how much teams play the world cup germany?
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32 teams.  Tournament starts on June 9 and end on July 9.
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There were only 8 seeded teams - the top 8 in a ranking that FIFA created on the basis of historical World Cup results and World Ranking positions. Coincidentally, the host country (Germany) and the title holder (Brazil) are among the top 8 - but even if they weren't, they would be seeded anyway. You can check the criteria and the calculations of this ranking in this document: http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eu.download.yahoo.com/fifa/fu/finaldrawpot1.pdf.\n\nThese 8 teams were in pot 1. They are, in order:\n\nGermany (host)\nBrazil (title holder)\nEngland\nSpain\nMexico\nFrance\nArgentina\nItalia\n\nThe other 3 pots weren't organized in terms of ranking, but in terms of geographical position, in such a way that guarantees the best possible geographical distribution in the groups.\n\nThere are 32 teams, 4 in each of the 8 groups. The round of 16 will be played by the top 2 of each group.
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32 national teams\n\n1-Germany (host)\n2-Poland\n3-England\n4-Sweeden\n5-Serbia and Montenegro\n6-Netherland\n7-Portogual\n8-Italy\n9-Czech Republic\n10-Croatia\n11-France\n12-Switzerland\n13-Spain\n14-Ukraine\n15-Ecuador\n16-Paraguay\n17-Argentina\n18-Brazil\n19-U.S.A\n20-Costa Rica\n21-Mexico\n22-Trindad and Tobago\n23-Saudi Arabia\n24-Iran\n25-Japan\n26-Korea Republic\n27-Tunisia\n28-Côte d'Ivoire\n29-Ghana\n30-Togo\n31-Angola\n32-Australia
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please check www.worldsoccer.about.com under "World Cup Germany 2006 - Complete Match Schedule" and "World Cup 2006 - Cities and Stadiums".
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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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it is starting on june 9.germany is hosting it this time.about 32 countries are particpating in which some top teams are france,brazil,italy,portugal,czech republic.the matches will be played in stadiums in stuttgart,munich,werder bremen etc.
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17 tournaments.\n\nThis year's World Cup in Germany will be the 18th in its history.
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This site has the entire schedule of the World Cup. The first match is on June 9th - Germany vs. Costa Rica in Munich.
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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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there are qualifier matches throughout the time before the worldcup that teams must win to continue on.  those with the most wins in the qualifiers are those that make the actual tournament known as the world cup
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The exact amount of nations that are members of FIFA is 192 nations. Which are the ones who compete for the right to participate in the FIFA World Cup Tournament That's held every four years and allows 32 nations as it finalist to compete. Any Nation that is not a member of FIFA can not participate.
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The 12 cities that will play hosts to the 32 nations are Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Hannover, Kaiserslautern, Leipzig, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
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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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what the hell is the world cup?
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The Confederations Cup is played between the winners of each of the six federations in the world (plus the World Cup winners and the host nation) . It is also known as the "mini World Cup" and played every four years (usually in the country that will host the upcoming World Cup).\n\nA total of 8 countries participate in this tournament. Last years Confederation Cup in Germany included:\n\nGermany (host nation), Brazil (World Cup holders), Argentina (South American winners), Greece (European champions), Mexico (North American and Carribean winners), Tunisia (African winners), Japan (Asian winners) and Australia (Oceanian winners).
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the  world cup is nothing like the world series, 32 teams from all over the globe have been through tough qualifying groups (5-10 teams in each) and have been playing these games for nearly 2 years to qualify for the tournament...these teams are now in 8 groups of 4 teams and will play each team in its group and the top 2 teams in each group go through to the next round ( knock-out stages) then the quarter finals, semi finals, and final this competition is only every 4 years, it all begins on the 9th of june and the smart money is on Brazil to win again, but Germany, Italy,England, argentina, Spain ,Holland or one of the African teams could do it...I hope you enjoy the tournament, it is the best competition in the world !!!
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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.