The draw hens held December 4, The World Cup 20th edition will be held in Brazil. The first edition was held in in Uruguay. There was a first project to create a World Cup in , but without result. He had to wait eight years to see the birth of the first Organizing Committee of the World Cup, which decided that the first would be the organizer Uruguay to celebrate the centenary of its independence in The first trophy at stake the Jules Rimet Cup, the work of French sculptor Abel Lafleur was won by Brazil in after his 3rd victory.
It was a golden statuette of approx. Lasts this period, the country remained victor holder until the next edition four years later. After his third win, Brazil received Cup final. The Cup was stolen twice, once in London in and again in Brazil, where it was never found.
The new trophy 5 kg of gold , the work of Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, will not be retained by the conquering country. It is put into play every 4 years since Jules Rimet , is the innovator and world football, based primarily on the Parisian club Red Star, then became president of the new French Federation of Football Association in April until Previously he had participated in the founding of FIFA in he became the president for more than 30 years Inspired by the success of the Olympic tournament, he created the World Cup in bringing together the greatest football nations to describe the world champion.
This cup bears his name until In , it has been proposed as a Nobel Prize for Peace. Since , there are eight groups of four teams in the first round, each meeting once the other three. If no result after 90 minutes of play, an extension of two times 15 minutes is disputed profit in gold and silver goal.
Players receiving a red card will be automatically suspended for the next game. This penalty applies to those who receive two yellow cards in two games in three of the first round.
