Anyone know whether Canada has ever qualified for the World Cup of soccer finals before?
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Yes Canada has appeared in the World Cup once 1986 in Mexico...they did not make it out of the first round group stage but did play very well against France losing only 1-0 in there first game.Later they lost 2-0 to Hungary and Russia in there next two games.
514834
Never happened, this is the first time they qualified (2006).\nThey came close to qualifying in 1990, when they lost the decisive match at home to the USA. Paul Caliguri scored close to the end of the game.
1045400
They did qualified, in 1950 but they withdrew because FIFA would not let them play in bare feet. Seriously..
582835
The winner of 2006 world cup have to come through the qualifying round, like 2002 world cup champion Brazil did to qualify for 2006 world cup in Germany.\n\nunder the present FIFA rule, only the host country will qualify automatically for the final stage. As such, South Africa as the host of the 2010 world cup do not have to go through the qualifying round. They are an automatic selection to play 2010 world cup.
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Qualifying tournaments in each of the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, and Europe) determine which teams will play in the World Cup games. Competing teams are divided into 8 groups. This year the groups are divided thus:\n\n    * Group A: Germany, Costa Rica, Poland, Ecuador\n    * Group B: England, Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago, Sweden\n    * Group C: Argentina, Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro, The Netherlands\n    * Group D: Mexico, Iran, Angola, Portugal\n    * Group E: Italy, Ghana, USA, Czech Republic\n    * Group F: Brazil, Croatia, Australia, Japan\n    * Group G: France, Switzerland, S. Korea, Togo\n    * Group H: Spain, Ukraine, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia\n\nThese groups play a round-robin tournament, with the top two teams from each group advancing to a second stage, known as the knockout stage. At this point, teams play against each other in one-off competitions, with teams being eliminated until the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. The losing semifinalists also play to determine third place.
988419
At the Finals or Qualifying?\n\nFinals I believe was Hungary v El Salvador, think it was 10-1 or something outrageous like that.\n\nIn Qualifying, Australia beat someone 31-0 or about that.
990024
"1957 - Canada entered the FIFA World Cup for the first time and met the United States and Mexico in qualifying for the finals in Sweden in 1958. Canada won its first World Cup game 5-1 against the U.S. in Toronto, but played Mexico twice in Mexico City, for financial reasons, and lost 2-0 and 3-0. In the final game Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 in St. Louis, but it is Mexico who advance to the next round. This is the first time Canada has formed a national team in 30 years."
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Australias first attempt to qualify for the World Cup finals was in 1965. Drawn to play against North Korea in a two legged series the winner was to take the 16th qualifying position in England the following year. The two match series was played in neutral Cambodia front of a large and vocal crowd. \n\nResults:\nNovember 21, 1965, Phnom Penh, Cambodia -  North Korea 6 - 1  Australia\nNovember 24, 1965, Phnom Penh, Cambodia -  Australia 1 - 3  North Korea
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Canada, like every other country, has to qualify through tournaments. In Canada's case, this is CONCACAF (composed mainly of north american nations). They must place highly in this in order to qualify for World Cup (top 2 i think).\n\nYes Canada does have a men's team. Not a very good one. Ranked about 90th in the world. Its hard enough to even put it together and train, considering their are players playing all over the world.
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Brazil is the strongest candidate by far. The only team in position to stop them -as it happened historically- is Argentina. However, Argentines should be quite inspired to make such an achievement (as they did in Buenos Aires in the last qualifiers match), shouldn't this be the case they will face the same fate they experienced in the Federations Cup last year in Germany.
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Trinadad/Tobago\n\nThe national football team qualifed for the 2006 FIFA World Cup by beating Bahrain in Manama on 16 November 2005, making them the smallest country ever (in terms of population) to qualify. This was their first successful qualification and brought their ranking to 51st in the World. The team was coached by Dutchman Leo Beenhakker.The Trinidadian World Cup team has some fairly well known international players, including; Dwight York (Sydney FC, former Manchester United), Shakka Hislop (West Ham United) and Jason Scotland (St. Johnstone).
614557
Yes, they are. They are 52nd right now, as per FIFA latest rankings. But if you are talking about this year Wolrd Cup, they did not qualify for the final tournament.
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I really do not know why they haven't. but one thing is sure, Brazil do have a great team any day any time. The reason it could go their way this time is that they are ranked the best in the world, presently. Secondly, they have character and the discipline to win it in Germany. But i do know that they have the home team to contend with. Nevewrtheless, they have done it several times outside home.\n\nThis world cup might not be different from France 98.
819674
not yet. though they were GREAT in the youth cup, maybe they need a year or two. Just in time for the world cup too!
1098682
Trinidad and Tobago has competed in the world cup competition for many years but this (2006) is the first time the  team has reached the finals,\n\nThe competition begins more than a year before the finals.
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This are the teams that are already qualified for the men's FIFA Worldcup 2006 in Germany.The women's worldcup will be held in 2007 at China.\n\nGroup A\nGermany\nCosta Rica\nPoland\nEcuador\n\nGROUP B\nEngland\nParaguay\nTrinidad and Tobago\nSweden\n\nGroup C\nArgentina\nCôte d'Ivoire (Costa Rica)\nSerbia and Montenegro\nNetherlands\n\nGroup D\nMexico\nIran\nAngola\nPortugal\n\nGroup E  \nItaly\nGhana\nUSA\nCzech Republic\n\nGroup F\nBrazil\nCroatia\nAustralia\nJapan\n\nGroup G\nFrance\nSwitzerland\nKorea Republic\nTogo\n\nGroup H\nSpain\nUkraine\nTunisia\nSaudi Arabia
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Starting from Germany 2006, the winner of the past World Cup had to qualify for the Finals. Only the host nation qualifies automatically from 2006 on.\n\nThe following teams, shown by region, have qualified. The number in brackets is the country's seeding for the tournament, this value is a calculated based on historical world cup results, last two (2002 and 1998), and historical FIFA World Rankings, last three (2003-2005) [1].:\n\nAfrica (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] \n\nAsia (AFC) \n Iran [21] \n Japan [12] \n South Korea [11] \n Saudi Arabia [19] \n\nOceania (OFC) \n Australia [28] \n\nSouth America (CONMEBOL) \n Argentina [7] \n Brazil [1] \n Ecuador [23] \n Paraguay [15] \n Europe (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] (first time qualifier as Serbia and Montenegro) \n Spain [3] \n  Switzerland [25] \n Sweden [13] \n Ukraine [26] (first time qualifier) \n\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]