The FIFA World Cup hides incredible stories and anecdotes. During its first years of life since its inception in that first edition in 1930, the Federation had to go through a very volatile period of history, at a time of great significant changes and immersed in a Europe increasingly prone to fall into a new warlike confrontation.
Even so, after the successful third edition in 1938 in France, the fourth edition of the World Cup in 1942 still remained to be held and it was not until a few years after the outbreak of World War II that soccer's supreme governing body decided to cancel it indefinitely.
However, the almost World Cup of 1942 not only went down in history as a World Cup that was simply cancelled, but behind it lies a story that, in one way or another, proved momentous for the history of FIFA and soccer as we know it today.
Likewise, and despite the fact that the world was involved in a new world war, the ball never stopped, not even in Europe, resulting in a series of matches that today are considered the unofficial matches of that World Cup that were not played.
Today, let's learn a little more about the history of the 1942 World Cup and the true importance it hides despite its cancellation.
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