Why are there not any questions regarding World Cup Soccer?
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You would think there would be more questions about it seeing it is only 61 days away...\nMaybe because it is such a popular event everyone knows alot about it already...
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http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/index.html here to stay update about the cup ...
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You're right it never has been clear enough lot of strange things happen during world cups...
410916
haha, I was just going to say football doesn't have a world cup, and then my mind clicked and went, oh soccer. And sorry, no clue.
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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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I can't really say that it's the worst ever because I haven't seen every single World Cup. But I have to say, this year's referees are pathetic ... so many controversies .. and so many unnecessary ones. You pointed out the Ghana vs USA game, unfortunately I didn't watch that one so I can't comment much except to say that I have heard many complaints about it as well.\n\nWhat about the Korea vs Swiss game? and Australia vs Croatia? There are heaps more ... perhaps there is controversies in every single game.\n\nYou would expect that they get better after one did a mistake. But no, they kept doing the same thing ... controversies after controversies. \n\nWow, they (this year's referees) must be competing against each other in determining who makes the most controversies. hehe ...
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U.S.A. is most overated, ranked 4th in the world cup, please. The reason is because they are trying to market 'soccer' in the U.S.A. Its all a marketing strategy to promote soccer in USA.
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The FIFA World Cup (often called the Football World Cup or simply the World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer), and the world's most representative team sport event. Organised by Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's governing body, the World Cup is contested by the men's national football teams of FIFA member nations. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930 (except in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II), however it is more of an ongoing event as the qualifying rounds of the competition take place over the three years preceding the final rounds.\n\nThe final tournament phase (often called the "Finals") involves 32 national teams competing over a four-week period in a previously nominated host nation, with these games making it the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world.[1] In the 17 tournaments held, only seven nations have ever won the World Cup Finals. Brazil are the current holders, as well as the most successful World Cup team, having won the tournament five times, while Germany and Italy follow with three titles each. The next football World Cup Finals will be held in Germany between June 9 and July 9, 2006.\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHistory\n\nPrevious international competitions\nThe first international football match was played in 1872 between England and Scotland, although at this stage the sport was rarely played outside Great Britain. As football began to increase in popularity, it was held as a demonstration sport (with no medals awarded) at the 1900, 1904 and 1906 Summer Olympics before football became an official competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Organised by England's Football Association, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition. The England national amateur football team won the event in both 1908 and 1912.\n\nWith the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between amateur teams, Sir Thomas Lipton organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament in Turin in 1909. The competition is often described as The First World Cup,[2] and featured the most prestigious professional club sides from Italy, Germany and Switzerland. The first tournament was won by West Auckland, an amateur side from north-east England that was invited after the Football Association refused to be associated with the competition. West Auckland returned in 1911 to successfully defend their title, and were given the trophy to keep forever, as per the rules of the competition.\n\nIn 1914, FIFA agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a "world football championship for amateurs"[3], and took responsibility for organising the event. This led the way for the world's first intercontinental football competition, at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Uruguay won the tournament,[4] before winning the gold medal again in 1928, with another South American team, Argentina, taking silver. In 1928 FIFA made the decision to stage their own international tournament. With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions and due to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country.\n\n\nThe first official World Cup\nThe 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, did not plan to include football as part of the programme due to the low popularity of football in the United States. FIFA and the IOC also disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so football was dropped from the Games.[5] FIFA president Jules Rimet thus set about organising the inaugural World Cup tournament to be held in Uruguay in 1930. The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of
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the first soccer world cup was held in Uruguay in 1930.It was won by Uruguay too.\nThey beated Argentina at the final 4-2.\nThere were 13 teams particpating.\nThe link below have what U want to know about all the world cups history.\nGOOD LUCK,I hope that I supplied U with what U needed to know.
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There is no argument that the FIFA World Cup is the Greatest Sports Event of all time.  \n\nWhat other event attracts waring nations to a television and willingly put down weapons to support their team? (Keep an eye on any global conflicts going on during the days of June 9th to July 9th)  \n\nName another sport which gathers arguably the best athletes in each nation to play on one stage for thirty days and always to a sold out audience.  \n\nIt draws no economic lines on the pitch (rich or poor nation) and can also make the winning team's captain "King of the World", even if it is just for one day.\n\nIt gives you bragging rights to any disputes for four years and you , as a supporter, never even laced up one boot.\n\nIt's amazing that there is not one nation that plays the game the same way but each adds their own characteristic.  From the Samba of Brazil to the Staunchness of the German Defense we would know the team even if they wore "shirts and skins"\n\nI agree with whoever coined it "The Beautiful Game" (I believe it was Edson - Pele) for it is an event with no equal.
