tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90353127018513848782024-03-19T02:20:49.790-07:00FIFA WORLD CUPfarhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-39735339625141230422010-08-02T02:23:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:25:21.493-07:001994 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2Svwzqy6aFtjY77Ws7wRtsmJ-5b5Dbp2Sb4Dy74oprr9JucoWym8WXwIVof5KM5MH3gI0YD911GshAWAw8EEUma-KGIpC1tX_JH6hdpHx-Ozy7JehIvDUC5Q_e8nzc5v89yCR5jrDg8/s1600/150px-1994FIFAWorldCup.png"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2Svwzqy6aFtjY77Ws7wRtsmJ-5b5Dbp2Sb4Dy74oprr9JucoWym8WXwIVof5KM5MH3gI0YD911GshAWAw8EEUma-KGIpC1tX_JH6hdpHx-Ozy7JehIvDUC5Q_e8nzc5v89yCR5jrDg8/s400/150px-1994FIFAWorldCup.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500741191520999058" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1994 FIFA World Cup</b>, the 15th staging of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, was held in nine cities across the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">host</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> on July 4, 1988. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> became the first nation to win four World Cup titles when they beat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a> 3–2 in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty_shootout_%28football%29" title="Penalty shootout (football)">penalty shootout</a> after the game ended 0–0 after extra-time, the first World Cup final to be decided on penalties. The official match ball was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas_Questra" title="Adidas Questra">Adidas Questra</a>.</span> by </p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">Average attendance was nearly 69,000, which broke records that had stood since the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1950 FIFA World Cup">1950 World Cup</a>, because of the bigger capacities of the American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium" title="Stadium">stadiums</a> compared to those of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>. The total attendance of nearly 3.6 million for the final tournament remains the highest in World Cup history, despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams (and from 52 to 64 matches) in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998 World Cup</a>.</span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-72346962522454620242010-08-02T02:22:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:23:20.782-07:001990 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-72hiWxLtP6aqSOv8TQ5PHaKMKU9955N_me6Y5MnwqtUxk72DLAOsdBr5cVGKsWrZwmfPx-907BbRvl-dxM0I41Jovjakau0-psl0aVp3oK_b44LVMl8gr6rDEGU0rjaIEziD7UcVvE/s1600/150px-1990_Football_World_Cup_logo.svg.png"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-72hiWxLtP6aqSOv8TQ5PHaKMKU9955N_me6Y5MnwqtUxk72DLAOsdBr5cVGKsWrZwmfPx-907BbRvl-dxM0I41Jovjakau0-psl0aVp3oK_b44LVMl8gr6rDEGU0rjaIEziD7UcVvE/s400/150px-1990_Football_World_Cup_logo.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500740684165347362" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1990 FIFA World Cup</b> was the 14th <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversary#Latin-derived_numerical_names" title="Anniversary">quadrennial</a> international <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, the second country to host the event twice. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams" title="List of men's national association football teams">Teams</a> representing 116 national football associations from all six populated continents entered the competition, with its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1990 FIFA World Cup qualification">qualification process</a> beginning in April 1988. Twenty-two teams qualified from this process, along with host nation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a> and defending champion <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a>, for the finals tournament. The official match ball was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas_Etrusco_Unico" title="Adidas Etrusco Unico">Adidas Etrusco Unico</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">The tournament was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">West Germany</a>, who claimed their third World Cup title by defeating reigning champions Argentina 1–0 in the final, a rematch of the previous final four years earlier. Hosts Italy beat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> 2–1 to finish third after both lost their semi-finals in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty_shootout_%28association_football%29" title="Penalty shootout (association football)" class="mw-redirect">penalty shootouts</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">The 1990 World Cup is widely regarded as one of the poorest World Cups ever.<sup id="cite_ref-Italy_1990_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-Italy_1990-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-World_Cup_1990_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-World_Cup_1990-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> It generated a record low goals-per-game average of just 2.21 and a then-record 16 red cards were handed out, including the first ever dismissal in a final.