlantic. The organizers took over the expenses, but only France, Yugoslavia, Romania and Belgium reached the goal. Only the Balkans made it to the playoffs and fell under Uruguay - 1:6.

Before the final, the opponents could not agree on whose ball to play - Argentinean or Uruguayan. We decided to use each one at a time.

The Uruguayan striker Castro did not have one hand, which did not prevent him from scoring a goal in the final.

The last finalist, Francisco Varaglio, died on August 30, 2010 at the age of 100.

1934 Italy

Italy - Czechoslovakia, 2:1

Orsi (81), Schiavio (95) - Puig (76)

The tournament lasted only 15 days. Now South America has boycotted the World Cup. Uruguay refused to defend the title, Argentina and Brazil put up reserves.

But for the first time Africa played at the World Cup. True, the Egyptian team immediately lost to the Hungarians (2:4) and returned to Cairo.

The main spectator in Turin at the Stadio Mussolini were Duce Benito Mussolini himself.

The German national team played under the Nazi flag.

For the first time there was a hat-trick: the German Konen scored three goals against Belgium. And a week later, three times the gates of Germany were struck by a Czech with a name-patter - Oldrich Nejedly.

In the final, Monti played for Italy, who at the 1930 World Cup in the final played for ... Argentina.

1938 France

Italy - Hungary, 4:2

Colaussi (6, 35), Piola (16, 82) - Titkosh (8), Saroshi (70)

FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in turn in South America and Europe, but gave the World Cup not to Argentina, but to France. The South Americans were offended and again declared a boycott. Only Brazil arrived.

Austria won a place in the final group, but soon Germany annexed it, taking the best Austrian players to their national team. The vacancy was filled by Sweden.

The only case when two players made poker in one match - the Brazilian Leonidas and the Pole Wilimowski. Brazil won 6-5 and Leonidas was nicknamed the Black Diamond.

For the first time, a world champion defended his title. Head coach Italians Pozzo used only 14 players, the rest went as tourists.

1950 Brazil

Uruguay - Brazil, 2:1

Schiaffino (66), Ghija (79) - Friasa (47)

Tournaments in 1942 and 1946 were canceled due to World War II. Germany and Japan were not allowed to play at all.

India withdrew under the pretext that it was expensive to fly to Brazil. In fact, FIFA forbade playing barefoot, which the Indians could not stand.

A year before the championship, the Torino club, whose players were the backbone of the Italian national team, crashed in a plane crash. Italy did not withdraw, but sailed to Brazil on a ship.

"Only three people silenced the Maracanã: Frank Sinatra, the Pope and myself," said Uruguayan Alcides Ghija, who scored the winning goal. A dozen Brazil fans have died of heart attacks.

1954 Switzerland

Germany - Hungary, 3:2

Morlock (10), Ran (18, 84) - Puskas (6), Cibor (8)

The Soviet Union lost the 1952 Olympics and refused to go to the World Cup. Officials considered that our football was too raw, and there was no need to embarrass ourselves.

The Hungarians were considered the main favorites. The team led by Puskas and Kocis even knocked out Brazil, but sank in the final, torpedoed by the Germans. Although Germany lost to Hungary in the group match - 3:8. Then the coach Herberger did not field the main players, and the defender Liebrich inflicted a serious injury on Puskas.

FIFA issued a memorandum: “The German football players deservedly won, but the best team Hungary became the leader.

140 goals were scored in 26 matches of the tournament. 5.38 goals per game - a record in the history of the World Cup.

1958 Sweden

Brazil - Sweden, 5:2

Vava (9, 32), Pele (55, 90), Zagallo (68) - Lindholm (4), Simonsson (80)

For the first time big football was broadcast on TV all over the world.

The only time in the World Cup played by four British teams: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.

The 17-year-old Brazilian Pele made his debut, becoming the second scorer of the tournament (6 goals).

Debut of the USSR national team. In the group we played with England (2:2), Austria (2:0) and Brazil (0:2). And in the quarterfinals they lost to the Swedes (0:2).

The Union team lacked the bright forward Eduard Streltsov, who went to prison on charges of rape.

The Frenchman Just Fontaine was the top scorer, although his team took only bronze.

In the final, Pele made a double and was so emotional that he needed the help of doctors.

1962 Chile

Brazil - Czechoslovakia, 3:1

Amarildo (17), Zito (69), Vava (78) - Masopust (15)

In 1960, a strong earthquake (9.5 points) occurred in Chile. They wanted to take the tournament away, but the president of the Chilean Football Federation, Dittborn, exclaimed: “Leave the World Cup, we have nothing left anyway!” He died a month before the start, and the opening match Uruguay - Colombia (2:1) was held at the stadium named after Dittborn.

The USSR won the group (2:0 with Yugoslavia, 4:4 with Colombia, 2:1 with Uruguay), but lost to Chile in the quarterfinals (1:2).

In the match with the Uruguayans, the referee counted Chislenko's goal, but captain Netto pointed out to the referee an error: the ball flew into the net hole. This is considered an example of fair play - fair play.

