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The World Cup is the largest sports event outside the summer Olympics The progress of the 32 countries which qualify for the finals is watched by billions all over the globe. Since the very first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, there have been 18 finals, held every four years (with a 12-year break over the World War II period). The World Cup in South Africa will be the 19th. Brian Glanville, the distinguished journalist and World Cup historian, has written a fascinating history of the event. Here are the men who played, the goals they scored, the triumphs, the failures, the sho. Album Tracks 1. Introduction - Bob Wilson 2. Sir Bobby Charlton - the Significance of the World Cup for the Player 3. A World Cup for Football - the Concept 4. 1930 Uruguay 5. Semi-Finals Argentina V USA; Uruguay V Yugoslavia 6. 1934 Italy 7. The Tournament Was Played on a Straight Knock-Out Basis 8. The Final Italy V Czechoslovakia 9. 1938 France 10. The Semi-Finals Hungary V Sweden; Italy V Brazil 11. The Final Italy V Hungary 12. 1950 Brazil 13. The Final Pool Uruguay, Brazil, Spain, Sweden 14. The Final Brazil V Uruguay 15. 1954 Switzerland 16. The Quarter-Finals 17. The Semi-Finals Hungary V Uruguay; West Germany V Austria 18. The Final West Germany V Hungary 19. 1958 Sweden 20. The Quarter-Finals 21. The Semi-Finals Sweden V West Germany; Brazil V France 22. The Final Sweden V Brazil 1. 1962 Chile 2. The Quarter-Finals 3. The Semi-Finals Brazil V Chile; Czechoslovakia V Yugoslavia 4. The Final Brazil V Czechoslovakia 5. 1966 England 6. The Quarter-Finals 7. The Semi-Finals England V Portugal; West Germany V Soviet Union 8. The Final England V Germany 9. 1970 Mexico 10. The Quarter-Finals 11. The Semi-Finals Italy V West Germany; Brazil V Uruguay 12. The Final Brazil V Italy 13. 1974 West Germany 14.
