How many World Cups have been hosted in the Americas?
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The World Cup has been hosted in the Americas 7 times:\n\n1930 Uruguay\n1950 Brazil\n1962 Chile\n1970 Mexico\n1978 Argentina\n1986 Mexico\n1994 USA\n\nMexico is the only nation to have hosted 2 World Cup Finals.
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Brazil won the trophy 5 times so far: \n\n1. 1958 in Sweden vs Sweden (5-2)\n2. 1962 in Chile vs Czechoslovakia (3-1)\n3. 1970 in Mexico vs Italy (4-1)\n4. 1994 in USA vs Italy (3-2)\n5. 2002 in Korea/Japan vs Germany (2-0)
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World Cups are played every 4 years.
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13 countries participated in the first ever World Cup in Uruguay.  Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the finals.
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The FIFA World Cup is the most significant competition in world football. The World Cup is contested by the men's national football teams of member nations of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (the sport's global governing body). The event takes place every four years and involves 32 national teams competing over a four-week period in a previously nominated host nation.
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Brazil holds the record with 5 World Cups to their belt.\nItaly, Germany, Argentina, follow with 3 World Cups each.\nThen England, Uruguay, France with 1 World Cup to their name.
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17 tournaments.\n\nThis year's World Cup in Germany will be the 18th in its history.
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9. 1930 was the First World Cup. Only 13 nations took part, and Uruguay won.
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after the 2006 world cup in Germany, FIFA world cup will travel to Africa for the first time in South Africa. 2014 world cup is scheduled to be held in South America (probably in Brazil). 2018 World Cup would be held in either North America (CONCACAF) or Oceania (OFC).There is slim chance for Asia (probably, China) for hosting 2018 world cup in case CONCACAF/OFC fail to fulfill FIFA's designated requirement.
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Germany has hosted the World Cup only once, in 1974 and they actually won the tournement. 2006 will be the second time that Germany has hosted the World Cup. For information about countries that have hosted the World Cup previously, visit: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/index_p1.html
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The Confederations Cup is played between the winners of each of the six federations in the world (plus the World Cup winners and the host nation) . It is also known as the "mini World Cup" and played every four years (usually in the country that will host the upcoming World Cup).\n\nA total of 8 countries participate in this tournament. Last years Confederation Cup in Germany included:\n\nGermany (host nation), Brazil (World Cup holders), Argentina (South American winners), Greece (European champions), Mexico (North American and Carribean winners), Tunisia (African winners), Japan (Asian winners) and Australia (Oceanian winners).
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Early World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The choice of location was highly controversial, given the three week boat journey between South America and Europe, the two centres of strength in football. The decision to hold the first cup in Uruguay, for example, led to only four European nations competing.[15] The next two world cups were both held in Europe. The decision to hold the second of these, the 1938 FIFA World Cup, in France was controversial, as the American countries had been led to understand that the World Cup would rotate between the two continents. Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the tournament.[16]\n\nAfter the 1958 FIFA World Cup, to avoid any future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternation between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup (hosted jointly by Japan and Korea) was the first one held in Asia, and in 2010, South Africa will become the first African nation to host the World Cup. (South Africa will not be the first Southern Hemisphere nation to host the Cup, as former hosts Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Argentina all lie south of the Equator.)\n\nThe 2014 FIFA World Cup was allocated to South America in 2003, allowing the ten member nations of CONMEBOL to bid in order to host. However, after a short period of time, every nation in the continent backed Brazil as the only viable host of the 2014 finals, creating the odd situation where the 2014 World Cup host was unofficially determined. However, it is not yet certain that Brazil will be able to host the competition; if the Brazilians pull out, the tournament will be moved to another continent.\n\nThe system evolved so that the host country is now chosen in a vote by FIFA's executive committee. This is done under a single transferable vote system. The decision is currently made six years in advance of the tournament.
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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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Brazil has qualified for every world cup (the only nation to do so for that matter). They have, therefore, qualified 18 times (including the Germany 2006)
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They hosted the whole 1994 World Cup. The USA we in it, of course, and went out against eventual winners Brazil in the second round.
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17 WORLD CUPS\n42-46 SKIPPED BECAUSE OF WW2\n URUGUAY 1930  ITALY 1934  FRANCE 1938 \n BRASIL 1950  SWISSERLAND 1954  Sweden 1958 \n CHILE 1962  ENGLAND 1966  MEXICO 1970 \n GERMANY 1974  ARGENTINA 1978  ESPAÑA 1982 \n MEXICO 1986  ITALY 1990  USA94 \n FRANCE 1998  Korea / Japón 2002
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Oh of coarse Brazil. 5 times.\n\n   1.  Brazil - 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 (5 titles)\n   2. Germany - 1954, 1974, 1990 (3 titles)\n      Italy - 1934, 1938, 1982 (3 titles)\n   3. Argentina - 1978, 1986 (2 titles)\n      Uruguay - 1930, 1950 (2 titles)\n   4. England - 1966 (1 title)\n      France - 1998 (1 title)