how is the first team to qualify to world cup2006?
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The first team qualifies automatically by being the Host of the event. This year's WC, Germany is the Host. That's why they qualify 1st.
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Jim in the preliminary round, country teams are organized in to groups.  The groups are selected by a particular team's rank in the FIFA world standings.  \n\nThere are 32 teams that make the finals.  4 teams in a group, so 8 Groups. A through H.\n\nEach team in a group plays 3 games, 1 each against the other 3 teams in the group.  The top 2 teams in a group the compate in the knockout round where teams are elimiated when they lose, until you have a winner of the World Cup.\n\nScoring in the first round goes like this:  a WIN is 3 points, a TIE is 1 point and a loss is 0 points.  The two highest point totals advance.  If there is a tie in the group standings then you compare goals for and goals against, and what the score was between the two teams when they played.  there is always a way to get the  winning team.\n\nI hope that helps
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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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Brazil is the strongest candidate by far. The only team in position to stop them -as it happened historically- is Argentina. However, Argentines should be quite inspired to make such an achievement (as they did in Buenos Aires in the last qualifiers match), shouldn't this be the case they will face the same fate they experienced in the Federations Cup last year in Germany.
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Australia first took part in the qualifiers for the 1966 World Cup in England.  They have qualified twice, in 1974 and 2006, when the finals have been in Germany.
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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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32 nations qualify, with only the host guaranteed to qualify.  FIFA determines the number of qualifying spots for each confederation (for 2006, it was 14 [with the host] for Europe, 4 for South America, 3 for North America, 4 for Asia, and 5 for Africa, with 1 spot contested between the Oceania winner and the 5th South American team, and another contested between the 4th North American team and the fifth Asian team).\n\nEach confederation has a different procedure for qualifying, in terms of how many rounds are played, etc.  South America has one group where all 10 countries play each other twice.  Europe divides into eight groups, with each group winner and the top 2 second place teams qualified, while the other 6 second place teams paired off in home-and-home playoffs to determine the other 3 spots.  Africa had head-to-head playoffs to get down to 30, then had 5 groups of 6, with the winners qualifying.  Asia and North America had several stages of qualifying.
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Here is the official deciding rule for the World Cup 2006. It seems like the situation you describe falls within these rules:\n\nThe ranking of each team in each group will be determined as\nfollows:\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\nteams 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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Debutants :\nNations, taking part in a World Cup Final stage for the first time are Ghana, The Ivory Coast, Angola, Togo, Ukraine and Trinidad & Tobago.
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the  teams  that  have  already  qualified  are  those  that  have  already  played  two  games  and  have won  both  of  them.  that's  six points  a guarantee  for  qualification.  their  third  game  is  to  decide  if  they  are  going  to  proceed  as no. 1  or  no  2 .to  second  round.  for  example  Germany  and  Ecuador.\n  for  teams  like  Ghana, us,  Italy  and  Czech non  of  them  has  won  two  games  and  non of  them  has  lost  two  games, so  their  third  game  is  going  to  decide.  right  now  all  of  them  have  chances  of  qualifying.
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32 countries qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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Top two teams from each group advance into single elimination rounds.\n\nWhich group plays which group in the knockout stages is determined before the tournament begins.\n\nFor the 2006 World Cup Playoff format: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/bracket.html
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If you're talking World Cup, they didn't qualify.  They finished 3rd in UEFA's Group 8 with Croatia, Sweden, Hungary, Iceland, and Malta.
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Brazil (or no American team, for that mater) has NEVER won the world cup on European soil, NEVER EVER!!!\n\nSo I have to say that they will not win the WC2006, eventhough they are PRESENTLY the best team (on paper) in the world, but in single elimination rounds the best team doesn't always WIN!!!!
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Since the second World Cup in 1934, qualifying tournaments have been held to thin the field for the final tournament. They are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe), overseen by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIFA decides the number of places awarded to each of the continental zones beforehand, generally based on the relative strength of the confederations' teams, but also subject to lobbying from the confederations.\n\nThe qualification process can start as early as almost three years before the final tournament, and last over a two-year period. The formats of the qualification tournaments differ between confederations. Usually, one or two places are awarded to winners of Intercontinental Play-offs. For example, the winner of the Oceanian zone and the fifth-placed team from the South American zone entered a play-off to decide which team would qualify for the 2006 World Cup [11]. From the 1938 World Cup onwards, host nations have received an automatic berth in the finals. This right also used to be granted to the defending champion, but from the 2006 finals onwards, this entitlement has been withdrawn, requiring the champions to qualify as well [12].\n\n\n\nAFC -- In addition to the host countries Japan and Korea, two other teams from this confederation qualified for the finals. Forty teams played a round-robin style tournament, and, in the end, China and Saudi Arabia came out on top. \n\nCAF -- Fifty teams started the process in this confederation, and five made it to the finals. Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia will all compete. \n\nCONCACAF -- In this confusing process, thirty-five teams started, and three teams qualified. The first round of qualifying consisted of two mini-tournaments and an inter-zone playoff. The three top teams in the final round, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States, qualified for the final competition. \n\nCONMEBOL -- Compared to the confusion of CONCACAF, this process was quite simple. Ten teams played in a tournament. The top four teams -- Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay -- qualified based on points (3 for a win, 1 for a draw) and advanced to the finals. Uruguay also qualified this year by winning a home-and-home playoff with the winner of the OFC qualification (more on that later). \n\nUEFA -- In the first phase of qualifying, the 50 nations in this confederation were separated into five pools based on past performance in qualifying for World Cup 98 and Euro 2000. They were then drawn into nine groups, and the winner of each qualified for the finals. The nine runners-up were then placed in a pot. Eight of the teams were randomly drawn to play in home-and-home pairings. The team that wasn't drawn (Ireland) played a team from the AFC (Iran) and won, earning a spot in the finals. So, after all the games, the teams that qualified are: Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. \n\nOFC -- Unlike the other confederations, a spot in the finals is not guaranteed for this group's winner. Ten teams compete for the opportunity to face the fifth-place CONMEBOL country in a home-and-home playoff.
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Yes, Ghana is among the nations who has qualified to play the world cup for the first time this year in Germany.Ghana is placed in Group E along with Italy, USA and Czech Republic.\n\nThe Ghana national football team, popularly known the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association.\n\nAlthough the team did not qualify for the senior World Cup until 2006, Ghana has enjoyed tremendous success on the youth level, winning the World Under-17 title twice, and finishing second at the World Youth Championship twice as well. The team has won the African Cup of Nations four times (in 1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982), making Ghana the second most successful team in the contest's history, together with Cameroon, after Egypt won a fifth title in 2006.
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This Is the third time They are in the world Cup\n\n1966 Was thier First As Eusebio Excelled for them And took Them to the  Semi Finals And Earned the third Place\n\n2002 they were Knocked Out In the group stages.\n\n2006 Have Reached the Quarter Finals And Have To play against England