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The World Cup is one of the most popular sporting events in the world. How much do you know about this frenzy of football (or soccer)?It was held at three sites in South America
It is the largest single-event sporting competition on the planet.
The country was also host of that year's event.
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England hosted the Cup that year and won the final 4 to 2.
In sum, the entire tournament was one of the most-watched in television history.
Brazil defeated Italy in a shootout.
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And for the opening and closing matches, a venue must have a capacity of at least 80,000.
His name was Carlos Caszely, and he was booted in the 1974 World Cup.
In 1930, getting to Uruguay from South America was hard work.
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The correlation isn't necessarily true, but the stress level definitely goes up when watching your team play.
And only eight different national teams have won the whole thing.
The 1942 and 1946 Cups were scuttled by WWII.
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The matches had an average attendance of 69,000 people, a record that still stands.
They couldn't justify the expense of traveling to Brazil.
And the country has won a whopping five times.
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There is now talk of increasing the field of 32 to 40
Hundreds of teams hope to make a splash on the football world's biggest stage.
The qualifying process is long and arduous.
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An enormous corruption case embroiled FIFA in 2015.
Lucien Laurent's goal came in the 19th minute against Mexico.
It involves 31 teams, plus the team from the host nation.
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A lion named World Cup Willie was the mascot that year.
The country spared no expense to host the event.
Uruguay won that year; Brazil was the host country and also runner-up.
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He is colored mostly blue in honor of the host team's uniforms.
In addition, reports of bribery and corruption have emerged in many news stories.
A zakumi is a type of leopard that can be found in South Africa, which was that year's host.
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The World Cup is always one of the most-watched sporting events.
It was held in China and won by the United States, which defeated Norway.
The other venues will top out at capacities of less than 50,000.
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