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Soccer Cup

A soccer cup is an association football tournament which leads up to a team being awarded a cup-shaped trophy. These competitions exist on both domestic and international levels. The most well-known of these is the FIFA World Cup.

Since 1930, the awarding of this soccer cup has been set to occur every four years. The only missed years were 1942 and 1946 due to World War II. In between each final tournament exists a qualification phase. The World Cup Finals is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world.

There have been two trophies for the World soccer cup. The first is the Jules Rimmet Trophy, awarded from 1930 to 1970. In 1970, Brazil was able to win it permanently after becoming three-time champions (though it was stolen in 1983.) From 1974 through the present, the FIFA World Cup Trophy has been used.

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