The final was held at the National Stadium in Santiago, where in 11 years dictator Pinochet will hold 40,000 opponents of the military regime.

The final was judged by our Latyshev - and did not give a penalty for the handball of the Brazilian Santos. In Czechoslovakia, they were offended: “The judge showed a lack of understanding of the tasks of socialism!”

1966 England

England - West Germany, 4:2

Hurst (18, 101, 120), Peters (78) - Haller (12), Weber (90)

On the eve of the tournament, the prize - the Jules Rimet Cup - was stolen in London. A week later, a dog named Pickles (Cucumber) found him in the bushes.

The first mascot was Willy the lion cub in a T-shirt with the British flag.

The best performance of our team! 3:0 with the DPRK, 1:0 with Italy, 2:1 with Chile in the group, 2:1 with the Hungarians in the quarterfinals. And the fourth place after defeats from Germany (1:2) and Portugal (1:2) in the bronze match.

England won the only time. Hurst scored a hat-trick in the final. The third goal was credited by linesman Bakhramov, although the moment was very controversial. The Germans gave the arbiter a nickname Herr Zwei-Drei (Mr. 2:3). According to legend, when Bakhramov was asked before his death if there was a goal, he answered: "Stalingrad." Like, this is revenge on the Germans for the war.

1970 Mexico

Brazil - Italy, 4:1

Pelé (18), Gerson (66), Jairzinho (71), Alberto (86) - Boninsegna (37)

El Salvador defeated Honduras in the qualifying group, and a military conflict began between the countries. It was called La guerra del fútbol (Football War). 6000 people died.

The USSR took first place in the group, ahead of Mexico (0:0), Belgium (4:1) and El Salvador (2:0). But in the quarterfinals he ran into Uruguay (0:1). Esparrago scored a goal in the 116th minute, although before that the ball went out of bounds, our team stopped the game, but the referee did not blow his whistle.

The Brazilians became champions for the third time in a row and received forever the Jules Rimet Cup - FIFA President, who organized the first World Cup. Trophy in the form of the goddess of victory Nike (30 cm, 1.8 kg of gold). And in 1983, the cup was stolen from the office of the Brazilian Football Federation, and it disappeared forever.

Pele became the only player to win the World Cup three times.

1974, Germany

Germany - Holland, 2:1

Breitner (25), Muller (43) - Neskens (2)

England, Spain, France, Portugal, Hungary, the USSR did not qualify for the World Cup.

Holland has demonstrated a new model - "total football". Its essence is that the whole team should work out in defense and attack.

But in the final, the “German car” ran over the Dutch, in which Muller, nicknamed Little Fat Gerd, shone.

A couple of days before the final, the tabloid Bild came out with a story that the leader of the Dutch, Cruyff, had fun in the pool with naked German women and drank champagne. The guy had to make excuses to his wife: “There was nothing!” But he was thrown off track.

For the first time in the championship, doping control was used. The first victim was the Haitian Jean-Joseph, who was expelled in disgrace.

1978 Argentina

Argentina - Holland, 3:1

Kempes (38, 105), Bertoni (115) - Nanninga (82)

The USSR lost to the Hungarians in the selection and again did not get to the World Cup.

After the match Peru - Scotland (3:1) ephedrine was found in the blood of Scottish striker Willie Johnston. The next morning the newspapers came out with the headlines "Shame on you, Willy!".

Argentina defeated Peru in the semi-final group with the correct score (6:0) and advanced to the final, leaving Brazil behind. The world press cried out that the hosts played a match-fixing. And Briton David Yallop even wrote the book "How the game was stolen." Like, the head of the Argentine junta, Videla, handed over $50 million and 35,000 tons of grain to Peruvian officials. FIFA did not investigate, but simply banned Yallop's book.

Before the tournament, Argentina, to the surprise of many, unhooked the 17-year-old prodigy Maradona from the squad. But still became a champion.

1982 Spain

Italy - West Germany, 3: 1

Rossi (57), Tardelli (69), Altobelli (81) - Breitner (83)

The tournament began to be called "Mundi Al", which is Spanish for "worldwide".

Hungary won the biggest victory in the history of the World Cup, defeating El Salvador 10:1.

In the match France - Kuwait, the Soviet referee Stupar counted the dubious ball of the French. Kuwaiti Sheikh Fahd al-Sabah entered the field, took the team to the locker room and demanded that Stupar cancel the goal. He agreed and ... was banned for life by FIFA: he did not stand up for the honor of the referee's uniform.

The USSR left the group (1:2 with Brazil, 3:0 with New Zealand, 2:2 with Scotland), but in the second round stumbled in Poland (1:0 with Belgium, 0:0 with the Poles) - we played on defense when you need to win.

The top scorer was the Italian Rossi (6 goals), who in 1979 was disqualified for two years and imprisoned for betting fraud.

1986 Mexico

Argentina - West Germany, 3:2

Brown (23), Valdano (55), Burruchaga (83) - Rummenigge (74), Feller (80)

Colombia was preparing for the role of organizer, but refused due to economic problems. Mexico hosted the World Cup for the second time, although eight months earlier it had suffered a devastating earthquake (25,000 people died).

