2. The World Cup The World Cup is an international soccer tournament. Each country has a team like the Olympic Games. Players must come from that country in order to be on the team. A player has to try out to be on the team. Professional players are so proud to be on the team that represents their country. The World Cup Tournament takes place every four years. Only men may play in the tournament.

3. The first ever World Cup In 1930, soccer players and officials in Uruguay planned the first ever World Cup Tournament. Uruguay is in South America. The tournament was in the capital city of Montevideo. The winner was Uruguay and the runner up was Argentina

4. History of Winners Over the years they have had 19 world cups. They canceled the world cup twice because of World War II. It was canceled in the years 1942 and 1946 Italy won the world cup four times Uruguay won twice Germany won three times Spain won once Brazil won five times France won once England won once Argentina won twice

5. Countries who have hosted the World Cup 1930 Uruguay 1934 Italy 1938 France 1950 Brazil 1954 Switzerland 1958 Sweden 1962 Chile 1966 England 1970 Mexico 1974 West Germany 1978 Argentina 1982 Spain 1986 Mexico 1990 Italy 1994 USA 1998 France 2002 South Korea and Japan 2006 Germany 2010 South Africa the next world cup in 2014 will be held in brazil

6. The United States first sent a team in 1930 the starting year They got to the semi –finals that year. But, they finished in third. In 1950 they did not qualify to go back to the world cup Now that they are back in the world cup I hate to say but they have NEVER won!!!

7. So, who watches it? Guess how many people watch the super bowl????

8. 111.3 million people watched the Super Bowl in 2012!

9. How many people watched the World Cup Final Game in 2006 in Germany? Hint – it set a record for the most watched event in the world.

10. 715.1 million people watched the… Final game between Germany and Italy. Italy won in 2006. In 2006 Germany came in third place.

11. There are some fans who really get into soccer!!!!

12. Some people dress up their pets!

13. Some are more crazy then others!!

14. In Spanish Speaking Countries……. Some fans are just out of control!!!! They are loyal fans. There are some men in Spain who dress up in bikinis to show their love for their home team! In Spain they had 52 matches in the tournament and 146 goals were scored that year!!!!!

15. Relation to Spanish People of Spain are crazy about soccer it was a very big event in Spain when Spain won! It was also a great big event when they hosted it!

16. The world cup theme song of 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBD9h0jUq3w

17. Resources http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/worldcup/ index.html http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/worldcup/ index.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBD9h0jUq3w http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup