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1928 After the Olympic Games, FIFA held a representative meeting and unanimously adopted the resolution to hold the World Football Championship every four years. This has played a positive role in promoting the further development and improvement of world football. At first, this new football game was called "World Football Championship". 1956, FIFA decided to change its name to "Rimet Cup" at its meeting in Luxemburg. This is in recognition of Rimet, a Frenchman and former FIFA president, for his achievements in football. Rimet has been the president of FIFA for 33 years (192 1- 1954), and is the initiator and organizer of the World Football Championship. Later, it was suggested that the two names be linked, called "World Football Championship-Rimet Cup". Therefore, the Helsinki Conference decided to change its name to "World Football Championship-Rimet Cup" or "World Cup" for short.
As for "How can the World Cup represent football?"
I think this sentence is strictly wrong. For the west, the influence of the World Cup cannot replace the influence of the European Cup and the European Cup. People think of football when they talk about the World Cup, but football can't be brought by simply using the World Cup. I think football is the representative of the World Cup.
"Table tennis, gymnastics, water carrying and skating" (diving) are obviously not as influential as football, which can only be said to be the only explanation. The following is my simple analysis.
Football has a great influence and a huge number of fans, so the football World Cup is naturally widely publicized.
The more people you like, the higher the market income, so the Football Association has more funds to invest in the promotion of the World Cup. "Why is only football hyped into the World Cup?" I think that's the reason. Without enough funds and fans, it is impossible for other sports to use the World Cup to promote their own brands.
The "World Cup" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Most other competitions are recognized by the world championships and the Olympic Games.
"Why is the World Cup called the Football World Cup?" I don't think anyone will deliberately call the World Cup the Football World Cup except for the sake of easy distinction.