Argentina at the FIFA World Cup
- Argentina at the FIFA World Cup
This is a record of Argentina's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of "Fédération Internationale de Football Association" (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the "World Cup Finals"). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[ [http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage] (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.] ]Argentina is one of the most successful national football teams in the world, and currently #1 in FIFA ranking, having won 2 World Cups in 1978 and 1986. Argentina has been runners up twice in both the 1930 World Cup and 1990 World Cup. Argentina has also won the Copa América a record 14 times, tied with Uruguay. Moreover, Argentina has also won the Confederations Cup and the gold medal at the Olympic football tournament in 2004 and 2008. Prior to that occasion Argentina had obtained two silver medals in the 1928 and 1996 editions. On other levels of international competition Argentina has won the FIFA U-20 World Cup a record six times. The FIFA U-17 World Cup is the only FIFA international competition yet to be obtained.
Records
:"*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks." :"**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil."
References
External links
* [http://www.afa.org.ar/ Official website, at the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino's website]
* [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/ FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002]
* [http://www.fifa.com/index.html?language=en FIFA official site]
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