why Fifa world cup occurred in four years interval?
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It is to allow regional championships such as the European championships to happen also every four years (two years after the world cup) and also to faciliate the qualifying rounds. \n\nWith the amount of national soccer teams now in existence it would be impossible for all of them to compete in one final tournament so more than half are eliminated in a series of regional qualifying rounds over the preceding two years.\n\nThe same is true of the regional championships.\n\nFor example for England to qualify for the World Cup we had to play home and away games against Poland, Austria, Wales, and Northern Ireland. That is 8 games which have to be fitted in with the domestic seasons, and also straight on the back of a European championship two years ago, which we also had to qualify for in the same way.\n\nWe won our group by the way, which meant automatic qualification and seeding.\n\nAs soon as we finish this world cup in June (and winning it) we commence our European championship qualifyers for 2008....and so on
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1970 mexico.\nThe 1970 Football World Cup was held in Mexico, from May 31 to June 21. The decision was made by FIFA in October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, with Mexico beating out Argentina's bid to organize the event. Two years later Argentina was chosen to celebrate the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The 1970 World Cup 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, featuring Pelé (who was in his fourth and final World Cup), Jairzinho, Rivelino and Tostão, is often regarded as the greatest team ever.
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It is every four years because just the qualifying alone takes about 2 years from what my football fan brother tells me.  It is also needs time for the host country to prepare for.  For example,  South Africa is currently building five new football stadiums in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup (see http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/FWC/tournament/0,6416,FWC-2010-20,00.html ). It will be the first time in history that the region will own stadiums dedicated to football - others are only for cricket or rugby.  \n\nAlso - millions travel to the host country - way way more than the amount go to the Olympics - preparation is the key..\n\nBut the main reason it is every four years is the mere fact that the World Cup is not the only tournament they do - click below and hover over the men's + youths and even the womens area at the top - there are at least 13 different tournaments these folks do..   but the ultimate prize comes every four years.\n\nHope this helps.
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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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There's no 2008 world cup. This championship is held every 4 years (same frequency as the Olympic Games but with a 2-year difference). After this year's cup, the next one will be in 2010.
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that is a very easy answer. there are 32 teams that participate in the world cup every 4 years.
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Qualifying takes over a year and clubs would not want to release players for internatinal games if they had to a international competition more often. Don't forget you have the european championships every 4 years, and the african nations cup and copa america also!
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There are other competitions that are scheduled round it such as the European cup, this is every 4 years too. So European teams spend the first 2 years after the world cup qualifying for and playing in the Euro Championships then once these are over qualifying for the world cup.
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2008, 2 yrs after the world cup or before
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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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ok it takes a month to finish the world cup. it starts out with 32 teams.  they are all seperated into groups. there are 8 groups. in those groups there are 4 teams. so all those teams play each other and the top two teams go on to the next round. in that round there is only 16 teams. then all those people play each other and if you loose once your out of the tournament. then you go to the next  round. which is only eight teams.  then they play each other. then the top four teams go to the next round and they all play each other. which leads us to the last round where to two best teams play each other. that's how the tournament  works. i hope that wasn't too confusing lol.
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Well, it only happens every four years and when it does come around - The FIFA World Cup holds the entire global public under its spell. An accumulated audience of over 37 billion people watched the France 98 tournament, including approximately 1.3 billion for the final alone, while over 2.7 million people flocked to watch the 64 matches in the French stadia. These numbers top even the Olympics!\n\nI lived in Italy for about 10 years, and when I got married there, my family came over for the wedding.  My brother is a HUGE football fan, and loves many of the teams in Italy.  We got tickets for him and my cousin to see a game in Genova - they were playing a team from Bologna - he was utterly amazed when he got there.  First, the visiting team fans had to be escorted into the stadium from the Carabinieri (the nations police) and then they were in a confined area that was covered in non-breakable glass (and bullet proof!)  It was not until then that my brother really understood the passion that these countries have for their teams - it is like a religion - countries go in mourning if they loose!\n\nSo WHY DO THEY GET SO UPSET?? - every four years, each country picks their top players and pray, chant, scream etc.. for them to win.. and if they do.. it is worth more to the country than any Gold Olympic medal.
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the world cup only comes every 4 years.. stanley cup?
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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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Do you mean the new format with 32 teams divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each? Where the top two finishers of each team would then take part in direct elimination games until the final?\n\nIf that's what's you're asking then the change happened in France  1998. Previously, between 1986 and 1994, there were 24 teams divided in 6 groups of which the first two would qualify for the round of sixteen, together with the 4 best third finishers among all groups.\n\nIn 1982 it was even different, with two group stages, after which the remaining 4 teams would face off in the semifinals.\n\nIf instead, you meant in which year the actual trophy awarded changed to the one that will be awarded on July 9th, then the answer it's even easier: the new trophy was first assigned during the 1974 World Cup in Germany. The previous trophy had been won by Brazil in 1970 for they claimed victory three times. Incidentally, whomever had won that final in 1970 would had taken the old trophy home, since Italy had previously claimed two times as well.
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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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21 appearances in four FIFA World Cup Championships (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)