How is the first football world cup similar to the olympics
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15 Ways the World Cup Is Different from Olympic Soccer
by Chelena Goldmanon July 6, 2018
You don’t have to be a soccer expert to know that the World Cup is the sport’s biggest international event. That’s right — it’s even bigger of a deal than participating in the Olympics. While most other sports see the Olympic games as the grandest stage, soccer holds its World Cup to a much higher standard. And this is no fluke. The two events are actually set apart by a fair share of differences. Here are 15 ways the World Cup differs from the soccer at the Olympic games. (The player commentary on page 14 will surprise you.)
A different ‘calendar year’
2018 Russia World Cup
Brazil vs. Mexico at the 2018 Russia World Cup | Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
Many of the sports that have their own Olympic events have seasons that revolve around when the Games would be, so when it comes time to compete the athletes are available. This isn’t the case for some of the bigger sports, however, and soccer is one of them. So even though there is a FIFA contingent that organizes soccer at the Summer Games, FIFA may not allow its top players to compete because the Olympics falls during the FIFA season. The World Cup, on the other hand, falls within the boundaries of the FIFA calendar.
Countries participating
Egypt v. Saudi Arabia
You won’t see a match between Egypt and Saudi Arabia at the Summer Games | Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
It’s called the World Cup for a reason. The grand event hosted 32 national teams in Russia in the 2018 tournament. (This is also what allows the World Cup to host so many games over the span of a month. But more on that in a bit.) Naturally, the Olympics only hosts about half of that, with 16 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams participating in 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.