The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. In the tournament phase, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month. So far, South Africa (2010) has been the only host nation to fail to advance beyond the first round.[72]. The South Africa-based television channels aired an additional 871 hours in South Africa and 519 hours in Nigeria. By comparison, the 2003 Germany-Sweden final had 1.2 million on ABC and the 2007 Germany-Brazil final just 664,000 on ESPN2. Since 1994, three points have been awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss (before, winners received two points). Californians gave Trump $61 million. The quarter-final between the USA and France drew a record audience of 6.1m in the US, according to Fifa. The U-20 tournament serves as a dress rehearsal for the larger competition. World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot. The US has dominated the tournament in terms of records smashed. Advertisement The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet. The decision to hold the second of these in France was disputed, as the South American countries understood that the location would alternate between the two continents. Driver plows through Breonna Taylor protest in Hollywood, hitting at least one person. We’ve missed a lot being cooped up. Arrests of over a dozen FIFA officials were made since that time, particularly on 29 May and 3 December. They are also seeking back pay and damages. They are awarded a gold-plated replica rather than the solid gold original immediately afterwards. Interestingly, this year's men's Wimbledon final will likely overlap with the World Cup final for the first time. Sunday’s World Cup final audience of 15.6 million viewers was also larger than four of the six 2019 NBA Finals contests between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors. Quite apart from the momentum the sport is already gaining, many of this year's games have been highly entertaining and have sparked widespread debate on social media. In 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a "world football championship for amateurs", and took responsibility for managing the event. In 2014 Germany's national team received $35 million from FIFA in exchange for winning the World Cup in 2014. The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup is estimated to be 26.29 billion. [42], FIFA also organises international tournaments for youth football (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup), club football (FIFA Club World Cup), and football variants such as futsal (FIFA Futsal World Cup) and beach soccer (FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup). [61], Early World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress.