History Of The World Cup Book
Packed with stunning photography official documents and statistics this unique book tells behind the scenes stories analyzes the legendary matches and features the biggest stars as well.
History of the world cup book. Without a doubt soccer or football is the planet s pastime and the world cup is the ultimate sporting event. It contains the scores of every match in world cup history including qualifiers. Authoritative and comprehensive the official history of the fifa world cup reviews every tournament since the games were inaugurated in uruguay in 1930.
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Since then the world cup has experienced. From the first tournament in uruguay to england s legendary 1966 win and beyond with red cards penalty shoot outs and goals galore there are fun facts football fans can use to impress their family and friends. A history of the world cup.
An absolute must for every football fan. This is a colourful history of the world cup from the author of the story of the olympics. Otherwise it is weak in comparison with a raft of better histories available.
This amazing tactile book includes every world cup since inception up to brazil 2014 and incorporates many beautiful and memorable images. From the tournament s origins in 1930 to modern times. The history of the world cup.
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The inaugural edition held in 1930 was contested as a final tournament of only thirteen teams invited by the organization. The fifa world cup was first held in 1930 when fifa the world s football governing body decided to stage an international men s football tournament under the era of fifa president jules rimet who put this idea into place. 1930 2006 reporter clemente lisi chronicles this international phenomenon providing vivid accounts of individual games.
Perhaps the book s greatest use particularly in the united states is to teach recent converts to soccer about the game s rich history. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930. The match reports are short providing limited details.
The fifa world cup often called the football world cup or simply the world cup is the most important competition in international football soccer and the world s most representative team sport event.
