Futsal Mundial

UEFA Champions League Winners Winners of the UEFA Champions League are provided in the table. UEFA Champions League* season winner (country) runner-up (country) score...Continue reading

FIFA Women’s World Cup Winners Winners of the FIFA women’s World Cup are provided in the table. FIFA World Cupwomen... year result *Won on penalty kicks. 1991 United States 2 Norway 1 1995 Norway 2 Germany 0 1999 United States* 0 China 0 2003 Germany 2 Sweden 1 2007 Germany 2 Brazil 0 2011 Japan* 2 United States 2 2015 United States 5 Japan 2 2019 United States 2 Netherlands 0 *Won on penalty kicks.

FIFA Men’s World Cup Winners Winners of the FIFA men’s World Cup are provided in the table. FIFA World Cupmen... year result *Won after extra time (AET). **Won on penalty kicks. 1930 Uruguay 4 Argentina 2 1934 Italy* 2 Czechoslovakia 1 1938 Italy 4 Hungary 2 1950 Uruguay 2 Brazil 1 1954 West Germany 3 Hungary 2 1958 Brazil 5 Sweden 2 1962 Brazil 3 Czechoslovakia 1 1966 England* 4 West Germany 2 1970 Brazil 4 Italy 1 1974 West Germany 2 Netherlands 1 1978 Argentina* 3 Netherlands 1 1982 Italy 3 West Germany 1 1986 Argentina 3 West Germany 2 1990 West Germany 1 Argentina 0 1994 Brazil** 0 Italy 0 1998 France 3 Brazil 0 2002 Brazil 2 Germany 0 2006 Italy** 1 France 1 2010 Spain* 1 Netherlands 0 2014 Germany* 1 Argentina 0 2018 France 4 Croatia 2 *Won after extra time (AET). **Won on penalty kicks.

Strategy and tactics Use of the feet and (to a lesser extent) the legs to control and pass the ball is football’s most basic skill. Heading the ball is particularly prominent when receiving long aerial passes. Since the game’s origins, players have displayed their individual skills by going on solo runs or dribbling the ball past outwitted opponents. But football is essentially a team game based on passing between team members. The basic playing styles and ski...Continue reading

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There were few major alterations to football’s laws through the 20th century. Indeed, until the changes of the 1990s, the most significant amendment to the rules came in 1925, when the offside rule was rewritten. Previously, an attacking player (i.e., one in the opponent’s half of the playing field) was offside if, when the ball was played to him, fewer than three opposing players were between him and the goal. The rule change, wh...ich reduced the required number of intervening players to two, was effective in promoting more goals. In response, new defensive tactics and team formations emerged. Player substitutions were introduced in 1965; teams have been allowed to field three substitutes since 1995. More recent rule changes have helped increase the tempo, attacking incidents, and amount of effective play in games. The pass-back rule now prohibits goalkeepers from handling the ball after it is kicked to them by a teammate. Professional fouls, which are deliberately committed to prevent opponents from scoring, are punished by red cards, as is tackling (taking the ball away from a player by kicking or stopping it with one’s feet) from behind. Players are cautioned for diving (feigning being fouled) to win free kicks or penalties. Time wasting has been addressed by forcing goalkeepers to clear the ball from hand within six seconds and by having injured players removed by stretcher from the pitch. Finally, the offside rule was adjusted to allow attackers who are level with the penultimate defender to be onside. Interpretation of football’s rules is influenced heavily by cultural and tournament contexts. Lifting one’s feet over waist level to play the ball is less likely to be penalized as dangerous play in Britain than in southern Europe. The British game can be similarly lenient in punishing the tackle from behind, in contrast to the trend in recent World Cup matches. FIFA insists that the referee’s decision is final, and it is reluctant to break the flow of games to allow for video assessment on marginal decisions. However, the most significant future amendments or reinterpretations of football’s rules may deploy more efficient technology to assist match officials. Post-match video evidence is used now by football’s disciplinary committees, particularly to adjudicate violent play or to evaluate performances by match officials.