The tournament became stellar for Maradona. The Argentine scored two super goals in the quarter-finals with England (2:1) - after a chic solo passage ("goal of the century") and a hand that the referee did not notice. Maradona acknowledged this and said: "It was the hand of God."

The USSR played brightly (6:0 with Hungary, 1:1 with France, 2:0 with Canada), but in the 1/8 finals we were beaten by Belgium (4:3) with the help of the Swedish referee Fredriksson.

In the final, Maradona gave a golden pass to Burruchaga. At home, the success of the Argentina national team was celebrated by 30 million fans.

1990 Italy

Germany - Argentina, 1: 0

Brehme (85)

The USSR, England and Greece claimed to host the 1990 World Cup. But in 1984, this right was given to Italy.

The Union was disintegrating, and the national team was breathing its last. We didn't even make it out of the group (0:2 with Romania, 0:2 with Argentina, 4:0 with Cameroon).

Cameroon, under the guidance of our coach Nepomniachtchi, became a troublemaker, reaching the quarter-finals, where, foolishly, they did not beat England.

In the 1/8 final match, the Dutchman Rijkaard made the famous spit on the German Feller. Removed both.

The Germans reached the final for the third time in a row. And yet pulled Argentina! Maradona accused FIFA of deliberately killing them, and Brehme's penalty was fake.

1994, USA

Brazil 0-0 Italy (3-2 pen.)

Salenko scored five goals as Russia thrashed Cameroon 6-1 and won the Golden Boot as World Cup top scorer. But the team did not leave the group (0:2 with Brazil, 1:3 with Sweden).

Cameroonian Milla became the oldest player in the history of the World Cup - 42 years and 39 days.

The great Maradona was removed from the tournament just because ephedrine, norephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine and methylephedrine were found in his blood.

The fourth place was unexpectedly taken by the Bulgarian national team, in which all the names of the players ended in "ov".

The history of the World Cup opened its pages in 1928 with FIFA President Jules Rimet announcing the holding of an international football tournament. The first championship was held in Uruguay in 1930, but was contested as only 13 teams participated. Since then, the FIFA World Cup has evolved into a 32-team final tournament, with 2-year preliminary qualifiers involving around 200 teams from around the world.

World Cup: victory stories

World Cup - 1930

The first FIFA World Cup was held in the capital of Montevideo, where the Uruguayan team won the Olympic Games in 1926. All matches were played in three stadiums such as Gran Parc Central, Positos and Centenario. Especially for the first World Cup, the Centenario Stadium was built with an incredible number of spectator seats even for our time - 90,000!

It hosted ten of the eighteen tournaments, in which thirteen teams took part. The final match was attended by 68,546 fans, but in fact there were at least 80,000, and Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 with brilliance and became the very first champion.

World Cup - 1934

The second, and no less grandiose expected World Championship was held in Italy. Of all available big stadiums the largest and most suitable was Milan's San Siro arena, which at that time could accommodate 55,000 fans.

And of course, the biggest audience was the final, where Italy beat Czechoslovakia 3:1.

World Cup - 1938

The game for the third World Cup took place in France. True, due to the occupation of Austria by Nazi Germany, the first was unable to take part in the world tournament, so only fifteen teams took part in the final.

45 thousand people gathered to watch this hot game.

The largest number of spectators gathered in the quarter-finals of France and Italy, whose game ended with a score of 1:3 (58,465 people). In the final, Italy defeated Hungary with a score identical to the 1930 World Cup (ie 4:2).

World Cup - 1950

Since the second began World War, The World Championship has not been held for 12 years. The first post-war tournament was hosted by Brazil, which did not stint and built an arena for two hundred thousand seats in Rio de Janeiro for such an occasion.

In total, 13 teams from several countries participated, but in the final, the host country blundered and lost to Uruguay with a score of 2: 1 (173,950 fans were present).

World Cup - 1954

The fifth Cup was held in wealthy Switzerland, which remained a neutral side during the war, and, accordingly, did not spend its money on post-war reconstruction. 6 stadiums hosted matches, but the largest was Wankdorf with 64,000 seats.

26 fights were held by 16 participating teams. The total number of those who attended the matches was 768,179 people. The most grandiose in terms of the number of spectators was the final, in which Hungary lost to the Federal Republic of Germany with a score of 3:2 (62.5 thousand people)

World Cup - 1958

This FIFA World Cup was held in Sweden at the largest stadium available, Gothenburg's Ullevi, with 53,000 seats.

The largest indicator of the number of fans reached 50,939 people. Brazil beat Sweden 5-2 in the final.

World Cup - 1962

This time, Chile became the host country, or as it is also commonly called, the host country. Spectator interest was at its peak during the semi-final clash between Brazil and Chile, as an estimated 76,587 fans were on the pitch for that particular game.

Everything took place at the Estadio Nacional. In the end, Brazil defeated Czechoslovakia 3:1.

