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Super well-illustrated and detailed encyclopedia.
A book by Hardy Grüne that contains everything about all the world championships. Every World Cup from 1930 to 2006 is extensively covered in words, images and statistics, with the view going beyond the purely sporting dimension of the respective tournament and addressing social, political and socio-political aspects. All final round games with match reports and statistics. All qualifying games with results, venue and number of spectators, stadiums in words and pictures as well as final round participants with shirt numbers. A unique A-Z lexicon that includes every player, coach and referee who has ever taken part in a World Cup. A unique country encyclopedia, which contains all the countries in the world and their personal World Cup record in text, images and statistics, completes the picture and makes this book the first complete history of the Football World Cup.
30 x 22 cms, hardback, 695 pages.
2014
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