Why do you think the FIFA World Cup is held every 4 years?
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It is held every 4 years cause these guys have day jobs. They play for teams all over the world that have their own competition. It takes a lot of time and effort to plan these things too. That is also why they olympics is held every 4 years. It is more exciting this way too.
596746
If you mean the World Cup then 2 times!!!!
988220
1.A lot of time is needed for the host country to prepare for the world cup\n2.It takes about a year for qualification procedures (to decide who will be in the world cup)\n3.F.I.F.A. does not want the world cup to clash with continental championschips (European championship,Copa Aemrica etc.)\n4.F.I.F.A. does not want the world cup to clash with the olympics\n5.If the world cup was played too often the excitement and novelty would be taken out of the tournament\n6.There many more reasons but I could be typing all night!!!
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The World Cup is held every Four Years and is held in differant countries around the world (i.e France 1998, Korea 2002, Germany 2006)\nAnd even if you wanted to go to the World Cup, the tickets will be sold out now, if you want to go you better have good clicking skills once the Quarter Final participants are announced, as people WILL be buying them then.
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32 countries have played in the cup since France 98.  Stadiums vary, but in this one the average is between 40-50 thousand I would say.  Brazil was the pre-tournament favorite, but France knocked them out in the quarterfinals.  No, it is not the 80th world cup, the FIFA World Cup began in 1930, and is held every 4 years, and was not held between 38 and 50 due to WWII.  So there was a tournament in 30, 34, 38, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 02, and now in 06.  So this cup is the 18th.  Regardless of who wins this tournament (because both are previous winners), only seven countries have won the world cup.  Uruguay in 30, Italy in 34, Italy in 38, Uruguay in 50, West Germany in 54, Brazil in 58, Brazil in 62, England in 66, Brazil in 70, West Germany in 74, Argentina in 78, Italy in 82, Argentina in 86, Germany in 90, Brazil in 94, France in 98, Brazil in 02, and either Italy/France in 06.  For more information go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup.
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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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My overall view of the cup... hmmm...\n\nWell since you asked, here goes:\n\nThe World Cup of Soccer... it's the most watched sports competition in the world, a game and an event that unites & divides the entire planet!  This year the world cup soccer tournament arrives in Germany where the host country (part of it anyways, once known as West Germany) won a 2nd title in 1974.\n \nThe world's largest sporting event has only gotten bigger during the last 3 decades:  2.7 million people in stadiums across South Korea & Japan in 2002, it was where the Germans returned to the World Cup Final and lost to Brazil.\n \n32 world cup teams will battle it out in Germany over a 31 day period.  The battle is for the most coveted trophy in the world, the FIFA World Cup Trophy (see picture above in the upper right hand corner).  It is a piece of hardware that measures 14" high and weighs 11 pounds.  Also at stake is an entire nation's pride.\n\nEvery 4 years, FIFA (the international governing body of soccer) holds a month long tournament.  32 teams qualify from 6 zones: Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America (and Oceania as a single zone), Central America and the Caribbean.\n\nHow is it played?  The 32 teams are broken into 8 groups. Each team plays the other 3 teams in its group, the top 2 teams from each of the original 8 groups advance to the round of 16 (16 teams left at this point).   The round of 16 is played this way:  The winner of each group plays the 2nd place team of another group.  The winners from the round of 16 advance to the quarter-finals (8 teams left at this point).  Winning teams from the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals (4 teams left at this point) and are guaranteed two more games - because World Cup teams play for 3rd place also.  The winning teams of the semi-finals play in the World Cup final (for 1st & 2nd place), the losing teams of the semi-finals play for 3rd place.\n\nFIFA held the 1st World Cup in 1930, and aside from skipping 1942 & 1946 (due to obvious reasons: World War II), has held the tournament every 4 years since then.  There have been 17 previous tournaments.  \n\nWho do I think will win?  That question can hold a few different possible answers.  Brazil holds the record for winning the most world cups with 5 world cups so they are the favorites.  Italy & West Germany (Germany now since reunification in 1990) are tied at 2nd place with 3 world cups each.  Uruguay & Argentina are tied at 3rd place with 2 world cups each.  England & France are tied at 4th with 1 world cup title each.\n\nMy heart lies with team Italy but five-time champions Brazil are the definite favorite - which would be an unbelievable 6th title and would be twice as many as any other team.  Another favorite is Czech Republic based on their #2 World Ranking according to FIFA.  Holland is ranked 3rd, Mexico is ranked 4th and USA is ranked 5th tied with Spain.  But those are just current FIFA World rankings, they can't determine the actual World Cup outcome: How you get to Germany and How you play in Germany are two different things!  Fan favorites and real contenders like Italy, Portugal, England, Germany, Argentina among other teams will obviously leave their respective marks on this tournament.  \n\nGo Italy!  Forza Italia!!!
