How to qualify in the world cup for the small countires?
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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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Trinidad and Tobago was the smallest country to participate. Togo played as well, Jamaica and Cameroon did not qualify.
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THE best way is to go through the search engines , most preperably the yahoo search engine , and i have the best website on fifa world cups \nclick the link below
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you can also check out www.bbc.com . There is a quiz called goalfinger in which you select any of the 32 teams, and play opponents just like the WC. You have to answer 5 questions in each match within the given time.
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because starting this world cup, the holders have to qualify for the world cup. so, brazil had to play in the qualifying rounds to qualify for 2006 world cup. that is why now on, the hosts will play in the inaugural match. if we were to continue with the holders playing the opening match, then there is a real possibility that the holders may not qualify for the next world cup. just look at Greece, they may not qualify for the next european championship.
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At the 2007 World Cup, forty-eight games will be played in 12 different cities from September 7th, to October 20th. Ten of the cities are in France while Cardiff and Edinburgh also host games.\n\nAs of the start of 2006, 10 nations were already qualified for the tournament: the eight 2003 quarterfinalists were seeded in the four groups back in May 2005.
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The winner of 2006 world cup have to come through the qualifying round, like 2002 world cup champion Brazil did to qualify for 2006 world cup in Germany.\n\nunder the present FIFA rule, only the host country will qualify automatically for the final stage. As such, South Africa as the host of the 2010 world cup do not have to go through the qualifying round. They are an automatic selection to play 2010 world cup.
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Qualification goes like this:\n\nThe world is divided into regions:\nAsia\nEurope\nAfrica\nConcacaf (North America, Central Am. and Caribian)\nSouth America\nOceania \n\nThen Fifa divides up the 32 possible spots to the regions based on the strenghtn of the region, number of teams, and various political stuff. Some of these are half slots that require a playoff with another region.\n\n\nThen each of the regional confederation determines how to determine which teams will qualify for the spots they have been alloted. \n\nEach region is different and can vary from one cup to the next.  Here is how it went this time around.\n\nEurope - 8 "Random" pools are created and the winners (and next two best teams) qualify and then the second place teams are randomly paired with a home and home deciding who gets the remaing spot\n\nConcacaf has several stages to create a final group of 6 who play round robin with the first 3 qualifying and the 4th going to a playoff with another region.\n\nS. America just has one large pool where everyone plays everyone home and away with the top 4 qualifying and the fifth going to a playoff.\n\nAfrica has 5 groups with the winners of the groups qualifying.\n\nAsia has 3 stages of groups with the final one having 2 groups.  Top two in each qualifiy with the third playing each other for a chance at a playoff with another region\n\nOceania has only a half spot with the top two teams in the final group stage playing each other for the right to play \na team in another region for the right to go to.
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32 countries qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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you can try.\ngo to google and put in world cup tickets,\ni did it yesterday\nthey are expensive
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5\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_World_Cup_1994
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You have to qualify.  Many more countries attempt to participate, but are eliminated before the Cup starts.  Only 32 countries can qualify for the Cup proper.\n\nOther countries don't even try, usually because they have little tradition of the sport, have no chance, or have no money to allocate for the expense of a national team.
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SEE THIS\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_World_Cup_Trophy
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There are actually 32 teams in the World Cup. Teams qualified by playing within their regions for the past three years. Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America, Oceania are the regions represented. At the beginning of the qualifying rounds, there were around 200 teams trying to get into the World Cup. \n\nThe number of teams from each region allowed into the World Cup varies by region. Regions with more skilled teams get more spots (this year, Europe has 13 teams represented, which is the most, by far).\n\nThis article shows how many teams from each region are chosen, along with many other details:
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max 6 points needed to move to the next round\n3 points earned for a win\n1 point earned for a tie\n0 points for a loss\nties at the end of the round for each group result in lowest GD (Goal Differential) difference between goals for (GF) and goals against (GA).\n\nto extend on this... 197 teams around the globe qualify for 32 spots divided in groups of 4 (8 groups A-H).  Each team in each group plays one another (3 opponents = 3 games) which accounts for the first 48 games in the cup.  The top two teams of each group then compete in the round of 16 teams (beginning June 24 11AM EST on ABC in US).  Only 8 games (games 49-56) are played to decide the final four (Quarterfinals beginning 11AM ESTJune 30 on ESPN).  The final four games (Semifinals) begin July 4th to decide the final two and 3rd place positions.
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Each part of the world is broken down into regions. For 2 years prior to the World Cup each region plays a tournament with all it's countries to determine which ones will represent that region in the World Cup. In the end, 32 teams will have qualified. The country that hosts the tournament gets an automatic bid (Germany this year), as does the defending World Cup champions (Brazil).  The remaining 30 teams that play in the World Cup came from the regional tournaments.
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Then they will look at their Qualifying record, T &  T was the last team to Qualify so they will go out. Sweden will qualify.