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">Despite the low goalscoring, the 1990 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.69 billion non-unique viewers, compiled over the course of the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> At the time it was the most watched World Cup in history in non-unique viewers, but has subsequently been bettered by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">1994</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 FIFA World Cups</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">Following this World Cup, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-pass_rule" title="Back-pass rule">back-pass rule</a> was introduced in 1992 to discourage time-wasting and overly defensive play, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_points_for_a_win" title="Three points for a win">wins were awarded three points</a> in the group stage of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_World_Cup" title="1994 World Cup" class="mw-redirect">1994 World Cup</a> to encourage more aggressive offensive tactics and discourage the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_points_for_a_win" title="Two points for a win" class="mw-redirect">strategy of playing for a draw</a>.</span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-61384989824496232422010-08-02T02:19:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:21:31.957-07:001986 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCslnow1qyD-Z10zmJDnTTQ6j4pcpRIhu8K25ufYPcwekBFLEoSymdtz4lnrk6JPxJsgu_6fhR0a6w_NXuFJbl7ssceV9NqzPaecepSWaGry42MS3qZIMOhvrH2ohcTx2b_elBCqQLUww/s1600/150px-Mexico_86_Logo.svg.png"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCslnow1qyD-Z10zmJDnTTQ6j4pcpRIhu8K25ufYPcwekBFLEoSymdtz4lnrk6JPxJsgu_6fhR0a6w_NXuFJbl7ssceV9NqzPaecepSWaGry42MS3qZIMOhvrH2ohcTx2b_elBCqQLUww/s400/150px-Mexico_86_Logo.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500740172018036450" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1986 FIFA World Cup</b>, the 13th <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> from 31 May to 29 June.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> had been originally chosen to host the competition by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to host the competition and officially resigned in 1982. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></span> <span style="font-size:180%;">was selected as the new host in May 1983. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format; unlike in the previous tournament in 1982, the second round was played on a knock-out basis rather than groups.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">It was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a> (their second title, after also winning in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a>), led by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Maradona" title="Diego Maradona">Diego Maradona</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_v_England_%281986_FIFA_World_Cup_quarter-final%29" title="Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup quarter-final)">same quarter-final</a> against England. These were two of the five goals that Maradona scored during the tournament, and he also created another five for his team-mates.<sup id="cite_ref-Over_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-Over-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Argentina beat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">West Germany</a> 3–2 in the final at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Azteca" title="Estadio Azteca">Estadio Azteca</a>. Total attendance was 2,393,031, an average per match of 46,019.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></span> <span style="font-size:180%;">who scored the infamous "Hand of God goal", and also a goal voted as "Goal of the Century", in the </span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-47316931804675390912010-08-02T02:16:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:17:53.883-07:001982 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1CNplZyvaRQM4_ltjkQ_z2uOmeqw4W11utWtTXqqF8LWmYJA44Jmx3NXopL0WA0gIR4GN9foscRBOwemMCC8cdvMMjnhfd0D-Gxm5oCSt_yQXaE8erD13tX_wJC44gM2-tmMDt3AaYs/s1600/150px-1982FIFAWorldCup.png"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1CNplZyvaRQM4_ltjkQ_z2uOmeqw4W11utWtTXqqF8LWmYJA44Jmx3NXopL0WA0gIR4GN9foscRBOwemMCC8cdvMMjnhfd0D-Gxm5oCSt_yQXaE8erD13tX_wJC44gM2-tmMDt3AaYs/s400/150px-1982FIFAWorldCup.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500739275483628242" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1982 FIFA World Cup</b>, the 12th <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> from 13 June to 11 July. Spain was chosen as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1974.2C_1978.2C_1982_FIFA_World_Cups" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">host</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> in July 1966. The tournament was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a>, after beating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">West Germany</a> 3–1 in the final. Italy became the first team to advance from the first round without winning a game, drawing all three (while <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon_national_football_team" title="Cameroon national football team">Cameroon</a> were eliminated in the same way), and also the only World Cup winner to draw or lose three matches at the Finals. By winning, Italy equalled Brazil's record of winning the World Cup three times. Italy's total of twelve goals scored in seven matches set a new low for average goals scored per game by a World Cup winning side (subsequently exceeded by Spain in 2010), while Italy's aggregate goal difference of +6 for the tournament remains a record low for a champion, equalled by Spain. For the first time, the World Cup was expanded to feature 24 teams, eight more than in the previous tournament <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a>. The official match football was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas_Tango_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Adidas Tango España">Adidas Tango España</a>.