{"id":5449,"date":"2026-06-11T14:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:08:08","slug":"world-cup-soccer-championship-library-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/2026\/06\/world-cup-soccer-championship-library-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Soccer Championship &#8211; Library Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University Libraries joins the global community in celebrating the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) sponsored World Cup Championship. This tournament has been contested every four years since 1930 (with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to World War II) and the current edition will take place across various venues within North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico) between June 11-July 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5451\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2026\/06\/World-Cup-2026-b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The creation of a special <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/library.shu.edu\/fifaworldcup\"><strong>World Cup Library Research Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/span> by Walsh Library student employees (and Football\/Soccer enthusiasts) Mr. Rivan Youssef and Mr. Alex Ralli has been created with assistance from Professor David Frank, Access Services Librarian.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5453\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2026\/06\/world-cup-2026-d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This valuable guide provides a selection of SHU Library Resources to support interest in the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the history of the World Cup, along with useful outside resources related to the event. Please be sure to fill out our <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><u>Questionnaire<\/u><\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n<p>For additional information please feel free to contact us via e-mail via the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><u>University Libraries<\/u><\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Homepage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5454\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2026\/06\/world-cup-2026-f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2026\/06\/world-cup-2026-f.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2026\/06\/world-cup-2026-f-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 85vw, 251px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Libraries joins the global community in celebrating the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) sponsored World Cup Championship. This tournament has been contested every four years since 1930 (with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to World War II) and the current edition will take place across various venues within North America &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/2026\/06\/world-cup-soccer-championship-library-guide\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;World Cup Soccer Championship &#8211; Library Guide&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":5452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[704,703,702,701],"class_list":["post-5449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-guides","tag-fifa","tag-football","tag-soccer","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5457,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions\/5457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}