World cup

For the flagship association football competition World Cup, see FIFA World Cup. For the flagship cricket competition World Cup, see ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. For a more exhaustive list, see List of world cups. For World championships, see List of world sports championships and List of world championships in mind sports. For the song by IShowSpeed, see World Cup (song).
The Alpine Skiing World Cup consists of a series of competitions where results are counted together

A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The events most associated with the concept are the FIFA World Cup for association football (the most popular sports competition in the world), along with the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup for cricket, both of which are widely known simply as "the World Cup." However, there are a number of notable popular team sports competitions labeled "world cups", such as the Rugby World Cup, Rugby League World Cup, and the Hockey World Cup.[1]

A world cup is generally, though not always, considered the premier competition in its sport, with the victor attaining the highest honour in that sport and being able to lay claim to the title of their sport's best. However, in some sports the Olympic title carries at least as much prestige, while other sports such as diving and artistic gymnastics differentiate between their premier competitions, such as World Championships and Olympic Games, and their "World Cup", which is organised as a smaller scale but high-level showcase event with small elite fields.

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