</span></p> <span style="font-size:180%;">Italy's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Rossi" title="Paolo Rossi">Paolo Rossi</a> won both the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Shoe" title="FIFA World Cup awards">Golden Boot</a> as the tournament's top goalscorer, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_awards#Golden_Ball" title="FIFA World Cup awards">Golden Ball</a> as the tournament's best player (handed out for the first time), and 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Zoff" title="Dino Zoff">Dino Zoff</a> became the oldest-ever player to win the World Cup. This was the first World Cup in which teams from all six continental confederations participated in the finals</span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-82964548935627220982010-08-02T02:14:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:15:50.341-07:001978 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlZfL2f49ED7b3FZYHwAmzoAvymMRZnqKDs1bKp2HzV0At9zNOldfsOOwMNQ44x5sBTK2toNr_eGLIjEOxWZJJPoCBInVhQC1ADBi7fGLZuIGtxNA84s10hK3WKrBjLuiyvBbyoHwio0/s1600/_1978+logo.gif"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlZfL2f49ED7b3FZYHwAmzoAvymMRZnqKDs1bKp2HzV0At9zNOldfsOOwMNQ44x5sBTK2toNr_eGLIjEOxWZJJPoCBInVhQC1ADBi7fGLZuIGtxNA84s10hK3WKrBjLuiyvBbyoHwio0/s400/_1978+logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500738748922801730" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1978 FIFA World Cup</b>, the 11th staging of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1974.2C_1978.2C_1982_FIFA_World_Cups" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">hosts</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> in July 1966. The 1978 World Cup was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a> who beat the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a> 3–1 after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_time" title="Extra time" class="mw-redirect">extra time</a> in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team (after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">West Germany</a>), to be both hosts and world champions. The official match ball was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas_Tango" title="Adidas Tango">Adidas Tango</a>.</span> between 1 June and 25 June. Argentina was chosen as <div id="toctitle"> <h2><br /></h2> <span class="toctoggle"></span></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-82866793806068023592010-08-02T02:13:00.001-07:002010-08-02T02:14:05.287-07:001974 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIYLXEw3-JRPchDOudhWv3nC1_uMEPfTjQ2WHKvsoCOf_uCXlDwi3czx4tPt0arv_IcT7_f6mW3ctGywaEw9NaLJHuIijJynr6mQTRhT4dNIEDhWWU-gRPPfUjV-3BjoVoSwIKUAt9Tw/s1600/150px-1974_FIFA_World_Cup_emblem.svg.png"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIYLXEw3-JRPchDOudhWv3nC1_uMEPfTjQ2WHKvsoCOf_uCXlDwi3czx4tPt0arv_IcT7_f6mW3ctGywaEw9NaLJHuIijJynr6mQTRhT4dNIEDhWWU-gRPPfUjV-3BjoVoSwIKUAt9Tw/s400/150px-1974_FIFA_World_Cup_emblem.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500738292493182786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1974 FIFA World Cup</b>, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> from 13 June to 7 July. West Germany had been chosen in July 1966 as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1974.2C_1978.2C_1982_FIFA_World_Cups" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">hosts</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy" title="FIFA World Cup Trophy">FIFA World Cup Trophy</a>, created by the Italian sculptor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Gazzaniga" title="Silvio Gazzaniga">Silvio Gazzaniga</a>, was awarded. The previous trophy, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Rimet_Trophy" title="Jules Rimet Trophy" class="mw-redirect">Jules Rimet Trophy</a>, had been won for the third time by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">1970</a> and awarded permanently to the Brazilians. The host nation won the title beating the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a> in the final, 2–1. The victory was the second for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">West Germany</a>, who had also won in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">1954</a>.</span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-58248830333502345202010-08-02T02:11:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:12:36.391-07:001970 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Qh3YldohdnmVzcNGO1sQYBgMZO-OLgng2Dm-eqGqjAEI3Kpe1EUsIW1t4FT4n2vSTxjA9tfZ21M1zp7YKxfnoZXwQ_5tp5pSYpbGnRu6IiSog4Th0d9UpVDHeuAvwWN2K6TABrHOMoI/s1600/WorldCup1970logo.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Qh3YldohdnmVzcNGO1sQYBgMZO-OLgng2Dm-eqGqjAEI3Kpe1EUsIW1t4FT4n2vSTxjA9tfZ21M1zp7YKxfnoZXwQ_5tp5pSYpbGnRu6IiSog4Th0d9UpVDHeuAvwWN2K6TABrHOMoI/s400/WorldCup1970logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500737902174052338" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1970 FIFA World Cup</b>, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, from 31 May to 21 June. Mexico was chosen as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">host nation</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> in October 1964. