how many countries get first time chance to play in fifa world cup 2006?
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6 countries making their debut in the tournament - Angola, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago and Ukraine.\n\n\n2 countries taking part for the first time under their current names - Czech Republic and Serbia and Montenegro
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Total 64 matches. you can click this links where u find the schedule for the 2006 world cup.\nhttp://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/wc2006/schedule/schedule.html\nhttp://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/eu/fifa/fwc061.pdf\n\nFri 9 June  18:00  Group A1 Germany v Group A2 Costa Rica  Buy Tickets  Munich\nFri 9 June 21:00 Group A3 Poland v Group A4 Ecuador Buy Tickets Gelsenkirchen\nSat 10 June 15:00 Group B1 England v Group B2 Paraguay Buy Tickets Frankfurt\nSat 10 June 18:00 Group B3 Trinidad & Tobago v Group B4 Sweden Buy Tickets Dortmund\nSat 10 June 21:00 Group C1 Argentina v Group C2 Cote de Ivore Buy Tickets Hamburg\nSun 11 June 15:00 Group C3 Serbia & Montenegro v Group C4 Netherlands Buy Tickets Leipzig\nSun 11 June 18:00 Group D1 Mexico v Group D2 Iran Buy Tickets Nuremberg\nSun 11 June 21:00 Group D3 Angola v Group D4 Portugal Buy Tickets Cologne\nMon 12 June 21:00 Group E1 Italy v Group E2 Ghana Buy Tickets Hanover\nMon 12 June 18:00 Group E3 USA v Group E4 Czech Rep. Buy Tickets Gelsenkirchen\nMon 12 June 15:00 Group F3 Australia v Group F4 Japan Buy Tickets Kaiserslautern\nTues 13 June 21:00 Group F1 Brazil v Group F2 Croatia Buy Tickets Berlin\nTue 13 June 18:00 Group G1 France v Group G2 Switzerland Buy Tickets Stuttgart\nTue 13 June 15:00 Group G3 Korea Rep. v Group G4 Togo Buy Tickets Frankfurt\nWed 14 June 15:00 Group H1 Spain v Group H2 Ukraine Buy Tickets Leipzig\nWed 14 June 18:00 Group H3 Tunisia v Group H4 Saudi Arabia Buy Tickets Munich\nWed 14 June 21:00 Group A1 Germany v Group A3 Poland Buy Tickets Dortmund\nThu 15 June 15:00 Group A4 Ecuador v Group A2 Costa Rica Buy Tickets Hamburg\nThu 15 June 18:00 Group B1 England v Group B3 Trinidad & Tobago Buy Tickets Nuremberg\nThu 15 June 21:00 Group B4 Sweden v Group B2 Paraguay Buy Tickets Berlin\nFri 16 June 15:00 Group C1 Argentina v Group C3 Serbia & Montenegro Buy Tickets Gelsenkirchen\nFri 16 June 18:00 Group C4 Netherlands v Group C2 Cote de Ivore Buy Tickets Stuttgart\nFri 16 June 21:00 Group D1 Mexico v Group D3 Angola Buy Tickets Hanover\nSat 17 June 15:00 Group D4 Portugal v Group D2 Iran Buy Tickets Frankfurt\nSat 17 June 21:00 Group E1 Italy v Group E3 USA Buy Tickets Kaiserslautern\nSat 17 June 18:00 Group E4 Czech Rep. v Group E2 Ghana Buy Tickets Cologne\nSun 18 June 18:00 Group F1 Brazil v Group F3 Australia Buy Tickets Munich\nSun 18 June 15:00 Group F4 Japan v Group F2 Croatia Buy Tickets Nuremberg\nSun 18 June 21:00 Group G1 France v Group G3 Korea Rep. Buy Tickets Leipzig\nMon 19 June 15:00 Group G4 Togo v Group G2 Switzerland Buy Tickets Dortmund\nMon 19 June 21:00 Group H1 Spain v Group H3 Tunisia Buy Tickets Stuttgart\nMon 19 June 18:00 Group H4 Saudi Arabia v Group H2 Ukraine Buy Tickets Hamburg\nTue 20 June 16:00 Group A4 Ecuador v Group A1 Germany Buy Tickets Berlin\nTue 20 June 16:00 Group A2 Costa Rica v Group A3 Poland Buy Tickets Hanover\nTue 20 June 21:00 Group B2 Paraguay v Group B3 Trinidad & Tobago Buy Tickets Kaiserslautern\nTue 20 June 21:00 Group B4 Sweden v Group B1 England Buy Tickets Cologne\nWed 21 June 21:00 Group C4 Netherlands v Group C1 Argentina Buy Tickets Frankfurt\nWed 21 June 21:00 Group C2 Cote de Ivore v Group C3 Serbia & Montenegro Buy Tickets Munich\nWed 21 June 16:00 Group D4 Portugal v Group D1 Mexico Buy Tickets Gelsenkirchen\nWed 21 June 16:00 Group D2 Iran v Group D3 Angola Buy Tickets Leipzig\nThu 22 June 16:00 Group E4 Czech Rep. v Group E1 Italy Buy Tickets Hamburg\nThu 22 June 16:00 Group E2 Ghana v Group E3 USA Buy Tickets Nuremberg\nThu 22 June 21:00 Group F4 Japan v Group F1 Brazil Buy Tickets Dortmund\nThu 22 June 21:00 Group F2 Croatia v Group F3 Australia Buy Tickets Stuttgart\nFri 23 June 21:00 Group G2 Switzerland v Group G3 Korea Rep. Buy Tickets Hanover\nFri 23 June 21:00 Group G4 Togo v Group G1 France Buy Tickets Cologne\nFri 23 June 16:00 Group H2 Ukraine v Group H3 Tunisia Buy Tickets Berlin\nFri 23 June 16:00 Group H4 Saudi Arabia v Group H1 Spain Buy Tickets Kaiserslautern\n
