The FIFA World Cup
FIFA is the highest governing body for association football. It is primarily responsible for arranging competitions and most of the rules related to international competitions. FIFA has its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. It has now 208 association member associations.
There are six regional confederations associated with FIFA:
Asia: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Africa: Confederation of African Football (CAF)
Europe: Union of European Football Association (UEFA)
North/Central America & Caribbean: Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
Oceania: Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
South America: South American Football Confederation; CONMEBOL
The FIFA was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904.
Innumerable soccer tournaments take place every year around the globe. Some tournaments take place after a particular period of few years. The biggest international soccer event that takes place once four years is the FIFA WORLD CUP. The last world cup was held in the 2014 in Brazil. Germany won the 2014 world cup. It was the 20th world cup. The next FIFA world cup will take place in the year 2018 in Russia.
The official mascot of the FIFA World Cup 2014 was tatu-bola, an armadillo
The FIFA world cup was started in year 1930 on 13th July. Since then it has taken place once every four years except in the years 1942 abd 1946 because of the second world war.
Adidas Brazuca was the official ball of the FIFA World Cup 2014.
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