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	Football World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Football World Cup (officially: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer).
		The 2014 World Cup, which FIFA has earmarked for South America, is expected to be held in Brazil as CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation, has already backed it as their choice.
		At the end of each World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Football_World_Cup (1949 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.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fo/Football_World_Cup_1994.html (630 words)

	Football World Cup Germany, 2006 FIFA World Cup Trophy, Football World Cup 2006 Germany
		With the Jules Rimet Cup being awarded permanently to 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.
		The current FIFA World Cup Trophy cannot be won outright, as the regulations state that it shall remain FIFA's own possession.
		The World Cup winners retain it until the next tournament and are awarded a gold-plated replica.
	www.mapsofworld.com /2006-fifa-world-cup/trophy.html (255 words)

	Football World Cup 1978 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The 1978 Football World Cup was held in Argentina.
		This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina who became the sixth team (after Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, and England) to be world champions.
		The Netherlands lost their second World Cup final in a row, both times to the host nation, after already bowing to Germany in 1974.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/f/fo/football_world_cup_1978.html (106 words)

	1986 World Cup
		The 13th FIFA World Cup was awarded to Mexico, who thus became the first country to host the competition on two occasions.
		The 13th FIFA World Cup ended in victory for the Argentineans and their master playmaker Diego Maradona.
		This FIFA World Cup was different, however, in that all the second round games were played on a knock-out basis.
	www.soccerhall.org /history/WorldCup_1986.htm (630 words)

	Federation Internationale de Football Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Football's ever increasing popularity, its overwhelming attraction for the young, its growing economic, social and political impact and finally the attention that the mass media devote to it, are all factors which turn it into a tempting springboard for advertisers.
		The World Cup trophy in use today was designed by Silvio Gazzaniga (and submitted by Bertoni of Milan, Italy), after the original Jules Rimet Trophy was retired and awarded to Brazil, the first team to have won three World Cup championships (1970 in Mexico).
		The Jules Rimet statuette, named in honor of the FIFA president who initiated the World Cup tournament, was designed by a French sculptor, Abel Lafleur, as a Goddess of Victory holding an octagonal vessel in her outstretched hands.
	www.fifa.com /fifa/handbook/fifa.html (2511 words)

	Wikinfo \| Football World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The World Cup is the most important competition in international football (soccer).
		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.
		The first FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay and ran from July 13- 30, 1930.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Football_World_Cup (429 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Internationals \| Brazil set to host World Cup
		Football's world governing body, Fifa, decided earlier this month that a South American country would host the 2014 tournament.
		Argentina were the last South American country to host a World Cup in 1978, while Brazil (1950), Uruguay (1930) and Chile (1962) have also staged the event.
		The World Cup will return to Europe when Germany hosts the 2006 finals, while the 2010 event will be the first to be held in Africa.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/football/internationals/2858989.stm (443 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		After 1986, the next competitive meeting between the two sides was at the Football World Cup 1998 1998 World Cup when Argentina would emerge triumphant on penalties after the game ended 2-2.
		During the Football World Cup 2002 2002 World Cup, the meeting between England and Argentina was one of the few times there had been so much attention given to a first round match.
		In August of 2005, World soccer star Diego Armando Maradona admitted for the first time on his new Argentinian television talk show, "No. 10 Live," that the goal that gave the victory to his country in the match versus England in the quarter-finals of Mexico 1986 World Cup was scored with his hand.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Hand_of_God_goal.html (1000 words)

	World Cup 2002
		Kahn had a brilliant World Cup - until today, and I'm afraid the way I'll remember him is sitting against the goal post, 10 minutes after the match was over, with the pitch beyond him filled with Brazilian players wrapped in flags.
		Football has never been just a game, and going into this year's tournament, speculation on how politics might rear its ugly head tended to focus on the usual suspects - hooligans, terrorists - about which we've (thankfully) heard almost nothing.
		Their Cup record is dismal, but they did make it to the quarterfinals of Euro 2000 before losing to Portugal (remember them?), and Galatasaray (who supplies a number of the national team's best players) won the 2000 UEFA Cup and were this year's Turkish league champions.
	www.howardstreet.com /worldcup/worldcupblog.html (8449 words)

