How many countries are expected to participate in the 2006 FIFA world cup finals?
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32. in 8 Groups\n\nGroup A : Germany, Costarica, Poland, Ecuador\nGroup B : England, Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago, Sweeden\nGroup C : Côte d'Ivoire, Argentina, Serbia & Montengero, Netherlands\nGroup D : Mexico, Angola, Iran, Portugal\nGroup E : Italy, Ghana, USA, Czech Republic\nGroup F : Brazil, Australia, Croatia, Japan\nGroup G : France, Switzerlan, Korea DPR, Togo\nGroup H : Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia
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32 national teams\n\n1-Germany (host)\n2-Poland\n3-England\n4-Sweeden\n5-Serbia and Montenegro\n6-Netherland\n7-Portogual\n8-Italy\n9-Czech Republic\n10-Croatia\n11-France\n12-Switzerland\n13-Spain\n14-Ukraine\n15-Ecuador\n16-Paraguay\n17-Argentina\n18-Brazil\n19-U.S.A\n20-Costa Rica\n21-Mexico\n22-Trindad and Tobago\n23-Saudi Arabia\n24-Iran\n25-Japan\n26-Korea Republic\n27-Tunisia\n28-Côte d'Ivoire\n29-Ghana\n30-Togo\n31-Angola\n32-Australia
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for the 06 world cup i believe a record number of around 202 national teams signed up to try and qualify for the world cup, higher than for any previous world cup. however in every world cup only 32 teams can play in the finals so qualifiers (qualifying games) are held starting from two years before the actual world cup to determine who will actually play. no one knows how many teams will try to enter the 2010 world cup they will start holding the qualifiers sometime in 2008 i believe...
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Seven.  \n\nEngland, France, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, and Uraguay.
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so far, a country awarded maximum 2 times to host world cup finals. following are the countries who hosted world cup for 2 times:\n\nItaly (1934 & 1990)\nFrance (1938 & 1998)\nMexico (1970 & 1986)\n\nGermany hosted the world cup in 1974. This year 2006, they will also become hosting world cup for 2 times and join the ranks of Italy, France and Mexico as host of world cup for most time so far.
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12 different venues will be used.  Just check out the FIFA World Cup website for more info
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The exact amount of nations that are members of FIFA is 192 nations. Which are the ones who compete for the right to participate in the FIFA World Cup Tournament That's held every four years and allows 32 nations as it finalist to compete. Any Nation that is not a member of FIFA can not participate.
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There are actually 32 teams in the World Cup. Teams qualified by playing within their regions for the past three years. Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America, Oceania are the regions represented. At the beginning of the qualifying rounds, there were around 200 teams trying to get into the World Cup. \n\nThe number of teams from each region allowed into the World Cup varies by region. Regions with more skilled teams get more spots (this year, Europe has 13 teams represented, which is the most, by far).\n\nThis article shows how many teams from each region are chosen, along with many other details:
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There are twelve stadiums for the 2006 World Cup in these German cities:\n\nBerlin\nCologne\nDortmund\nFrankfurt\nMunich\nGelsenkirchen\nHamburg\nHannover\nKaiserslautern\nLeipzig\nNuremburg\nStuttgart
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2006 is Spain's 12th appearance in the World Cup\n\n1930 - Did not enter \n1934 - Quarter finals \n1938 - Withdrew due to civil war \n1950 - Fourth place \n1954 - Did not qualify \n1958 - Did not qualify \n1962 - Round 1 \n1966 - Round 1 \n1970 - Did not qualify \n1974 - Did not qualify \n1978 - Round 1 \n1982 - Round 2 \n1986 - Quarter finals \n1990 - Round 2 \n1994 - Quarter finals \n1998 - Round 1 \n2002 - Quarter finals \n2006 - Round 2 (still in campaign)
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many players did. which world cup?
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Current top contenders are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament.\n\nAny four of the above countries could play the semi final and win the world cup 2006.   \n\nIf Wayne Rooney becomes match fit to play, England should be considered as a top contender too.
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Whoever wins the final game will win the 2006 Fifa World Cup.
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There are 32 teams in the World Cup: \n\nAngola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, United states of America.\n\nEach team can have a maximum of 23 teams. Usually 3 of those go for goalkeepers, and then 20 to divide among defenders, midfielders, and strikers.
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that is a very easy answer. there are 32 teams that participate in the world cup every 4 years.
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FIFA world cup.\n \n•There are 32 countries, these are divided in 8 groups of 4 (countries), then each country plays against the others inside their own group.\n\nExample:\nGroup A\n\nGermany – Costa Rica                  Germany – Ecuador  \nPoland – Ecuador                           Costa Rica – Poland\nEcuador - Costa Rica                             \nGermany – Poland \n \n•When this is all done, the FIRST and SECOND countries of each group that have more points go to the second part which in Spanish is called “Octavos de final”( 1/8 of the final).( FROM THIS PART  IF YOU LOSE  IN 1/8 OF THE FINAL THEN YOU ARE OUT)\n\n POINTS :  WIN A GAME  : 3 POINTS\n                    TIE                    : 1PT\n                   LOSE                  :  0 PTS\n \nWhat comes next is called ¼ of the final , then the semi final , then the game for the 3rd place, and the final.
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for WC 2006 currently there are 6 people\nFernando Torres (ESP)\nLukas Podolski    (GER)\nRonaldo              (BRA)\nDavid Villa           (ESP)\nMaxi Rodriguez   (ARG)\nHernan Crespo   (ARG)