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Men's soccer has been held in every Summer Olympics, except for the inaugural competition in 1896 and the Los Angeles 1932 Olympics.

Women's soccer has been held in every Summer Olympics since Atlanta 1996.

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There is evidence that soccer was played in China in the second and third centuries BC.

Modern soccer was established in England in 1863.

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no one knows exactly how long soccer has been around but some people have traced it back thousands years.

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Since 1930, every four years the tournament was hosted except in 1942 and 1946 due to WWII.

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