The reigning World Cup champion went straight to the final from which year it started

1938 World Cup 3 – Host: France.

In this tournament, the previous champions and the host team went straight to the final stage, a decision that has remained in place to this day.

Since the defending champions naturally occupied a place in the round of 32 that year, and in 02 there were two hosts, as a result, there was only one place in Europe (the defending champions of France), South America, Asia, Australia, North America 3, and Africa 5. But after the end of the 02 World Cup, it would be unfair if it was still divided like this, Europe naturally wanted to increase the quota, but Asia and North America also clamored to increase, and finally for the fair distribution of the 06 World Cup, the interests of South America could only be sacrificed, that is, to maintain the quota in South America, but Brazil also had to participate (Brazil could never win the qualifiers anyway). In this way, 14 in Europe, 5 in Africa, North America, Asia, South America, and Australia, it is fairer.

It was decided that the defending champions would have to participate in the qualifiers as well.

It seems that it has not been possible since the 02 World Cup, and it seems that the previous champion went directly to the World Cup finals.

Because France in '02 directly entered the World Cup finals stage with this rule.

3rd World Cup in France in 1938.

In this tournament, the previous champions and the host team went straight to the final stage. The rule that the previous champions would go directly to the finals of the World Cup was not lifted until after the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the previous champions, Brazil, also participated in the South American qualifiers. Reference.

On October 7, 2001, the Chinese team defeated the Oman team 1-0 at the Wulihe Stadium in Shenyang, fulfilling the dream of Chinese football for 44 years, and China entered the World Cup finals for the first time. At the 17th World Cup held by South Korea and Japan, the Chinese team played three games in the group stage and did not score a goal, embarrassingly ending their debut in the World Cup.

Although it is generally believed that the success of the Chinese team in the World Cup is the inevitable result of the real maturity of Chinese football, the fruitful results brought by the Chinese professional league, and the result of favorable objective factors such as Japan and South Korea not having to participate in the qualifiers and the group draw schedule, we cannot deny the merits of head coach Milu, especially the "happy football", "flight training" and "attitude determines everything" that he brought us, which changed our understanding of football.

Not 2002, 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup results:

June 4, 2002 Gwangju China 0-2 Costa Rica; June 8, 2002 Seogwipo, China 0-4, Brazil, June 13, 2002, Seoul, China 0-3, Turkey.

As of March 2021, it is once a year, and before 2021 there was a winter and a summer, and now the summer Champions Cup is the World Champions Cup.

In 2019, Honor of Kings officially announced that the Honor of Kings Summer Champions Cup was upgraded to the World Champion Rolling Cup, and the KPL teams will compete with the KRKPL teams for the championship.

At the 2020 Winter Champions Cup King Glory National E-sports Brand Conference, King Glory officially announced that the King Glory Winter Champion Cup was officially upgraded to the King of Glory Challenger Cup.

There are a few reasons why the World Cup final is played only once, and it is not suitable for a multi-match system.

First of all, the normal game time of football is 90 minutes, and the overtime is 120 minutes, in case there is no winner in the regular time, but also to enter the intense penalty shootout, football substitutions on three places, go down can not be on, the physical requirements are much higher than other sports, football players run 10 kilometers a time, European kilometers, this high-intensity sports if the knockout stage has to play a lot of games, the test of the player's physical fitness is very large, It is necessary to rotate players in a large area, which will greatly reduce the spectacle of the game, and there may be different combinations or tactics to prepare a few more sets, so it is difficult to play a wonderful game if the run-in is not good, so in the league system of the league cup interspersed with three days and a game can still be bearable, but the cup system itself is only one month, if it is not guaranteed that the main players are on every game, the viewing and competitiveness have declined.

Secondly, the suspense of the football game is an important place to attract fans, a single game can ensure enough suspense, anything can happen in a game, especially football is a small score to win the game, football is a sport of eleven people, everyone's state will lead to changes in the final game result, in addition to a series of uncertain factors, such as referees, fans, weather environment, etc., In history, there are traditional strong teams to win the championship and dark horses to win the championship is that the game has this uncertainty, and it is this uncertainty that will make football more attractive, only in the game system to make the best team on the field, can withstand all the unexpected situations, in the face of the traditional strong team can compete with it, in the face of the dark horse can also calmly deal with the team, in order to go to the highest glory in football, in order to gain the infinite admiration of the world, and only in this way can the single-elimination tournament ensure the absolute suspense of the game.

2014 Circle.

The 2014 World Cup was not won by a single game, Argentina was scored in extra time by the German team, and lost to the German team. I still remember Messi's lonely application (I am Argentina and a fan of Messi). This is the World Cup, there are no ifs, only results.