World Cup (soccer), two international soccer tournaments, one for men and one for women, each held every four years. Both tournaments are the pinnacle of international competition in the sport.
The men's World Cup is considered the most popular sporting event in the world and is followed with passionate interest around the globe—the final game of the 1998 tournament was played to a television audience of more than 1 billion viewers. Founded in 1930 with just 13 teams, the tournament now attracts entries from more than 140 countries. The teams must participate in elimination games within their own continents before qualifying to become one of the 32 nations participating in the final tournament. The women's World Cup was first played in 1991 and has gained popularity steadily since then. More than 90,000 fans attended the finals of the 1999 tournament—one of the largest crowds ever to witness a women's sporting event. Nearly 75 nations attempted to qualify for the 1999 event, which was a 16-team elimination tournament.The FIFA World Cup (often called Football World Cup, The World Cup, or simply World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer), and the world's most repreteam sport event.
Organised by Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's governing body, the World Cup is contested by men's national football teams which are FIFA members.
The World Cup is held every four years, but the qualifying rounds of the competition take place over a three-year period, using regional qualifying tournaments. 197 national teams entered the qualification tournaments for the 2006 World Cup. The final tournament phase involves 32 national teams competing over a four-week period in a previously nominated host nation.
The World Cup final competition (often called the "Finals""), which has
been held every four years since 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was cancelled due to World War II, is the most widely-viewed and followed sporting event in the world. It has a global audience of more than 3 billion people (half the world's population) exceeding even the Olympic Games.
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世界杯(足球)，两个国际足球锦标赛，一个男人和一个女人，每四年举行一次。这两项赛事都是体育界国际竞争的顶峰。
男子世界杯被认为是世界上最受欢迎的体育赛事，紧随其后的是全世界的热情，1998场比赛的最后一场比赛是由超过10亿名观众观看的。成立于1930，只有13支球队，现在的比赛吸引了来自超过140个国家的参赛作品。参赛队伍必须在自己的大洲参加淘汰赛，才能成为参加决赛的32个国家之一。女足世界杯于1991首次出现，此后一直稳步普及。超过90000球迷参加了决赛的1999场比赛的最大的人群之一，见证了女子体育赛事。近75个国家参加了1999事件，这是一个16队的淘汰赛。国际足联(常称为世界杯足球世界杯，世界杯，或只是世界杯)是国际足球最重要的比赛(足球)，和世界上最repreteam体育赛事。
由国际足球联盟组织(国际足联)，这项运动的管理机构，世界杯是有争议的，是国际足联的成员国家男子足球队。
世界杯每四年举行一次，但比赛的资格赛将在三年内进行，使用区域资格赛。197支国家队进入资格赛为2006世界杯。最后的比赛阶段涉及32个国家队竞争超过一四周的时间在先前提名的东道国。
世界杯决赛比赛(通常被称为“决赛”)
自1930以来，每四年举行一次，除在1942和1946，当它被取消，由于第二次世界大战，是最广泛的观看和随后的体育赛事在世界上。它拥有超过30亿人(超过世界人口)超过奥运会的全球观众。
