How many teams compete in the World Cup?
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32 teams compete, they are diveded into 8 groups\nGroups are as followed:\nGroup A\nGermany, Costa Rica, Poland, & Ecuador\n\nGroup B:\nEngland, Paraguay, Trindad and Tobago, & Sweden\n\nGroup C:\nArgentina, Ivory Coast, Serbia Montenegro, & Holland\n\nGroup D:\nMexico, Portugal, Iran, & Angola\n\nGroup E:\nItaly, Ghana, USA, & Chec Republic\n\nGroup F:\nBrasil, Croatia, Australia, & Japan\n\nGroup G:\nFrance, Switserland, S. Corea, & Togo\n\nGroup H:\nSpain, Ucrain, Saudi Araibia, & Tunez
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I`m sorry to tell you, but the 1974 World Cup was held in R.F. Germany (also nooned as WEST GERMANY). 16 teams participated. West Germany won the Cup after beating the Netherlands with 2-1 in the final.
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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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For a single sports event, no doubt the Fifa World Cup, held every four years, where the continental champions and the best soccer teams of the world (becuase they earned their right to qualify afrer a tedious qualification process) face off to see who is crowned as the best team of the World after that tournament.
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there are qualifier matches throughout the time before the worldcup that teams must win to continue on.  those with the most wins in the qualifiers are those that make the actual tournament known as the world cup
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Only seven countries have won the World cup Championship since it began in 1930.\nBRAZIL : 5\nITALY : 3\nGERMANY : 3 \nURUGUAY : 2 \nARGENTINE : 2 \nENGLAND : 1 \nFRANCE : 1 \nThe table below lists the winner, runner-up, scoreline and host country from 1930 to date.\nYear Winner Score Runner Up Host \n1930 Uruguay 4-2 Argentine Uruguay \n1934 Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia Italy \n1938 Italy 4-2 Hungary France \n1950 Uruguay 2-1 Brazil Brazil \n1954 Germany 3-2 Hungary Switzerland \n1958 Brazil 5-2 Sweden Sweden \n1962 Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia Chile \n1966 England 4-2 Germany England \n1970 Brazil 4-1 Italy Mexico \n1974 Germany 2-1 Netherlands Germany \n1978 Argentine 3-1 Netherlands Argentine \n1982 Italy 3-1 Germany Spain \n1986 Argentine 3-2 Germany Mexico \n1990 Germany 1-0 Argentine Italy \n1994 Brazil 3-2 Italy USA \n1998 France 3-0 Brazil France \n2002 Brazil 2-0 Germany Korea/Japan
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None only England-1, France-1, Uruguay-2, Argentina-2, Germany-3, Italy-3, and of course Brazil-5. But Spain has a good history in this tournament and have qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany and have a very star-studded squad with players like Raul, Sergio R., F. Torres, and many more!
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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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The participating nations are Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Two invited teams from other confederations complete the 12-team field.
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32 Teams\n\n8 groups, each containing 4 teams\ncheck out the link below for more information
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Thirty-two teams from across the globe make up the field for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ finals. Six continents are represented and six past winners will take part, including hosts Germany, who head the 14-strong European contingent, and holders Brazil who lead the South American challenge.
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Jim in the preliminary round, country teams are organized in to groups.  The groups are selected by a particular team's rank in the FIFA world standings.  \n\nThere are 32 teams that make the finals.  4 teams in a group, so 8 Groups. A through H.\n\nEach team in a group plays 3 games, 1 each against the other 3 teams in the group.  The top 2 teams in a group the compate in the knockout round where teams are elimiated when they lose, until you have a winner of the World Cup.\n\nScoring in the first round goes like this:  a WIN is 3 points, a TIE is 1 point and a loss is 0 points.  The two highest point totals advance.  If there is a tie in the group standings then you compare goals for and goals against, and what the score was between the two teams when they played.  there is always a way to get the  winning team.\n\nI hope that helps
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See how they did in qualifying, who they played, who actually played in the game.  \n\nTheir history also will tell you about them.  I mean like only 7 teams have even won the world cup
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many players did. which world cup?
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The winners of the World Cup final will earn £10.75m as part of a total prize pool of £130m for the tournament. \n\nFifa announced on Tuesday that the 32 teams taking part will be guaranteed at least £2.6m each in prize money.
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There will be 32 teams in the World Cup, each team allowed to select 23 players. 32 x 23 = 736. However, many of those players will not see any action. Assuming 15 players from each country see action in the World, that would mean 480 players taking part.
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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.