The World cup has been going for over 90 years, the first cup being in 1930. The World cup has a very organized way to do the tournament. It starts with 8 groups, with 4 teams in each group. Each group must have a team from a different area, for instance Argentina and Brazil or USA and Mexico can't be in the same group. In these group, each team plays each other once, having each team pkaying three games in the group stage. A win is 3 points, a tie is 1 point, and a loss is 0 points. After the groups play thier games, the top two teams from the 4 teams qualify for the knockout round, The Round of 16. Th world cup is in brackets meaning that the winner of group A plays the second place team of group B and so on. Now thier is only 16 teams left. Each team in the round of 16 plays each other once and it can't be a tie, meaning the game could go to penalty kicks if it has to. Once these 8 games are played we are now onto the Quarter finals, which is 4 games, then the semi finals, 3rd place game, then the final game, and we find out who the champion of the world is.
The first World Cup was hosted in 1930 in Urugauy, consisting of 13 teams including seven from South America, two from North America, and four from Europe. The cup had four different groups, and eveuntually Uruguay went to win the whole tournament. This cup caused tons of excitment across the world, starting a global sports event that happens every 4 years. The World Cup is the most watched sporting event of all time, and no other big sports event will ever probably pass them. The World Cup really started to gain popularity in The 1958 World Cup when Pele and Brazil won the tournament. Pele was knwon as the greatest football player to ever live, and in his career he won 3 of Brazils 6 world cups. Fast forward to now, where there is more hype then ever around the Cup, and the world is here to watch.