World Cup - 1966

Finally, the World Cup has reached the progenitor of football. Meet Her Majesty England!

A total of 564,135 fans attended the 32 matches.

In the final game, England beat West Germany 4-2 at Wembley, attended by 96,835 spectators.

World Cup - 1970

This World Cup was held in Mexico. That year, five stadiums hosted the event with brilliance, with an Azteca of 100,000 in the capital (Jalisco).

So, Brazil became the champion for the third time ever, having received the Golden Goddess for permanent storage. (score 4:1).

World Cup - 1974

This time the World Championship was held in West Germany. Namely in that year, it was decided to change the format of the tournament, in which two group rounds were organized. Then the match was held at nine stadiums.

In total, 32 matches were played and almost 2 million people who supported each of their teams could see it.

In the final, Germany defeated the Netherlands, overtaking them by just one goal (2:1).

World Cup - 1978

As the history of the World Cup says, in 1978 the championship was held in Argentina. For this, a couple of new arenas were built, but the game of Italy - Argentina (1: 0) gathered the most spectators, because 72,000 fans gathered on that significant day. In the final game, Argentina beat the Netherlands 3-1.

World Cup - 1982

For this World Cup, Spain was chosen as the hostess, which made the locals very happy, who built 17 stadiums.

But it was in the hands of everyone, since now 24 teams took part.

The most interesting was the match where the Camp Nou lost to Belgium with 95,000 fans. In the final, Italy reached the Cup, beating Germany.

World Cup - 1986

And again in the history of the World Cup, Mexico was among the hosts.

This tournament, which became epic for Diego Maradona, was held in 120 stadiums.

The most popular was the match at the familiar Azteca.

In the final, the title of the strongest on the entire planet was won by the players of Argentina, but the Germans lost for the second time (score 3:2).

World Cup - 1990

The history of the World Championship began to repeat itself again, as the holding was scheduled again in Italy. The matches were held at twelve arenas, and the largest number of spectators managed to gather at the match Germany - the Netherlands (2:1). This time the Germans did not disappoint and beat Argentina 1:0.

World Cup - 1994

In order to make football even more popular, it was decided to move the championship to America. 9 stadiums commonly used for American football, were temporarily refurbished, but what is most remarkable, the smallest stadiums could accommodate up to 50,000 fans, thanks to which the total attendance reached 3,576,785 people.

World Cup - 1998

It was the first championship in the history of the World Cup in France, which was held among thirty-two teams. Since then, 64 matches have been played in the championships. Ten stadiums were used, and in the final game, France were able to defeat the Brazilians and for the first time in a long period of time were able to establish themselves as the strongest team.

So, France - Brazil with a score of 3:0 rightfully received their Cup.

World Cup - 2002

This is the first time the World Cup has received a joint application to host twenty stadiums in South Korea and Japan at once. This match was more remembered not for the football itself, but for the refereeing scandals and striking departures from the game of everyone's favorites. Final - Brazil-Germany (2:0, 69,086 spectators).

World Cup - 2006

The World Championship was held in Germany. Thanks to the excellent infrastructure, the tournament was excellent. In terms of organization, this is the best tournament in the history of the World Cup. Matches were played at 12 stadiums.

The final was the final in the career of Zinedine Zidane. This year Italy celebrated its fourfold victory.

World Cup - 2010

The tournament was held in South Africa. 12 stadiums were chosen for the match. The largest attendance was at the opening and final.

World Cup - 2014

Once again, Brazil became the host country. According to the standard, 12 stadiums accepted the match 9, and some did not sit down to complete the construction). There were a total of 3,429,758 fans in the stands, which gives us an average of 59,768 spectators per match. The United States held the lead. But in the final Germany and Argentina won (1:0).

Football world championship, mundial. European Football Championship. Football at the Olympics. Best Footballer of the Year

