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No other sporting event captures the world’s imagination like the FIFA World Cup. Ever since the first tentative(尝试的) competition in Uruguay(乌拉圭) in 1930, FIFA’s flagship has constantly grown in popularity and prestige(声望).
A group of visionary(有梦想的) French football administrators, led in the 1920s by the innovative Jules Rimet(朱尔斯·雷米特), are credited with the original idea of bringing the world’s strongest national football teams together to compete for the title of World Champions. The original gold trophy(金杯) bore(刻) Jules Rimet’s name and was contested three times in the 1930s, before the Second World War put a 12-year stop to the competition.
When it resumed, the FIFA World Cup rapidly advanced to its undisputed(无可争议的) status as the greatest single sporting event of the modern world. Held since 1958 alternately(轮流) in Europe and the Americas, the World Cup broke new ground with the Executive Committee’s decision in May 1996 to select Korea(韩国) and Japan as co-hosts for the 2002 edition.
Since 1930, the 17 tournaments have seen only seven different winners. However, the FIFA World Cup has also been punctuated by dramatic(戏剧性的) upsets that have helped create footballing history—the United States defeating England in 1950, North Korea’s defeat of Italy in 1966, Cameroon’s emergence in the 1980s and their opening match defeat of the Argentinean cup-holders in 1990.
Today, the FIFA World Cup holds the entire global public under its spell. An accumulated audience of over 37 billion people watched the France 98 tournament, including approximately(大约) 1.3 billion for the final alone, while over 2.7 million people flocked to watch the 64 matches in the French stadia.
After all these years and so many changes, however, the main focus of the FIFA World Cup remains the same—the glistening golden trophy, which is the embodiment of every footballer’s ambition.
没有一项体育赛事像国际足联世界杯那样令全世界的人着迷｡自从1930年乌拉圭首届尝试性的竞赛以来,国际足联的知名度与声望与日俱增｡
19世纪20年代在朱尔斯·雷米特的带领下,一批有梦想的法国足球官员提出让世界上最强的国家足球队一起争夺世界冠军的创新主意｡原金杯上刻有朱尔斯·雷米特的名字,并在20世纪30年代举行了三次比赛｡随后第二次世界大战使世界杯整整停赛12年｡
世界杯赛恢复后,迅速提高到无可争议的作为当今世界最大的体育单项赛事的地位｡自1958年以来世界杯一直在欧洲和美洲轮流举行,1996年5月足联执委会破天荒地决定挑选韩国和日本共同主办2002年世界杯赛｡
1930年以来,17届锦标赛仅出现了七个冠军队｡不过,世界杯足球赛也不时地被一些戏剧性的意外失败而增加了魅力,正是它们成就了足球的历史——1950年美国队击败英格兰队,朝鲜队于1966年击败意大利队,喀麦隆队在20世纪80年代的出现以及他们在1990年开幕赛中击败金杯持有者阿根廷队｡
今天全球的公众都被世界杯足球赛所迷住｡累计超过370亿的观众观看了1998年法国世界杯锦标赛,其中包括只观看决赛的大约有13亿人,而超过270万人前往法国各体育场馆观看64场的比赛｡
尽管经过这么多年的变化,但世界杯足球赛的主要焦点仍然未变——(夺得)闪光的金杯,这是每一个足球队员抱负的体现｡
A group of visionary(有梦想的) French football administrators, led in the 1920s by the innovative Jules Rimet(朱尔斯·雷米特), are credited with the original idea of bringing the world’s strongest national football teams together to compete for the title of World Champions. The original gold trophy(金杯) bore(刻) Jules Rimet’s name and was contested three times in the 1930s, before the Second World War put a 12-year stop to the competition.
When it resumed, the FIFA World Cup rapidly advanced to its undisputed(无可争议的) status as the greatest single sporting event of the modern world. Held since 1958 alternately(轮流) in Europe and the Americas, the World Cup broke new ground with the Executive Committee’s decision in May 1996 to select Korea(韩国) and Japan as co-hosts for the 2002 edition.
Since 1930, the 17 tournaments have seen only seven different winners. However, the FIFA World Cup has also been punctuated by dramatic(戏剧性的) upsets that have helped create footballing history—the United States defeating England in 1950, North Korea’s defeat of Italy in 1966, Cameroon’s emergence in the 1980s and their opening match defeat of the Argentinean cup-holders in 1990.
Today, the FIFA World Cup holds the entire global public under its spell. An accumulated audience of over 37 billion people watched the France 98 tournament, including approximately(大约) 1.3 billion for the final alone, while over 2.7 million people flocked to watch the 64 matches in the French stadia.
After all these years and so many changes, however, the main focus of the FIFA World Cup remains the same—the glistening golden trophy, which is the embodiment of every footballer’s ambition.
没有一项体育赛事像国际足联世界杯那样令全世界的人着迷｡自从1930年乌拉圭首届尝试性的竞赛以来,国际足联的知名度与声望与日俱增｡
19世纪20年代在朱尔斯·雷米特的带领下,一批有梦想的法国足球官员提出让世界上最强的国家足球队一起争夺世界冠军的创新主意｡原金杯上刻有朱尔斯·雷米特的名字,并在20世纪30年代举行了三次比赛｡随后第二次世界大战使世界杯整整停赛12年｡
世界杯赛恢复后,迅速提高到无可争议的作为当今世界最大的体育单项赛事的地位｡自1958年以来世界杯一直在欧洲和美洲轮流举行,1996年5月足联执委会破天荒地决定挑选韩国和日本共同主办2002年世界杯赛｡
1930年以来,17届锦标赛仅出现了七个冠军队｡不过,世界杯足球赛也不时地被一些戏剧性的意外失败而增加了魅力,正是它们成就了足球的历史——1950年美国队击败英格兰队,朝鲜队于1966年击败意大利队,喀麦隆队在20世纪80年代的出现以及他们在1990年开幕赛中击败金杯持有者阿根廷队｡
今天全球的公众都被世界杯足球赛所迷住｡累计超过370亿的观众观看了1998年法国世界杯锦标赛,其中包括只观看决赛的大约有13亿人,而超过270万人前往法国各体育场馆观看64场的比赛｡
尽管经过这么多年的变化,但世界杯足球赛的主要焦点仍然未变——(夺得)闪光的金杯,这是每一个足球队员抱负的体现｡