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>, and the first held outside <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a>, who beat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a> 4–1. With their third World Cup triumph, Brazil were allowed to keep the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Rimet_Trophy" title="Jules Rimet Trophy" class="mw-redirect">Jules Rimet Trophy</a> permanently.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">The Brazilian team, featuring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9" title="Pelé">Pelé</a> (who was in his fourth and final World Cup), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Alberto_Torres" title="Carlos Alberto Torres">Carlos Alberto</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clodoaldo" title="Clodoaldo">Clodoaldo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rson" title="Gérson">Gérson</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jairzinho" title="Jairzinho">Jairzinho</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Rivelino" title="Roberto Rivelino">Rivelino</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tost%C3%A3o" title="Tostão">Tostão</a>, is usually regarded as the greatest attacking World Cup team ever. They won all of their 6 games on the way to the title, and had also won all of their 6 qualifying games on their way to Mexico. This tournament saw the return of free-flowing, attacking play after the physical battles of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1962 FIFA World Cup">1962</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">1966</a>, and is still considered by many fans to be the finest World Cup in history.</span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-62573227598111368202010-08-02T02:09:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:11:09.896-07:001962 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpy_wgDLcIjxcXmFIzJm7hjgectFSye-Y8ZfFBI5th3LM6WyO31IFr0dhyR_WLzf3VXeoaioo5SS6o2h85zsi_xQHLrWG0M6a3rec8QHd6yEYJRdrHnr304VMKB8zBE7RomqEHOsJSKFI/s1600/WorldCup1962logo.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpy_wgDLcIjxcXmFIzJm7hjgectFSye-Y8ZfFBI5th3LM6WyO31IFr0dhyR_WLzf3VXeoaioo5SS6o2h85zsi_xQHLrWG0M6a3rec8QHd6yEYJRdrHnr304VMKB8zBE7RomqEHOsJSKFI/s400/WorldCup1962logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500737547617943346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1962 FIFA World Cup</b>, the seventh staging of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">World Cup</a>, was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> from 30 May to 17 June. Chile was chosen as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">host</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> in June 1956, as the World Cup returned to the continent of South America after 12 years. It was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a>, who retained the championship by beating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team" title="Czechoslovakia national football team">Czechoslovakia</a> 3–1 in the final. This marked the second time that a country successfully defended a World Cup title.</span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-87102018871237499332010-08-02T02:05:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:07:22.532-07:001958 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczA5STDWVMCVoGiL6S9r9zBeRaACKlNrxKmYFlvv61JQXdjifmj71LdaRSouSfp554XeqRo5Tzi5yFssPP5FzKZXADoxPzl8ePdsW0nhMzhLBDoZcsQEqfBsh1uwfGf_DWKufBIlstWI/s1600/WorldCup1958logo.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczA5STDWVMCVoGiL6S9r9zBeRaACKlNrxKmYFlvv61JQXdjifmj71LdaRSouSfp554XeqRo5Tzi5yFssPP5FzKZXADoxPzl8ePdsW0nhMzhLBDoZcsQEqfBsh1uwfGf_DWKufBIlstWI/s400/WorldCup1958logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500736551007883058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1958 FIFA World Cup</b>, the sixth staging of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">World Cup</a>, was hosted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> from 8 June to 29 June. Sweden were chosen as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1958_FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">hosts</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> in June 1950. The tournament was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a>, who beat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_national_football_team" title="Sweden national football team">Sweden</a> 5–2 in the final for their first title. To date, this marks the only occasion that a World Cup staged in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> was not won by a European team. The group stage of the tournament saw a format change whereby extra time was no longer played and instead teams tied in second and third place at the end of the group phase would instead contest a play-off game. The tournament is notable for marking the debut on the world stage of a then largely unknown 17-year-old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9" title="Pelé">Pelé</a>.</span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-59091910953922678142010-08-02T02:03:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:04:41.293-07:001954 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5AVLpPqirwyRX6bx7A6P3FKZRWdizDwsAB0fN0QPRICWB8LucopBabQ1kKBWqA4c4-oRnZvvY9FcSJ1giFYkkB4TO3A-umSITwE2H-PywXz-MhP0-kVBsDX_tW6hZMP1fLDY3OJnJhY/s1600/WorldCup1954logo.