FIFA World Cup, mundial

Modern football originated in the middle of the 19th century in England.
The winners of the World Cups (FIFA World Cups) were:
World Cup 1930 - Uruguay(Golden Ball, the prize for the best player of the first World Cup went to the defender of the Uruguayan national team Jose Nasassi). Organizer country - Uruguay;
World Cup 1934 - Italy(The Golden Ball was awarded to the scorer of the Italian national team Giuseppe Meazza). Organizer country - Italy;
World Cup 1938 - Italy(Golden ball for the striker of the Brazilian national team Leonidas da Silva, "Black brilliant");
World Cup 1950 - Uruguay(The best player in the 1950 World Cup is the striker of the Brazilian national team Zizinho);
World Cup 1954 - Germany(Golden ball at the Hungarian football player, striker Ferenc Puskasa, nickname "Galloping Major");
World Cup 1958 - Brazil(Golden Ball went to the defensive midfielder of the Brazilian national team Didi);
World Cup 1962 - Brazil(The best football player of the 1962 World Cup is the right striker of the Brazilian national team Garrincha, "Book-legged angel");
World Cup 1966 - England(The Ballon d'Or went to England attacking midfielder Bobby Charlton);
World Cup 1970 - Brazil. In the final, having defeated the Italian national team with a score of 4: 1, Brazil for the first time in the history of football won the league title for the third time and received a golden cup - the “Golden Goddess Nika” in eternal storage (Golden Ball with the striker of the Brazilian national team, the legendary Pele);
World Cup 1974 - Germany(The best football player of the 1974 World Cup is the Dutch striker Johan Cruyff, "Flying Dutchman");
World Cup 1978 - Argentina(Best football player of the 1978 World Cup - Argentine striker Mario Alberto Kempes);
World Cup 1982 - Italy(FIFA Golden Ball from the Italian striker Paolo Rossi);
World Cup 1986 - Argentina(Best player of the 1986 World Cup - Argentinean Diego Armando Maradona, nickname "Ten", "Fluff");
World Cup 1990 - Germany(The FIFA Golden Ball went to the striker of the Italian national team Salvatore Squillach and, "Toto");
World Cup 1994 - Brazil(The best player of the World Cup 1994 - Romario, "Shorty", Brazil);
World Cup 1998 - France(The best football player of the 1998 World Cup - Ronaldo, "Critter", Brazil);
World Cup 2002 - Brazil(FIFA Golden Ball went to the goalkeeper of the German national team Oliver Kanu, nicknamed "King Kang");
World Cup 2006 - Italy(Golden ball at the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane, "Zizu");
World Cup 2010 - Spain(The FIFA Golden Ball went to the striker of the Uruguayan national team Diego Martin Forlanu, nickname "Cachavacha");
World Cup 2014 - Germany. The 20th anniversary FIFA World Cup was held from June 12 to July 13, 2014 in Brazil. The opening match (Brazil-Croatia) took place in São Paulo at the Itakeran Arena. The Germany-Argentina final took place in Rio de Janeiro at the Maracana Stadium - 1:0 (in Extra time) - for the first time in the history of football, a European team took the World Cup in South America. Still have the golden ball Lionel MESSI Argentina (nickname "Baby").
This championship pioneered the Automatic Goal Detection (GLT) system and introduced breaks in matches when playing in the heat, as well as referees using disappearing white spray cans to mark on the field when taking free kicks and free kicks.
The biggest sensation of the tournament: the loss of Brazil to Germany in the semi-finals with a phenomenal score of 1:7.
World Cup 2018 - the 21st FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia. The World Cup will be held at the stadiums of thirteen Russian cities, which are divided into 4 clusters (separately, Yekaterinburg): in Moscow, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Yaroslavl, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi, Yekaterinburg. 3 stadiums are being prepared in Moscow. The BSA Luzhniki is to be reconstructed, two other stadiums are under construction: Spartak (project by the American construction company AECOM) and VTB Arena Dynamo Central Stadium.
KROST is one of the largest diversified construction companies. The company has several business areas - construction and industrial complexes, development of commercial and residential real estate, rental of commercial real estate in Moscow, the fitness and wellness industry "ELSE-club", a network of folk restaurants.
World Cup 2022 - the World Cup will be held in the Arabian Emirate of Qatar. 12 stadiums from seven cities in Qatar will host matches of the 22nd World Cup.
In January 2017 Council International Federation football approved an increase in the number of participants in the final part of the world championships from 32 to 48 teams. The changes will take effect from 2026.

1982 FIFA World Cup. The final. Italy - Germany

FIFA Women's World Cup

The first FIFA Women's World Cup was held in China in 1991.
FIFA Women's World Cup Winners:
1991 World Cup in China - USA(final USA - Norway 2:1). Golden Ball - Karin Jennings Carin JENNINGS, USA.
World Cup 1995 in Sweden - Norway(final Norway - Germany 2:0). Golden Ball - Hege Riise Hege RIISE, Norway.
World Cup 1999 in the USA - USA(final USA - China 0:0 pen. 5:4). Golden Ball - Song Wen SUN Wen, China.
World Cup 2003 in the USA - Germany(final Germany - Sweden 1:0). Golden Ball - Birgit Prince Birgit PRINZ, Germany.
World Cup 2007 in China - Germany(final Germany - Brazil 2:0). Golden Ball - Martha MARTA, Brazil.
World Cup 2011 in Germany- Japan(final Japan - USA 2:2 pen. 3:1). Golden Ball - Homare Sawa Homare SAWA, Japan.
World Cup 2015 in Canada from June 6 to July 5 - USA(final USA - Japan 5:2). The United States became 3-time world champions in women's football. American Ballon d'Or Carly Lloyd Carly Lloyd.