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The Opening game of the 2006 World cup is on June 9,2006.The listed kick off time is 9 AM on the west coast and 12 PM on the east coast. The match pits the host country Germany and Costa Rica.
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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, and then won the world cup for fifth time ! France and Argentina were the top favorites 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. for such reasons, only 5 countries lifted the world cup for 15 times out of 17 tournaments followed by 2 countries won one time each.\n\nin my opinion, top contenders of this Germany 2006 are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournamentand hence, should be watch out carefully. If Wayne Rooney becomes match fit to play, England should be considered as a top contender too.\n\nAny four of the above top contenders would play in the final of the world cup 2006.
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32. it was 32 since 1998. Before that it was 24. the first world cup had just 13 teams.
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for the 06 world cup i believe a record number of around 202 national teams signed up to try and qualify for the world cup, higher than for any previous world cup. however in every world cup only 32 teams can play in the finals so qualifiers (qualifying games) are held starting from two years before the actual world cup to determine who will actually play. no one knows how many teams will try to enter the 2010 world cup they will start holding the qualifiers sometime in 2008 i believe...
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Normally, a country that wants to be a host would announce it to FIFA. FIFA then would select a country from all the candidate countries. The selection is made years in advance (8 years I think) so that a country can prepare for the tournament.
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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.
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Sorry !!!\nTurkey is not qualify in FIFA worldCup 2006.
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Yes, the coach already announced the first eleven and it was their recent winning combination in confederation cup.\n\nCurrent top contenders are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament.\n\nAny of the above countries could win the world cup 2006.   \n\nIf Wayne Rooney becomes match fit to play, England should be considered as a top contender too.
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More countries than are members of the United Nations!\n\nI'm so excited.............the World Cup\nTHE FIRST GAME BEGINS IN JUST 15 HOURS !!!!!!!
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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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Current top contenders are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament.\n\nAny of the above countries could win the world cup 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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23 players were selected before the tournament (by the 15th of May) who are allowed to play in the World Cup. I'm not quite sure what you mean by the first team, 11 players start each match, and up to 3 of the other 12 can be substituted on during a match. If a player is injured badly enough to have to leave the World Cup, he can be replaced up to 24 hours before a match and still be allowed to play. Interestingly, Serbia and Montenegro have only 22 players, as one player chose to return home, after a rumour circulated that he was only in the team because his father was in a position of government authority.
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Brazil is the only nation to have qualified for every FIFA World Cup tournament and the first to win it five times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002).
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www.uefa world cup 2006