Wannan gasar tana faruwa ne duk bayan shekaru hudu tun daga shekarar 1930 sai dai gasar 1942 da 1946, wanda aka soke saboda yakin duniya na biyu. Kimanin kungiyoyin kasa 190 <unk>200 ne ke fafatawa a wasannin neman shiga gasar a tsakanin kungiyoyin nahiyoyi don samun gurbi a wasan karshe. Gasar karshe, wacce ake gudanarwa duk bayan shekaru hudu, tana hada da kungiyoyin kasa 32 da ke fafatawa a tsawon makonni hudu. Gasar cin kofin duniya ita ce gasa mafi daraja a duniya gami da wasan da aka fi kallo da kuma bibiyar wasanni a duniya, har ma ya zarce wasannin Olympics; yawan masu sauraro na dukkan wasannin gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2006 ya kai biliyan 26.29 tare da kimanin mutane miliyan 715.1, yawan jama'a na karshe, suna kallon wasan karshe na duniya.
Shekara ta 1991