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5AVLpPqirwyRX6bx7A6P3FKZRWdizDwsAB0fN0QPRICWB8LucopBabQ1kKBWqA4c4-oRnZvvY9FcSJ1giFYkkB4TO3A-umSITwE2H-PywXz-MhP0-kVBsDX_tW6hZMP1fLDY3OJnJhY/s400/WorldCup1954logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500735836258551234" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1954 FIFA World Cup</b>, the fifth staging of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> World Cup, was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">hosts</a> in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game. The tournament was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">West Germany</a>, who defeated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a> 3–2 in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_World_Cup_Final" title="1954 World Cup Final" class="mw-redirect">final</a>, giving them their first title.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">1954 was the 50th anniversary of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>, and Switzerland is the headquarters of FIFA.</span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-5709433893442694922010-08-02T01:59:00.000-07:002010-08-02T02:02:11.480-07:001950 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO3XMuUzxV7ELrrXM4hg99xZ4vTubcpNsIST0MuTlkll0KWktgm_OBUgGpl7WeDInqKpKK9obCF_fzGM75Pb0oCsNeM8tfg-geAgqGYPhMJuVJiTt1bRMHKHMUXbjMZG3fUnpmG7C0yc/s1600/WC1950Post.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO3XMuUzxV7ELrrXM4hg99xZ4vTubcpNsIST0MuTlkll0KWktgm_OBUgGpl7WeDInqKpKK9obCF_fzGM75Pb0oCsNeM8tfg-geAgqGYPhMJuVJiTt1bRMHKHMUXbjMZG3fUnpmG7C0yc/s400/WC1950Post.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500735197288546498" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1950 FIFA World Cup</b>, held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> from 24 June to 16 July, was the fourth <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, and the first staged in 12 years due to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">Brazil was chosen as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1950_FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">the host country</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> in July 1946. It was also the first tournament where the trophy was referred to as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Rimet_Trophy" title="Jules Rimet Trophy" class="mw-redirect">Jules Rimet Cup</a>, to mark the 25th anniversary of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Rimet" title="Jules Rimet">Rimet</a>'s presidency of FIFA. It was won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a>, who had won the inaugural competition in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1930 FIFA World Cup">1930</a>, clinching the cup by beating the hosts <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> 2–1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group (this was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final).</span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-81775869080356337872010-08-02T01:56:00.000-07:002010-08-02T01:58:59.299-07:001938 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujqLwaPOT6CE78cvM7irI8vM6dl3lbbsP3ACW98L7xsdDtc3fnO-6O4U8JaJWaWKsN1Pgp6eKSUuB-9hxQDiqjnbNdXej4B-TbTXlNwH9aosQncMGEjxyIOqZDhJgqYkVioaNK2k1XVY/s1600/p1938.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujqLwaPOT6CE78cvM7irI8vM6dl3lbbsP3ACW98L7xsdDtc3fnO-6O4U8JaJWaWKsN1Pgp6eKSUuB-9hxQDiqjnbNdXej4B-TbTXlNwH9aosQncMGEjxyIOqZDhJgqYkVioaNK2k1XVY/s400/p1938.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500734396814959618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1938 FIFA World Cup</b> was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> from 4 June to 19 June. France was chosen as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#1938_FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">hosts</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> in August 1936. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a> retained the championship, beating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a> 4–2 in the final.</span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-7909027435934648522010-08-02T01:54:00.001-07:002010-08-02T01:56:09.525-07:001934 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7npVYPU6dPyJNlxCmZ55OPIBcphYfkGeRxrhTweTEQc-xeGCR46ANdS8guGrYNYsmOLLZMGUEcFsRYN8djvjj6pVyJmxHOQiX0zzG7KuMhI9DBSO_MWYsLq6y0EVxW2n9LodlwUfMxFQ/s1600/150px-WorldCup1934poster.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7npVYPU6dPyJNlxCmZ55OPIBcphYfkGeRxrhTweTEQc-xeGCR46ANdS8guGrYNYsmOLLZMGUEcFsRYN8djvjj6pVyJmxHOQiX0zzG7KuMhI9DBSO_MWYsLq6y0EVxW2n9LodlwUfMxFQ/s400/150px-WorldCup1934poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500733604727793362" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1934 FIFA World Cup</b> was the second <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, the world championship for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams" title="List of men's national association football teams">men's national</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> teams. It took place in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The international football federation, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>, selected Italy as host nation at its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a> congress of October 1932.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">The 1934 World Cup was the first for which teams had to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="FIFA World Cup qualification">qualify</a> to take part. Thirty-two nations entered the competition, and after qualification, 16 teams participated in the finals tournament. