The Cup of the World
of Football is the greater evento of the most popular sport of the world. Until today already they were realised 18 Glasses, in 15 countries, of three
different continents. In the total, 30.852.747 people assisted to the games in the stadiums
that warmed up the competition.
Everything began with the dream and the
dedication of the French Jules Rimet in organising a tournament wrapping
selections of several countries. The first trophy, that carried the name of the idealizador,
had his definite possession conquered peel Brazil. The new glass, calls simply
"Cup of the World".
Cup regulations:
The final phase of the Cup of the World is
contested by 32 selections. To Europe has right to 14 vacancies.The African
continent sends 5 representatives, whereas Sudamérica and to Asia have, each
one, 4 countries Guaranteeed.
Already the Concacaf, confederation that gathers the selections of North
America, centroamerica and Caribbean, has right to 3 vacancies. The two remaining
vacancies are defined in clashes of repescagem between selections of Sudamérica
and of Oceania and teams of Asia and of the Concacaf.
Basic rules:
To 19ª Glass of the World follows the staff adopted in
the World-wide of France, in 1998, with 32 countries participants, divided in
eight groups of four teams each one.
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1. Number of
points
2. Goal difference
3. Number of goals
3. Number of goals
If two or more
teams empaten in the criteria up, the desempate will give in the direct clash,
following the criteria down:
1. Number of
points
2. Goal difference
3. Number of
goals
4. sortition
Only the two better of each group happen for the octaves
of final, with the clear-cut clash between the first placed of the eight keys
against which finished in the second position.
From this
phase, in case of tie us 90 statutory minutes, the game will go for the
extention, in two times of 15 minutes. Persisting the equality ,The the definition of the classified selection will go for
the dispute of penaltis.
Curiosities on the Cup of the World of
Football:
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- The record of goals in Glasses is of the Brazilian
Ronaldo with 15 goals;
- The Brazil is the only country that participated of
all the Glasses of the World;
- The Brazil is
the country with more titles conquered: total of five;
- Italy was four times champion, followed of Germany
thrice champion and of the bi-Argentinian champions and Uruguay. England and
France possess only a title each;
- The Glass of
the World is the greater second sportive evento of the planet
