• 1. Introduction Section One: Political Economy
• 2. Staging the Finals
• 3. Governing Bodies in World Football
• 4. The Political Economy of the World Cup Section Two: Football in Korea and Japan
• 5. The Development in Football in Japan
• 6. The Development of Football in Korea
• 7. Korean Football at the Crossroads: A View from Inside Section Three: Football Fandom / Contestation
• 8. Gender and Football Fandom in Japan
• 9. Japanese Football: Following the Local and the National Team
• 10. Koreans and Football in Japan Section Four: Sport Spectacles, Mega Events and the Leisure State
• 11. The Political, Economic, and Diplomatic Significance of the 2002 Finals
• 12. The Mass Media and Football in Japan.
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The football World Cup is unquestionably the biggest sporting event in the world. This fascinating collection of papers examines the background to the 2002 World Cup Finals, held in Korea and Japan, and explores the event's profound social, cultural, political and economic significance. The book offers important insight into topics such as: * the development of professional football in Korea and Japan * the political and diplomatic significance of the first co-hosted World Cup * FIFA and the 'back stage' dealing behind the World Cup * football as a global culture and its impact on 'traditional' East Asian structures. This book is essential reading for anybody looking to understand the power of sporting 'mega-events' and the increasingly complex relationship between sport and society. It is also an absorbing read for all serious fans of world football.
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• The goal that changes everything
• The making of a fan
• The best group ever
• Not ready for prime time
• The kid comes back
• The sweetest fans
• Marking Maradona
• Mr. Blatter comes to America
• The big event
• America's first soccer champion
• Allons, enfants
• Americans win World Cup- again
• The year of the outsiders
• The home I was always seeking
• Scandal and head-butt
• Nelson Mandela meets FIFA
• Spain makes a breakthrough
• Blatter scores an own goal
• The Age of Klinsmann
• Epilogue: back to the roots
• Appendix. Eight World Cups.

Blending witty travelogue with action on the field - and shady dealings in the back rooms - Vecsey offers an eye-opening, globetrotting account of the last eight World Cups, chronicling the United States team's slow, episodic rise while evidence of corruption grows in the sport's executive suites. Vecsey immerses himself in the great national leagues, historic clubs, devoted fans, and passionate rivalries and gives us his up-close impressions of charismatic stars like Socrates, Maradona, Baggio, Zidane, and Klinsmann-plus Mia Hamm and the American champions of 1999. From his first exposure to the all-night street parties in Barcelona during the 1982 World Cup, Vecsey describes proud nations during their turns as hosts, right up to the roar of vuvuzelas in South Africa in 2010. He discovers that the game in the stadium is backed up by the game in the street, but the joy is sometimes undermined by those who style themselves its protectors, many of them eventually disgraced. With his characteristic sharp reporting and eye for detail, Vecsey brings this global event to vivid life, a perfect companion for fans in time for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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• Das spiel mit der flagge
• Stolz im zwischenraum
• Patriotismus und bielefeldgefühl oder : ein nichtort als standpunkt
• Karrierestationen einer todsünde
• Das gegenteil vom gegenteil
• Wer ist für fussball?
• Kick ins offene
• Unter der dusche (mit luhmann und lehmann)
• Drei farben
• Flaggen zum verlieben
• Traumkombination
• Nach der party Ist vor dem spiel.

• Brasil em todas as 20 copas do mundo, 1930-2014
• 1a copa do mundo no Uruguai, 1930
• 2a copa do mundo na Itália, 1934
• 3a copa do mundo na França, 1938
• 4a copa do mundo no Brasil, 1950
• 5a copa do mundo na Suíça, 1954
• 6a copa do mundo na Suécia, 1958 --- 7a copa do mundo no Chile, 1962
• 8a copa do mundo no Inglaterra, 1966
• 9a copa do mundo no México, 1970
• 10a copa do mundo na Alemanha, 1974
• 11a copa do mundo na Argentina, 1978
• 12a copa do mundo ns Espanha, 1982
• 13a copa do mundo no México, 1986
• 14a copa do mundo na Itália, 1990
• 15a copa do mundo nos E.U.A., 1994
• 16a copa do mundo na França, 1998
• 17th copa do mundo na Coreia/Japão, 2002
• 18th copa do mundo na Alemanha, 2006
• 19th copa do mundo na África do Sul, 2010
• 20th copa do mundo no Brasil, 2014
• Participação Brasileira : resultados e escalações
• Tabelas estatísticas
• Resultados das rodadas finais, 1930-2010.

From the tournament's origins in 1930 to modern times, A History of the World Cup: 1930-2010 contains vivid accounts of individual games, statistics for each competition, photos, and profiles of the players and coaches who left their mark on the competition over the past eight decades. Though other histories of the World Cup largely ignore the United States' contribution to the competition, this volume highlights the progress of the American teams over the last several decades. Fully updated with a new chapter on the 2010 World Cup and with profiles of those players who stood out in the latest competition, this comprehensive history of the world's biggest sporting event provides a fascinating read for fans of the game.
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• Introduction
• And with these feet
• South Africa as host
• How South Africa got the tournament
• Soccer magic in Africa.

• Part 1 Foreword
• Part 2 Acknowledgments
• Part 3 Introduction
• Part 4 1 The World Cup Is Born
• Part 5 2 The First Steps
• Part 6 3 Brazil Is King
• Part 7 4 Pele the King
• Part 8 5 Total Football
• Part 9 6 The Hand of God
• Part 10 7 A New Froniter
• Part 11 8 "Four"-za Italia!
• Part 12 Glossary
• Part 13 Appendix A: World Cup Stats
• Part 14 Appendix B: World Cup Records
• Part 15 Bibliography
• Part 16 Index
• Part 17 About the Author.
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There is no sporting event more popular than the World Cup. For one month every four years, hundreds of millions of people around the planet turn their attention to the tournament. People call in sick to work. Fans pack into bars to watch games or stay home for days at a time glued to their TV sets. Even wars stop. Nothing else seems to matter. The first World Cup, won by Uruguay in 1930, featured just 13 teams. Today, the tournament includes 32 nations, and the final alone is watched by an estimated global audience that exceeds one billion viewers. Without a doubt, soccer-or football-is the planet's pastime, and the World Cup is the ultimate sporting event. In A History of the World Cup: 1930-2006, reporter Clemente Lisi chronicles this international phenomenon, providing vivid accounts of individual games: from the tournament's origins in 1930 to modern times. The book also highlights the players and coaches who left their mark on the competition over the past six decades, including Diego Maradona, Juste Fontaine, Franz Beckenbauer, Mario Kempes, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, and, of course, Pele. Though other histories of the World Cup largely ignore the U.S.'s contribution to the competition, this volume highlights the progress of the American teams over the last several decades. And while the scope of this book allows American fans to more thoroughly enjoy a history of the World Cup-the book will be of interest to any fan of the sport. Featuring a glossary of terms, statistics for each competition, photos, and profiles of the most memorable-and controversial-figures of the sport, A History of the World Cup provides a fascinating read for fans of the game.
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Memoirs and anecdotes on Inter, football club of Milan.