The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
Man of the Match: Rivaldo (Brazil) Assistant referees: Visva Krishnan (Singapore) Vladimir Fernández (El Salvador) Fourth official: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) Man of the Match: Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica) Assistant referees: Dramane Danté (Mali) Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe) Fourth official: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) Man of the Match: Hasan Şaş (Turkey) Assistant referees: Ali Tomusange (Uganda) Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda) Fourth official: Byron Moreno (Ecuador) Man of the Match: Alpay Özalan (Turkey) Assistant referees: Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) Paul Smith (New Zealand) Fourth official: Graham Poll (England) Man of the Match: Hasan Şaş (Turkey) Assistant referees: Jorge Rattalino (Argentina) Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay) Fourth official: Gilles Veissière (France) Man of the Match: Ronaldo (Brazil) Assistant referees: Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Fourth official: Brian Hall (United States) Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal in World Cup finals history with a low left footed shot past the goalkeeper from the edge of the penalty box after 11 seconds.
[5] Man of the Match: Hakan Şükür (Turkey) Assistant referees: Ali Al Traifi (Saudi Arabia) Héctor Vergara (Canada) Fourth official: Felipe Ramos (Mexico) Seven players were fielded in all seven matches of Turkey's third-place run in 2002.
It is the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup history, breaking Czechoslovakian striker Václav Mašek's 40-year-old record of 16 seconds.