in which state is the world cup is holding? why is there so much money in football?i hv bein hearing about?
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THose are the most random questions ever and most of them can't be answered.\n\nThe world cup is in Germany, not the states.\nThere is alot of money in football if you are involved.\nFifa is the main international organizing body for soccer.\n\nThe clubs that will go to relegation are too many. There are 3 from the major 5 leagues, and others from other leagues. Treviso (ITA) and Sunderland (ENG) are the only two that have been officially relegated.\n\nThe greatest club in Europe depends on who you like. For me I think it's AS Roma. In terms of skill it has to be Chelsea, Milan, or Barcelona. There is no real answer to that.
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Besides the host country, Germany, I must say it is Brazil. The team itself is 5 times Cup winner and they have the depth that others don't. Over hundreds of media workers flew to Germany to cover not only on matches but also on their training and non-training sessions. Whenever Brazil plays a match, the whole country will rest. Shops will close earlier and people will stick to any TV that shows live broadcast. To them football is their religion!
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Hello,\nI presume you are talking about the football worlcup\nIt started in 1930 In Uruguay, why? well the FIFA (the organisation in charge of the football competiton around the world) wanted at the begining leave the world cup into the olympics game (1908) but after the great world war, the FIFA and his president Jules Rimet changed their mind and decided to creat the World cup, they took the decision in 1928. The first edition had 13 teams (countries) vs 32 today.\n\nWell it's brief and i hope it will help you to start, if you need more info on the organisation or the cup your best try will be www.fifa.com
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(m)\n\nFIFA's prize money fund for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ totals CHF 332 million. Advance payments totalling 32 million (one million for each association taking part) will be made as a contribution towards preparing the finalist teams. Each association will receive CHF 2 million per match in the first round and can thus rely on a guaranteed income of at least CHF 7 million. The winners of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ will take home prize money amounting to CHF 24.5 million. The runners-up will pocket CHF 22.5 million, while the teams coming third and fourth will each receive CHF 21.5 million.
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The World Cup is a huge sporting event and thus attracts many companies worldwide. In terms of profitability, I don't think many companies become profitable as a result of the World Cup...It is more a marketing and advertising ploy in hopes to boost revenue and sales...with that being said...the firms I would look at are: Adidas, Nike, Mastercard, Yahoo!, Fujifilm, Gilette, Avaya, Deutsche Telekom (which in US is T-Mobile), McDonalds, Toshiba, Emirates, Hyundai, Avaya, Coca-Cola, and Philips to name a few.
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Basically money. There is generally more money available in the UEFA comfederation than in South America, Asia, Africa....etc.\n\nThats all it boils down to really.
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My overall view of the cup... hmmm...\n\nWell since you asked, here goes:\n\nThe World Cup of Soccer... it's the most watched sports competition in the world, a game and an event that unites & divides the entire planet!  This year the world cup soccer tournament arrives in Germany where the host country (part of it anyways, once known as West Germany) won a 2nd title in 1974.\n \nThe world's largest sporting event has only gotten bigger during the last 3 decades:  2.7 million people in stadiums across South Korea & Japan in 2002, it was where the Germans returned to the World Cup Final and lost to Brazil.\n \n32 world cup teams will battle it out in Germany over a 31 day period.  The battle is for the most coveted trophy in the world, the FIFA World Cup Trophy (see picture above in the upper right hand corner).  It is a piece of hardware that measures 14" high and weighs 11 pounds.  Also at stake is an entire nation's pride.\n\nEvery 4 years, FIFA (the international governing body of soccer) holds a month long tournament.  32 teams qualify from 6 zones: Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America (and Oceania as a single zone), Central America and the Caribbean.\n\nHow is it played?  The 32 teams are broken into 8 groups. Each team plays the other 3 teams in its group, the top 2 teams from each of the original 8 groups advance to the round of 16 (16 teams left at this point).   The round of 16 is played this way:  The winner of each group plays the 2nd place team of another group.  The winners from the round of 16 advance to the quarter-finals (8 teams left at this point).  Winning teams from the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals (4 teams left at this point) and are guaranteed two more games - because World Cup teams play for 3rd place also.  