	The National Archives Learning Curve \| Snapshots \| The 1966 World Cup
		However, of the three South American teams in the 1966 World Cup, Brazil failed to qualify in their group, and Uruguay and Argentina were both knocked out in the quarter finals.
		The letter is entitled "La Copa Mondial (the World Cup) or The Twist in Willie's Tale" (World Cup Willie was the mascot of the 1966 World Cup).
		It was unusual for football to become the subject of such a flurry of diplomatic messages as took place in 1966.
	www.learningcurve.gov.uk /snapshots/snapshot28/snapshot28.htm (774 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Football World Cup
		The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer).
		Organised by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's governing body, the World Cup finals tournament is the most widely-viewed and followed sporting event in the world, more so than even the Olympic Games.
		The award was introduced at the 1982 World Cup for the first time.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Football_World_Cup (1191 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Football World Cup, 1962, Chile - A561935 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The early stages of the World Cup in Chile sadly made all the wrong kind of headlines.
		The world champions from Brazil found it difficult to deliver their usual glorious, flowing football in such an intimidating atmosphere.
		The 1962 tournament produced what is still the fastest goal in any World Cup final tournament, when Vaclav Masek scored for Czechoslovakia against Mexico after 15 seconds.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A561935 (834 words)

	H2G2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The 1986 World Cup was originally set to take place in Colombia.
		For a while, it was uncertain whether the World Cup could be held in 1986 at all.
		But the stadiums in Mexico that had been chosen to host World Cup games escaped damage, and in the end it was decided that the show would go on.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A562015 (199 words)

	rediff.com: Football World Cup - Senegal shock France
		Debutants Senegal produced one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history when they beat defending champions France 1-0 in the opening match of the tournament on Friday.
		It was the first defeat suffered by defending champions in the opening World Cup match since Cameroon upset Argentina 1-0 in Italy 12 years ago.
		It was also France's first defeat at the World Cup finals since 1986 when they lost 2-0 in the semis to the former West Germany, although they failed to qualify for the 1990 and 1994 tournaments.
	www.rediff.com /sports/football/2002/may/31match.htm (633 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Football \| World cup 2002 \| China
		The most populous country in the world is starting to flex its football muscles but for the moment the team remain something of a Hull City.
		The men may not be top-notch but the women know their onion bags; they were runners-up in the 1999 World Cup.
		Milutinovic is a World Cup legend, having reached the quarter-finals with Mexico in 1986 and the second round with Costa Rica in 1990, the US in 1994 and Nigeria in 1998.
	football.guardian.co.uk /worldcup2002/countries/story/0,11936,721669,00.html (489 words)

	Football World Cup 2002
		The 2002 Football World Cup was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30.
		For the first time in history it was organised by two countries, and also for the first time it was not held in Europe or the Americas.
		The 2002 edition of the tournament was dedicated to the children of the world.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fo/Football_World_Cup_2002.html (1008 words)

	rediff.com: Football World Cup - Finally, the battle of the best
		In football, especially World Cup football, there are two giants: Brazil and Germany (or West Germany from 1954 to 1994), more so in the post-World War II era.
		While the 2002 World Cup is the 17th edition of the tournament, it is the 14th World Cup after World War II.
		Again, the World Cup has alternated between South America and Europe, with only two exceptions, one before World War II when Italy claimed the cup consecutively in 1934 and 1938, and post-WWII, when Brazil won in 1958 and 1962.
	www.indiaabroad.com /sports/football/2002/jun/26hist.htm (926 words)

	PolishSoccer.net - World Cup Mexico 1986
		Mexico 86 was Poland's fifth -- and fourth in a row -- World Cup appearance.
		The performance at this World Cup was not what Polish fans were used to.
		Little did they know that the Polish team would not qualify for another major tournament until the 2002 World Cup.
	polishsoccer.net /wc1986.htm (49 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Football \| World cup 2002 \| World Cup weblog
		There was the social responsibility and the fact that they were World Cup contenders; maybe the burden of this was too heavy.
		While carrying a football overland from England to the World Cup, he was scythed down by a team of terracotta warriors - but got up to bend the ball around the wall.
		If David Beckham's World Cup preparation has been unlucky, it cannot have been worse than Bobby Moore's in 1970 - the then England captain was arrested in Bogota for the alleged theft of a bracelet.
	football.guardian.co.uk /worldcup2002/weblog/0,11923,688679,00.html (2523 words)

