World is something linked to the entire world . The world , for its part, is a concept that is used to name the planet Earth or the group made up of all human beings .
For example: “The world economy would grow by 2.8% in 2013, driven by the good Chinese performance” , “Experts maintain that global violence has its origins in inequality and the lack of dialogue” , “The Brazilian company It is a world leader in the production of paper.”
The adjective world, derived from the Latin mundiālis , encompasses all countries . An event with global impact is one that reaches every corner of the planet. In this way, global is broader than local , national , regional or continental , which are other adjectives that refer to geographical groupings.
The World Cup as a sporting championship
A World Cup , generally written with a capital letter, is a sports championship in which nations from all over the world can participate. It is common for regional qualifying stages to be held so that the best teams reach the main competition.
The World Cup (or World Cup) of Soccer is the main international sporting event. The first tournament was held in 1930 , consecrated to Uruguay , while the most recent one with respect to the last review of this article took place in 2022 and ended with the title for Argentina .
In this sporting competition, in addition to lifting the team's cup, its players, individually, aspire to win the so-called Ballon d'Or. This is a trophy that is awarded to those footballers who are considered to have been the best in the entire world. aforementioned championship.
Throughout its history, the World Cup has rewarded athletes such as the Argentinians Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi , the Brazilians Romario and Ronaldo , the German Oliver Kahn , the Uruguayan Diego Forlán and the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane for their quality and technique. .
And all this without forgetting that the greatest scorer of each World Cup is recognized. Among the most important are the Frenchman Just Fontaine , who managed to score thirteen goals in the 1958 Swedish championship; the Hungarian Sandor Kocsis , who scored eleven goals in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland ; and the German Gerd Müller , who beat the rival goal ten times during the competition held in Mexico in 1970 .
The term in motorsport and boxing
In the sporting field, we must not overlook the Formula 1 World Championship , which is responsible for encompassing all the Grand Prix that take place annually. Among the great figures of this type of competition, drivers such as the Spanish Fernando Alonso , the German Michael Schumacher , the Frenchman Alain Prost , the Austrian Niki Lauda , the Brazilian Ayrton Senna , the British Nigel Mansell and the Canadian Jacques have already left their mark. Villeneuve .
In some sports , there are several world champions, since there is more than one organization in charge of promoting the tournaments. That is the case of boxing , governed by entities such as the World Boxing Council , the World Boxing Association , the World Boxing Organization and the International Boxing Federation .