context: The World Cup, held every four years, was held in 1930. The 1942 and 1946 conferences were not held due to World War II. The competition is divided into two parts, the qualifying stage and the final stage. The preliminary stage starts three years earlier than the finals to identify the 32 teams that will advance to the finals. At present, the finals will be held in a way that a team of thirty or two teams compete for the championship in the stadium of the host country. The World Cup Qualifier is the most watched sporting event in the world. It is estimated that 717 million people watched the 2006 FIFA World Cup final. [1]
question: When did the World Cup begin?
answers.text: 1930