The winning teams of the semi-finals play in the World Cup final (for 1st & 2nd place), the losing teams of the semi-finals play for 3rd place.\n\nFIFA held the 1st World Cup in 1930, and aside from skipping 1942 & 1946 (due to obvious reasons: World War II), has held the tournament every 4 years since then.  There have been 17 previous tournaments.  \n\nWho do I think will win?  That question can hold a few different possible answers.  Brazil holds the record for winning the most world cups with 5 world cups so they are the favorites.  Italy & West Germany (Germany now since reunification in 1990) are tied at 2nd place with 3 world cups each.  Uruguay & Argentina are tied at 3rd place with 2 world cups each.  England & France are tied at 4th with 1 world cup title each.\n\nMy heart lies with team Italy but five-time champions Brazil are the definite favorite - which would be an unbelievable 6th title and would be twice as many as any other team.  Another favorite is Czech Republic based on their #2 World Ranking according to FIFA.  Holland is ranked 3rd, Mexico is ranked 4th and USA is ranked 5th tied with Spain.  But those are just current FIFA World rankings, they can't determine the actual World Cup outcome: How you get to Germany and How you play in Germany are two different things!  Fan favorites and real contenders like Italy, Portugal, England, Germany, Argentina among other teams will obviously leave their respective marks on this tournament.  \n\nGo Italy!  Forza Italia!!!
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I can see your frustration, but imagine what it's like to call the sport that currently has it's World Cup in Germany the name of a different sport in you current dialect. Football could mean a variety of sports.\n\nsee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football
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Countries have to bid to host the world cup, like cities do with the Olympics.  As far as I know the only future WC set for now is South Africa 2010.
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actually ppl here don't want to take football as a profession.\ngovernment is not spending enough money on football and whatever budget is kept for it, goes to corruption.
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Awww.\nThat sucks.\nSo that means that you have absolutely no way of getting the world cup, where you are?\nI'm sure there is something you can do.
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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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Yes that was the way , but fifa changed a few things this time round, its all to do with the comercial side of it. Brazil had to qualify for the tournament even though they are the champions. Thay know that with |Brazil in the qualifing rounds fifa will get more tv money from around the world. Fifa and sepp blatter suck horses c**k.
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Well seeing as this is the Australian Football thread, and not (soccer) Football, I will assume your question relates to the AFL International Cup, which was held in Melbourne in August last year. It was a great tournament with teams from Canada, the UK, USA, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, Samoa, New Guinea, New Zealand, Spain, Denmark and Nauru. It was a tough tournment, with New Zealand being crowned world champs over New Guinea in a bruising Grand Final.\nMore Info:\nhttp://afl.com.au/?pg=intcup
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isn't it just easier to look it up on the internet than wait for someone to answer the question... since you're already on the computer and online?  and the answer to the question...  France won it because it's all political, ...why i say this, well... the world cup started in France, and they wanted to end the millenium in France...Brasil could not have played so terribly... besides ...look at the stats and you'll see. France eliminated very early in world cup  2002 and to this day, they're still struggling , even to score. Unfortunately , Brasil is a poor country and France and the European nation is quite rich, where do you think the best players from Brasil are playing now. So if you pay me the big bucks.. i'll lose to you too. ( just this once) woooahahahaaa....
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this forum is getting more & more interesting as more & more new fans starts to come in & ask questions anything that related to football. at first, the World Cup debate was really intense after the tournament but right now, things are beginning to get back to normal now. it is sad to see some of our fans left this forum after receiving abuses & personal attacks but nevertheless the excitement here is still alive & kicking. \n\nalthough the 2006 FIFA World Cup is already long gone, this forum should be changed to 2008 UEFA European Championship as the tournament is gonna be held in less than 2 years. best of all, i'm here to stay.
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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.