The FIFA World Cup, sometimes, the football World Cup and the FIFA World Cup, but as a general rule, as the World Cup is an international soccer by men of the national team football member countries of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World, sports Body of the global society. The control has been published every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except for 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament for the final phase, the frequency of World Cup finals, is the most widely viewed sporting events in the world, with an estimate of 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. The current format of the final thirty-two teams with competition for places of the Nation host (or countries) over a period of approximately one month. To determine preliminary participating teams are held on the last three years prior to the final.

During the eighteen tournaments, only seven countries have won the title. Brazil is the most successful World Cup team, won the competition five times. The current state of the world, Italy, follows with four titles, while Germany holds three. The others are former champions Uruguay (who won the tournament), and Argentina with two titles, and in England and France, with a single stock.

The recent World Cup Final took place between June 9 and July 9, 2006 in Germany, where Italy was crowned world champion after the victory against France in the final, and won the penalty shoot-out 5-3 after the match ended 1-1 after extra time. Germany ranked third after the victory against Portugal 3-1. The next World Cup finals will be held in 2010 in South Africa and the 2014 finals will be held in Brazil.

Since 1991, FIFA has also hosted the FIFA Women's World Cup every four years.