how often is the fifa  world cup played, and how many teams get to participate?
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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.
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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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12 different venues will be used.  Just check out the FIFA World Cup website for more info
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The 2006 FIFA World Cup (officially titled 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany, sometimes referred to as the Football World Cup or just The World Cup) finals are scheduled to take place in Germany between 9 June and 9 July 2006. Qualification for the tournament is now complete, with all 32 competing teams confirmed. The 2006 finals are the 18th to be contested. In June 2000, Germany won the right to host the event beating the bids of South Africa (who will be the hosts of the 2010 FIFA World Cup), England, Brazil, and Morocco.
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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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25 GAMES IN 5 WORLD CUPS
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World Cups are played every 4 years.
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Uruguay\n\n"The first FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay and ran from July 13- 30, 1930. It was organized mainly by Jules Rimet, the FIFA president at the time. Thirteen nations took part - six from South America, five from Europe and two from North America. Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in front of crowd of 93,000 in Montevideo to become the first nation to win the trophy."\n\n\nhttp://www.onlineseats.com/soccer-tickets/fifa-world-cup-2006/index.asp
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The current FIFA World Cup trophy was made with 17 slots for the winning country's name to go on it. Currently there are 8 teams on the trophy, that means that the world cup in 2038 would fill up the trophy, therefore a new one would have to be designed.
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Over 240 million people, according to a surveyconducted by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football's governing body, published in the spring of 2001, regularly play football (soccer) in more than 200 countries in every part of the world.
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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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The World Cup is held every Four Years and is held in differant countries around the world (i.e France 1998, Korea 2002, Germany 2006)\nAnd even if you wanted to go to the World Cup, the tickets will be sold out now, if you want to go you better have good clicking skills once the Quarter Final participants are announced, as people WILL be buying them then.
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Brazil is the the only team to participate in every world cup tournament since it started in 1930. This year it is going to 18th time Brazil participates in the world cup! What a record! No other team shares Brazil this honor.
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To win the world cup a team needs to win at least 4 times:\n- suppose the team ties 3 times in the first round (no wins) and advance in the second round.\n- second round needs to win to advance to quarter finals (1 time)\n- quarterfinals needs to win to advance into semi-finals (2 times)\n- semi-finals need to win to advance to the final (3 times)\n- win the final (4 times)
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a total of 207 FIFA affiliated members are eligible to compete in the World Cup. before the tournament proper begins, there will be a series of qualifying matches around the world to decide the 32 teams compete in the finals. one berth will always allocated to the host nation so 31 other places are up for grabs.
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11 players per team on the field at a time, 3 substitutes allowed per game, 23 players in a squard. in the case of the world cup...40 million people watching.
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a total of 194 FIFA associated members took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers from September 2003 to November 2005. \n\n32 teams qualified for the finals in Germany from 09 June 2006 to 09 July 2006. \n\nbreakdown of teams based on confederations:\n\nUEFA - Europe - 14 teams including host nation\nGERMANY - host nation\nNETHERLANDS\nUKRAINE\nPORTUGAL\nFRANCE\nITALY\nENGLAND\nSERBIA & MONTENEGRO\nCROATIA\nSWEDEN\nPOLAND\nCZECH REPUBLIC\nSWITZERLAND\nSPAIN\n\nCAF - Africa - 5 teams\nTOGO\nGHANA\nCOTE D'IVOIRE\nANGOLA\nTUNISIA\n\nCONMEBOL - South America - 4 teams\nBRAZIL\nARGENTINA\nECUADOR\nPARAGUAY\n\nAFC - Asia - 4 teams\nSAUDI ARABIA\nJAPAN\nKOREA REPUBLIC\nIRAN\n\nCONCACAF - North & Central America & the Carribbean - 4 teams\nUNITED STATES\nMEXICO\nCOSTA RICA\nTRINIDAD & TOBAGO\n\nOFC - Oceania - 1 team\nAUSTRALIA\n\n*AUSTRALIA has since joined Asian Football Confederation in January 2006.