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  BBC - h2g2 - Football World Cup, 1974, West Germany
A new trophy, known simply as The FIFA World Cup, was created by Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga to replace the Jules Rimet Cup, now the property of Brazil following their third World Cup triumph in 1970.
The Netherlands demonstrated the 'total football' techniques pioneered by the top Dutch club Ajax, in which specialised positions were virtually abolished for the outfield players, and individual players became defenders, midfielders or strikers as the situation required.
West Germany were world champions for the second time, 20 years after their success in Switzerland, and Franz Beckenbauer became the first team captain to lift the new World Cup trophy.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A561971   (1167 words)

  
  Why our world will never be the same again | World cup 2002 | Guardian Unlimited Football
This World Cup has been marked by an almost total absence of the sort of naivety that broke the nerve of Mwepu Ilunga of Zaire in the 1974 tournament, causing him to dash out of the defensive wall and belt the ball away before his astonished Brazilian opponents had time to take a free-kick.
Football knowledge is shared around the world surprisingly freely, which is why Howard Wilkinson was able to pay visits to the advanced training facilities of Dynamo Kiev and the French football federation while planning the layout of the FA's forthcoming technical centre.
In effect, the world is on the way to becoming one big Clairefontaine, which makes it particularly poignant that, having spent the last few years giving the world free lessons in how to prepare players and coaches for international competition, France itself should become the first victim of the new order.
football.guardian.co.uk /worldcup2002/comment/story/0,11925,741063,00.html   (1096 words)

  
  Football World Cup 1994
The 1994 World Cup of football (soccer) was the first World Cup that was held in the North American continent.
The World Cup early one saw very few upset, while the Italians were the only ones who were in serious trouble in the first round.
He was the fifth kicker of the penalty shoot out in the finals, and missed, to see the Brazilians capture their 4th World Cup.
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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: FIFA World Cup 1974
The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany.
Grzegorz Lato Grzegorz Lato (born April 8, 1950 in Malbork, Poland) is a former Polish football (soccer) striker, the all-time cap leader for the Polish national team and the leading scorer at the 1974 World Cup.
The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who is thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams.
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 Football Cup from FOOTBALL: World Cup Football 2006
World football 2006 cup bid for the two groups of 18 carat 75 solid world cup 2006 football gold latest news world grey qualifying round and is the international game of FIFA, world 2006 cup football Sepp Blatter, said: "The World Cup will be hosted the others.
Football cup world 2006 The Super Cup was one-off matches, with the competition meant long and away in 2002, World War II.
The cup world 2006 football rotation was cancelled due to become the winner football world 2006 cup of each tournament, world cup 2006 football which has been held at that in Beijing.
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 dashuria.eu dashuria.biz dashuria.be dashuria.co.uk dashuria.nl - Football - FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany
It will host six matches in the 2006 Football World Cup and was renovated for that reason.
In 1998 a debate was unleashed among Berlin public, concerning the destiny of the Olympiastadion in light of the historical legacy it represented for Germany.
Also FIFA appointed it as one of the venues of the Football World Cup 2006.
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 1950 World Cup
The FIFA World Cup trophy was henceforth to be known as the "Jules Rimet Cup".
Twelve years after the FIFA World Cup in France, the new competition emerged into a new era when the tournament was staged in the famous Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro and other cities in Brazil.
Football in Brazil had become so popular that it was decided to build a brand new stadium with a capacity of 220,000 in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.
www.soccerhall.org /history/WorldCup_1950.htm   (762 words)

