are there any regulations or rules changed for this world cup?
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Regulations:\n\nNew regulations approved by FIFA last month, went into effect on Thursday and dictate that an "official or spectator behaving in a discriminatory or contemptuous manner (that) can be attributed to a certain team" could cost the team three points for a first offense, six for a second and relegation for further violations. (1)\n\nRules:\n\nNo significant changes, as it would be the use of television to clarify some referees' doubts during the game.\n\nBut these are new: referees at the World Cup will eject players who elbow or tackle recklessly. \n\nA meeting of the governing body's International Football Association Board also approved yellow cards for shirt-pulling or holding an opponent, as well as for playing the ball after the referee's whistle.  (2)
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Well Boot, it would be nice if you can give some decent tips for the final group games or the 2nd rd.\nI have been having a dreadful World Cup\n\nYou IM me with any of your tips.\n\nCheers.
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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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None, FIFA rules were explicit, only 23 players for team, no more and no less, thats why teams like Spain, Argentina, Netherlands, Mexico and others had some problems because they didnt called all of their players and they had to keep some good players at home
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check http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/schedule.html
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I have no idea if it is a record or not.  I found a website that you might be interested in.  It shows different kinds of records set at previous World Cups.  I hope you might find it interesting.
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This year´s gonna be my first visit at a World Cup.\n\nI´ll be watching Sweden vs. Paraguay on June 15th.\n\nIf you´d like anything covered please let me know over my site.\n\nhttp://www.worldcup2006news.net
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FIFA will change the refs and guidelines for those refs because of all the complaining everyone is doing, ex. Beckenbauer, Rio Ferdinand, Maradona, and many more. And who cares about that USA game, thank God they got eliminated.
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Rules of the tournament: (for the first round)\nThe ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:\na) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;\nb) goal difference in all group matches;\nc) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.\nIf two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria,their rankings will be determined as follows:\nd) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;\ne) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;\nf) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;\ng) drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup
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absolutely right!\n\ntill now...NO SURPRISES AT ALL...which to be honest...i think it's better :)!\n\nmost coaches are more cautious than ever...and they tend to secure the game...and i don't blame them...many big teams are still living the shocking nightmares of their eliminations in the past tournaments...Italy, Portugal, England, Argentina and Netherlands!\n\nbut i believe the BEST IS YET TO COME...i mean come on...those teams are playing for the WORLD CUP...not just for an honoring participation in WORLD CUP if you know what i mean...big guys are running towards the gold amigo...and to get the GOLD...you need patience, mentality, tactics, plans, good players and A BIT OF LUCK...!\n\ni love the GOALS so far!\n\ni think the refs are performing an OK job till now!
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This is the first World Cup in awhile that the "golden goal" rule is not in effect.\n\nIn past years, when a knockout-round game ended tied, the two teams would play an extra period (30 minutes, I think) and the team that scored first in that extra period was declared the winner.  Hence that goal was called the "golden goal" since it automatically ended the game.\n\nNow there is no golden goal rule.  If a team scores in overtime, the extra 30-minute period continues; the other team has the rest of the time to catch up.\n\nNote to previous post: the "silver goal" rule has also been eliminated - it's back to the old-fashioned 30-minute-extra-time, play-it-out-until-time's-up rule.
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I'm afraid it's not going to be possible. All squads are finalized on the eve of the World Cup, and no changes can be made thereafter.
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Coming up or so far this year?  So far this year would be the multiple red cards games (there have been a few) where some of the cards were not needed.\n\nGames still to be played, there isnt an awful one, the least interesting game will probably be England and Port.  Neither has looked highly impressive this world cup.
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FIFA changed the rules for the 1954 World Cup. Below there is an extract from a book on World Cup History:\n\n"FIFA retained the mini-league system but couldn't resist a little tinkering. Instead of each team plaing all the others in the group, two were seeded and would play only the two non-seeds - and any matches drawn after ninety minutes would go to extra-time. Arbitrary and confusing.\n\n(...)\n\nNot content with the complications they'd arranged for the group matches, FIFA had decided on a fred draw for the knockout stage, leaving the possibility of the group winners playing each other in the quarter-finals instead of being rewarded with matches against the runners-up."\n\nNote: the seeded teams were chosen before the tournament. Spain was included as favourite even before playing a game in qualifying, but then they lost to Turkey on a coin-toss after a draw in their third and final game (one win apeace in each of the games before) and Turkey got seeded.
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Yes, in the Regulations 2006 FIFA World Cup Chapter XIV, Article 24:\n\nXIV. ELIGIBILITY OF PLAYERS, LIST OF PLAYERS\nArticle 24\nEach association shall take the following provisions into account when selecting its representative team:\na) all players shall be citizens of its country and subject to its\njurisdiction;\nb) all players shall be eligible for selection in accordance with the\nRegulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes.\n\nAny team found guilty of fi elding an ineligible player will forfeit the\nmatch. Victory and the resultant three points will be awarded to the opposing team as well as the score of 3-0, or greater, depending on the score of the match.
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Japan is out and Korea is out.\n\nhttp://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/index.html
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The world cup happens every four years for various reasons.\n\nThe most important reason is that the cup is played in a different country all the time and the designated country has to prepare it self to accommodate for the influx of tourists and fans. This involves building and improving the infrastructure such as hotels, roads, public toilets, restaurants etc. Basically the country must be prepared to accommodate, feed, provide security and everything else to allow everyone to participate in this world event. Many things have to be anticipated and organised. FIFA, the group responsible for football regulations must approve the overall plan and stipulates whether a country is fit to host the event. The country must then comply to the FIFA pre-requisites. Visit the FIFA website and contact for additional information.