The International Federation of Football Associations was formally established in the headquarters of the French Sports Federation in Paris, France on May 26th, 2004. Organizations from eight different countries attended the meeting. They are: French Federation of Sports Associations, Belgian Federation of Sports Associations and Denmark. -Danish Bold Speer League DBU, Dutch Chevy Ibar Bond NVB, Madrid Football Club, Sweden-Sweden Football Association (Svenska Bollspe) LLS FRBUNDET SBF) Switzerland-Switzerland Football Association FIFA has begun to take shape. Two days after the inaugural meeting, on May 23rd, 1904, FIFA held its first election. Robert Guérin FRA, a Frenchman, was elected as the first chairman, and Victor E.Schneider SUI, a Swiss, and Hilschmann, a Dutchman, were elected as the vice-chairmen. Belgian Louis Mulinghausbel is the secretary-general and treasurer, and Danish Ludvig Syllowden is the deputy secretary-general. When FIFA was founded, there was nothing but a paper agreement. This team still has a lot of work to do in order to truly establish a world organization representing national football associations. The first thing is to persuade Britain, the birthplace of modern football, to join this big family. Until 1909, FIFA's membership was limited to football associations in European countries. After that, FIFA began to absorb football associations from other continents. South Africa became the first non-European member organization on 19 10, followed by Argentina and Chile on 19 12 and the United States on 19 13. Since then, FIFA has gradually started worldwide exchanges, which laid a solid foundation for its subsequent development and became the most influential international single sports organization. Members' continuous participation in World War I (19 14) led to the stagnation of FIFA activities. However, the member organizations have not completely cut off contact, and the organizational structure of FIFA has been kept in a small scope. It was not Jules Rimet who was elected as the third president on March 192 1 that FIFA continued to develop. The 48-year-old Frenchman regards strengthening FIFA as his lifelong career. At that time, FIFA was very difficult, with only 20 member associations left, and football associations in the British Isles, Brazil and Uruguay also withdrew. However, Mr. Rimet overcame these difficulties with his tenacious will and created the great World Cup. During his 33 years in office, FIFA has made great progress. Although it experienced the impact of World War II during this period, it still could not stop FIFA from going to success. By the time Rimet withdrew from the World Cup in 1954, FIFA had 85 member organizations. People call this period "Rimet era". The birth of the FIFA World Cup and the gradual success of the Olympic Games in the early 20th century deeply touched Rimet's heart. He realized that it was necessary for FIFA to set up a world sports competition to expand its influence. 1928 At the general meeting held by FIFA in May, the proposal to establish the World Cup was passed. Football associations in Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Uruguay immediately submitted applications for hosting. As Uruguay is the football champion of 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games, and they are preparing to celebrate the independence anniversary of 100 two years later, the responsibility of hosting the first World Cup falls on the shoulders of Uruguayan Football Association. 1930 July 18, a day that will always be remembered, the first FIFA World Cup opened in the Century Stadium in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, thus opening a new chapter in world football. The second World Cup was held in Italy on 1934. This year, the third World Cup was also held in France. The wish of FIFA President and "Father of the World Cup" Mr. Rimet has come true, and his hometown of France was fortunate to be elected. The appearance of World War II once again brought FIFA's activities and the World Cup to a standstill. It was not until July 1946, when the war ended, that FIFA was able to confirm that it would continue to hold the Fourth World Cup in 1950. Only the Brazilian Football Association submitted an application to host the World Cup, and it was unanimously approved. The British Football Association has once again become the birthplace of modern football, and the absence of FIFA in the British Isles has always been Rimet's regret. He once again demonstrated his outstanding diplomatic skills. Through active operation, he also received great assistance from Sir Drewry and Sir Stanley Rous of England, and finally won the membership of 1946 four football associations in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Until now, these four British Football Associations still enjoy the qualification to participate in the World Cup independently. Four years later, during the Fifth World Cup held in Switzerland, President Rimet, who was over 80 years old, retired with honor. June 2 1954 was awarded the first honorary president by FIFA. At the awarding ceremony of the final, the "father of the World Cup" presented the "Rimet Cup" to the champion German captain for the last time. Mr Rimet's contribution to FIFA will go down in history forever. On the 50th anniversary celebration, Rudolf William SelDelayes, a Belgian who has lived in Rimet for 25 years, became the fourth president of FIFA. When he took office, he successfully organized the 50th anniversary celebration of FIFA. Unfortunately, Hilde Rayearth died in June 1956+00. On June 9th of the following year, Drewry, acting as the president for half a year, was officially elected as the president of FIFA. 1958 After successfully hosting the 6th World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden, Mr. Drewry died in 196 1 at the age of 70. Subsequently, until the special meeting of FIFA on September 28th, 196 1, the operation of FIFA was always in the charge of Swiss Ernst B.Thommen. Toman is the chairman of the organizing committees of the three World Cups 1954, 1958 and 1962. He has done a lot of excellent work for FIFA. At that congress, Sir Stanley Rous was elected as the sixth