WORLD CUP FOOTBALL AT A GLANCE

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The World Cup football tournament is organised by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) once in four years since 1930. It was on July 18, 1930 that the first-ever World Cup match was played between Uruguay and Chile, at the newly built Centenary Stadium in Montevideo (Uruguay). The World Cup now officially designated as Jules-Rimet Cup, named after the French lawyer who was the President of FIFA from 1921 to 1953, is 12 inch high and made of solid gold.

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL AT A GLANCE Year Venue Winner Runner Others awards related to this event 2006 Germany Italy France Adidas Golden Ball: Zinedine ZIDANE (FRA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Miroslav KLOSE (GER) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Gianluigi BUFFON (ITA) Best Young Player Award: Lukas PODOLSKI (GER) FIFA Fair Play award: Spain, Brazil FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:Portugal 2002 Korea/Japan Brazil Germany Adidas Golden Ball: Oliver KAHN (GER) Adidas Golden Shoe: RONALDO (BRA) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Oliver KAHN (GER) FIFA Fair Play award: Belgium FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:Korea Republic 1998 France France Brazil Adidas Golden Ball: RONALDO (BRA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Davor SUKER (CRO) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Fabien BARTHEZ (FRA) FIFA Fair Play award: England, France FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:France 1994 USA Brazil Italy Adidas Golden Ball: ROMARIO (BRA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Oleg SALENKO (RUS), Hristo STOICHKOV (BUL) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Michel PREUDHOMME (BEL) FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:Brazil 1990 Italy Germany FR Argentina Adidas Golden Ball: Salvatore SCHILLACI (ITA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Salvatore SCHILLACI (ITA) FIFA Fair Play award: England 1986 Mexico Argentina Germany FR Adidas Golden Ball: Diego MARADONA (ARG) Adidas Golden Shoe: Gary LINEKER (ENG) FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil 1982 Spain Italy Germany FR Adidas Golden Ball: Paolo ROSSI (ITA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Paolo ROSSI (ITA) FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil 1978 Argentina Argentina Netherlands Golden Shoe: Mario KEMPES (ARG) FIFA Fair Play award: Argentina 1974 Germany Germany FR Netherlands Golden Shoe: Grzegorz LATO (POL) 1970 Mexico Brazil Italy Golden Shoe: Gerd MUELLER (GER) 1966 England England Germany FR Golden Shoe: EUSEBIO (POR) 1962 Chile Brazil Czechoslovakia Golden Shoe: Florian ALBERT (HUN), Valentin IVANOV (URS), Drazen JERKOVIC (YUG), Leonel SANCHEZ (CHI), VAVA (BRA), GARRINCHA (BRA) 1958 Sweden Brazil Sweden Golden Shoe: Just FONTAINE (FRA) 1954 Switzerland Germany FR Hungary Golden Shoe: Sandor KOCSIS (HUN) 1950 Brazil Uruguay Brazil Golden Shoe: ADEMIR (BRA) 1938 France Italy Hungary Golden Shoe: LEONIDAS (BRA) 1934 Italy Italy Czechoslovakia Golden Shoe: Oldrich NEJEDLY (TCH) 1930 Uruguay Uruguay Argentina Golden Shoe: Guillermo STABILE (ARG)

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