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a> became the second World Cup champions, beating <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team" title="Czechoslovakia national football team">Czechoslovakia</a> 2-1 in the final.</span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-18452705233267649802010-08-02T01:50:00.000-07:002010-08-02T01:52:34.986-07:001930 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen1N4uJVU15BJcHQzHGw6Qz1a19k23lZDLXwIUf_ogmtJhI21DHgtnochyphenhyphenpm1rKwjyD1QSf3-gU_up6d-5Y0mZin8hVlLF8Rq0hAAjJzptN6TklUBoy5g9XaS9yCzwXXr6HjD3o608Yc/s1600/150px-Uruguay_1930_Worl_Cup.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgen1N4uJVU15BJcHQzHGw6Qz1a19k23lZDLXwIUf_ogmtJhI21DHgtnochyphenhyphenpm1rKwjyD1QSf3-gU_up6d-5Y0mZin8hVlLF8Rq0hAAjJzptN6TklUBoy5g9XaS9yCzwXXr6HjD3o608Yc/s400/150px-Uruguay_1930_Worl_Cup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500732741277500706" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>1930 FIFA World Cup</b> was the inaugural <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, the world championship for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams" title="List of men's national association football teams">men's national</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> teams. It took place in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a> from 13 July to 30 July 1930. The international football federation, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>, selected Uruguay as host nation as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jura_de_la_Constituci%C3%B3n" class="extiw" title="es:Jura de la Constitución">first constitution</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay national football team</a> had successfully retained their football title at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics" title="1928 Summer Olympics">1928 Summer Olympics</a>. All matches were played in the Uruguayan capital, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montevideo" title="Montevideo">Montevideo</a>, the majority at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Centenario" title="Estadio Centenario">Estadio Centenario</a>, which was built for the tournament.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">Thirteen teams, seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America entered the tournament. Few European teams chose to participate due to the duration and cost of travel. The teams were divided into four groups, with the winner of each group progressing to the semi-finals. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously, and were won by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team">United States</a>, who defeated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_national_football_team" title="Mexico national football team">Mexico</a> 4–1 and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> 3–0, respectively. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Laurent" title="Lucien Laurent">Lucien Laurent</a> of France scored the first goal in World Cup history.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a>, Uruguay, the USA and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia_national_football_team" title="Yugoslavia national football team">Yugoslavia</a> each won their respective groups to qualify for the semi-finals. In the final, hosts and pre-tournament favourites Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people, and became the first nation to win the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy" title="FIFA World Cup Trophy">World Cup</a>.</span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-84823574641186521952010-08-01T09:05:00.000-07:002010-08-01T09:08:17.393-07:002006 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzfEezya8IeD03NpIaVY0jNTN2Zz18o_EyyubNpBmgHCNRrhEy-wbJ-HeSL-ov5hbtqn1ICbVwyIjXGZ-6oULJRWg5AWkHhAflPzVO5YL56mY85t8w-VYxs0v_5VKsLG__v39tKn54js/s1600/175px-FIFA_World_Cup_2006_Logo.svg.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzfEezya8IeD03NpIaVY0jNTN2Zz18o_EyyubNpBmgHCNRrhEy-wbJ-HeSL-ov5hbtqn1ICbVwyIjXGZ-6oULJRWg5AWkHhAflPzVO5YL56mY85t8w-VYxs0v_5VKsLG__v39tKn54js/s400/175px-FIFA_World_Cup_2006_Logo.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500473936759435282" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:180%;">The <b>2006 FIFA World Cup</b> was the 18th <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversary#Latin-derived_numerical_names" title="Anniversary">quadrennial</a> international <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28soccer%29" title="Football (soccer)" class="mw-redirect">football</a> world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, which won the right to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts#2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">host</a> the event in July 2000. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams" title="List of men's national association football teams">Teams</a> representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2006 FIFA World Cup qualification">qualification</a> process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a>, for the finals tournament.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a> won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. They defeated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a> 5–3 in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty_shootout_%28football%29" title="Penalty shootout (football)">penalty shootout</a> in the final, after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_time" title="Extra time" class="mw-redirect">extra time</a> had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team">Portugal</a> 3–1 to finish third.