what is the number of teems in world cup 2006?
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The question is teams.
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The world cup occurs every two years, in which the men and women alternate. So, every four years the men play and every four years the women play.
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http://www.worldcup.isn.pl/en/statistics.htm
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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.
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that is a very easy answer. there are 32 teams that participate in the world cup every 4 years.
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Go here and find out: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/
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The U.S. has had 6 appearances in the World Cup.  The best finish was in 1930 when the U.S. reached the semifinals.
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Total number of yellow cards given in World Cup USA '94: 235\nMost: Bulgaria with 23.
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One. The 2002 world cup. After this world cup it will be two.
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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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The World Cup is the largest sporting event besides the Olympics, where 32 nations compete in the game of football (soccer according to Americans) in order to determine the world cup champion.
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http://www.worldcup.isn.pl/en/cups/2002.htm
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http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/
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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 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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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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Brazil - 5 times.\nItaly & Germany - 3 times.\nUruguay & Argentina - 2 times.\nEngland & France - Once.