European Football Championship

In 1960, at the suggestion of the President of the French Football Federation, Henri Delaunay (1883-1955), the first European Cup among national teams was held, later the European Championship (UEFA European Championship).
UEFA European Football Championship Winners:
EURO 1960 - USSR(the best player of the first European Championship is the legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin);
EURO 1964 - Spain(best player of Euro 1964 - Spanish midfielder Luis Suarez);
EURO 1968 - Italy(the best player in Euro 1968 is the goalkeeper of the Squadra Azzurra Dino Zoff);
EURO 1972 - Germany(the best player in Euro 1972 is the German striker Gerd Müller);
EURO 1976 - Czechoslovakia(the best player in Euro 1976 is the German striker Dieter Müller);
EURO 1980 - Germany(the best player in Euro 1980 is the German striker Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, "Kalle"); At this European Championship for the first time 8 national teams took part in the final part (previously 4), and the host country got a place in the final part automatically.
EURO 1984 - France(best player of Euro 1984 - French midfielder Michel Platini);
EURO 1988 - Netherlands(best player in Euro 1988 - Dutch striker Marco van Basten, "Utrecht Swan");
European Championship 1992 - Denmark(best player in Euro 1992 - Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, "Great Dane");
European Championship 1996 - Germany(the best player in Euro 1996 is a German midfielder Matthias Sammer, "Red-haired meteor"); At the 1996 European Championship, for the first time, 16 teams participated in the final part, which were divided into 4 groups.
European Championship 2000 - France(Best player in Euro 2000 - French attacking midfielder Zinedine Zidane);
European Championship 2004 - Greece(best player of Euro 2004 - Greek defensive midfielder Theodoros Zagorakis);
European Championship 2008 - Spain(best player of Euro 2008 - Spanish midfielder Xavi);
European Championship 2012 - Spain. For the first time in the history of modern football, this is the third victory in a row for one team in the top finals of the World Cup and the European Championship (the best player final match and the Euro 2012 championship, the Red Fury midfielder was recognized Andres Iniesta).
European Football Championship 2012. Final. Spain - Italy. All goals
European Championship 2016 - Portugal. The 15th European Championship was held in France (already for the 3rd time) in a month - from June 10 to July 10, 2016. By decision of the UEFA Executive Committee, 24 teams instead of 16 participated in the final pool of the championship for the first time (the same number of 24 at the World Cup).
Euro 2016 opening match France - Romania 2:1. French winning goal scorer Dimitri Payet- "closest to God."
Final July 10 at the stadium "Stade-de-France" in the suburbs of Paris France - Portugal. Dimitri Gebek Payet vs Cristiano Ronaldo. But there was no confrontation. At the beginning of the first half, the injured Ronaldo was taken off the field (by the way, an injury from a collision with Payet). And at the beginning of the 2nd half, Payet was also replaced. Regular time ended in a draw 0:0.
In extra time, a goal was scored by the Portuguese striker Eder (he moved from Guinea-Bissau to Portugal as a child). France 0-1 Portugal
French striker Antoine Griezmann was named the best player in Euro 2016. Symbolic team of the tournament: Rui Patricio (Portugal), Pepe (Portugal), Jerome Boateng (Germany), Rafael Guerreiro (Portugal), Joshua Kimmich (Germany), Toni Kroos (Germany), Joe Allen (Wales), Aaron Ramsey (Wales) , Antoine Griezmann (France), Dimitri Payet (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).
European Football Championship 2016. Final. Eder goal

Women's European Football Championship

The European Football Championship for Women under the auspices of UEFA has been held since 1980 (from 1987 to 1997 it was held every 2 years, then the cycle was increased to four years).
Winners women's championship European football:
EURO 1984 - Sweden(UEFA Golden Player - Pia Sundhage, Sweden)
EURO 1987 - Norway(UEFA Golden Player - Heidi Stere, Norway)
EURO 1989 - Germany(UEFA Golden Player - Doris Fitschen, Germany)
European Championship 1991 - Germany(UEFA Golden Player - Sylvia Nide, Germany)
European Championship 1993 - Norway(UEFA Golden Player - Hege Riise, Norway)
European Championship 1995 - Germany(UEFA Golden Player - Birgit Prince, Germany)
European Championship 1997 - Germany(UEFA Golden Player - Carolina Morace, Italy)
European Championship 2001 - Germany(UEFA Golden Player - Hanna Ljungberg, Sweden)
European Championship 2005 - Germany(UEFA Golden Player - Anne Myakinen, Finland)
European Championship 2009 - Germany(UEFA Golden Player - Inka Grings, Germany)
European Championship 2013 - Germany(UEFA Golden Player - Lotta Shelin, Sweden)
Beautiful women's football

Football at the Olympics

The winners of the Olympic football tournaments (1908-2012) were:
In 1908 and 1912 - Great Britain; 1920 - Belgium; 1924 and 1928 - Uruguay; 1936 - Italy I; 1948- Sweden; 1952, 1964 and 1968 - Hungary; 1956 and 1988 - USSR; 1960 - Yugoslavia; 1972 - Poland; 1976 - GDR; 1980 - Czechoslovakia; 1984 - France; 1992 - Spain; 1996 - Nigeria; 2000 -Cameroon, 2004 and 2008 - Argentina, 2012 - Mexico.
The winners of the women's football competition at the Olympic Games (1996-2012) were:
In 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 - USA, in 2000 - Norway.
At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, 16 teams participated in the men's football tournament (August 4-20). Portugal: Germany, Nigeria: Denmark, South Korea: Honduras, Brazil: Colombia advanced to the Playoffs of the tournament (1/4 finals).
Brazil: Honduras, Nigeria: Germany advanced to the semi-finals.
Finalists Brazil and Germany. Brazilians, led by their captain Neymar, nevertheless snatched victory from the Germans (regular time 1:1, penalties 5:4) and became Olympic champions for the first time.
In the women's football tournament Rio 2016 (August 3-19) was attended by 12 national teams. Brazil: Australia, USA: Sweden, China: Germany, France: Canada advanced to the Playoffs.
Brazil: Sweden and Canada: Germany advanced to the semi-finals.
Finalists Sweden and Germany. Germany- OI-16 champion (for the first time in women's football), Brazil third.