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;">The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion non-unique viewers, compiled over the course of the tournament. The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> The 2006 World Cup ranks fourth in non-unique viewers, behind the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">World Cup in 1994</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> As the winner, Italy represented the World in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="2009 FIFA Confederations Cup">2009 FIFA Confederations Cup</a>.</span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-57357947330876233812010-08-01T09:01:00.001-07:002010-08-01T09:04:09.347-07:002010 MASCOT<span style="font-size:180%;"> <br />NAME-ZAKUMI</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZb8qxcM7_tzTuG3uqWtwkA_nVWPEQpCjeE8_muVatjrwUOzZ00U2bohLj4or54jsR3OXd3DNMlysWjJOdNiZ5d7ixOMlJ0hfKyUzR8Yd-YPUJyLjDEzmt_wGKdcWYasMbVL5b6Pqlcg/s1600/130px-Zakumi.svg.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZb8qxcM7_tzTuG3uqWtwkA_nVWPEQpCjeE8_muVatjrwUOzZ00U2bohLj4or54jsR3OXd3DNMlysWjJOdNiZ5d7ixOMlJ0hfKyUzR8Yd-YPUJyLjDEzmt_wGKdcWYasMbVL5b6Pqlcg/s400/130px-Zakumi.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500472284636009506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">DESCRIPTION-</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakumi" title="Zakumi">Zakumi</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard" title="Leopard">leopard</a>, a common animal found in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, with green hair wearing a shirt saying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_2010" title="South Africa 2010" class="mw-redirect">South Africa 2010</a>. Zakumi's green and gold colors represents South African national sports' teams colors. His name comes from "ZA", the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2" title="ISO 3166-1 alpha-2">ISO 3166-1 alpha-2</a> code for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, and "kumi", a word that means "ten" in various African languages.</span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-10373918946592426472010-08-01T08:59:00.001-07:002010-08-01T09:01:17.952-07:002006 MASCOT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBe6vXAEp8KuzA3UglqNa7sWYeWVh2f91If7bU-T5lQfMKZ3AlO70SveukW3ph2na_WlBQxbV7e6oBW6paMsHMLYgsY8SkWJKSRm6_AtcvfoX3izsItaO-AqR-RTYIUHVddbopiX1472A/s1600/220px-Bm-Goleo.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBe6vXAEp8KuzA3UglqNa7sWYeWVh2f91If7bU-T5lQfMKZ3AlO70SveukW3ph2na_WlBQxbV7e6oBW6paMsHMLYgsY8SkWJKSRm6_AtcvfoX3izsItaO-AqR-RTYIUHVddbopiX1472A/s400/220px-Bm-Goleo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500471755787277074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">NAMES-GOLEO VI AND SIDEKICK-PILLE<br />DESCRIPTION-</span> <span style="font-size:180%;">lion wearing a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a> shirt with the number 06 and a talking football named Pille. Goleo is a portmanteau of the words "goal" and "leo", the Latin word for lion. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, "Pille" is a colloquial term for a football.</span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-41887514061591171272010-08-01T08:57:00.001-07:002010-08-01T08:59:03.758-07:002002 MASCOT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrONKRj24luxVoEukP68OcIDkpJuAfyLVNl5tfU0hGNmHf3i0ovyQ4YKgsaMiqw0A6dSjzpTy4vRdV7o_0ZcxzU0CoCqjY07TwKoja1eSSJfmvO_IeBAJfxD2ZInoIDQNOSsKtL70ecc/s1600/100px-Koreajapan2002mascots.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrONKRj24luxVoEukP68OcIDkpJuAfyLVNl5tfU0hGNmHf3i0ovyQ4YKgsaMiqw0A6dSjzpTy4vRdV7o_0ZcxzU0CoCqjY07TwKoja1eSSJfmvO_IeBAJfxD2ZInoIDQNOSsKtL70ecc/s400/100px-Koreajapan2002mascots.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500471253844421634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">NAMES-ATO,KAZ AND NIK<br />DESCRIPTION-Orange, purple and blue (respectively) futuristic, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated" title="Computer-generated">computer-generated</a> creatures. Collectively members of a team of "Atmoball" (a fictional football-like sport), Ato is the coach while Kaz and Nik are players. The three individual names were selected from shortlists by users on the Internet and at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> outlets in the host countries.</span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-8272425357360804122010-08-01T08:54:00.001-07:002010-08-01T08:57:05.149-07:001998 MASCOT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCi97-DAUESnc4Sdrhqu3yXXIyVDSk68Ls0iW2HILLuG8hqoFSnWnmuggvBaJ2yxv6mw_UEcD8IAxLTflgY1Zv4bCjZjFN7modhsZE-oDPhujfd-LRceL0c2tBJBx9XFLaTst_9CyJlc/s1600/100px-France98mascot.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCi97-DAUESnc4Sdrhqu3yXXIyVDSk68Ls0iW2HILLuG8hqoFSnWnmuggvBaJ2yxv6mw_UEcD8IAxLTflgY1Zv4bCjZjFN7modhsZE-oDPhujfd-LRceL0c2tBJBx9XFLaTst_9CyJlc/s400/100px-France98mascot.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500470534820853250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">NAME-FOOTIX<br />DESCRIPTION-A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster" title="Rooster">rooster</a>, one of the national symbols of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, with the words "FRANCE 98" on the chest. Its body is mostly blue, like the host's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">national team</a> shirt and its name is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau</a> of "football" and the ending "-ix" from the popular <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ast%C3%A9rix" title="Astérix" class="mw-redirect">Astérix</a> comic strip.