The soccer World Cup of 1930 was the first edition of the World Soccer Championship organized by FIFA. It developed in Uruguay between 13 and 30 of July to 1930. The FIFA decided deliver the tournament organization to Uruguay in conmmemoration of the centenary of the constitution’s oath. 

On the tournament participated thirteen national teams (12 guest and Uruguay) divided en 4 groups. 

·       Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgz6qbIpsJc&list=PL2riImDVCPkK4p5r6Fr6oWIYgy4D-QPK5&index=2 

·         Headquarters: 

Rapidly, European countries submitted their candidacy (Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden), together with that of Uruguay, in South America. The president of FIFA in those years, was in favor of the proposal South American. Uruguay would be on the date of the World Cup celebrating the centenary of the Jura of the Constitution (July 18, 1830), had consecutively obtained the gold medal in the Olympic Games of 1924 and 1928, had plans for the construction of a new stadium, and the authorities of the country had offered to pay the expenses of the participants.
 

·         Countries taking part 

All countries affiliated to FIFA were invited to compete, with the deadline for their response on February 28, 1930. The American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and the United States accepted the invitation. From Europe only France, Belgium, Yugoslavia and Romania attended the meeting in Montevideo. 

·     Winner: 

In finally, Uruguay won to Argentina for 4-2, winning his first world title organized by FIFA. 

·         Curiosities: 

 There were only 4 european groups: Belgium, France, Romania and Yugoslavia. 

 Only tournament of the FIFA whithout a knockout phase. 

 England was invted but they rejected the invitation. 

 

Brazil and Checoslovaquia had played against each other during the group stage which ended in a goalless draw. This was the second World Cup final match featuring teams who had already competed against each other during the group stage
 Brazil was champion despite losing his top figure Pele, due to an injury in the second game.

On June 10, 1956, the FIFA congress in Lisboan (Portugal), defined the headquarters of the 1962 World Cup, Argentina and Chile presented themselves as candidates. The FIFA congress voted, and the results were: 32 votes in favor of Chile, while Argentina received 10 votes in favor and 14 countries voted without answer. 

  Countries taking part 

Federal Germany 

Czechoslovakia 

Hungary 

Switzerland 

Austria 

South Korea 

England 

Turkey 

Belgium 

Scotland 

Italy 

Uruguay 

Brazil 

France 

Mexico 

Yugoslavia 
Winner:  Federal Germany
Curiosities:  

The ball used in this cup was made of leather and had the helmets in the form of letter "T" 

The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA world cup, held in nine cities across the United States  from 17 June to 17 July 1994. 

The headquarters were Pasadena, California, Stanford, California, Pontiac, Michigan, East Rutherford, New Jersey, Dallas, Texas, Chicago, Illinois, Orlando, Florida, Foxborough, massachusetts and Washington, DC. 
  

The qualified teams were Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, Mexico, United States, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. 

Brazil won the cup, in the second place was Italy. 
 

The official pet of the World Cup was Striker, the World Cup Pup, a dog wearing a red, white and blue football uniform with a ball. Striker was designed by the Warner Bross animation team.  A dog was picked as the mascot because dogs are a common pet in the United States. 

The official song was Gloryland by Daryl Hall and sounds of blackness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMuLePslBs4

It was the first final where the winner was decided by penalties.
Brazil was the champion and the first country in winning four cups.
 

 

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
Coutries taking part
Federal Germany 
Israel
Peru
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Mexico
England
Brazil
Sweden
Morocco
The Savior
Belgium
Romania
Italy
Czechoslovakia

Winner: Brazil


 

The XIII Soccer World Cup was developed in Mexico, between 31 of May and 29 of June,1986. There were 24 teams that went to the tournament and 52 games, as in the previous World Cup. 
 

·         Countries taking part 

Federal Germany 

Canada 

Hungary 

Mexico 

Algeria 

South Korea 

England 

Paraguay 

Argentina 

Denmark 

Iran 

Poland 

Belgium 

Scotland
Northern Ireland 

Portugal 

Brazil 

Spain 

Italy 

Soviet Union 

Bulgaria 

France 

Morocco 

Uruguay 

The winner was Argentina 
Curiosities:
 

-       The Uruguayan Jose Batista was expelled 56 seconds after the start of the match between his country and Scotland, becoming the fastest player who was expelled in a World Cup. 

