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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Morey, Allan, author.

Title: The World Cup / by Allan Morey.

Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bellwether Media, Inc., 2019. | Series:

Torque: Sports Championships | Includes bibliographical references and

index. | Audience: Ages: 7-12. | Audience: Grades: 3 through 7.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018001811 (print) | LCCN 2018003384 (ebook) |

ISBN 9781626178670 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781618914873

(paperback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781648343414 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: World Cup (Soccer)--History--Juvenile literature. |

Soccer--History--Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC GV943.49 (ebook) | LCC GV943.49 .M676 2019 (print) |

DDC 796.334/668--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018001811

Text copyright 2019 by Bellwether Media, Inc. TORQUE and associated

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Hat Trick! 4

What Is the World Cup? 6

History of the World Cup 10

Road to the World Cup 14

Superfans 20

Glossary 22

To Learn More 23

Index 24

Hat Trick! 4

What Is the World Cup? 6

History of the World Cup 10

Road to the World Cup 14

Superfans 20

Glossary 22

To Learn More 23

Index 24

It is the summer of 2015 . The United

States Womens National Team faces

Japan in the World Cup nal match .

CARLI LLOYD

The U.S. starts off strong . Carli Lloyd

knocks in a corner kick from Megan

Rapinoe . Lloyd scores again minutes later .

Then , she scores an incredible goal from

mideld ! It is a hat trick ! The U.S . wins

. They are World Cup champs !

The World Cup is a championship

soccer tournament . The International

Federation of Football Association (FIFA )

organizes this tournament .

More than teams are members

of FIFA . Teams from member countries

compete to qualify for the World Cup

tournament . The winner of the World Cup

receives the FIFA World Cup Trophy .

ALL ABOUT THE RULES

FIFA was founded in 1904 . The organization

established a common set of rules so teams

around the world could play each other .

WOMEN'S FIFA

WORLD CUP

TROPHY

The World Cup is one of the worlds

largest sporting events . More than billion

people tune in to watch the excitement!

ALL IN A NAME

Outside the United States , people

give soccer another name . They

call it football because players use

their feet to move the ball around .

There is a mens and womens World Cup .

These tournaments take place every four

years . The womens tournament is played the

year after the mens . Different countries host

the World Cup .

In the early 1900s , soccer became an

Olympic sport . This helped it become more

popular . It also led FIFA to plan a world

championship tournament.

1924 OLYMPIC

MATCH

TEAM SPORT

Soccer was one

of the first team

sports to be part

of the Olympics.

1924 OLYMPIC

MATCH

The rst mens World Cup tournament

was held in 1930 . There were only

teams . Uruguays national team beat

Argentina in the nal match .

The U.S. nished third .

1930 WORLD CUP

TOURNAMENT

1930 WORLD CUP

TOURNAMENT

The World Cups popularity has continued

to grow since 1930 . In 1982 , teams

played in the tournament . FIFA has since

increased the number of teams to .

In 1991 , FIFA organized the rst womens

World Cup tournament . The U.S. National

Team beat Norway in the nal match.

1991

WOMEN'S WORLD

CUP TOURNAMENT

BRAZIL

1958, 1962, 1970,

1994, 2002

WORLD CUP MVP

Pel is the only

mens player to win

three World Cups.

UNITED STATES

1991, 1999, 2015

WORLD CUP MVP

Mia Hamm helped the

U.S. National Team

win two World Cups.

She was also FIFAs

World Player of the Year

in 2001 and 2002.

(MEN)

(WOMEN)

PELEPELE

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