Top 5 reason FIFA world cup is the most prestigious and unique Cup tournament in the world of football.| 10% goes to @steem.sports

Good day everyone and happy football and sports fun filled weekend to us.
With the ongoing AFCON tournament, I just wanted to write about the cup I think is the most prestigious and unique out of all the tournament being played all over the world.

After carefully looking at different tournament being played all over the world I have to a conclusion that the FIFA World cup is the most prestigious and cannot be compared with another.

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Here are my Top 5 reason for making my decision

Hard Qualifying Stages

The first thing I would like to start with is how hard it is to qualify for the world cup. A team will have to participate and battle other teams to be able to get a spot in the world cup tournament.
For example in Africa, teams are divided 4 each in different group, and only one team can qualify, After that one teams qualify, another knockout matches will be played by the teams to know the few who will be playing at the world cup.

Level of Competition

The level of Competition in the tournament is one of the toughest if not the toughest. Over 32 different national teams from different continent facing each other. Teams consisting of the best of the best player from each countries, they come not only to play football but to represent the dignity and integrity of millions of people in their country. The pressure, the expectations, the momentum is really mind blowing.

Scarcity

What I mean by scarcity is that it is only played once every 4 years, so a player can only play maybe maximum of 4 or 5 times in their career, this makes it really hard or impossible for every star player to win it. For example Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi despite being outstanding in club victorys and achievement they haven't been able to win the world cup, and now it's obvious this world cup would be their last. So that means either one of them wins or both of them won't win a world cup in their career.

Unifying of People

What I mean by this is that the FIFA world cup unifies and bring together millions and billions of people all over the world to enjoy the game of football we enjoy. It preaches fair game, equality, peace, love and cooperation among people and different countries. It's also a spotlight for people with talent to showcase it to the whole world. Someone like james rodriguez was brought to limelight when playing for colombia in the world cup. Even the legend Pele made his mark during the world cup tournament and this tournament has help in bringing and maintaining peace and order in it's own way .

The Worth of the trophy

Another interesting and unique thing that distinguishes the tournament is the expensive cup that is presented to the winner.
The cup is worth a whooping sum of $20 million dollars which makes it the most expensive cup in the whole world.
The interesting part is that the real cup is not given to the winner, but a replica is given to them. The real cup does not leave the FIFA building in zurich.

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That's my five points on why FIFA world cup is the most prestigious cup of all.

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