The fifa world cup is the premier international association football tournament contested by the senior mens national teams of the member associations of fifa the tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in nineteen thirty except in nineteen forty two and nineteen forty six when it was not held because of the second world war the current format of the tournament involves a qualification phase which takes place over the preceding three years to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase the tournament phase involves thirty two teams competing over a period of about a month in a host nation or nations the current champions are argentina who won the tournament in twenty twenty two in qatar the twenty twenty six tournament will be hosted jointly by canada mexico and the uni.
