way you are taking the world cup after 4 years it takes long times it is better that you take after 2 years?
347380
Qualifying takes over a year and clubs would not want to release players for internatinal games if they had to a international competition more often. Don't forget you have the european championships every 4 years, and the african nations cup and copa america also!
1004619
wow - that's cool ;)\n\nalthough there is an error in your logics:\n\n- for the winners of 1994, 1986 and 1990 the logics are correct, as you added the year the winner won and the year the winner won the last time\n- but for the winners of 2002 and the possible winner of 2006 there is an error: you should continue your logics by adding the year the team won and the year the team won the last time, so for the 2002 winner the total is (2002+1994 = 3996; 2006+2002 = 4008, so it cannot be brazil)...\n- also, your logics don't work for argentina (1978+0 = 1978), italy (1982+1938 = 3920) and france (1998+0 = 1998)\n\nbut here's something interesting for you (as you seem to be a fan of brazil and i'm a fan of italy, lol):\n\n- brazil took 24 years to win their 4th world cup (1970-1994) and who won the 1982 world cup? - italy...\n\nmay the best team win ;)
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The FIFA World Cup is played every four (4) years. Currently, the tournament has thirty two (32) participating countries in the competition, but it was not always so.\n\nThe first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930 had thirteen (13) teams. The number of teams per tournament has varied, but went to thirty two (32) teams for the 1998 World Cup held in France, and remains that many today.\n\nThe World Cup is held in a different country each time, although several countries have held the tournament multiple times, just not in back-to-back competitions.
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For a single sports event, no doubt the Fifa World Cup, held every four years, where the continental champions and the best soccer teams of the world (becuase they earned their right to qualify afrer a tedious qualification process) face off to see who is crowned as the best team of the World after that tournament.
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I think it's a great decision.  Since the world cup is every 4 years, just because a team was good enough to win the World Cup 4 years ago does not mean they are good enough to even make it past the qualifying round.  Just look at France in 1998 and then in 2002...two completely different teams.  I can see the host country because that's where a lot of your attendance is coming from and you don't want to alienate the citizens of that country.  Good job FIFA!!!
1105768
Hmm...it's interesting but by that logic, we wouldn't need to spend 30 days on a world cup. Why don't we just hand Brazil (or a supposed winner) instead of watching teams slug it out for the big prize!? :)
676850
No I don't think it will be possible. The hosts normally take 6-8 years for preparing themselves for the Cup. And if it starts happening every two years, it will be too taxing for the hosts.\n\nBut I love the idea !
1130184
It depends on how long it takes for people to actually give a care about soccer.
1015268
Since 1966 when England won the world cup. We have heard every 4 years since then how England will win the world cup again. Every four years their players have said to be able to win it. If the English people had that much faith in their Religion, as they have had, about them winning the world cup. Jesus would have come back and lived in England. Can you imagine what the next forty years are going to be like if they win this world cup.
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Of course, winning by 3 goals during the standard play time is faaar better than winning on shoot outs.Italy won by luck and everybody knows it.But in the 1998 world cup,France won over Brazil 3-0 with 2 beautiful headers from Zizou.This victory deserves more laurals and accolades than winning by luck.Its fortunate that ppl hav understood this.
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I think it is more up to the individual soccer federation to decide what areas they want to improve upon, not FIFA's.  \n\nFor any country that is looking at getting into the top tier, I would start training as many coaches as possible to be very good coaches so that younger players will improve faster as well as provide a scouting network for the national federation.  \nFor a poorer country, financial aspects of running a top tier team has to be considered as well.  Do the benefits of the team outweigh the costs?  If not, maybe that money could be better spent somewhere else.  If it does, how much more can be spent to make the cost benefit ratio even to further maximize the strength of the federation?\nThe age limit for select teams are largely set by FIFA in regards to international competitions.  Internally, it is important to get like aged kids to play together for those future tournaments but to also expose them to better teams (older teams) to further their team skills.
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it takes not only skill, but organization and heart, as well. in football, spirit is more valuable than in any other sport. that's why a world cup is so revered. Isn't it a beautiful game? You need all three. If your skill and tactics lag behind your energy, you will fail. You need all three.
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I love your question. I've asked myself this ? too. As I thought about it I came with another ?. What other game on earth could reunite all the world together in one country every 4 years other than the World Cup? when they do It every 4 years it becomes a dream for everyone in the world to be there. And it's where you can see the best of a player. \nThat's why it's a must for me to be there in 2010. That's my dream
359280
Firstly it take 2 year to qualify for the games. Plus also the European championship along with copa america is held every 2 years.
467654
One. The 2002 world cup. After this world cup it will be two.
406812
2008, 2 yrs after the world cup or before
96186
if it is the soccer ball use during the actual final ,a lot of money ,however its just a ball saying francevs Brazil on it , you might want to wait 50 years so it gain a real value if any.