European teams have dominated World Cup's in Europe, '06 - ????????
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Going on he pattern of European country - Germany - European country - Germany etc... it will be '06 Germany.
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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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no no no. please dont give the greece example. it was one in a lifetime miracles what happend. it was a shame discrace for the europian soccer because that last final game of the europian championship was the most boring game i have ever seen. now having said all that difense is not the winner nor the offense but the combination of both. the offense will keep the ball away from your goal so the team wont be in danger of loosing the game. if you want ta winner for this upcomming summer check out italy, england and a have to include the scaaaary brasil. look for sleepers like germany or argentina too.
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Germany has hosted the World Cup only once, in 1974 and they actually won the tournement. 2006 will be the second time that Germany has hosted the World Cup. For information about countries that have hosted the World Cup previously, visit: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/index_p1.html
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Them winning the Euro was certainly the biggest upset I have witness in Sports, I still have trouble believing it as the Euro is the toughest tournament ... now how can you win it and not be able to qualify for the world cup? I don't kow,I'm not surprised but it does not make a lot of sense either. http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/wc2006/q-groups/index.html their group did not include any past winner or runner up of the WC but ......
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Uruguay's won twice, the first world cup, in 1930, and again in 1950, Italy three times in 1934, 1938, and 1982.  Germany three times, in 1954, 1974, and 1990.  Brazil five times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002.  England once, in 1966.  Argentina twice, in 1978 and 1986.  France once, in 1998.  There were no tournaments between 38 and 50 due to World War II.  More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_World_Cup
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they have been in the world cup 2 times previously and this year makes it a total 3 years, 1978(Argentina),1998(France),2006(Germany) , have never made it past the first round , hopefully this year will make it to second round , we need to see some fresh faces in second round
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Brasil World Cup Champs of 2006 !!!
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Steaua Bucureşti won the champions Cup in 1986 and there were the first eastern european team to do so. They bet Barcelona in the final in penalties. And i do believe the final was on in Spain in Sevilla i do believe
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Nope, the countries that have won the World Cup since it started were: Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Uruguay, France and England, all of which are in Europe or South America.
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0%, only one team can win the world cup. ;) uh well i think they are both fairly high, great teams with a victory under their belts.
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32 teams participating in the World Cup, you could checkk www.fifa.com for more info on the World Cup\n\nQualified teams\n African Zone\n\n Angola (ANG) \n Ivory Coast (CIV) \n Ghana (GHA) \n Togo (TOG) \n Tunisia (TUN) \n\n Asian Zone\n\n Iran (IRN) \n Japan (JPN) \n Korea Republic (KOR) \n Saudi Arabia (KSA) \n\n European Zone\n\n Croatia (CRO) \n England (ENG) \n France (FRA) \n Germany (GER) \n Italy (ITA) \n Netherlands (NED) \n Poland (POL) \n Portugal (POR) \n Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) \n Sweden (SWE) \n Ukraine (UKR) \n Switzerland (SUI) \n Spain (ESP) \n Czech Republic (CZE) \n\n North, Central American and Caribbean Zone\n\n Costa Rica (CRC) \n Mexico (MEX) \n USA (USA) \n Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) \n\n Oceanian Zone\n\n Australia (AUS) \n\n South American Zone\n\n Argentina (ARG) \n Brazil (BRA) \n Ecuador (ECU) \n Paraguay (PAR)
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www.uefa world cup 2006
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pre-world cup performance does not guarantee a world cup win. we can take the example of 2002 Japan Korea world cup, where Brazil struggled to qualify to become one of 32 nations to play the tournament. France and Argentina were the top contenders to win the cup, but they were eliminated in the first round. and what South Korea did? they played in the semi-final!\n\nwell, temperament will be the name of the game as soon as the world cup begins. tradition will come second.only 5 countries lifted the world cup for 15 times out of 17 tournaments.  \n\nin my opinion, top contenders of this Germany 2006 are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament.
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Argentina did participate in all the world cup tournaments except. 1938,1950,1954,1970. They won the cup in 1978 with their best player Mario Cempes, and their captain Passarella, and in the 1986 Diego Armando Maradona, the best player in the history of the game gave them there second title and led them to the finals in 1990 where they lost against Germany 1-0 with a false penalty scored by Andreas Brehme in the 76 as i recall
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It was the 1974 World Cup in Germany.  Scotland beat Zaire.  Scotland did actually make it to the last 16 because in those days there were only 16 teams in the final stages.
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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]