president of FIFA. At this time, FIFA has become an influential and neutral organization in the world. The first international activity of many newly independent countries is to join the FIFA family, so the number of FIFA members is increasing. Television broadcasting has been involved in the FIFA World Cup since 1960s, which has made great contributions to making the World Cup the most influential competition in the world. Under the leadership of Sir Ruth, FIFA has gradually consolidated its career through long-term efforts and become one of the most successful sports organizations in the world, especially in management. As a non-governmental organization, FIFA has neither government subsidies nor other financial sources, and all its funds come from the profits of hosting the World Cup, which is enough to prove everything. In order to thank Sir Ruth for his contribution, FIFA elected him honorary president at the 39th General Assembly held in Frankfurt, Germany on June 1974+0 1. On this day, Havelange, a Brazilian, took over as president of FIFA and began the Havelange era. In a new era, Havelange was elected as the president of FIFA at the 39th General Assembly in 1974. He believes that football is not only for the competition, but also for trying to improve the development level of football with new technologies and methods and promote the arrival of a new era. Havelange's appointment marks the arrival of a new era for FIFA. FIFA used to rely on the income from the four-year World Cup to maintain its business, but it is inevitable that it sometimes seems to be stretched, which also makes FIFA tend to be conservative in some aspects. Havelange has carried out drastic reforms, turning the management center of FIFA into a dynamic institution. 1974, Havelange set up a 12-person working group in a villa near FIFA's Zurich headquarters, which was solely responsible for the reform of FIFA. Now, there are five modern office buildings here, and more than 120 FIFA employees are working for the increasing workload. Development of Globalization In the past 25 years, football has not only gradually established its position as the largest sport, but also achieved prosperity in business, society and politics with the rapid development of the world. Facts have proved that the magic of football can affect all countries, nationalities and regions. Now there are about 200 million people in the world who take football as their main sport. Football has also become a big part of the entertainment industry, constantly expanding the international market of itself and other industries. 204 Member Association19981At the FIFA 5 1 General Meeting held in Paris on June 8, 1998, Swiss Blatter Sui succeeded Havelange and became the eighth president of FIFA. Blatter has worked in different positions in FIFA for 23 years. During Blatter's years at the helm, the total number of FIFA member organizations has increased to 204. The earliest sports meeting was the ancient Olympic Games in ancient Greece. The full name of the Olympic Games is "Olympic Games", and the word "Olympic" comes from the Greek place name "Olympia". Olympia is located in the Afis Valley, 360 kilometers southwest of Athens. It is picturesque and has a pleasant climate. The ancient Greeks built many temples here, so the ancients called this land Alphonse City, also known as "Holy Land" Olympia. According to the belief at that time, it symbolizes peace and friendship. People in ancient Greece and other countries in the Mediterranean often hold grand gatherings and carry out various entertainment and competitive activities during festivals and harvest seasons, which is very lively. At first, this kind of activity was scattered all over the country, not regularly, but the gathering in Olympia was the biggest. In 884 BC, war broke out in ancient Greece, and wars raged everywhere, plagues ran rampant and crops failed. Greek civilians were so eager for peace that they missed the celebration of that year. Therefore, the king of Elis city-state where Olympia is located contacted the kings of other city-states, and reached an agreement to hold sports meetings in Olympia on a regular basis, and stipulated that a "Holy Truce Day" should be implemented in the sports year. The duration of the "Holy Truce Day" is three months. In the meantime, no one is allowed to start with a sword. Even the warring parties should lay down their weapons and prepare to go to Olympia for the sports meeting. Since then, there has been an all-Greece championship. By 776 BC, the safe name of the winner was recorded in words for the first time. This is what later generations called the first ancient Greek Games. Since then, this kind of competition will be held every four years. Therefore, the venue of the competition is Olympia, also known as the ancient Olympic Games, or simply the ancient Olympic Games. From 776 BC to 349 AD, the ancient Olympic Games were abolished by the emperor of the Roman Empire and held 293 times. Not all the ancient Olympic Games were happy. The ancient Olympic Games didn't mean joy to the ordinary Olympic audience. A typical Olympic spectator, if starting from Athens, must trudge more than half of the Peloponnesus along the rugged ancient The Way, with the hot summer sun in the Mediterranean above his head, and spend two weeks walking from Athens to Olympia with the help of mules and horses. If you come from an overseas colony, it will take longer to go by sea. When the exhausted audience finally arrived at Olympia, the real test had just begun. The infrastructure in Olympia is extremely rudimentary, and there is only one decent hotel, which is only open to diplomatic missions and officials. The nobles with insufficient rank can only set up their own tents to solve the accommodation problem. As for the other 80,000 ordinary spectators-nearly half of them are vendors selling food and souvenirs-they have to help themselves in the wilderness near the Temple of Zeus. As a result, during the Olympic Games, it became a campsite with poor sanitary conditions. The stadium in Olympia has no audience and no shade. For religious reasons, spectators are not allowed to wear hats at the Olympic Games. People can only stand in the middle of dusty stadiums from morning till night and be exposed to the scorching sun. Due to the cut-off of rivers and the shortage of well water supply in summer, dehydration and heatstroke often happen to the audience. At that time, Greece did not have a perfect sewage system, and the dry river bed became a temporary toilet for tens of thousands of people. The garbage is piled up on the spot, and the sanitary condition can be imagined. It was under such conditions that the ancient Olympic Games was held for 1000 years. It is said that the mess of the Olympic Games is shocking, so that there is a saying that the master will say to the unruly slaves in a threatening tone: if you don't obey, you will be punished to watch the Olympic Games in Olympia! (Southern Weekend 8. 