How did FIFA deceide how many teams should be in the elimation rounds of the World Cup..?
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by having qualifying matches in each zone
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As soon a W.C is over the organizing committee for the next World Cup meets with FIFA officials and they determine how many countries should participate. In this year's world cup this was decided in 2002 and they decided like this \nEurope (UEFA): 13 + Host\nAsia (AFC)4.5\nAfrica(CAF) 5 \nSouth America (CONMEBOL): 4.5\nNorth Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF): 3.5\nOceania (OFC)  .5\nDecimals means they have to play a disqualifying match against a team of other confederation, this time was played like this:\nAFC vs CONCACAF ( Bahrein vs Trinidad & Tobago) w: T&T\nOFC vs CONMEBOL ( Australia vs Uruguay) w: Australia
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The better question is when will have better teams in the World Cup?  In some regions a lot better teams don't get in and some other regions get teams that aren't even competitive to meet the limit, but what are you gonna do.
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32 nations (teams) qualified for the World Cup.  After each team playing 3 matches, 16 teams have been eliminated, with 16 teams left.\n\nTo see who qualified, have a look at the link in the source.
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the half, if they are 32 teams right now then 16 (only 2 teams per group qualify)
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The FIFA tiebreaking criteria for the Groups phase (32 Teams) of the World Cups is:\n\nIf teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows: (criteria 4 and 5 are only applicable to 3-way and 4-way ties)\n\n1) Goal difference in all group matches.\n2) Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.\n3) Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned.\n4) Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned.\n5) Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned.\n6) Drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.
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The world cup happens every four years for various reasons.\n\nThe most important reason is that the cup is played in a different country all the time and the designated country has to prepare it self to accommodate for the influx of tourists and fans. This involves building and improving the infrastructure such as hotels, roads, public toilets, restaurants etc. Basically the country must be prepared to accommodate, feed, provide security and everything else to allow everyone to participate in this world event. Many things have to be anticipated and organised. FIFA, the group responsible for football regulations must approve the overall plan and stipulates whether a country is fit to host the event. The country must then comply to the FIFA pre-requisites. Visit the FIFA website and contact for additional information.
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the  teams  that  have  already  qualified  are  those  that  have  already  played  two  games  and  have won  both  of  them.  that's  six points  a guarantee  for  qualification.  their  third  game  is  to  decide  if  they  are  going  to  proceed  as no. 1  or  no  2 .to  second  round.  for  example  Germany  and  Ecuador.\n  for  teams  like  Ghana, us,  Italy  and  Czech non  of  them  has  won  two  games  and  non of  them  has  lost  two  games, so  their  third  game  is  going  to  decide.  right  now  all  of  them  have  chances  of  qualifying.
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Since the second World Cup in 1934, qualifying tournaments have been held to thin the field for the final tournament. They are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe), overseen by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIFA decides the number of places awarded to each of the continental zones beforehand, generally based on the relative strength of the confederations' teams, but also subject to lobbying from the confederations.\n\nThe qualification process can start as early as almost three years before the final tournament, and last over a two-year period. The formats of the qualification tournaments differ between confederations. Usually, one or two places are awarded to winners of Intercontinental Play-offs. For example, the winner of the Oceanian zone and the fifth-placed team from the South American zone entered a play-off to decide which team would qualify for the 2006 World Cup [11]. From the 1938 World Cup onwards, host nations have received an automatic berth in the finals. This right also used to be granted to the defending champion, but from the 2006 finals onwards, this entitlement has been withdrawn, requiring the champions to qualify as well [12].\n\n\n\nAFC -- In addition to the host countries Japan and Korea, two other teams from this confederation qualified for the finals. Forty teams played a round-robin style tournament, and, in the end, China and Saudi Arabia came out on top. \n\nCAF -- Fifty teams started the process in this confederation, and five made it to the finals. Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia will all compete. \n\nCONCACAF -- In this confusing process, thirty-five teams started, and three teams qualified. The first round of qualifying consisted of two mini-tournaments and an inter-zone playoff. The three top teams in the final round, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States, qualified for the final competition. \n\nCONMEBOL -- Compared to the confusion of CONCACAF, this process was quite simple. Ten teams played in a tournament. The top four teams -- Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay -- qualified based on points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw) and advanced to the finals. Uruguay also qualified this year by winning a home-and-home playoff with the winner of the OFC qualification (more on that later). \n\nUEFA -- In the first phase of qualifying, the 50 nations in this confederation were separated into five pools based on past performance in qualifying for World Cup 98 and Euro 2000. They were then drawn into nine groups, and the winner of each qualified for the finals. The nine runners-up were then placed in a pot. Eight of the teams were randomly drawn to play in home-and-home pairings. The team that wasn't drawn (Ireland) played a team from the AFC (Iran) and won, earning a spot in the finals. So, after all the games, the teams that qualified are: Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. \n\nOFC -- Unlike the other confederations, a spot in the finals is not guaranteed for this group's winner. Ten teams compete for the opportunity to face the fifth-place CONMEBOL country in a home-and-home playoff.
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To repeat an earlier answer 31 plus Germany qualified but almost every country in the world participated, more than the Olympics.  Brazil was upset because as winners of the last cup they did not get automatic qualification but because of numbers they had to qualify.\nQualifying has been going on for two years now.
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listen ill explain\n\n\nIn every group of four each team plays everyone else in their group. (for example: A vs. B and C vs. D) then when those matches are done A vs. C and B vs. D then the last matches of the "group stages" A vs. D and B vs. C---- Now a win is 3 points a tie or draw is 1 point and a loss is 0 points. The top 2 teams in each group proceed to the next round of 16 while the rest are out of the competition
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Yes it's true! And some teams had to play both Serbia AND Montenegro on the same day!\n\nI think FIFA are trying to make it easier for these less favoured nations....
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A maximum of 23 players per team. There are 32 teams in the world cup. Mulitply that and your answer is 736 players.\n\nFor more information on the World Cup, click on the wikipedia link below.
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In the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 198 teams from the six FIFA confederations were allocated a share of the 32 spots available on the basis of the strength of their teams. The final distribution was as follows:\n\nEurope - represented by UEFA : 51 teams competing for 13 places (Germany qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 14 places) \nAfrica - the CAF : 51 teams, 5 places \nSouth America - CONMEBOL : 10 teams, 4.5 places \nAsia - the AFC : 39 teams, 4.5 places \nNorth, Central American and Caribbean - CONCACAF : 34 teams, 3.5 places \nOceania - the OFC : 12 teams, 0.5 places (not guaranteed a position). \nEach .5 indicates a place in inter-confederation matchups for the last two spots, namely playoffs between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and OFC.\n\nBut are you trying to send your team
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it was a tie. go to this website then u don't have to answer a quesstion and lose 5 points.http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/schedule.html
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Top two teams from each group advance into single elimination rounds.\n\nWhich group plays which group in the knockout stages is determined before the tournament begins.\n\nFor the 2006 World Cup Playoff format: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bracket.html
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The current FIFA World Cup trophy was made with 17 slots for the winning country's name to go on it. Currently there are 8 teams on the trophy, that means that the world cup in 2038 would fill up the trophy, therefore a new one would have to be designed.