World Cup competitions

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class of international sports tournaments international basketball tournament international cricket tournament international field hockey tournament international football tournament international rugby league tournament international rugby sevens tournament international rugby union tournament international volleyball tournament

World Cup competitions are major international tournaments, most notably in sports like football, where national teams from around the world compete for a global championship title.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
World Cup	4
FIFA World Cup appearances with Mexico	1
World Cup competition	1
World Cup competitions canonical	1
World Cup series	1
World Cup tournaments	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1048625 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Cup competitions
Context triple: [Plum Blossom Banner, usedIn, World Cup competitions]

A. FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is the premier international football (soccer) tournament contested by national teams from around the world every four years.
B. FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
C. FIFA Competitions Division
The FIFA Competitions Division is the department within FIFA responsible for organizing and overseeing its major international football tournaments and events.
D. Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is the premier international tournament in rugby union, held every four years to determine the world champion among national teams.
E. FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is the premier international tournament in women's football, contested every four years by national teams from around the world under the governance of FIFA.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Cup competitions
Target entity description: World Cup competitions are major international tournaments, most notably in sports like football, where national teams from around the world compete for a global championship title.

A. FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is the premier international football (soccer) tournament contested by national teams from around the world every four years.
B. FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
C. FIFA Competitions Division
The FIFA Competitions Division is the department within FIFA responsible for organizing and overseeing its major international football tournaments and events.
D. Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is the premier international tournament in rugby union, held every four years to determine the world champion among national teams.
E. FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is the premier international tournament in women's football, contested every four years by national teams from around the world under the governance of FIFA.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (104)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	class of international sports tournaments ⓘ international basketball tournament ⓘ international cricket tournament ⓘ international cricket tournament ⓘ international field hockey tournament ⓘ international football tournament ⓘ international football tournament ⓘ international rugby league tournament ⓘ international rugby sevens tournament ⓘ international rugby union tournament ⓘ international volleyball tournament ⓘ
ageCategory	senior ⓘ
category	World Cup competition ⓘ World Cup competition ⓘ linked to: World Cup competitions World Cup competition ⓘ World Cup competition ⓘ World Cup competition ⓘ World Cup competition ⓘ World Cup competition ⓘ World Cup competition ⓘ World Cup competition ⓘ World Cup competition ⓘ
commonFormat	qualification phase and final tournament ⓘ
competitionType	national teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ
confederationsInvolved	AFC ⓘ CAF ⓘ CONCACAF ⓘ CONMEBOL ⓘ OFC ⓘ UEFA ⓘ
continentRotation	hosts rotate among continents ⓘ
definingFeature	global championship for national teams ⓘ
finalTournamentTeams	32 teams (until 2022) ⓘ 48 teams (from 2026) ⓘ
firstEditionWinner	Uruguay national football team ⓘ
firstHostCountry	Uruguay ⓘ
format	qualification phase and final tournament ⓘ
frequency	every four years ⓘ every four years ⓘ every four years ⓘ every four years ⓘ
genderCategory	men ⓘ men ⓘ women ⓘ
globalReach	worldwide ⓘ worldwide ⓘ
governingBody	FIFA Council ⓘ
inception	1930 ⓘ 1975 ⓘ 1987 ⓘ 1991 ⓘ
mainSportExample	Basketball World Cup ⓘ linked to: FIBA Basketball World Cup Cricket World Cup ⓘ linked to: ICC Cricket World Cup FIFA World Cup ⓘ Rugby World Cup ⓘ Volleyball World Cup ⓘ
matchDuration	90 minutes plus stoppage time ⓘ
mostTitlesCountry	Brazil national football team ⓘ
officialName	FIBA Basketball World Cup ⓘ
organizer	FIBA ⓘ FIFA ⓘ FIFA ⓘ FIH ⓘ linked to: International Hockey Federation FIVB ⓘ linked to: International Volleyball Federation International Cricket Council ⓘ International Cricket Council ⓘ International Rugby League ⓘ World Rugby ⓘ World Rugby ⓘ
prize	world champion title ⓘ
qualificationPeriod	about three years before final tournament ⓘ
relatedCompetition	FIFA Confederations Cup (defunct) ⓘ linked to: FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA World Cup qualification ⓘ linked to: FIFA World Cup qualification matches continental championships ⓘ
rulesFramework	Laws of the Game ⓘ linked to: Laws of the Game of association football
scope	worldwide ⓘ
sport	One Day International cricket ⓘ linked to: One Day International Twenty20 cricket ⓘ association football ⓘ association football ⓘ basketball ⓘ field hockey ⓘ rugby league ⓘ rugby sevens ⓘ rugby union ⓘ volleyball ⓘ
teamType	national team ⓘ
tieBreakingMethods	extra time ⓘ penalty shoot-out ⓘ
trophy	FIFA World Cup Trophy ⓘ
typicalDuration	about one month ⓘ
typicalFrequency	recurring, often every four years ⓘ
typicalOrganizer	international sports federation ⓘ
typicalParticipants	national teams ⓘ
viewership	one of the most watched sporting events in the world ⓘ

How these facts were elicited