19 fugue) Olympic Song The first modern summer Olympic Games opened in Athens on April 6, 1896. In the opening ceremony, solemn classical strings were played, and 1958 was designated as the Olympic anthem by the International Olympic Committee. The composer of this song is Greek samaras and the lyricist is palamas. Olympic flag 19 13, Coubertin, France, proposed to set up the flag of the International Olympic Committee, designed with a white background and no borders. There are five rings in the center from left to right, which are blue, yellow, black, green and red, representing Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the United States in turn. A white background means that all countries can compete under their own flags. In July 2004, the Olympic flag was raised for the first time. 1920, the Belgian Olympic Committee, which hosted the 5th Summer Olympic Games, presented the same national flag to the International Olympic Committee, which was hung during the Olympic Games and then customized. The flag was handed over from the host city of the last Olympic Games to the last Olympic Games and kept by the host city. During the competition, only borrowed items are hung in the main stadium. 1952, Oslo presented the flag of the Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee in the same way as the Summer Olympics. 1970, the international Olympic Committee gave the Olympic flag a new meaning in the fourth issue of Olympic review: it symbolizes the unity of five continents, and athletes gather at the Olympic Games in a fair and frank competition and friendly spirit. Olympic Flame 1934, the Athens meeting of the International Olympic Committee decided to restore the old system of the ancient Olympic Games. During the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame burned in the main stadium. The flame was taken from the Olympic Games and passed to the host country through the torch relay. Before that, in the main competition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, there was a tall tower burning with flaming fireworks from beginning to end. This is the first time that this kind of activity has been held in the Olympic Games. 1936 On July 20th, Olympia held the lighting ceremony of 1 1 Summer Olympic Games. After that, everyone held the torch and ran the relay of 1 km, passing through Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia, and arrived in Berlin on 1 in August, with a total distance of 3075 km. The International Olympic Committee officially stipulates that lighting the Olympic flame is an essential ceremony for the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. In addition, the flame is lit to commemorate the soldiers who died in World War I, and the torch relay symbolizes the spread of peace and friendship around the world. Pierre De Coubertin, the founder of Pierre De Coubertin Modern Olympic Games, is the founder of modern Olympic Games. He was born in a noble family in Paris. After graduating from high school, I went to Paris University to study law and politics, and then I went to England to study pedagogy. At that time, outdoor sports in Britain had a great shock to Coubertin. He is determined to go back and change France's indifference to sports. He is more eager to expand world sports exchanges. 1863, Coubertin proposed to hold a competition similar to the ancient Olympic Games, but he did not copy it, but extended the ancient Olympic Games, which used to be limited to Greeks, to the whole world. Although Coubertin's idea was resisted by some opposition parties, with his unremitting efforts, representatives of 20 countries finally held the first "International Conference on Rebuilding the International Olympic Games" at the University of Paris in June 1894. On the evening of June 23, the Committee officially announced the establishment of the International Olympic Committee, which is of epoch-making significance to the development of world sports and the Olympic Movement. Many countries regard this day as a sports festival, and China also designated this day as the Olympic Day in 1986. The history of modern Olympic Games The Olympic Games has a history of 1200 years since it was held in Olympia, Greece in 776 AD. At that time, there were five events (including discus, javelin, long jump, running and wrestling), running, boxing, wrestling, Pankration (a mixed sport of boxing and wrestling), carriage race and horse riding. The revival of the Olympic Games began in 1896, when Athens, Greece hosted the first modern Olympic Games. At that time, 245 athletes from 14 countries participated in the competition. Since then, the number of participating athletes, participating countries and participating events has increased day by day. In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in Australia, more than 65,438+000,000 athletes from 65,438+099 countries participated in the competition. Winter sports first joined the Olympic Games in 1908, when it was figure skating. Ice hockey increased from 1920. 1924, the Winter Olympic Games was held in Nice, Tchami for the first time. Because 1994, the Winter Olympics is scheduled to be held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, so the current Olympic Games are held every two years, and the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics are held alternately. The Asian Games is the Asian Games. Games attended by all Asian countries and regions.