  
 Dawn - Football World Cup 2006
The first football competition in the world was started in the same year - the FA Cup, which preceded the League Championship by 17 years.
By 1925, the number had increased to 36, in 1930 - the year of the first World Cup - it was 41, in 1938, 51 and in 1950, after the interval caused by the Second World War, the number had reached 73.
First World Cup (Uruguay, 1930): At the 1929 FIFA congress, Uruguay was chosen to arrange the first ever World Cup to honor its achievements in sports.
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 FIFA WORLD CUP FOOTBALL COMPETITION | CAR AND MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE HASTINGS DIRECT
The FIFA World Cup (often called the Football World Cup, Soccer World Cup or simply the World Cup) is the most important competition in international football, and the world's most representative team sport event.
The decision to hold the second of these, the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France was controversial, as the American countries had been led to understand that the World Cup would rotate between the two continents.
The World Cup was first televised in 1954, and is now the most widely-viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games.
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 Germany, 1974 : World Cup Football host country
The 1974 Final in Munich was delayed as the referee found that all the corner and centre-line flag-posts were missing as Holland and West Germany lined up for the kick-off.
The penalty goal by Holland's Johan Neeskens in the 1974 Final was unique in World Cup, as up to that point no German player had touched the ball.
The penalty was awarded by the English referee Jack Taylor in the first minute of the Final on 7 July 1974.
www.topendsports.com /events/worldcupsoccer/hosts/germany-1974.htm   (254 words)

  
 info: Football_World_Cup_1974   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from...
Events *The Football World Cup 1974 is held from June 12 to July 7 in West Germany.
The Football World Cup - An Introduction ; Football World Cup, 1930, Uruguay ; Football...
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 World Cup Web 100% Unofficial
During the course of three FIFA World Cup(tm) events (1930, 1934 and 1938) which were held before the Second World War, the name changed to simply the 'World Cup'.
It was introduced to the 1974 World Cup and is made of solid gold and malachite.
With the Jules Rimet Cup now in the permanent possession of Brazil after their third FIFA World Cup™ triumph in Mexico City in 1970, FIFA commissioned a new trophy for the tenth FIFA World Cup™ in 1974.
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 World Cup Football - FIFA World Cup History & Results
The Football World Cup (officially FIFA World Cup) is the most important international football (soccer) competition.
The World Cup trophy (Coupe du Monde) was renamed the Jules Rimet trophy in 1946.
The most successful World Cup team is Brazil having won the tournament five times in and finished as runners-up twice.
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 rediff.com: Football World Cup - Burn-out staining game's image: Beckenbauer
Football's image has been stained because many top players are too exhausted to perform at their best on the World Cup stage, according to Franz Beckenbauer.
Beckenbauer, who lifted the World Cup as captain in 1974 and coach in 1990, blamed the wear and tear of club football for the sorry state of the game's big names.
Germany will probably not win the World Cup but France still might if they get the decisive win they need in their last group match against Denmark, said Beckenbauer, who was full of praise for Zidane, the defending champions' key playmaker.
www.rediff.com /sports/football/2002/jun/08beck.htm   (657 words)

  
 Queensland Football
It will host six matches in the 2006 Football World Cup and was renovated for that reason.
In 1998 a debate was unleashed among Berlin public, concerning the destiny of the Olympiastadion in light of the historical legacy it represented for Germany.
Also FIFA appointed it as one of the venues of the Football World Cup 2006.
qldfootball.com /index.php?option=com_fifaworldcup&page=Olympic_Stadium.html   (2998 words)

  
 world cup
WORLD CUP: formally FIFA World Cup in association football (soccer), trophy that symbolizes the world championship.
Unlike Olympic association football, World Cup teams are not limited to amateur players, and so the competition serves more nearly as a contest between the world's best players.
This cup was permanently awarded in 1970 to three-time winner Brazil (1958, 1962, and 1970), and a new trophy called the FIFA World Cup was put up for competition.
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 Science Fair Projects - Football World Cup 1974
The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany.
The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup, was awarded.
The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, was won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Football_World_Cup_1974   (388 words)

