Every Thursday ISSUE 225 RS 40 19 JUNE 2014 5 ciff( 2071 The Smarter Entertainment Weekly FREE FIFA BOOKLET WITH THIS ISSUE Kick Back! 13 June 2014. Mark your calendar. The time has come to relax and enjoy the game. Soon, flags will be waved, faces will be painted, and teams will be cheered. Fr!day celebrates the 2014 FIFA World Cup not just this week, but throughout the tournament. 4 Newsfeed k ckstart TOP 3 EVENTS IT’s FINALLY HERE! The ultimate football extravaganza, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, is upon us! Who are you WOMEN IN CONCERT FUNDRAISER rooting for? Still haven’t decided who to support, or how and where you’ll be watching the Nirbhaya Manch is organizing a fund raising program to games? FR!DAY brings to you all the answers with our FIFA exclusive pocket book that has conduct the Phase-1 audition of the Women in Concert everything you need to know about the phenomenon that is the World Cup. regional series in Butwal and Pokhara. The fundraiser includes Haiku performance by Chirag Bangdel, and This year’s tournament is slated to take things a step further since all the countries that ! have won the tournament at one time or another, including Uruguay, Italy, Germany, performances by Sujata Shah, Raksha Limbu, Kristina Allen (who have all participated in previous editions of the concert), England, Argentina, France, Spain and Brazil, are taking part this year. The football crazy along with Abhaya and the Steam Injuns. This year, Nirbhaya country of Brazil is hosting the FIFA World Cup for the second time after last doing so in Manch intends to take the concert out of Kathmandu for the 1950, when Uruguay took home the Cup after beating the host nation. first time in its history. WHAT’s INSIDE? 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If you are clueless about Spain - who are likely to go past Greece, Ivory Coast, and Japan the World Cup, it’s about time you learnt a the group stage. Dark horses Italy, thing or two about the beautiful game and Argentina, and the Netherlands will Group D: Uruguay, Costa Rica, England, and Italy the grandest sporting event in the world so be right up there in the mix as well. that you aren’t left behind. England has one World Cup to its Group E: Switzerland, Ecuador, France, and name but the young blood in the Honduras Medium foosball table THE HISTORY team looks promising. Or you could The first FIFA World Cup took place in 1930, support our fellow Asians, Japan or Group F: Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was hosted and won by Uruguay. The Korea, who have a decent record in Iran, and Nigeria 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 20th edition of the World Cup. This time, Portugal Group G: Germany, the tournament, is hosted by five-time victor and Uruguay are the underdogs Portugal, Ghana, and Brazil. From 1930 to 1970, the trophy was but with Cristiano Ronaldo and the United States named after FIFA president Jules Rimet who Luis Suarez, respectively, in the line Group H: Belgium, set up the first tournament. In 1970, after up, you might be happy to support Algeria, Russia, and Brazil’s third victory, they were entitled to them. South Korea keep the trophy permanently. However, in After going through this article, 1983, it was stolen and never recovered. The you should be familiar with what current trophy, known simply as the FIFA the FIFA World Cup is all about World Cup Trophy, was designed by Italian and why it is such a big deal. designer Silvio Gazzaniga in 1970. It is made This long summer month will be of a solid 18 carat gold and weighs 6.175 kg. interesting with top football nations vying against each other for the THE TOURNAMENT FORMAT trophy. You can be a part of it too, The FIFA World Cup is a month-long cheering and celebrating when your tournament that takes place every four team wins, or you could just be a years. Football teams from around the neutral supporter and observe the world compete in the qualification phase madness that surrounds this great through a series of tournaments that take tournament.