how many countries are taking part in the world cup 2006?
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There are 32 teams divided into 8 groups.Each groups has got 4 teams...
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There are 32 teams in the World Cup: \n\nAngola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, United states of America.\n\nEach team can have a maximum of 23 teams. Usually 3 of those go for goalkeepers, and then 20 to divide among defenders, midfielders, and strikers.
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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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It depends on whether you mean just this year's World Cup or also including past ones. It is the smallest nation to qualify for 2006.
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BRAZIL : 5\nITALY : 3\nGERMANY : 3 \nURUGUAY : 2 \nARGENTINA : 2 \nENGLAND : 1 \nFRANCE : 1\n\nOf the past winners, only Uruguay have not qualified for the 2006 World Cup
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there are 32 countries.\nthere was no worldcup held in 1992\nKanu is from nigeria \nRonaldo is a brazilian, but Christian Ronaldo is a Portugese
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There are 8 countries making their debut.\nCzech Republic(Europe)\nUkraine (Europe)\nSerbia & Montenegro(Europe)\nTrinidad & Tobago (North America)\nAngola (Africa)\nIvory Coast (Africa)\nTogo (Africa)\nGhana (Africa)\nNOTE:\nCzech Republic is taking part as an independent nation for the first time. Earlier they took part as Czechoslovakia.\nUkraine was a part of USSR i.e Russia\nSerbia & Montenegro are taking part as 2 independent nations with conjoined football federations. However they have now applied for separate football federations.They took part in previous World Cups as Yugoslavia.\n\n(( "I HOPE MY ANSWER DESERVES TO BE THE 'BEST ANSWER"))
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Countries have to bid to host the world cup, like cities do with the Olympics.  As far as I know the only future WC set for now is South Africa 2010.
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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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it's Argentina!  Argentina 2006 world cup
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Only seven countries have won the World cup Championship since it began in 1930.\n\nBRAZIL : 5\n\nITALY : 3\n\nGERMANY : 3\n\nURUGUAY : 2\n\nARGENTINE : 2\n\nENGLAND : 1\n\nFRANCE : 1
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Total 64 matches. you can click this links where u find the schedule for the 2006 world cup.\nhttp://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/wc2006/schedule/schedule.html\nhttp://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/eu/fifa/fwc061.pdf\n\nFri 9 June  18:00  Group A1 Germany v Group A2 Costa Rica  Buy Tickets  Munich\nFri 9 June 21:00 Group A3 Poland v Group A4 Ecuador Buy Tickets Gelsenkirchen\nSat 10 June 15:00 Group B1 England v Group B2 Paraguay Buy Tickets Frankfurt\nSat 10 June 18:00 Group B3 Trinidad & Tobago v Group B4 Sweden Buy Tickets Dortmund\nSat 10 June 21:00 Group C1 Argentina v Group C2 Cote de Ivore Buy Tickets Hamburg\nSun 11 June 15:00 Group C3 Serbia & Montenegro v Group C4 Netherlands Buy Tickets Leipzig\nSun 11 June 18:00 Group D1 Mexico v Group D2 Iran Buy Tickets Nuremberg\nSun 11 June 21:00 Group D3 Angola v Group D4 Portugal Buy Tickets Cologne\nMon 12 June 21:00 Group E1 Italy v Group E2 Ghana Buy Tickets Hanover\nMon 12 June 18:00 Group E3 USA v Group E4 Czech Rep. Buy Tickets Gelsenkirchen\nMon 12 June 15:00 Group F3 Australia v Group F4 Japan Buy Tickets Kaiserslautern\nTues 13 June 21:00 Group F1 Brazil v Group F2 Croatia Buy Tickets Berlin\nTue 13 