Why do only a few countries win world cups ?
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because only a few countries can keep up themselves to the big games
475423
world cups are held just once every four years. with that being said here are a list counting down with the winners.\n\nGermany 2006        ?\nJapan/Korea 2002    Brazil\nFrance 1998         France\nUS 1994             Brazil\nItaly 1990          W. Germany\n\nAs you can see with this year falling on a world cup year there was no competition in 1996, therefore no winner.\n\nFederation Internationale de Footballe Association
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that is a very easy answer. there are 32 teams that participate in the world cup every 4 years.
1008191
First because is the ONLY sport that is played in all the countries except the Vatican City and Some Overseas Possessions (French Guyana, and some other islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean). Is also the most played sport in Europe and South America.\n\nSecond because even tough Brazil have won more cup titles, is always a fair sport, because we have Italy and Germany with tree titles and other worth two or one. So really there is no best country, and the dispute is good (As some good teams were left behind in this cup: Uruguay, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Turkey, Nigeria, Cameron...)\n\n\nThird, is not like other sports as tennis and golf, where you need a whole lot of equipment, in soccer you only need a ball, and two rocks to make the goals, so poor countries in South America and Africa can afford their players to play and improve.\n\nFourth, is the only sport to be prove to unite countries, and to make their fans love their country and fell patriotic. If you see all the games, at the end they shake their hands and they exchange T-shirts, something that is not common, specially among nations from other continents and other cultures.\n\nFifth, Is fun to see your country playing with other teams, and to get this vision of how everyone enjoys goals more than Aces(tennis), and other things in sports.
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World War II is the reason the 1942 and 1946 world cups did not occur.  Uruguay won in 1950.
1118270
Very difficult: Ukraine and Spain are stronger teams. But the World Cup is a competition that often reserves surprises...
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There is a lot of pressure on the big teams to do well. Germany have been OK, England were happy to secure victory, Holland and Argentina are superb, Italy and France were disappointing, the USA aren't a 'good team' and Brazil were tested against Croatia but found natural form against the Socceroos. They have a way about them that means even when they are not playing well, or they have orgainsed opponents, they will always produce something special.\n\nSpain did well.
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even though many of us want our favourite nations to win.\nI think the team that plays the best football, and cheats (dives etc) the least should win the world cup, but thats not how it works nowadays and brazil are the favourites this year aswell, just like last year and the year before.
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32 countries have played in the cup since France 98.  Stadiums vary, but in this one the average is between 40-50 thousand I would say.  Brazil was the pre-tournament favorite, but France knocked them out in the quarterfinals.  No, it is not the 80th world cup, the FIFA World Cup began in 1930, and is held every 4 years, and was not held between 38 and 50 due to WWII.  So there was a tournament in 30, 34, 38, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 02, and now in 06.  So this cup is the 18th.  Regardless of who wins this tournament (because both are previous winners), only seven countries have won the world cup.  Uruguay in 30, Italy in 34, Italy in 38, Uruguay in 50, West Germany in 54, Brazil in 58, Brazil in 62, England in 66, Brazil in 70, West Germany in 74, Argentina in 78, Italy in 82, Argentina in 86, Germany in 90, Brazil in 94, France in 98, Brazil in 02, and either Italy/France in 06.  For more information go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup.
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It's an obvious but simple answer. The players aren't good enough. They don't compete to a very high standard in their domestic league and are out of their depth when it comes to playing in the World Cup.
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(m)\n\nUp to date, there have been 17 World Cups, but only seven countries have won the trophy. Brazil has won it five times, but ironically, never in their home country.
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The Fifa World Cup happens every 4 years. Countries are picked randomly, in similar fashion to the olympics.
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There had been two cups used in the world cup. the first was called the Jules Rimet Trophy and used between the 1930 and 1970 world cup. After Brazil won the World cup for 3 times against 2 times winners Italy in 1970, Brazil kept the cup permanently. Sadly, the cup was stolen while on display in Brazil and was never recovered, a replica was made.\n\nSince 1974, a new cup (the one we see now) was made and FIFA states that this cup cannot be won outright.\n\nThe old cup had been changed 5 times (Brazil, Uruguay, England, Italy and (West) Germany)\nThe new cup had been changed also 5 times (Brazil, France, (West) Germany, Italy and Argentina)
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If they do, your countries achievement will not be unappreciated by the world. It takes a great country to produce players continually that can be of the calibre to pull that off. Good luck to you.\n\nHowever I would like to see the Ukraine or Portugal come through and achieve the unexpected as it would renew some hope for others and give a new perspective to the cup. Also to honour the job, commitment and hard work the under dog sides put in to achieve results and lift their standard of play.
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I hope you're not trying to make this into a race issue, because it would be terribly lame.\n\nSoccer has been the most dominant sport amongst European countries for a very long time. By comparison, African countries have been producing World Cup teams only recently. \n\nIf the team is good enough, they will qualify. Take the US, for example, they are supposedly the "leader of the free world", but their team only recently began qualifying for the World Cup (and hasn't as of yet made it very far).
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World Cups are played every 4 years.
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here are all the world cup winners from starting wc. and to answer your question specificly brazil, italy and germany are the only three teams who have won it 3 times.\nBRAZIL : 5 \nITALY : 3\nGERMANY : 3 \nURUGUAY : 2 \nARGENTINE : 2 \nENGLAND : 1 \nFRANCE : 1