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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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Early World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The choice of location was highly controversial, given the three week boat journey between South America and Europe, the two centres of strength in football. The decision to hold the first cup in Uruguay, for example, led to only four European nations competing.[15] The next two world cups were both held in Europe. The decision to hold the second of these, the 1938 FIFA World Cup, in France was controversial, as the American countries had been led to understand that the World Cup would rotate between the two continents. Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the tournament.[16]\n\nAfter the 1958 FIFA World Cup, to avoid any future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternation between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup (hosted jointly by Japan and Korea) was the first one held in Asia, and in 2010, South Africa will become the first African nation to host the World Cup. (South Africa will not be the first Southern Hemisphere nation to host the Cup, as former hosts Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Argentina all lie south of the Equator.)\n\nThe 2014 FIFA World Cup was allocated to South America in 2003, allowing the ten member nations of CONMEBOL to bid in order to host. However, after a short period of time, every nation in the continent backed Brazil as the only viable host of the 2014 finals, creating the odd situation where the 2014 World Cup host was unofficially determined. However, it is not yet certain that Brazil will be able to host the competition; if the Brazilians pull out, the tournament will be moved to another continent.\n\nThe system evolved so that the host country is now chosen in a vote by FIFA's executive committee. This is done under a single transferable vote system. The decision is currently made six years in advance of the tournament.
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The Confederations Cup will next take place in South Africa in 2009. The tournament will now take place every four years.
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The 1970 Football World Cup was held in Mexico, from May 31 to June 21. The decision was taken by FIFA in October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan beating to Argentina intentions to organize the event. Two years later was choose to celebrate the 1978 FIFA World Cup. It was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4-1 in the final. This tournament saw the return of free-flowing, attacking play after the physical battles of 1962 and 1966, and is still considered by many fans to be the finest World Cup in history. Not a single red card was issued in the competition. The Brazilian team, led by Pelé (who was in his fourth and final World Cup), Jairzinho, Rivelino and Tostão, is often regarded as the greatest team ever.\n\nQualification\n\nThe main surprises were the absences in the final 16 of perennial South American contender Argentina, 1968 European Championship runners-up Yugoslavia, and World Cup 1966 third-place finisher Portugal. Holland was still to become a major football power--this would happen four years later--and France, mired in a decade-long slump, had been eliminated.\n\nThe qualification tournament for this World Cup was the cause of the brief Football War between Honduras and El Salvador.\n\nSummary\nThe format of the competition stayed the same as 1966: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four playing each other once in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.\n\n \nOfficial program of the World CupIn Group 1, host Mexico lived up to the expectations of an entire nation by advancing along with the Soviet Union, though the home side's 1-0 victory over Belgium on the last day resulted from a questionable penalty.\n\nGroup 2 saw Uruguay and defending European Champions Italy prevail over Sweden and surprise qualifier Israel after a series of dull, uninspired games. Italy would, however, show the true measure of its talent in the knock-out phase.\n\nThe first great moments of this memorable World Cup happened in Group 3, where two-time World Cup winner Brazil was pooled with World Champion England and solid European sides Czechoslovakia and Romania. In Brazil's opening match against Czechoslovakia, Pelé audaciously attempted to lob a shot over Czechoslovak goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the halfway line, missing the goal by a whisker. The "Clash of the Champions" between Brazil and England lived up to all expectations, Brazil winning 1-0 after a high-quality game in which England goalkeeper Gordon Banks made arguably the greatest save ever from a Pelé header on the six-yard line.