England claims to have been the country that invented modern soccer and made the first rules of the sport. Subsequently the first football association ever created was the English one, followed by Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The very first soccer international match was played between England and Scotland.
The World Football Championship, better known in Brazil as the World Cup or simply Copa and also known in Portugal as the Football World Championship, FIFA World Championship or just as the World Cup, is an international football competition that takes place every four years, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, when it did not happen due to the Second World War.