World Cup 2010 will be a ball! Each year the teams compete best footballers from around the world in the biggest sporting event in the world. This year the tournament will be held in South Africa, from June 11 to July 11. Here are some interesting facts are found on the tournament this year and yesterday:
1st 2010 World Cup mascot Zakumi, the official is appointed.
Humanized Zakumi is a leopard with green hair. The name is an acronym for International in South Africa (ZA) and the word "blend" Kumi ". In several African languages, the word "Kumi" in English, translated by ten. The colors of the mascot, yellow and green, are also in the center of the South African flag. Zakumi is the anniversary of the Red Letter to South Africa Youth Day. In addition, birth date Zakumi (1994) South Africa's first national elections means that were non-racist.
2nd Only two World Cups have outside America and Europe.
The exceptions were in 2002 (Korea / Japan) and 2010 (South Africa).
3rd Europe and South America dominated the race.
In fact, European countries have won the tournament nine times, while the South American countries have won a total of nine times. It is interesting that a European country has ever become a champion of the World Cup played in an outside Europe. If you have lived your whole life under a rock, you probably know that Brazil is one of the giants of football in the world. It is therefore not surprising that the country has a total of five World Cup championships won. But Italy is close behind with four championships of his own. Germany (West) is as follows, with a total of three World Cup titles. Meanwhile, both Uruguay and Argentina have a couple championships. And finally, England and France have each won the tournament once.
4th The younger players and have 17 and 42 respectively so old.
The youngest World Cup player was Norman Whiteside (Ireland), only 17 years/41 days when he played in 1982. Meanwhile, Roger Milla (Cameroon) 42 years/39 days when he was brought in 1994.
5th The summit of all time World Cup top scorer was French.
In 1958, Just Fontaine of France is a huge 13 points marked during the tournament, averaging just over two points per game. The second highest goalscorer of all times, Sandor Kocsis Hungary. Hungry for goals, in 1954, he scored 11 points total during the tournament in five games. And the third best scorer of all time high Gerd Muller was the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1970, he scored 10 points in six games.
6th Two players in four consecutive finals in the World Cup made.
Interestingly, both players scored during the same World Cup. Pele (Brazil) and Uwe Seeler (Germany) both reached the final of the 1958, 1962, 1966 to 1970.
As always the tournament in 2010 will be an exciting event. Besides observing the exciting action on the football field to see an eye to the record books when records are broken.
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