Which is the smallest country to make it to the World Cup and what is its population?
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Thousands of Trinidadians became the smallest country to make it to football's biggest gathering.
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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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Sorry !!!\nTurkey is not qualify in FIFA worldCup 2006.
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None...because this is their first World Cup...prior to 1991 they compete under the name Czechoslovakia.\n\nCzechoslovakia biggest records are second place in 1934 and 1962 World Cup.
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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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Spain, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, France, one or two of the small countries that will surprise the world
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6 - Togo, Angola, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Ukraine and Trinidad & Tobago.\n\nIt can be argued though that Czech Republic is making their debut appearance, Their last trip to the Worl Cup was in 1990 as Czechoslovakia, in conjuction with Slovakia. In order words, this is the 1st World Cup appearance for the New Republic just like World Cup 1998 was the 1st appearance for Croatia.
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Trinidad and Tobago was the smallest country to participate. Togo played as well, Jamaica and Cameroon did not qualify.
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The smallest populated land based country is Vatican City.  There are several small uninhabited islands that are country territories.\n\nSee the source below for the full list.
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South Africa (The first African nation that will host the world cup)
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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]
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There aren't countries running. South Africa has already been chosen to host the World Cup in 2010. In fact, South America has already been decided to host the 2014 World Cup with Brazil being the frontrunner.
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Brazil, by a clear margin, is the most successful World Cup team overall, having won the tournament five times in total, as well as having finished as runners-up twice. Brazil is also the only nation to have participated in every World Cup so far.\n\nSouth America holds the most titles at nine, followed by Europe at eight. The two countries with the most appearances in the World Cup final match are Germany and Brazil, each with 7 appearances in the final match (Brazil won 5 while Germany won 3). Brazil and Italy were finalists each up for their 3rd cup in 1970 and for their 4th cup in 1994, both times Brazil edged Italy.\n\nTeam Titles Winning years (* as hosts) Runners-up (* as hosts) \n Brazil 5 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 2 (1950*, 1998) \n Germany 3 1954, 1974*, 1990\n(all as West Germany) 4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)\n(all but latest as West Germany) \n Italy 3 1934*, 1938, 1982 2 (1970, 1994) \n Argentina 2 1978*, 1986 2 (1930, 1990) \n Uruguay 2 1930*, 1950 - \n England 1 1966* - \n France 1 1998* - \n Czechoslovakia - - 2 (1934, 1962) \n Hungary - - 2 (1938, 1954) \n Netherlands - - 2 (1974, 1978) \n Sweden - - 1 (1958*)
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Greenland is the world's largest island; Australia, the smallest continent.
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Ya .......\nitZ easy\nit can be $ GremanY $, (%) England(%), !Ecuador! or *BraZiL*
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what the hell is the world cup?
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Debutants :\nNations, taking part in a World Cup Final stage for the first time are Ghana, The Ivory Coast, Angola, Togo, Ukraine and Trinidad & Tobago.