READING
Reading Comprehension -World Cup Tournaments
Develop your reading skills. Study the following table about previous world cup tournaments and do the comprehension questions
The World Cup
The World Cup, is an international association football competition organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of World War II.
Previous World Cup tournaments
Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
1930 |
Uruguay | Uruguay | 4–2 | Argentina | United States | Note1 | Yugoslavia | ||
1934 |
Italy | Italy | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
Czechoslovakia | Germany | 3–2 | Austria | ||
1938 |
France | Italy | 4–2 | Hungary | Brazil | 4–2 | Sweden | ||
1950 |
Brazil | Uruguay | [note 2] | Brazil | Sweden | Note2 | Spain | ||
1954 |
Switzerland | West Germany | 3–2 | Hungary | Austria | 3–1 | Uruguay | ||
1958 |
Sweden | Brazil | 5–2 | Sweden | France | 6–3 | West Germany | ||
1962 |
Chile | Brazil | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia | Chile | 1–0 | Yugoslavia | ||
1966 |
England | England | 4–2 (a.e.t.) |
West Germany | Portugal | 2–1 | Soviet Union | ||
1970 |
Mexico | Brazil | 4–1 | Italy | West Germany | 1–0 | Uruguay | ||
1974 |
West Germany | West Germany | 2–1 | Netherlands | Poland | 1–0 | Brazil | ||
1978 |
Argentina | Argentina | 3–1 (a.e.t.) |
Netherlands | Brazil | 2–1 | Italy | ||
1982 |
Spain | Italy | 3–1 | West Germany | Poland | 3–2 | France | ||
1986 |
Mexico | Argentina | 3–2 | West Germany | France | 4–2 (a.e.t.) |
Belgium | ||
1990 |
Italy | West Germany | 1–0 | Argentina | Italy | 2–1 | England | ||
1994 |
United States | Brazil | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 pens.) |
Italy | Sweden | 4–0 | Bulgaria | ||
1998 |
France | France | 3–0 | Brazil | Croatia | 2–1 | Netherlands | ||
2002 |
Korea Republic & Japan |
Brazil | 2–0 | Germany | Turkey | 3–2 | Korea Republic | ||
2006 |
Germany | Italy | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 pens.) |
France | Germany | 3–1 | Portugal | ||
2010 |
South Africa | Spain | 1–0 |
Netherlands | Germany | 3–2 | Uruguay |
a.e.t = after extra time
pens. = after penalty shoot-out
Note 1
There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. FIFA now recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the tournament
Note 2
There was no official World Cup final match in 1950. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain). However, Uruguay's 2–1 victory over Brazil was the decisive match (and also coincidentally one of the last two matches of the tournament) which put them ahead on points and ensured that they finished top of the group as world champions. Therefore, this match is often considered the final of the 1950 World Cup. Likewise, Sweden's 3–1 victory over Spain (played at the same time as Uruguay vs Brazil) ensured that they finished third.
Source: Wikipedia
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