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1.A lot of time is needed for the host country to prepare for the world cup\n2.It takes about a year for qualification procedures (to decide who will be in the world cup)\n3.F.I.F.A. does not want the world cup to clash with continental championschips (European championship,Copa Aemrica etc.)\n4.F.I.F.A. does not want the world cup to clash with the olympics\n5.If the world cup was played too often the excitement and novelty would be taken out of the tournament\n6.There many more reasons but I could be typing all night!!!
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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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Wouldn't I like to know!!!  I soooooooooooooooooooooooooo wanna go to the World Cup.  I'm crazy about soccer.  Probably the only sport I'm crazy about.  I grew up on soccer so I feel like it's in my blood lol.  Whenever the World Cup comes around something happens to me and I go insane.  I have to watch the games - sneak out of work to watch, tape them, get up early to watch them, go to a bar at 8 am to watch - whatever it takes LOL.  And I've never been to Germany.  \n\nPick me lol.
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Because the World Cup is a once-in-a-lifetime event to see.  They only have it once every four years and it probably won't be in your country but once in your lifetime.  The passion and intensity is something that is rarely seen in all of sports (except the Olympics) and to see the amount of pride that the players take in their respective nations is astounding.  If only us Americans appreciated soccer more instead of sports like the thuggish NBA or "put me to sleep" MLB that we watch.
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FIFA's decision to hold the first FIFA World Cup™ in Uruguay did not meet universal acclaim, as Europe was plunged in the midst of an economic crisis. Participation in a FIFA World Cup taking place overseas involved a long sea journey. Moreover, for some clubs it meant having to go without their best players for two months - a problem that is still topical today.\n\nThe organisation of the first FIFA World Cup looked rather different from today's with no qualifying competition, the 13 teams entered by invitation and the final draw was not made until the teams arrived in Uruguay.\n\nFrance met Mexico in the opening match and duly won 4-1, but the first final was contested by the hosts and their neighbours Argentina. After trailing 2-1 at the interval, Uruguay went on to prevail 4-2 and thus won the cup which had been designed by French sculptor Abel Lafleur.\n\nURUGUAY 1930\nJuly 13th - July 30th\nCompetitors\n\nGROUP A \nFRANCE \nMEXICO  \nCHILE\nARGENTINA\n\nGROUP B\nYUGOSLAVIA\nBRAZIL\nBOLIVIA\n  \nGROUP C\nROMANIA\nPERU\nURUGUAY\n\nGROUP D\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nBELGIUM\nPARAGUAY\n\n \nLocations\nMontevideo - Estadio Centenario\nMontevideo - Central Park\nMontevideo - Estadio Pocitos\n\n1st Round\nGROUP A\nFRANCE (3)4 V 1(0) MEXICO\nARGENTINA (0)1 V 0(0) FRANCE \nCHILE (1)3 V 0(0) MEXICO \nCHILE (0)1 V 0(0) FRANCE\nARGENTINA (3)6 V 3(0)MEXICO \nARGENTINA (2)3 V 1(1) CHILE\n\nGROUP B\nYUGOSLAVIA 2(2) V (0)1 BRAZIL\nYUGOSLAVIA 4(0) V (0)0 BOLIVIA\nBRAZIL 4(1) V (0)0 BOLIVIA\n\n\nGROUP C\nROMANIA 3(1) V (0)1 PERU\nURUGUAY 1(0) V (0)0 PERU\nURUGUAY 4(4) V (0)0 ROMANIA\n\nGROUP D\nUNITED STATES 3(2) V (0)0 BELGIUM\nUNITED STATES 3(2) V (0)0 PARAGUAY\nPARAGUAY 1(1) V (0)0 BELGIUM\n\nSemifinals\nARGENTINA 6(1) V (0)1 UNITED STATES\nURUGUAY 6(3) V (1)1 YUGOSLAVIA\n\nFinal\nURUGUAY 4(1) V (2)2 ARGENTINA
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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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Do you even have to ask??? When Italy won the World Cup!!!