June 18:00 Group G1 France v Group G2 Switzerland Buy Tickets Stuttgart\nTue 13 June 15:00 Group G3 Korea Rep. v Group G4 Togo Buy Tickets Frankfurt\nWed 14 June 15:00 Group H1 Spain v Group H2 Ukraine Buy Tickets Leipzig\nWed 14 June 18:00 Group H3 Tunisia v Group H4 Saudi Arabia Buy Tickets Munich\nWed 14 June 21:00 Group A1 Germany v Group A3 Poland Buy Tickets Dortmund\nThu 15 June 15:00 Group A4 Ecuador v Group A2 Costa Rica Buy Tickets Hamburg\nThu 15 June 18:00 Group B1 England v Group B3 Trinidad & Tobago Buy Tickets Nuremberg\nThu 15 June 21:00 Group B4 Sweden v Group B2 Paraguay Buy Tickets Berlin\nFri 16 June 15:00 Group C1 Argentina v Group C3 Serbia & Montenegro Buy Tickets Gelsenkirchen\nFri 16 June 18:00 Group C4 Netherlands v Group C2 Cote de Ivore Buy Tickets Stuttgart\nFri 16 June 21:00 Group D1 Mexico v Group D3 Angola Buy Tickets Hanover\nSat 17 June 15:00 Group D4 Portugal v Group D2 Iran Buy Tickets Frankfurt\nSat 17 June 21:00 Group E1 Italy v Group E3 USA Buy Tickets Kaiserslautern\nSat 17 June 18:00 Group E4 Czech Rep. v Group E2 Ghana Buy Tickets Cologne\nSun 18 June 18:00 Group F1 Brazil v Group F3 Australia Buy Tickets Munich\nSun 18 June 15:00 Group F4 Japan v Group F2 Croatia Buy Tickets Nuremberg\nSun 18 June 21:00 Group G1 France v Group G3 Korea Rep. Buy Tickets Leipzig\nMon 19 June 15:00 Group G4 Togo v Group G2 Switzerland Buy Tickets Dortmund\nMon 19 June 21:00 Group H1 Spain v Group H3 Tunisia Buy Tickets Stuttgart\nMon 19 June 18:00 Group H4 Saudi Arabia v Group H2 Ukraine Buy Tickets Hamburg\nTue 20 June 16:00 Group A4 Ecuador v Group A1 Germany Buy Tickets Berlin\nTue 20 June 16:00 Group A2 Costa Rica v Group A3 Poland Buy Tickets Hanover\nTue 20 June 21:00 Group B2 Paraguay v Group B3 Trinidad & Tobago Buy Tickets Kaiserslautern\nTue 20 June 21:00 Group B4 Sweden v Group B1 England Buy Tickets Cologne\nWed 21 June 21:00 Group C4 Netherlands v Group C1 Argentina Buy Tickets Frankfurt\nWed 21 June 21:00 Group C2 Cote de Ivore v Group C3 Serbia & Montenegro Buy Tickets Munich\nWed 21 June 16:00 Group D4 Portugal v Group D1 Mexico Buy Tickets Gelsenkirchen\nWed 21 June 16:00 Group D2 Iran v Group D3 Angola Buy Tickets Leipzig\nThu 22 June 16:00 Group E4 Czech Rep. v Group E1 Italy Buy Tickets Hamburg\nThu 22 June 16:00 Group E2 Ghana v Group E3 USA Buy Tickets Nuremberg\nThu 22 June 21:00 Group F4 Japan v Group F1 Brazil Buy Tickets Dortmund\nThu 22 June 21:00 Group F2 Croatia v Group F3 Australia Buy Tickets Stuttgart\nFri 23 June 21:00 Group G2 Switzerland v Group G3 Korea Rep. Buy Tickets Hanover\nFri 23 June 21:00 Group G4 Togo v Group G1 France Buy Tickets Cologne\nFri 23 June 16:00 Group H2 Ukraine v Group H3 Tunisia Buy Tickets Berlin\nFri 23 June 16:00 Group H4 Saudi Arabia v Group H1 Spain Buy Tickets Kaiserslautern\n
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Mexico, Francia and Italy have hosted the World Cup twice. \n\nMexico 1970 and 1986\n\nItaly 1934 and 1990\n\nFrance 1938 and 1998\n\nGermany will join the list pretty soon, 1974 and 2006
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FIFA  - The Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Formed in 1904 by Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland - now has 207 members worldwide.
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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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Yes, the World Cup is being watched by over 5 Billion people. Plus lots of people have lost interest in the olympics due to it's dope issues.
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Brazil is the the only team to participate in every world cup tournament since it started in 1930. This year it is going to 18th time Brazil participates in the world cup! What a record! No other team shares Brazil this honor.