  
 World Cup Managers
At the World cup West Germany surpassed all their expectations and reached the final, however they lost a thriller 3-2 to Maradona’s Argentina.
West Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in a replay of the previous final, though the game was nothing the spectacle of four years earlier, and Beckenbauer sealed his place in World cup history, as he became the first man to win the world cup as a player and as a manager.
As France were hosting the 1998 world cup finals, they didn’t have to play in the qualifying rounds of the world cup.
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 World Football
Brazil was the finest country in the world during the early 1970’s and remember the great Brazilian world cup side of 1970.
West Germany was also becoming a major force in the world football scene during the 1970’s, winning the 1974 world cup and then the 1980 European championships.
The Italians were successful once again in the early 80’s, winning the world cup in 1982, their first trophy since winning the European Championships of 1986.
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 History of World Cup | Past world Cup Winners | Football World Cup 2006
The first ever World Cup was staged in Uruguay in 1930, FIFA's flagship has grown ever since.
When it started again, the FIFA World Cup had advanced to where it was the greatest sporting event of the world.
Held always in Europe and Americas since 1958, the World Cup broke new ground in May 1996 to select Korea and Japan as co-hosts for the 2002 edition.
www.myworldcup06.com /history.htm   (143 words)

  
 World Cup 2006 - Team Profile: Germany | Reuters.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Germany will need Michael Ballack to reprise his starring World Cup role from four years ago if Juergen Klinsmann's inexperienced team are to get close to a home triumph and secure the nation's fourth World Cup success.
Klinsmann has worked wonders since taking over running the World Cup hosts from Rudi Voeller after a desperate showing at Euro 2004 but they are under huge pressure from an expectant public who will not tolerate another lame campaign, especially not on home soil.
If they do triumph in Berlin on July 9 and lift the World Cup, then many people will be forced to eat their words.
worldcup.reuters.co.uk /germany/profile   (644 words)

  
 Germany is the world champion!
But the World Championship of 1974 in Germany was more than "just" the duel between Beckenbauer and Cruyff: This was also the first time that games were shown in colour on the television.
A new cup was being played for as Brazil had kept the old trophy after winning the World Cup three times.
In 1974, four games took place in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart, which was an unforgettable experience for the spectators.
www.tourismus-bw.de /germany_is_the_world_champion.71815.1403,9975,9976,71786.htm   (330 words)

  
 Football - World Cup 1974 Facts | Free Quiz Questions | Trivia Quiz Resources | Free Pub Quiz Questions | Trivia Quiz
Another host triumph as the West Germans took the new FIFA World Cup™ for the first time with a quite exceptional display of the hard-running, interchanging style in a tournament remembered for the arrival of "total football".
The 10th FIFA World Cup tournament in Germany in 1974 was marked by the arrival of colour television!
It certainly had an emotional effect, however: the West Germans were shaken and their captain Franz Beckenbauer reacted in a manner unusual for this part of the world - he held a crisis meeting with the team and later appeared on television to explain the situation to an unsettled public.
www.paulsquiz.com /Resources/Sport/Football_-_World_Cup_1974_Facts   (763 words)

  
 1800-WorldCup.com - The World United Through Football
How many appearances each country has made in the World Cup Finals.
Follow the teams as they try to qualify for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.
The 2008 European Football Championship Finals will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from June 7th to June 29th.
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 FIFA.com
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 1974 Football (Soccer) World Cup @ SPORT.y2u.co.uk
The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany.
The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup, was awarded.
Gerd Müller's goal was his 14th in World Cups, which beat Just Fontaine's record of 13.
sport.y2u.co.uk /Football_World_Cup/Wcy_Football_World_Cup_1974.htm   (773 words)

  
 Football World Cup
Organised by FIFA, the sport's governing body, the World Cup finals tournament is the most widely-viewed and followed sporting event in the world, bigger than the Olympic Games.
Brazil, by a clear margin, are the most successful World Cup team overall, having won the tournament five times in total and finished as runners-up twice.
The first FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay and ran from July 13- 30, 1930.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/f/fo/football_world_cup.shtml   (370 words)

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