which Arab country joined the world cup for the first time and when?
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Egypt was the first Arab country to join the World cup in 1934, losing to Hungary 4-2. And it qualifiied again in 1990
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Can't choose one because they are all wrong.  The World Cup was first held in Uruguay and won by Uruguay of the contries listed above only Brazil even participated.\n\nUruguay - 1930
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The first time Jamaica enter a FIFA world cup, was in 1998, USA FIFA world cup
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The first winner of this coveted tournament was Uruguay. \n\nThis cup was permanently awarded in 1970 to Brazil the great football-playing nation and the winner of five-world-cup (1958, 1962,1970, 1994, 2002) and a new trophy called the FIFA World Cup was put up for competition. (West Germany) was the first winner of the new trophy, FIFA world cup in 1974.
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32 teams participating in the World Cup, you could checkk www.fifa.com for more info on the World Cup\n\nQualified teams\n African Zone\n\n Angola (ANG) \n Ivory Coast (CIV) \n Ghana (GHA) \n Togo (TOG) \n Tunisia (TUN) \n\n Asian Zone\n\n Iran (IRN) \n Japan (JPN) \n Korea Republic (KOR) \n Saudi Arabia (KSA) \n\n European Zone\n\n Croatia (CRO) \n England (ENG) \n France (FRA) \n Germany (GER) \n Italy (ITA) \n Netherlands (NED) \n Poland (POL) \n Portugal (POR) \n Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) \n Sweden (SWE) \n Ukraine (UKR) \n Switzerland (SUI) \n Spain (ESP) \n Czech Republic (CZE) \n\n North, Central American and Caribbean Zone\n\n Costa Rica (CRC) \n Mexico (MEX) \n USA (USA) \n Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) \n\n Oceanian Zone\n\n Australia (AUS) \n\n South American Zone\n\n Argentina (ARG) \n Brazil (BRA) \n Ecuador (ECU) \n Paraguay (PAR)
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Egypt have qualified twice for the World Cup - in 1934 (lost first game) and in 1990 (2 points in group play - eliminated in first round)
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6 countries making their debut in the tournament - Angola, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago and Ukraine.\n\n\n2 countries taking part for the first time under their current names - Czech Republic and Serbia and Montenegro
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Saudi Arabia's 1st ever appearance in FIFA World Cup was in United States of America 1994, were they were placed in group F together with Holland Belgium and Morocco.  She was eliminated in the 8th finals by Sweden 3:1.
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SWEDEN!\nin the 1958's FIFA World Cup in Sweden.\n\nIt was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5-2 in the final for their first title. The World Cup marked the debut on the world stage of 17-year-old Pelé, who would grow to be considered one of the greatest footballers of all time.
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Africa (CAF) \n Angola [31] (first time qualifier) \n Côte d'Ivoire [27] (first time qualifier) \n Ghana [30] (first time qualifier) \n Togo [32] (first time qualifier) \n Tunisia [22] \nAsia (AFC) \n Iran [21] \n Japan [12] \n South Korea [11] \n Saudi Arabia [19] \nOceania (OFC) \n Australia [28] \nSouth America (CONMEBOL) \n Argentina [7] \n Brazil [1] (defending champion) \n Ecuador [23] \n Paraguay [15] \nEurope (UEFA) \n Croatia [14] \n Czech Republic [16] (first time qualifier as Czech Republic) \n England [2] \n France [6] \n Germany [4] (host) \n Italy [8] \n Netherlands [10] \n Poland [20] \n Portugal [17] \n Serbia & Montenegro [24] (only entry under this manifestation of the country) \n Spain [3] \n  Switzerland [25] \n Sweden [13] \n Ukraine [26] (first time qualifier) \nNorth America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF) \n Costa Rica [18] \n Mexico [5] \n Trinidad and Tobago [29] (first time qualifier) \n United States [9]
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None...because this is their first World Cup...prior to 1991 they compete under the name Czechoslovakia.\n\nCzechoslovakia biggest records are second place in 1934 and 1962 World Cup.
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Zurich (Switzerland): South Africa won the right to host the 2010 World Cup finals, the first to be played in Africa, football's world governing body FIFA announced here today. \n\n"The 2010 World Cup will be organised by South Africa," said FIFA President Sepp Blatter. \n\nBlatter said only one round of voting of FIFA' 24-member Executive Committee was required to produce a winner. \n\nThe South African delegation, including former president Nelson Mandela, erupted in noisy celebrations after finally overcoming the disappointment of losing to Germany by a single vote in the race to host the 2006 World Cup. \n\nMorocco failed in its fourth bid, despite hoping to become both the first African and the first Arab country to host football's showpi
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The first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930, in Uruguay and the winners were Uruguay. The teams were entered into the competition by invitation. The final was held in the Centenario stadium between Argentina and Uruguay and the final score was 4-2 to Uruguay
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Mexico, Francia and Italy have hosted the World Cup twice. \n\nMexico 1970 and 1986\n\nItaly 1934 and 1990\n\nFrance 1938 and 1998\n\nGermany will join the list pretty soon, 1974 and 2006
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Spain took part in 12 of 18 football World Cups. The last time they missed it was Germany 1974. These are the ones they played:\n\nItaly 1934\nBrazil 1950\nChile 1962\nEngland 1966\nArgentina 1978\nSpain 1982\nMexico 1986\nItaly 1990\nUSA 1994\nFrance 1998\nJapan / South Korea 2002\nGermany 2006
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it all began in September 2003, when all teams from South America including defending champions BRAZIL kick off their World Cup qualifiers. \n\nall other nations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania plus North & Central America kick off their matches after the world cup qualifying draw was made in December 2003. a total of 194 teams from 205 FIFA members participated in the qualifiers around the world.\n\n847 matches was played throughout the whole qualifiers from September 2003 up to 16 November 2005, where all 32 nations are known. \n\nThese are the breakdown of teams competing in this year's World Cup from their respective confederations:\n\nEurope (UEFA) - 14 including host nation\nGERMANY \nNETHERLANDS\nUKRAINE\nPORTUGAL\nFRANCE\nITALY\nENGLAND\nSERBIA & MONTENEGRO\nCROATIA\nSWEDEN \nPOLAND\nCZECH REPUBLIC\nSWITZERLAND\nSPAIN\n\nAfrica (CAF) - 5 \nTOGO\nGHANA\nCOTE D'IVOIRE\nANGOLA\nTUNISIA\n\nSouth America (CONMEBOL) - 4\nBRAZIL\nARGENTINA\nECUADOR\nPARAGUAY\n\nAsia (AFC) - 4\nSAUDI ARABIA\nJAPAN\nKOREA REPUBLIC\nIRAN\n\nNorth & Central America (CONCACAF) - 4\nUNITED STATES\nMEXICO\nCOSTA RICA\nTRINIDAD & TOBAGO\n\nOceania (OFC) - 1\nAUSTRALIA
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The first World Cup was played in the year 1930 at Uruguay. The first goal was scored by France's Lucien Laurent in which France won 4-1 against Mexico. But the Cup was won by the hosts.