How many nations have attempted to qualify for the 2006 Soccer World Cup?
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The exact amount of nations that are members of FIFA is 192 nations. Which are the ones who compete for the right to participate in the FIFA World Cup Tournament That's held every four years and allows 32 nations as it finalist to compete. Any Nation that is not a member of FIFA can not participate.
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All countries, whether it be a huge soccer nation like Brazil, or a smaller one like Togo, need to qualify for the World Cup by participating in the qualification process, which basically means playing other teams in their region.  For example, if Grenada qualified for the World Cup, they would have to play other teams in CONCACAF- a region that includes teams like the USA, Mexico, Canada, Honduras, and others.  World Cup Qualifying is a process that is over a year long with various rounds that gradually have less and less teams playing, until only a select top few from each region (CONCACAf, UEFA, CONMEBOL, etc.) go on to play at the World Cup.
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BRAZIL 6 TIMES!!! DONT FORGET TO COUNT GERMANY 2006!!!
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To qualify for the world cup finals, how many games you have to play depends on which continental fotball federation a team belongs to, and the different qualifying routes for that confederations teams. The average is probably around 12.\n\nThe least number of games required to qualify is 0 - the hosts and current champions (Germany and Brazil respectively) automatically qualify.\n\nEveryone else has to play a series of games, either on a league basis or knock out rounds. \n\nThe games every team has played in the qualifying stages can be viewed at http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/group/index.html\n\nTo win the World Cup once you have reached the finals, teams have to play 7 games in total. 3 in their group stage, and then 4 knock out games including the final.
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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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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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except brazil, current top contenders are Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament. However, if Wayne Rooney becomes match fit to play, England should be considered as a top contender too.\n\nAny of the above countries could win the world cup 2006.
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Only 32 teams get the chance to play in the world cup. India failed to qualify. Competition on the soccer field is intense, and India excels at field hockey and rounders not soccer.
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Australia have qualified for the 2006 World Cup after beating play-off rivals Uruguay on penalties in Sydney. \nThis is the second time in the history of the FIFA Football World Cup. \nAfter 32 years the Socceroos will return to Germany, scene of their one previous FIFA World Cup™ finals appearance in 1974.
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FIFA  - The Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Formed in 1904 by Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland - now has 207 members worldwide.
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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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Current top contenders are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament. However, if Wayne Rooney becomes match fit to play, England should be considered as a top contender too.\n\nAny of the above countries could win the world cup 2006.
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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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5 times\n\n1st in 1958 by 5:2 against Sweeden (in Sweeden)\n2nd in 1962 by 3:1 against Czechoslovakia (in Chile)\n3rd in 1970 by 4:1 agaist Italy (in Mexico)\n4th in 1994 by penalty kick out (3:2) against Italy after finishing the match in an equilizer 0:0 (in USA)\n5TH in 2002 by 2:0 agaisnt Germany (in Korea and Japan)
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To repeat an earlier answer 31 plus Germany qualified but almost every country in the world participated, more than the Olympics.  Brazil was upset because as winners of the last cup they did not get automatic qualification but because of numbers they had to qualify.\nQualifying has been going on for two years now.
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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 nations (teams) qualified for the World Cup.  After each team playing 3 matches, 16 teams have been eliminated, with 16 teams left.\n\nTo see who qualified, have a look at the link in the source.