·         Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSEp4Bz73WA

Simbol and Pet:

In 1938 the World Cup was played in France. The winner was Italy. this cup was held from the 4th to the 19th of June. The official song was le Monde East sung by Pierre Boulez. At that time, pets still did not exist. The headquaters that were used were: 

 Antibes: Fort Carré Stadium 

Bordeaux: Parc Lescure 

Le Havre: Stade de la Cavée Verte 

Strasbourg: Stadium of the Meinau 

Lille: Victor Boucquey Stadium 

Marseille: Stadium Vélodrome 

Paris: Parc des Princes 

Reims: Municipal Stadium Vélodrome 

Toulouse: Chapou Stadium 

An important curiosity that I found is that in this world cup only 15 countries participated because Austria had been occupied by the Nazis.
The symbol of this world cup was:
 

 

The FIFA World Cup South Korea / Japan 2002 was the 17th edition of the Football World Cup and took place in South Korea and Japan, between May 31 and June 30, 2002. 

The tournament, in which 32 teams participated, had strong contrasts. Some teams considered second and third order in international football achieved excellent results. 
 

·         Countries taking part 

-       Germany 

-       Saudi Arabia 

-       Argentina 

-       Belgium 

-       Brazil 

-       Cameroon 

-       China 

-       South Korea 

-       Costa Rica 

-       Croatia 

-       Denmark 

-       Ecuador 

-       Slovenia 

-       Spain 

-       United States 

-       France 

-       England 

-       Ireland 

-       Italy 

-       Japan 

-       Mexico 

-       Nigeria 

-       Paraguay 

-       Poland 

-       Portugal 

-       Russia 

-       Senegal 

-       South Africa 

-       Sweden 

-       Turkey 

-       Tunis 

-       Uruguay 
The winner was Brazil

·         Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QqjwEReacE 

 

·         Curiosities: 

-       South Korea became the first Asian team to reach the semifinals of a world cup. 

Symbol

Official Song

The official song of the 2010 World Cup was "waka waka". it was performed by Shakira and the band Freshlyground from South Africa, and is sung in both English and Spanish.

Pet

The official mascot for the 2010 World Cup was Zakumi, an anthropomorphised African leopard

with green hair, presented on 22 September 2008.

Curiosities

The false supporters of North Korea who turned out to be a group of Chinese actors, hired by the

sports secretariat of North Korea 

Genoa: Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Cagliari: Stadio Sant’Elia, Udine: Stadio Friuli and Palermo: Stadio La Favorita.

It was played from the 8 June to the 8 July (31 days). The countries that took part in it, were: South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Cameroon, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, England, Italy (hosts), Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, West Germany, Yugoslavia, Costa Rica, United States, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. The cup was won by West Germany and they played, the final, against Argentina at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. 

The link of the official song is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3tf3LE5Xk.

A curiosity can be that many European countries were interested in hosting the 14th World Cup. Austria, England, France, Greece, West Germany, Soviet Union, Italy and Yugoslavia were all interested. However, most of them withdrew their bid before the vote started (we do not know why) and only Italy and the Soviet Union stayed in it.
The pet was:
 

 
The symbol was:

 

 

Place and headquarters: This world cup was in Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, Brasília, Fortaleza, Cuiabá, Manaos, Porto Alegre, Natal, Belo Horizonte and Recife were the cities.

Countries taking part: Brazil, Mexico, Croatia, Cameroon, Netherlands, Chile, Spain, Australia, colombia, greece, ivory coast, japan, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Italy, England, France,Switzerland, Ecuador, Honduras, Argentina, Nigeria, Iran, Bosnia, Germany, Portugal, Ghana, EE.UU, Russia, Algeria ,Belgium and South Korea.

Winner: Germany

Germany became the first European side to win the World Cup on South American soil with a dramatic late goal in a 1-0 victory that prevented Argentina claiming victory in the home of their biggest rivals.

logo:

 

Official Song: We are one

Pet: Fuleco

Curiosities: Argentina returned to play a final after 24 years

Place and headquarters: It was in France. The world cup started in 10 June until 12 July 1998. 
The stadiums were burdeos, parc lescure,  Lens, Stadium Felix Bollaert,  Lyon, Stade Garland, Marsella,Stade Velodrome, Montpellier, Stade de la mosson, Nantes, Stade de la beaujoire, París, Parque de los príncipes, Saint denis, Stade de france, Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse,  Saint Ettiene,Stade geoffroy-guichard

