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In which country did modern football originate?
Modern football originated in England, that is, England.

At the beginning of 2004, FIFA confirmed that football originated in China, and cuju was the earliest recorded football activity. The Warring States Policy and Historical Records are the earliest records of Cuju. The former describes the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2,300 years ago. Cuju was popular in the territory of the State of Qi (now Zibo), which recorded that Cuju was a way to train soldiers and assess their physique at that time (Cuju was also a submarine, so you should practice samurai and know and do).

Football is the most magical sport in the world today, and it is also recognized as the biggest sport in the world. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 800,000 teams that regularly participate in competitions around the world, and there are about 40 million registered athletes, including about 65,438+10,000 professional athletes. There are 2.8 billion fanatical football fans in the world, and the number of viewers during the World Cup reached 654.38+0 billion. The number of people engaged in the football industry in the world has reached 654.38+0 billion, and its influence is spread all over the world.

Football introduction

Football is an ancient sports activity with a long history. Modern football originated in Britain, from Britain to Europe, from Europe to the world-modern football has become the most popular sport in the world, the world's first sport. Football originated from Cuju, an ancient ball game in China, and later spread to Europe through Arabs, and developed into modern football. Therefore, the hometown of football is our country.

1958 in July, Dr. Havelange, former president of FIFA, came to China and said that football originated in China. 1985, at the opening ceremony of the first Koda Cup World Youth Football Championship held in China, Mr. Havelange, then president of FIFA, said in his speech. It is indisputable that football originated here and has a history of more than 2,000 years. Blatter, then director of FIFA's technical committee, said that football originated in China and later spread to the west through war.