<sup class="Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from July 2010" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup> Other proposed names were "Raffy", "Houpi" and "Gallik".</span><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-51169742981691699922010-08-01T08:44:00.001-07:002010-08-01T08:47:38.034-07:001994 MASCOT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxLmxcYc-Gf8vdDDE4PPUhVXLsIjBF7_YaxdOjxFdtDf8OvYh7kCOPVVcJtYKQmOjvTEr3aJ2EU0pw_AqVpYaDz8Di3F3dbQotvVWQRrgFhDJKICTaQgbTkffOauCojbzJphU1iGFm0o/s1600/100px-Usa94mascot.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxLmxcYc-Gf8vdDDE4PPUhVXLsIjBF7_YaxdOjxFdtDf8OvYh7kCOPVVcJtYKQmOjvTEr3aJ2EU0pw_AqVpYaDz8Di3F3dbQotvVWQRrgFhDJKICTaQgbTkffOauCojbzJphU1iGFm0o/s400/100px-Usa94mascot.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500468046992283666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">NAME-STRIKER THE WORLD CUP<br />DESCRIPTION-A DOG ,A COMMON US ANIMAL, WEARING A RED,WHITE AND BLUE FOOTBALL UNIFORM WITH THE WORDS USA 94.<br /></span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-8688647254427244632010-08-01T08:41:00.001-07:002010-08-01T08:54:12.776-07:001990 MASCOT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7a4q-5bDg8AjwkmxTHz89W4STdMps5i47CK0UuC1xVHYj1JAaxTZ3r4ivnSbAj2mXWHUQpD_IXTXVDxOsDxkDNKAc0f_qO0bNmaU1-1XOtKNwvW0qRbIsIeqXyQRGBMp-6jj1kYngYo/s1600/100px-Italia_90_mascot.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7a4q-5bDg8AjwkmxTHz89W4STdMps5i47CK0UuC1xVHYj1JAaxTZ3r4ivnSbAj2mXWHUQpD_IXTXVDxOsDxkDNKAc0f_qO0bNmaU1-1XOtKNwvW0qRbIsIeqXyQRGBMp-6jj1kYngYo/s400/100px-Italia_90_mascot.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500470311911057538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">NAME-CIAO<br />DESCRIPTION-A STICK FIGURE PLAYER WITH FOOTBALL HEAD AND AN ITALION TRICOLOUR BODY.ITS NAME IS A ITALION GREETING<br /></span><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-78159619555989726612010-08-01T08:35:00.001-07:002010-08-01T08:40:28.772-07:001986 MASCOT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi264TIwWNT8DgxEhI4CsyrRUQbd7smzvBuqyY9fQgH0Dn_09boiJbJYqeSpFrVf3xEntTtMtYboWbuf3Pp4RU0inDiKLltq1HofUeH_TZfh-LMR_AJW_LMuSxcVJHGQo5Hh9zTpsYetdE/s1600/100px-1986_pique.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi264TIwWNT8DgxEhI4CsyrRUQbd7smzvBuqyY9fQgH0Dn_09boiJbJYqeSpFrVf3xEntTtMtYboWbuf3Pp4RU0inDiKLltq1HofUeH_TZfh-LMR_AJW_LMuSxcVJHGQo5Hh9zTpsYetdE/s400/100px-1986_pique.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500465633570709314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">NAME-PIQUE<br />DESCRIPTION-A JALAPENO PEPPER CHARACTERISTIC CUISINE,WITH A MOUSTASHE AND WEARING A SOMBRERO .<br /></span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-52033427161455198012010-08-01T08:29:00.000-07:002010-08-01T08:35:22.755-07:001982 WORLD CUP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMppeKvFt4jgSyNHl8NH59ieoa47NEURYO3XBNEF9g20DFmQDh4RzrHlRJBVdo2eSpJnFKqLeWRlIfEO93cqAMDIOVDay6JkPitqKAcletgwHs6QypbZgQ0QO_OXx85I1EdGSKEYIVAwA/s1600/100px-1982_naranjito.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMppeKvFt4jgSyNHl8NH59ieoa47NEURYO3XBNEF9g20DFmQDh4RzrHlRJBVdo2eSpJnFKqLeWRlIfEO93cqAMDIOVDay6JkPitqKAcletgwHs6QypbZgQ0QO_OXx85I1EdGSKEYIVAwA/s400/100px-1982_naranjito.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500464175319159938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">NAME-NARANJITO<br />DESCRIPTION-AN ORANGE A TYPICAL FRUIT IN SPAIN,WEARING THE KIT OF HOST NATIONAL TEAM.ITS NAME COME FROM NARANJA SPANISH FOR ORANGE .<br /></span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-73901838320730115442010-08-01T08:25:00.000-07:002010-08-01T08:29:42.501-07:001978 mascot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2BX9oY9tM9oRnruW3wIMu1Cow-R6LHa0MYE1LtyF4Sh3fMUabbTAhKTF9_83eAk14Wa_WWFmjun9QSpGV2uPwR6eiBfKEN8DxzFAw7EuC7shVOQJr5vXJY_-fBxyQVmJd2wz5M6X57w/s1600/100px-1978-mascot.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2BX9oY9tM9oRnruW3wIMu1Cow-R6LHa0MYE1LtyF4Sh3fMUabbTAhKTF9_83eAk14Wa_WWFmjun9QSpGV2uPwR6eiBfKEN8DxzFAw7EuC7shVOQJr5vXJY_-fBxyQVmJd2wz5M6X57w/s400/100px-1978-mascot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500463041762609458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">NAME- GUACHITO</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">DESCRIPTION-A BOY WEARING ARGENTINA S KIT.HIS HAT WITH THE WORDS ARGENTINA 78,NECHERCHIEF AND WHIP ARE TYPICAL OF GUACHOS</span>.<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035312701851384878.post-28879455889188985352010-07-31T12:36:00.000-07:002010-07-31T12:39:35.339-07:001974 MASCOT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oUP_WU1xXDxWyEMdZZyUNbPTVNS24zkQKraaW226DG340AvGLZQrwY1t8q2SuJQ1NVY0qctwr3mO7zrglb5EpNB1nxMApRJenExT0GReodjKWiq7jo-4-2k61eoR7H8Mxw8HFyJ-eQU/s1600/100px-1974_tiptap.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oUP_WU1xXDxWyEMdZZyUNbPTVNS24zkQKraaW226DG340AvGLZQrwY1t8q2SuJQ1NVY0qctwr3mO7zrglb5EpNB1nxMApRJenExT0GReodjKWiq7jo-4-2k61eoR7H8Mxw8HFyJ-eQU/s400/100px-1974_tiptap.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500156739008702674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">NAME -TIP AND TAP<br />DESCRIPTION-2 BOYS WEARING GERMANY KIT S WITH THE LETTERS WM WORLD CUP AND NUMBER74<br /></span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>farhan firozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942316729579853168noreply@blogger.com0