Some of the basic rules that were established included the number of players each team should have and the size of the playing field. Each team consists of at least seven players, but no more than eleven players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. In international games the field is 110-120 yards (100-110 m) long x 70-80 yards (64-75 m) wide; in domestic games the field is 100-130 yards (90-120 m) long x 50-100 yards (45-90 m) wide.

World Cup Winners

Brazil leads the world in World Cup wins, having taken the cup home five times. The list of winners:

Brazil – 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002
Germany – 1954, 1974 and 1990
Italy – 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006
Argentina – 1978 and 1986
Uruguay – 1930 and 1950
England – 1966
France – 1998

Because of World War II, there were no World Cup games in 1942 and 1946.

The Trophy

For the first 40 years, winners of the World Cup received the Jules Rimet Trophy, named for FIFA's first president, Jules Rimet. When Brazil won its third tournament in 1970, it was entitled to keep the cup. A new one was designed and it was decided that the trophy would be passed to the winning country each year, regardless of the number of times a country won; the trophy will be retired when the plaque is filled with names, in 2038.

Official Mascots

This year's mascots are Goleo VI, a human-size lion puppet designed by the US-based Jim Henson Company, and Pille, a talking soccer ball that possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the game. The two are FIFA's first-ever actual characters that can talk, dance and play music. Previous world cup mascots were artistic renditions, starting with England's World Cup Willie (1966), and ending, so far, with Korea/Japan's Kaz, Ato and Nik (2002).

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