FIFA Full Meaning

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (also known as the WorldCup full form in French) was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among different countries in the field of football. It was in the year 1930 when the first FIFA Men’s World Cup was conducted.

Many of us might be unfamiliar with the full form of FIFA World Cup and can also miss out on some of the important facts about FIFA. In English, the long form of FIFA is the International Federation of Association Football which is an international governing body that governs, manages and promotes the association of football, futsal and beach soccer. FIFA is also responsible for conducting all the major football tournaments i.e., Football World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup. 

FIFA also has its independent Ethics Committee to investigate possible infringements of the FIFA Code of Ethics. In 2012, this committee was divided into two separate chambers - the investigatory chamber and the adjudicatory chamber. The FIFA Code of Ethics aims in providing the basis for all of the proceedings and decisions of the Ethics Committee.

On this page, we have provided information on FIFA full meaning, FIFA full form and a list of all the winners of the FIFA World Cup to date. 

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Highlights of FIFA World Cup

International Federation of Association Football (FIFA full form) was founded on 21 May in the year 1904. Its motto was “For the game. For the world”. FIFA was the only international governing body which was responsible for organising football tournaments. It had seven founding members at the beginning. These founding members were Belgium, France, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Switzerland. The main goal of FIFA is the constant improvement of football. At present, Gianni Infantino is the president of the International Federation of Association Football.

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, FIFA Has 211 National Associations And Six Confederations. These Confederations Are as Follows:

• Asian Football Confederation

• Confederation of African Football

• Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football

• South American Football Association

• Oceania Football Confederation

• Union of European Football Associations

List of FIFA World Cup Winners (Men and Women)

International Federation of Association Football which is the full form of FIFA World Cup is an International Association Football competition which is conducted every four years to contest football championships worldwide. Given below are the list of winners starting from the year 1930 till 2019.

FIFA World Cup Facts

• Brazil is the only country to date to win the most number FIFA World Cup Men’s titles. As per the records, the country has won FIFA Men’s World Cup 5 times.

• The United States leads has won the most number of matches with 4 titles in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. 

• Uruguay was the first country to win FIFA World Cup Men’s tournament against Argentina in the year 1930. While the United States won the First FIFA World Cup Women’s tournament against Norway in 1991.

• China was the first country to host FIFA World Cup for the women’s category in Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou. While the First FIFA Men’s World Cup was hosted by Uruguay.

• The latest FIFA World Cup was hosted by France in Park Olympique Lyonnais Stadium in 2019.

• To date, 17 countries have hosted the FIFA Men’s World Cup since 1930 and 6 countries have hosted the FIFA Women’s World Cup since 1991.