Championship is the biggest international soccer

Championship is the biggest international soccer World Cup hosted by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The World Cup is held every four years and began in Uruguay in 1930. Originator of the idea is Jules Rimet, a French lawyer and businessman who was inspired after watching the Paris Olympics in 1924.

The world's oldest international competition is a fight for the Copa America teams in the South American region every two years. Copa America was first held in 1916 and attended by 10 countries that eventually form the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol). For North America, The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) held an international competition every four years called the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In Asia, including Australia and Timor Leste states that joined the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the first international competition held in Asia in 1956 in Hong Kong called the Asia Cup. In 1960, the European regional level competition was held for the first time as the European Nations' Cup which was then known as the UEFA European Championship (Euro Cup or EURO). In the Oceania region (including New Zealand and various Pacific Islands), international competition every two years beginning in 1996 called the Oceania Cup. For Africa, the African Nations Cup competitions began to be held since 1957 in Khartoum