The FIFA World Cup was first held in Uruguay in 1930. It was held after FIFA decided to stage an international amateur tournament outside of the Olympics. The 1932 Olympics held in Los Angeles did not choose to have soccer as part of the events because of its low popularity in the United States. Uruguay won the first World Cup.

Ever since, the World Cup has been held every four years in different host countries each time. Except for the 1942 and 1946 World Cups that were cancelled due to World War II. Italy hosted the second Cup and also hosted in 1990. Italy won the World Cup championship in 1934 when they hosted and also won in 2006 when it was hosted by Germany. The host country changes for each world cup. The United States hosted the World Cup in 1994.

Brazil has won the most World Cups with 5 World Cup championships. The next most is the 4 World Cup championships that have been won by Italy. England is widely known as a team that is known to choke in the World Cup as they often have one of the most talented teams but only won the Cup in 1966 when they were the host country.