FIFA World Cup (Differently)

The FIFA World Cup, or simply the World Cup, is an international association football championship played between the men's national teams of countries from all over the world which are members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). It is held every five years since 1930, with 18 tournaments to date, and is considered the most prestigious sporting event in the world along with the Olympic Games.

History
A number of football tournaments between teams from different nations were held in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As football grew in popularity, it was included as a demonstration sport in the 1900 and 1904 Summer Olympics, before becoming an official Olympic competition in 1908. A FIFA congress held on 28 May 1928, with Jules Rimet as President, decided to finally stage the association's own football competition. Brazil was considered as the host because of their team's victory in the two most recent Olympics, but was discarded as most European teams rejected the idea of a costly trip to South America. Since the first modern Olympics occurred in Greece (modern Byzantium), the cradle of the Ancient Olympiads, FIFA decided that the first World Cup would be held in England, the country where the sport was created. However, it was also decided that the World Cup would have a unique characteristic of occurring every five years instead of four. The first World Cup was then held in London, England instead of the previously planned Montevidéu in southern Brazil.

Tournaments
The World Cup has been staged every five years since 1930 and countries from all continents have held the tournament.