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.

Début of National Teams

Each successive World Cup has greeted at least one new national football team, as detailed below. Brazil holds the honour of being ever present at the World Cup Finals, and in 2005 became the first ever reigning champions to qualify for the World Cup.

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• 1930 - {{ARGf}} {{BELf}} {{BOLf}} {{BRAf}} {{CHIf}} {{FRAf}} {{MEXf}} {{PARf}} {{PERf}} {{ROMf}} {{URUf}} {{USAf}} {{YUGf}}
• 1934 - {{AUTf}} {{TCHf}} {{EGYf}} {{flagicon|Third Reich}}Germany {{HUNf}} {{ITAf}} {{NEDf}} {{ESPf}} {{SWEf}} {{SUIf}}
• 1938 - {{CUBf}} {{DEIf}} (now Indonesia) {{NORf}} {{POLf}}
• 1950 - {{ENGf}}
• 1954 - {{SCOf}} {{KORf}} {{TURf}} {{FRGf}}
• 1958 - {{NIRf}} {{WALf}} {{URSf}}
• 1962 - {{BULf}} {{COLf}}
• 1966 - {{PRKf}} {{PORf}}
• 1970 - {{SLVf}} {{ISRf}} {{MARf}}
• 1974 - {{AUSf}} {{GDRf}} {{HAIf}} {{ZAIf}}
• 1978 - {{IRNf}} {{TUNf}}
• 1982 - {{ALGf}} {{CMRf}} {{HONf}} {{KUWf}} {{NZLf}}
• 1986 - {{CANf}} {{DENf}} {{IRQf}}
• 1990 - {{CRCf}} {{IRLf}} {{UAEf}}
• 1994 - {{GREf}} {{NGAf}} {{RUSf}} {{KSAf}}
• 1998 - {{CROf}} {{JAMf}} {{JPNf}} {{RSAf}}
• 2002 - {{CHNf}} {{ECUf}} {{SENf}} {{SVNf}}
• 2006 - {{ANGf}} {{CIVf}}{{GHAf}} {{TOGf}} {{UKRf}}