\n\nIn Group 4, first-time qualifier Peru and its attacking style created a sensation by beating established side Bulgaria 3-2 after trailing 0-2 at halftime. Peru eventually advanced along with 1966 runners-up West Germany.\n\nThe quarter-finals saw a transformed Italy prevail 4-1 over host Mexico after trailing 0-1. Brazil beat Peru 4-2 after an entertaining match between two equally attacking teams. Uruguay defeated a superior Soviet Union side after extra time and a refereeing error, as the linesman did not see that the ball was out of play for the cross that led to the winning goal. The last quarter-final, a rematch of the 1966 final between England and West Germany, was one of the great moments of World Cup history. After fifty minutes, England had a 2-0 lead and seemed to have West Germany firmly in its grasp. England coach Sir Alf Ramsey, sensing that victory was in hand, decided then to substitute playmaker Bobby Charlton 'to spare him for the rest of the tournament.' Without Charlton, England lost its ability to set its own pace on the game and could not contain the relentless German attacks. After Beckenbauer made it 2-1 with a fine shot, West Germany equalized eight minutes from time with an Uwe Seeler header and a fateful hesitation by second-choice goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, who stood in for the food-poisoned Gordon Banks. Momentum had irrevocably shifted and West Germa
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FIFA World Cup qualification is the process a team must go through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals, or, more commonly known as the FIFA World Cup or Football World Cup. FIFA World Cup is a global event, and qualification is used to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.\n\nQualifying tournaments are held within the six FIFA continental zones (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe), and are organized by their respective confederations. For each tournament, FIFA decides beforehand the number of spots awarded to each of the continental zones, based on the relative strength of the confederations' teams (and, some may argue, political considerations).\n\nThe hosts of the World Cup receive an automatic berth in the finals. Unlike many other sports, results of the previous World Cups or of the continental championships are not taken into account. Until 2002, the defending champions also received an automatic berth, but starting from the 2006 World Cup they also need to enter qualifying.\n\nIn the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 198 teams from the six FIFA confederations were allocated a share of the 32 spots available on the basis of the strength of their teams. The final distribution was as follows:\n\nEurope - represented by UEFA : 51 teams competing for 13 places (Germany qualified automatically as host nation for a total of 14 places) \nAfrica - the CAF : 51 teams, 5 places \nSouth America - CONMEBOL : 10 teams, 4.5 places \nAsia - the AFC : 39 teams, 4.5 places \nNorth, Central American and Caribbean - CONCACAF : 34 teams, 3.5 places \nOceania - the OFC : 12 teams, 0.5 places (not guaranteed a position). \nEach .5 indicates a place in inter-confederation matchups for the last two spots, namely playoffs between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and OFC.
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It is like that to keep the atmosphere up to a high level. If it was held every year then it would be boring and players might tangle their clubs with their international duties.
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the world cup only comes every 4 years.. stanley cup?
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It's a process, like the Olympic Committee has for choosing what country gets the Olympics.  The process takes years, that is why we usually know years in advance where it is going to be held.  All the countries that would like to host the World Cup submit their forms, giving reasons why they should get it.  Then FIFA sends out committees to look at stadiums, transportation structure, roadways, hotels, general areas.  Then they narrow them down , and finally make a selection.
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Depends on the sport.  The World Cup normally refers to football (soccer), and it's only held every 4 years.  1975 was not one of those years.
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It wouldn't work. It's fine as it is. The Women's world cup is in 2 years from today, and for international teams, there is Euro Cup and the Copa de Liberatordes or something of that sort for Souther America. Hence, if it was every 2 years, international teams would be playing Euro and World Cup at the same time. That wouldn't work at all. Hell I want more soccer too, but that's just not possible.