FIFA World Cup hosts
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fifa-world-cup-hosts-188-19134674
title:
FIFA World Cup hosts
text:
Eighteen countries have been FIFA World Cup hosts in the competition's twenty-two tournaments since the inaugural World Cup in 1930. The organization at first awarded hosting to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The choice of location was controversial in the earliest tournaments, given the three-week boat journey between South America and Europe, the two centers of strength in football at the time. The decision to hold the first cup in Uruguay, for example, led to only four European nat
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encyclopedia
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Countries that hosted the FIFA World Cup
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts
date created:
2006-04-14T05:59:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T02:08:58Z
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13
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