How many men's world cups have been played in history? Were any years skipped?
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17 WORLD CUPS\n42-46 SKIPPED BECAUSE OF WW2\n URUGUAY 1930  ITALY 1934  FRANCE 1938 \n BRASIL 1950  SWISSERLAND 1954  Sweden 1958 \n CHILE 1962  ENGLAND 1966  MEXICO 1970 \n GERMANY 1974  ARGENTINA 1978  ESPAÑA 1982 \n MEXICO 1986  ITALY 1990  USA94 \n FRANCE 1998  Korea / Japón 2002
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ARGENTINAS' WORLD CUP HISTORY - 17 tournaments\n1930 - Beaten finalist\n1934 - First round exit\n1938 - Did not participate\n1950 - Did not participate\n1954 - Did not participate\n1958 - First round exit\n1962 - First round exit\n1966 - Quarterfinal exit\n1970 - Did not qualify\n1974 - Second phase exit\n1978 - CHAMPIONS\n1982 - Seond phase exit\n1986 - CHAMPIONS\n1990 - Beaten finalist\n1994 - Second round exit\n1998 - Quarterfinal exit\n2002 - First round exit
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so far, a country awarded maximum 2 times to host world cup finals. following are the countries who hosted world cup for 2 times:\n\nItaly (1934 & 1990)\nFrance (1938 & 1998)\nMexico (1970 & 1986)\n\nGermany hosted the world cup in 1974. This year 2006, they will also become hosting world cup for 2 times and join the ranks of Italy, France and Mexico as host of world cup for most time so far.
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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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The FIFA World Cup is the most significant competition in world football. The World Cup is contested by the men's national football teams of member nations of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (the sport's global governing body). The event takes place every four years and involves 32 national teams competing over a four-week period in a previously nominated host nation.
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Iraq's World Cup record :\n1930 to 1970 - Did not enter \n1974 - Did not qualify \n1978 - Withdrew \n1982 - Did not qualify \n1986 - Round 1 \n1990 to 2006 - Did not qualify
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Check this out:\n\nFounded: 1914\n\nAffiliated with FIFA: 1923\n\nWC participations: 17 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)\n\nWC honours: 5-time FIFA World Cup winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), 2-time FIFA World Cup runners-up (1950, 1998), twice finished in 3rd place (1938, 1978)\n\nContinental Titles: Copa America 7 times (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999), Pan American Cup 4 times (1963, 1975 with Mexico, 1979, 1987)
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The first World Cup was in 1930 in Uruguay.  Only 4 teams from Europe made the trip which was won by the host nation.
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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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Brazil has the most world cup championships. They have 5
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9. 1930 was the First World Cup. Only 13 nations took part, and Uruguay won.
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Cafu has played in 4 world cups ('94, '98, '02, '06)
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I don't know about the world cub, but Brazil is the only country to have played in every World Cup.  For the record, they've won 5.
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Brazil has won the worldcup the most times with 5 wins in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1992, and 2002. They were allowed to keep the old World Cup trophie, The Joules Rimet Cup, after they won the cup for the third time in 1970, for it was a rule that any team that won the cup 3 times would get to keept that permanently. After that year, they changed both the rule and the cup, so now no team will get to permanently keep the cup, no matter how amny times they win.
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ITALY have won 4 FIFA World Cup in their history. they won it in 1934, 1938, 1982 & 2006 & hosted the tournament twice in 1934 & 1990. ITALY were the losing finalist in 1970 & 1994. \n\nITALY's FIFA World Cup final appearance:\n\n1934 FIFA World Cup final\nSunday, 10 June 1934, 17:30\nStadio Nazionale PNF, Rome, Italy\nITALY 2-1 CZECHOSLOVAKIA\n(after extra time, full time 1-1)\n\nGoals:\n0-1 Antonin Puc 76'\n1-1 Raimondo Orsi 81'\n2-1 Angelo Schiavo 95'  \n \n1938 FIFA World Cup final\nSunday, 19 June 1938, 17:00\nStade Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France\nITALY 4-2 HUNGARY\n\nGoals:\n1-0 Gino Colaussi 6'\n1-1 Pal Titkos 8'\n2-1 Silvio Piola 16'\n3-1 Gino Calaussi 35'\n3-2 Gyorgy Sarosi 70'\n4-2 Silvio Piola 82' \n\n1970 FIFA World Cup final\nSunday, 21 June 1970, 12:00\nEstadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico\nBRAZIL 4-1 ITALY\n\nGoals:\n1-0 Edson Arantes Do Nascimento @ Pele 18'\n1-1 Roberto Boninsegna 37'\n2-1 Gerson de Oliveira Nunes 66', \n3-1 Jair Ventura Filho @ Jairzinho 71'\n4-1 Carlos Alberto Torres 86'\n\n1982 FIFA World Cup final\nSunday, 11 July 1982, 20:00\nEstadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain\nITALY 3-1 WEST GERMANY\n\nGoals:\n1-0 Paolo Rossi 57'\n2-0 Marco Tardelli 69'\n3-0 Alessandro Altobelli 81'\n3-1 Paul Breitner 83'\n\n1994 FIFA World Cup final\nSunday, 17 July 1994, 12:35\nRose Bowl, Pasadena, Los Angeles, United States\nBRAZIL 0-0 ITALY\n(after extra time, full time 0-0, BRAZIL won 3-2 on penalties)\n\nPenalty Shoot-outs:\n0-0 Franco Baresi - missed\n0-0 Marcio Santos - saved\n0-1 Demetrio Albertini - scored\n1-1 Romario Da Souza Faria - scored\n1-2 Alberigo Evani - scored\n2-2 Branco - scored\n2-2 Daniele Massaro - saved\n3-2 Carlos Dunga - scored\n3-2 Roberto Baggio - missed\n\n2006 FIFA World Cup final\nSunday, 09 July 2006, 20:00\nOlympiastadion, Berlin, Germany\nITALY 1-1 FRANCE\n(after extra time, full time 1-1, ITALY won 5-3 on penalties)\n\nGoals:\n0-1 Zinedine Zidane 7' penalty\n1-1 Marco Materazzi 19'\n\nPenalty Shoot-outs:\n1-0 Andrea Pirlo - scored\n1-1 Sylvain Wiltord - scored\n2-1 Marco Materazzi - scored\n2-1 David Trezeguet - missed\n3-1 Daniele De Rossi - scored\n3-2 Eric Abidal - scored\n4-2 Alessandro Del Piero - scored\n4-3 Willy Sagnol - scored\n5-3 Fabio Grosso - scored\n\nITALY's all time FIFA World Cup statistics:\nfinals appearance: 16\nmatches played: 77\nwon : 44\ndraw: 19\nlost: 14\ngoals scored: 122\ngoals conceded: 69
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Hello,\nI presume you are talking about the football worlcup\nIt started in 1930 In Uruguay, why? well the FIFA (the organisation in charge of the football competiton around the world) wanted at the begining leave the world cup into the olympics game (1908) but after the great world war, the FIFA and his president Jules Rimet changed their mind and decided to creat the World cup, they took the decision in 1928. The first edition had 13 teams (countries) vs 32 today.\n\nWell it's brief and i hope it will help you to start, if you need more info on the organisation or the cup your best try will be www.fifa.com
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2006 and 2000\nI am sure you meant 2000\n\nGrey Cup wins: 5 — 1964, 1985, 1994, 2000, 2006