World Cupn.
/wəːld ˈkʌp/, U.S. /ˌwər(ə)ld ˈkəp/ 1. Any of various sporting competitions contested by national teams or by teams representing their country; (also) a trophy awarded to the winner of such a competition.Now often with modifying word, as Rugby World Cup, Cricket World Cup, etc., designating the sport involved.
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1934 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 19 Jan. 10/5 The Golden Bear ruggers, co-holders of the world cup following their invasion of Canada during the holidays with a combined California-Stanford team, will present seven of the ten players who made the northern trip.
1954 Times 8 Nov. 10/1 (heading) Rugby League results..World Cup.
1968 Times 16 Feb. 15/1 She surprised the French by winning the newly instituted [skiing] World Cup.
1988 C. Chapman & R. Starkman On Edge ii. 27 Kathy started racing World Cups when she was fourteen years old. Now, skiers aren't even allowed to compete in the FIS races..until they're fifteen.
2005 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 13 Feb. 9/2 Gwen Gill meets an eclectic group of sporty schlebs at the first ever Women's World Cup of Golf.
2. Association Football. In full FIFA World Cup. A competition held every four years between qualifying national men's teams, first contested in 1930; (also) the trophy awarded to the winner of this.The original cup, the Jules Rimet trophy, was won outright in 1970 by Brazil (having won the competition three times); the winners are now awarded the FIFA World Cup Trophy.
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1934 F. Wall 50 Years of Football 235 The International Federation founded a competition called ‘The World's Cup’ that was first played for at Montevideo in 1930.]
1949 Times 19 Jan. 2/5 England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland..are to form a pool for the 1950 World Cup competition.
1950 B. Wright Captain of England xvii. 154 For the first time in my experience the words ‘World Cup’ began to come into the discussions footballers have when they meet, and as the four British home associations had re-entered F.I.F.A., it was only to be expected that they would..enter this competition.
1966 Listener 30 June 936/1 The British Isles are to be invaded by football fans from all over the world bent on seeing the knock-out international competition known as the World Cup.
1982 Observer 20 June 41/5 He rather glibly attributed the blatant second-half superiority..to inroads made by the referee's irrationality on the morale of players never previously exposed to the World Cup.
2006 FIFA Mag. Oct. 21/2 Fabien Barthez records his fourth match without conceding a goal to reach a total of ten clean sheets at the FIFA World Cup.
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1949World Cup competition [see sense 2].
1960 Times 6 Sept. 16/3 The teams for the Great Britain Rugby League World Cup trial game at St. Helens..were chosen by the Selection Committee in Manchester yesterday.
1978 R. Westall Devil on Road xx. 185 An action-replay of a World Cup goal on telly.
1988 C. Chapman & R. Starkman On Edge vi. 105 She became the only Canadian to win the overall title on the Europa Cup circuit, which is basically the feeder system for the World Cup tour.
1990 Sun 20 Oct. Back Page/6 The Sheffield United boss insists the Spurs and England star is getting kid-glove treatment because of his World Cup heroics.
2007 Wisden Cricketer July 13 Sri Lanka accepted the fading light in the Caribbean to leave Australia comfortable World Cup winners under the Duckworth/Lewis rules.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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