World Cup Fever!

Dear Mummy, everywhere I look there are people donning flags and talking about the World Cup! Excitement is building for the most talked about global competition. We tuned in on the opening ceremony to watch Robbie Williams sing his heart out before the first game of the tournament between Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Fifa World Cup 2018 Trophy

The World Cup trophy went missing for 7 days in 1966, when it was stolen just prior to the tournament…

We’ve unashamedly jumped on the World Cup bandwagon and this is the first time I’ve been able to enjoy watching the football so I brought my mummy up to speed with some fun facts about the tournament. She doesn’t know much about football, so found this quite interesting!

World Cup Fever

World Cup Fever

Did you know…

1. The World Cup is the pinnacle of football, showcasing the crème de la crème and top of the crop!

2. This is the first time in FIFA World Cup history that Russia are playing host, from June 14 to July 15, 2018.

3. The World Cup takes place every four years (last time I was too young to watch)

4. The tournament is held in one country over the course of about a month, with billions of people watching worldwide. 3.2 billion people (almost half of the world’s population) tuned in to watch the 2014 World Cup.

5. Fifa stands for: Fédération Internationale of Football Association and they are the governing body of football.

6. There are hundreds of qualifying matches that narrow the field down from 209 national teams to the 32 that make the final tournament.

7. The highest scoring game in World Cup history was in 1954, when Austria defeated Switzerland 7-5.

8. The World Cup has been played 20 times, Brazil holds the most titles with five. Italy and Germany are close behind with four each.

9. The World Cup is comprised of eight groups, each containing four teams. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the second round. In the group, each team plays the other one time. A win will get you three points, a draw will get you one and a defeat will get you zero.

10. The knockout format will see a team that finishes top of their group play a team that has finished second in theirs. If you win you go through, if you lose you go home. Win four knockout games in a row, and you’re the world champions.




World Cup Mascot

The 2018 World Cup mascot is a wolf named Zabivaka, which was chosen via online voting.

So there you have it! Will you be supporting your favourite team this year or watching Love Island? Decisions decisions. It’s my first World Cup so I will be watching through my hands… I can’t stand suspense! Come on England!

Love Bella x


21 thoughts on “World Cup Fever!

  1. Gorgeous photo of you and that special trophy. Keep it safe 😀
    We have a family and friends sweep organised and it’s been such fun. I’m aware that it’s a ploy just to watch every match, but it’s not forever… is it??? :/

  2. Some great facts their Bella! I actually just learnt something completely new. We’re loving watching football as a family in our house at the moment.

  3. Lovely photo 🙂

    I am not into football. I have 3 boys and a husband who love football though. 2 have left home but we are in a group chat and I found 31 messages when I woke up this morning, all about football. I hide out the way but still get to hear all about it, ha!

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