	Sega Roms Information: Football World Cup video games
		FIFA has licensed Football World Cup video games since 1986, of which only a few were received positively by the critics, but given the popularity of the competition, they all did positively on the market, and the license is one of the most sought-after.
		There are three games named after the 1990 World Cup, all of which seemingly had the rights to display both official logos and Ciao, the mascot.
		Unlike the other two titles, World Trophy Soccer was more an arcade game than a serious attempt on simulating the sport: it only had seven players aside, the game only lasted for one half and it followed a fixed playoff tree where the player had to beat all opponents.
	segaroms.blogspot.com /2005/07/football-world-cup-video-games.html (1115 words)

	rediff.com: Football World Cup - Maradona's strike is goal of the century
		Diego Maradona's virtuoso second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup has been voted the greatest World Cup strike of all time.
		Maradona etched his way into World Cup legend 16 years ago with his solo effort, where he bamboozled the entire England defence before clipping the ball past Peter Shilton in a 2-1 quarter-final win.
		The same match also saw Maradona secure his place in football folklore's hall of shame, with his famous 'Hand of God' goal.
	www.rediff.com /sports/football/2002/may/30mara.htm (253 words)

	Football World Cup 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The 2006 Football World Cup is scheduled to take place in Germany, after a tense vote.
		For the first time in the history of the World Cup (after the first event in 1930), the defending champion (Brazil) does not qualify automatically.
		The 8 group winners and the two best runners-up qualify for the 2006 World Cup Finals, the remaining 6 runners-up will be drawn against each other for 3 play-off matches on a home-and-away basis to determine the other 3 qualifiers.
	www.2010fifaworldcup.co.za /footballworldcup2006.html (842 words)

	http://www.KenAston.org - World Cup 1986 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		However, this World Cup will be forever remembered for a small chubby little man called Maradona, with two goals against both England- one a handball he proudly dubbed scored by "the hand of God", the other one of the greatest goals ever scored.
		In 1990 the World Cup was held in Italy and Maradona captained Argentina to yet another final.
		Still they managed to stage the greatest event in the world and did it very well, even though some aspects of the TV coverage left a lot to be desired and technicians from other countries were eventually called in to help iron out the problems.
	www.kenaston.org /World_Cup/WorldCup1986.htm (1693 words)

	Planet World Cup - 1986 - Story of Mexico '86
		Originally Colombia was awarded the 13th World Cup, but the South American country had to throw in the towel because of financial reasons in 1983.
		Mexico made sure the cup stayed in the western hemisphere when they took on the responsibility on short notice to host the greatest event in sport and thus became the first nation to do so twice.
		Luck was not on England's side either when the referee ignored the handball goal scored by the man the 1986 World Cup has become synonymous with: Diego Armando Maradona.
	www.planetworldcup.com /CUPS/1986/wc86story.html (1020 words)

	CNNSI.com - CNNSI.com's complete coverage of the FIFA World Cup - World Cup Spotlight on France - Monday June 03, 2002 ...
		As the countdown to the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan continues, CNNSI.com's Pedro Pinto will take a closer look at all of the nations that will contend for football's greatest prize.
		There is an abundance of talent in this team, which has dominated the football world for the last three years.
		France was the World Cup champion at home in 1998.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2002/world_cup/teams/france (518 words)

	1986 world cup Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The 13th FIFA World Cupâ¢ was awarded to Mexico, who thus became the first country to host...
		After swimming briefly with soccer's big fishes four years ago, when it reached the World Cup quarterfinals, the United States was tossed back into the bait tank Friday.
		The first meeting was at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and Sir Bobby Robson's side romped to a 3-0 victory.
	www.1collegeworldseries15.info /world-cup-soccer-schedule/1986-world-cup.html (520 words)

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