Why does the Fifa World Cup is being celebrated this year at Germany and why Univision is the official tv ?
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Its held in germany coz they got the most vote from the fifa committe and on the question why Univision is the official tv is because they bought the rights with a good amount of money which in return will benifits Fifa and its organization.
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Football is the only event which is known in every country around the world.....Its the universal language....Therefore its such a grand cultural phenomenon
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World Cups are played every 4 years.
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Besides the host country, Germany, I must say it is Brazil. The team itself is 5 times Cup winner and they have the depth that others don't. Over hundreds of media workers flew to Germany to cover not only on matches but also on their training and non-training sessions. Whenever Brazil plays a match, the whole country will rest. Shops will close earlier and people will stick to any TV that shows live broadcast. To them football is their religion!
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The FIFA World Cup!!!! The only truly international event left in the World. (other than the UN)
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My overall view of the cup... hmmm...\n\nWell since you asked, here goes:\n\nThe World Cup of Soccer... it's the most watched sports competition in the world, a game and an event that unites & divides the entire planet!  This year the world cup soccer tournament arrives in Germany where the host country (part of it anyways, once known as West Germany) won a 2nd title in 1974.\n \nThe world's largest sporting event has only gotten bigger during the last 3 decades:  2.7 million people in stadiums across South Korea & Japan in 2002, it was where the Germans returned to the World Cup Final and lost to Brazil.\n \n32 world cup teams will battle it out in Germany over a 31 day period.  The battle is for the most coveted trophy in the world, the FIFA World Cup Trophy (see picture above in the upper right hand corner).  It is a piece of hardware that measures 14" high and weighs 11 pounds.  Also at stake is an entire nation's pride.\n\nEvery 4 years, FIFA (the international governing body of soccer) holds a month long tournament.  32 teams qualify from 6 zones: Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America (and Oceania as a single zone), Central America and the Caribbean.\n\nHow is it played?  The 32 teams are broken into 8 groups. Each team plays the other 3 teams in its group, the top 2 teams from each of the original 8 groups advance to the round of 16 (16 teams left at this point).   The round of 16 is played this way:  The winner of each group plays the 2nd place team of another group.  The winners from the round of 16 advance to the quarter-finals (8 teams left at this point).  Winning teams from the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals (4 teams left at this point) and are guaranteed two more games - because World Cup teams play for 3rd place also.  The winning teams of the semi-finals play in the World Cup final (for 1st & 2nd place), the losing teams of the semi-finals play for 3rd place.\n\nFIFA held the 1st World Cup in 1930, and aside from skipping 1942 & 1946 (due to obvious reasons: World War II), has held the tournament every 4 years since then.  There have been 17 previous tournaments.  \n\nWho do I think will win?  That question can hold a few different possible answers.  Brazil holds the record for winning the most world cups with 5 world cups so they are the favorites.  Italy & West Germany (Germany now since reunification in 1990) are tied at 2nd place with 3 world cups each.  Uruguay & Argentina are tied at 3rd place with 2 world cups each.  England & France are tied at 4th with 1 world cup title each.\n\nMy heart lies with team Italy but five-time champions Brazil are the definite favorite - which would be an unbelievable 6th title and would be twice as many as any other team.  Another favorite is Czech Republic based on their #2 World Ranking according to FIFA.  Holland is ranked 3rd, Mexico is ranked 4th and USA is ranked 5th tied with Spain.  But those are just current FIFA World rankings, they can't determine the actual World Cup outcome: How you get to Germany and How you play in Germany are two different things!  Fan favorites and real contenders like Italy, Portugal, England, Germany, Argentina among other teams will obviously leave their respective marks on this tournament.  \n\nGo Italy!  Forza Italia!!!
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Yes, I would like to see the world cup, up close and in person. It would be the best feeling of the world. Because setting in front of the TV, will not give you that same feels.
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i think there is try, its showing all the world cup games, but surely they are coming on ur t.v......which country do u live in
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there can be no event like the world cup, it brings together sport fans and non-sport fans alike. It makes you swell with national pride. It is already one of the most watched sports anyway.\n\nunless world cup flea jumping?