The best player of the year. FIFA Golden Ball (FIFA Ballon d'Or)

UEFA European Footballer of the Year

2011 G. Lionel Messi forward, Argentina (Barcelona)
2012 G. Andres Iniesta midfielder, Spain (Barcelona)
2013 G. Franck Ribery midfielder, France (Bayern)
Nadine Angerer recognized as the best player in Europe in the season 2012/2013.
2014 G. Cristiano Ronaldo forward, Portugal (Real Madrid)
Nadine Kessler- the best football player in Europe of the season 2013/2014
2015 The best player in Europe at the end of the season 2014/15 was the striker of Barcelona Lionel Messi, who bypassed Cristiano Ronaldo and Uruguayan teammate Luis Suarez in the vote.
Awarded Best Female Player by UEFA Celia Sasic, German soccer player of Cameroonian origin. Forward. She went around the Frenchwoman Amandine Henri and the German Jennifer Marozhan.
2016 d. The best player in Europe of the season 2015/2016, as expected, was Cristiano Ronaldo- European champion 2016 (as part of the Portuguese national team) and winner of the European Champions League 2016 (as part of Real Madrid). The Portuguese was ahead of Gareth Bale (Wales) and Antoine Griezmann (France).
Norwegian Ada Hegerberg from Lyon was named the Best Female Player in Europe in 2015/16. She was ahead of Amandine Henry (France) and Jennifer Maraugean (Germany).

Player of the Century

1. Diego Maradona. Argentina - 53.60%
2. Pele. Brazil - 18.53%
3. Eusebio. Portugal - 6.21%

- one of three players along with the Germans Uwe Seeler and Miroslav Klose, who scored in four world championships. He is also the scorer of the "youngest" goal. When he hit the gates of the Wales team at the 1958 World Cup, he was only 17 years, seven months and 27 days old.

The German striker holds the record for most goals scored in a World Cup final. Top scorer in the history of the national team he scored 16 goals: five at the 2002 World Cup, five at the 2006 World Cup, four at the 2010 World Cup and two more at the gold for the German 2014 World Cup team. Klose is one goal ahead of Brazil's Ronaldo, Germany's Gerd Müller by two and France's Juste Fontaine by three.

Just Fontaine

The French striker is the most effective scorer in a single tournament. Fontaine scored all of his 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup. In the group stage, he first scored a hat-trick against Paraguay, then scored a double in the game with Yugoslavia and added a goal to Scotland. Juste then scored twice in the quarter-final against Northern Ireland and scored once in the semi-final against the Brazilians. Finally, in the match for third place Fontaine succeeded in poker against the German national team. Since then, no one has been able to come close to the result of the Frenchman. Only Gerd Müller at the 1970 World Cup reached the milestone of 10 goals.

Weather and child labor. Problems of the organizers before the World Cup

Difficulties arise constantly.

The striker of the Russian national team at the 1994 World Cup managed to score five goals in one match. The Cameroon national team became a client of a native of Leningrad. In the entire history of the world championships, no one, except Salenko, has succeeded in a penta-trick. In total, Oleg had six goals in three matches at that tournament. group stage, because he also scored in the game with Sweden. At the 1994 World Cup, Salenko won the Golden Boot along with Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov. Interestingly, the match with Cameroon was the last in the striker's career for the Russian national team.

Geoffrey Hirst

Continuing the theme of the great scorers of the World Cups, one cannot but recall the former striker of the England national team. Hurst is the only player to score a hat-trick in the final. It happened at the 1966 World Cup in a match with Germany. Regular time ended with a score of 2:2, and in extra time everything was decided by two accurate blows from Hurst. The episode with the winning goal, which the Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst counted after consulting with the Soviet linesman Tofik Bakhramov, remains perhaps the most controversial in the history of the world championships.

Antonio Carbajal and Lothar Matthäus

The Mexican goalkeeper and Germany defender have played in five World Cups. Carbajal entered the field in tournaments that were held from 1950 to 1966. Matthäus made his debut at the 1982 World Cup, and his last tournament was the 1998 World Cup. It is Matthäus who holds the record for the number of matches in the final stages of the world championship. The German has 25 of them. In addition to Carbajal and Matthäus, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was included in the Italian national team's application for the World Cup five times, but he played in four tournaments from 2002 to 2014. For Mexico defender Rafael Marquez will also be the fifth in his career.

