World Cup (Iearth)
 The World Cup logo | |
| First event | April 5th, 1972 |
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| Occur every | Annual |
| Headquarters | Cardiff, Cadair |
The Iearth World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams the World, currently often dictated by the World Cup Organization headquarted in Cardiff, Cadair, as a function of the Coalition of Crown Albatross. The championship has been awarded every year since the inaugural tournament in 1972. The current champion is Durnstaal, who won the 2021 Sulifa World Cup against Zamastan in Sulifa. Prior to that, the winner was Cadair, who won the 2020 Heimdahl'ia World Cup in Heimdahl'ia, Gladysynthia.
The 48 tournaments have been won by a total of 25 teams. Zamastan has won six times, and they have played in all but two tournaments. The other winners include Vitosium and Cadair with four title wins each, and Quetana and Durnstaal with three title wins. Versenia, Ruskayn, New Elkland, Lutharia, Drambenburg, East Chanchajilla, and Jyau all have two title wins. Alcarres, Andaluni, Avergnon, Beleroskov, Caspiaa, Constantio, Elbresia, Gladysynthia, Syraranto, Tinten, Versenia, Vuswistan, and Saint Offeat all have one title. The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games. The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2009 Providence World Cup was estimated to be 28.29 billion with an estimated 832.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet.
The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three months, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. 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.
History
Structure
Four confederations and 14 regional federations
Besides its worldwide institutions, there are four confederations recognized by the World Cup Organization which oversee the game in the different continents and regions of the world. National associations, and not the continental confederations, are also members of the World Cup Organization. The continental confederations are provided for in WCO's statutes, and membership of a confederation is a prerequisite to WCO membership.
- Adula Football Confederation (AFC)
- East Adula Football Federation (EAFF)
- Central Adula Football Federation (CAFF)
- West Adula Football Federation (WAFF)
- Southeast Adula Football Federation (SEAFF)
- Southwest Adula Football Federation (SWAFF)