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The FIFA World Cup (often called the Football World Cup or simply the World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer), and the world's most representative team sport event. Organised by Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's governing body, the World Cup is contested by the men's national football teams of FIFA member nations. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930 (except in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II), however it is more of an ongoing event as the qualifying rounds of the competition take place over the three years preceding the final rounds.\n\nThe final tournament phase (often called the "Finals") involves 32 national teams competing over a four-week period in a previously nominated host nation, with these games making it the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world.[1] In the 17 tournaments held, only seven nations have ever won the World Cup Finals. Brazil are the current holders, as well as the most successful World Cup team, having won the tournament five times, while Germany and Italy follow with three titles each. The next football World Cup Finals will be held in Germany between June 9 and July 9, 2006.\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHistory\n\nPrevious international competitions\nThe first international football match was played in 1872 between England and Scotland, although at this stage the sport was rarely played outside Great Britain. As football began to increase in popularity, it was held as a demonstration sport (with no medals awarded) at the 1900, 1904 and 1906 Summer Olympics before football became an official competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Organised by England's Football Association, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition. The England national amateur football team won the event in both 1908 and 1912.\n\nWith the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between amateur teams, Sir Thomas Lipton organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament in Turin in 1909. The competition is often described as The First World Cup,[2] and featured the most prestigious professional club sides from Italy, Germany and Switzerland. The first tournament was won by West Auckland, an amateur side from north-east England that was invited after the Football Association refused to be associated with the competition. West Auckland returned in 1911 to successfully defend their title, and were given the trophy to keep forever, as per the rules of the competition.\n\nIn 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a "world football championship for amateurs"[3], and took responsibility for organising the event. This led the way for the world's first intercontinental football competition, at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Uruguay won the tournament,[4] before winning the gold medal again in 1928, with another South American team, Argentina, taking silver. In 1928 FIFA made the decision to stage their own international tournament. With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions and due to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country.\n\n\nThe first official World Cup\nThe 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, did not plan to include football as part of the programme due to the low popularity of football in the United States. FIFA and the IOC also disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so football was dropped from the Games.[5] FIFA president Jules Rimet thus set about organising the inaugural World Cup tournament to be held in Uruguay in 1930. The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of
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Germany is going to win because this whole world cup is made for a victory of germany. Light balls that suit the german playing style and very slipery fields in which only the german team doesn't fall isn't that weird.
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What does this have to do with the FIFA World Cup?
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I would try to watch the Women's World Cup if I could. Apparently, though, it doesn't even air on our television channels. From the short clips I've seen on the news, though, it looks about the same as the Men's World Cup, only the genders of the players are different, and different teams are the successful ones.
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Football is the most popular sport in the world and played by more than 250 nations. So it is no doubt that World Cup in Germany is most happening thing in the world right now.\nEverybody around the world would be interested to know what is happening there.
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Hi there!\n\nBBC is transmitting since march 2006 a series of documentaries about World Cup Stories. \n\nEach program focuses on one nation's World Cup achievements, contrasting victories and defeats on the field with events and influences off it ( such as war, economic and political instabilities, etc).\n\nSince is World Cup's year, why don't you choose Football, more precisely the World Cup, as a great occasion to be your main theme ?\n\nIf you need inspiration, I suggest you try to watch specially these 2 documentaries ( they are pretty cool ):\n\nBrazil: The Golden Team\nThink of the World Cup and you automatically think of Brazil. \n\nWe tell the story of how, inspired by the incredible talents of two of the greatest footballers of all time, Pele and Garrincha, Brazil put behind it one of the World Cup's greatest upsets to dominate the competition over the last 50 years. \n\n------------------------------------------------------------\n\nArgentina: From Darkness Into The Light\n\nWe see how Argentina emerged from the suffering of military dictatorship and the Falklands War to find a new national self-confidence in the 1980s inspired by the genius of Diego Maradona. \n\nFor more information you can try to access this page:\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4977066.stm\n\nOr just go to bbc.com \n\nI hope this can help you.\n\nGood Luck !\n\nClaire ;P
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Yes! I thinks so too! This is a great sport to get people from all nations together and just celebrate the sport, and for get about conflicts and skin color and religion. If there wouldn't be the Hooligans around everywhere...\nI love to watch it and I wish I could be in Germany right now and be happy with the teams that win and celebrate with the fans!\nWorld peace would be great, I thinks its a temporary peace though...
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It is FIFA World Cup Trophy