world cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international  association football  competition.The championship has been awarded every four years, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War .The current champions are Spain, who won the 2010 tournament.The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month  this phase is often called the World Cup Finals .