The Brazilian defender is the only player to have played in three World Cup finals (1994, 1998, 2002). Two of them ended with the victory of the Kafu team. In 1994, the Brazilian national team defeated Italy in a penalty shootout, and in 2002, they defeated Germany - 2: 0.

Norman Whiteside

At the 1982 World Cup, this Northern Ireland attacking midfielder played against Yugoslavia at the age of 17 years and 41 days. Whiteside is the youngest participant in the final stages of the World Championships. The Northern Irishman broke the record owned by . At the club level, Whiteside played for Manchester United and Everton, but due to injuries he was forced to retire at the age of 26. He managed to play 38 matches for the Northern Ireland national team, in which he scored nine goals. Including hit the gates of the Algerian national team at the 1986 World Cup.

Farid Mondragon

The Colombian goalkeeper holds a record with the opposite value. Mondragon is the oldest player ever to play in the final stages of the World Cup. He entered the field against Japan at the 2014 World Cup at the age of 43 years and three days. However, in Russia Mondragon's record is likely to be beaten. The main goalkeeper of the Egyptian national team, Essam El-Hadari, is already 45 years old and almost five months old!

Roger Mila

The legendary Cameroonian striker is still the oldest player to score at the World Cups. In 1990, the whole world fell in love with the bright team of Cameroon Valery Nepomniachtchi, in which Milla sparkled. However, Roger managed to excel at the next 1994 World Cup. He hit the gates of Stanislav Cherchesov in the same match Russia - Cameroon (6:1). At that time, the striker was already 42 years old, one month and eight days old.

Italy goalkeeper has created the longest streak without conceded goals. At the 1990 World Cup, Zenga kept a clean sheet for 517 minutes. In three matches of the group stage, he did not miss from Austria, the USA and Czechoslovakia, then Walter played to zero in the 1/8 finals with Uruguay and the quarter-finals with Ireland. Only the Argentinean Claudio Canigia managed to break Zenga in the semi-finals. The Italians were leading 1-0, but conceded in the 67th minute and lost on penalties.

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Jose Batista

The former player of the national team of Uruguay has a record that none of the participants in Russia exactly wants to repeat. Batista is the author of the earliest red card in the world championships. This story happened in 1986 in the match of the 3rd round of the group stage Scotland - Uruguay. The defender left the field less than a minute after the starting whistle was blown. French referee Juel Quino sent off Batista in the 56th second for a tackle from behind against Gordac Strachan.

You will definitely love these guys! How foreign fans sing

Fans from Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Egypt and Morocco are already in Russia.

Every year on March 23, a regional holiday is celebrated in the Chechen Republic - Constitution Day of the Czech Republic.

According to the Decree of the Head of the Administration of the Chechen Republic No. 34 dated March 24, 2003, the holiday date is an official non-working day in Chechnya, an additional day off.

That is, in the Chechen Republic:
* March 23, 2020 (Monday) - day off.

The working week will start on Tuesday and will last 4 days (with a five-day period). Tuesday 24 March 2020 - working day.

Another additional day off awaits the residents of the Republic on April 16, 2020, which is declared the Day of Peace by the Decree of the President of the Chechen Republic. And a week later, on April 22, 2020, a day off was appointed in connection with the All-Russian voting on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

On March 18, 2020, a message appeared on the official website of the Eurovision Song Contest about the cancellation of the event for the current year.

We tell why the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was canceled - the reasons why the event was not rescheduled to a later time, was not held without spectators or remotely.

Why Eurovision 2020 was cancelled:

The reason for the cancellation of the popular musical event was the uncertainty caused by the spread of a viral infection in Europe called COVID-19 (coronavirus).

Why the date of the Eurovision 2020 was not postponed to a later time:

The organizers posted a statement on the official website of the competition, in which they said that they were considering various alternative options for holding the competition. Including the option of holding the competition without spectators, or transferring the date to a later time, after the decline in the spread of infection.

However, the transfer was difficult because the situation with the epidemiological situation in Europe is extremely uncertain and it is not clear when everything will return to normal. If, nevertheless, it is possible to hold a competition, for example, at the end of 2020, the winner will have very little time to prepare the organization of the next event(which is scheduled to take place in May 2021).

Previously, the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was planned to be held in the second full week of May: from May 15 to 16, 2020.

Why didn't they hold Eurovision 2020 without spectators or remotely:

Currently restrictions in the Netherlands on the number of people who can attend public events at the same time do not allow Eurovision to be held even in the "without spectators" format.

As for the "remote" format, in this case the organizers will not be able to provide all participants with the same opportunities to showcase their talent which is contrary to the values and traditions of the organization.

Where will Eurovision 2021 take place, in what composition:

Likely to host next year's Popular Song Contest will remain Rotterdam (the second largest city in the Netherlands after the capital Amsterdam).

The decision will be made by the organizers of the competition and the leadership of the Netherlands later.

It has also not yet been decided whether the selected members will be able to perform the submitted songs next year, or whether they will have to compose new compositions. Recall that this year to represent Russia at Eurovision 2020 was supposed to band "Little Big" with the song "UNO".