Time: 1998

Countries taking part:  Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Bulgaria, Colombia, South Korea, Croatia, Denmark, Scotland, Spain, EE.UU, France, England, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Netherlands, Paraguay,Yugoslavia, Romania, South Africa and Tunisia

curiosities:over the ensuing decades, the World Cup expanded and grew in importance, prestige and popularity, so much so that the 1998 competition in France with its worldwide television audience in the hundreds of millions, like the little resemblance to the humble 1938 tournament. that happened on france for the first time.
Winner: France

Symbol

Official Song: The cup of life

The name of the pet is Footix

The 1950´s world cup was played in Brazil  and the headquaters were in Porto Alegre (stadium Eucaliptos), Curtibia (stadium Durival de Britto e Silva) , Belo Horizonte (stadium Independencia), Sao paulo (stadium do Pacembú), Recife (stadium Llha do Retiro) ,Rio de janeiro (stadium Maracana) 

 The world cup started on 24 of June and it finished on 16 of July

In this world cup the countries that took part were: Brazil, Mexico, Yugoslavia and  Switzerland (group 1),  Spain, England,  Chile and  United States (group 2)  Sweden, Italy, and Paraguay (group 3), and Bolivia and Uruguay (group 4)

 The champion was Uruguay, who had won the 1930´s world cup,  They won the cup by beating the hosts Brazil 2–1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group. This was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final. 

Symbol:

In 1950 there weren’t a pet and official song.

Place and headquaters: This world cup was in England. The places were  the Old Trafford, the Wembley Stadium,  the Ayresome Park,  the Goodison Park, the Hillsborough Stadium, the White City Stadium, the Villa Park and the Roker Park   

  
Time: from 11 to 30 July. It started 11 of june until 30 july.

Countries taking part:
 From South America were: Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
from europe: england, germany, hungary and soviet union
from Latin America: Spain, France, Italy and Portugal
from the rest of the world: Bulgaria, North Korea, Mexico and Switzerland

Winner: The champion of this cup was England. 

It was the first European Championship to feature 16 finalists, following UEFA's decision to expand the tournament from eight teams. Germany won the tournament, beating the Czech Republic 2–1 in the final with a golden goal during extra time; this was the first old competition to be decided using this way. This was also Germany's first old title won as a nation.

Symbol:

Official Song: World Cup Willie

Pet:

Curiosities: Was the first world cup with a mascot.

Place and headquaters: This world cup was on Spain. The places of the matches were:  

Camp Nou

Santiago Bernabéu 

Martínez Valero 

Luis Casanova 

San Mamés 

El Molinón

La Romareda 

Balaídos 

José Zorrilla 

José Rico Pérez 

Carlos Tartiere 
Vicente Calderón

La Rosaleda 

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

Sarriá 

Benito Villamarín 

Riazor 

Time: This world cup started on 13 June and finish on 11 July 1982

Countries taking part: Spain,  Argentina ,Belgium ,Cameroon, Italy, Peru, Poland,West Germany, Algeria , Austria, Chile,El Salvador, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, France, England, Yugoslavia,Brazil ,Scotland, Kuwait, Honduras ,Northern Island,New Zealand and Soviet Union.

Winner: Italy was the champion when defeated 3-1 to Germany.

Logo:

Official Song:“El Mundial” was the song of this world cup.
Pet: The name is Naranjito.

Curiosities: 
Hungary defeated El Salvador by 10 to 1. It was amazing.

The world cup was from the 8 of June to 28 of June. The countries that took part were  Argentina, Brazil, Czcehoslovakia, England, France, Hungary, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Scotland, Sweden, Sovietic Union, Wales, West Germany, Yugoslavia. The winner was Brazil that had the best player of that moment, Pelé. You can listen to the official son in here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0tjqbaYBDA. 
Some curiosities are: 
Mexico stayed outside scoring only one goal.
Just Fontaine became the top scorer in the history of the World Cup, to score thirteen goals, a spectacule figure who was
fifty years without being overcome.

It was played from 27 May to 10 June (15 days). The countries, which took part in it, were: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy (hosts), Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United States. The won of the cup was Italy against Czechoslovakia at the Stadio Nazionale PNF in Rome. 

A curiosity can be that it was incredible that the Italians, being hosts of the tournament, participated in the qualifiers. It was the first and last time in the history of the World Cup that the host country had to go to the qualifiers to participate in the championship.

There was not an official song of the world cup but here it is a graphic composition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m0x8-k7MuA
The symbol was: