GrayFox 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) The History of the World Cups Trying and Trying... In 1905, Robert Gu?rin (French) and C. A. W. Hirschmann (Dutch) - The first president and general secretary of the FIFA (F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association) - presented the rules for a championship with the participation of 13 european teams divided in 4 groups, and the host nation was going to be Switzerland. But the proyect fails because the countries didn't support the idea. In 1908, the Football (soccer) was added in the Olimpic Games (London). In 1914, Jules Rimet and Henri Delaunay (both French) expresed the possibily that the FIFA make the Championship, but the lack of support won again, and with the First World War all the possibilities disappear. But 6 years later the Olimpic Games were celebrated again (Belguim) with the football, and again, demostrated it's Popularity. But the big explotion occur in the Olimpic Games in 1924 (Paris), with the presence of the Uruguay Team, that won the gold medal. The final was in Switzerland, more than 50.000 spectators went to the final. The World Cup START! In 1926 Jules Rimet - President of the FIFA in that time - studied the possible presentation of a World Cup. Two years later a congress was made in Barcelona (Spain), for the final veredict. Uruguay was selectect like the host nation because it had won 2 times Gold Medals in the Olimpic Games. -------- To be Continue ---------- Edited August 14, 2006 by BuffaloHELP (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
