Table detailing the progress of every country which has participated in the World Cup since 1930
The performance of every country who has participated in the World Cup Finals from 1930
Full details of every First Round match from the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany
Full details of the Second Round matches from
the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany
Full details of the Quarter Final matches from the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany
Full details of the Semi Finals, Third Place
Play-Off and Final match
The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals.
The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month.
In the eighteen tournaments held, only seven nations have won the title. Brazil is the most successful World Cup team, having won the tournament five times.
The current World Champions, Italy, follows with four titles, while Germany holds three. The other former champions are Uruguay (who won the inaugural tournament) and Argentina with two titles each, and England and France with one title each.
The most recent World Cup Finals were held in Germany, where Italy was crowned champion after beating France in the final. The next World Cup Finals will be held in South Africa in the summer of 2010.
FIFA World Cup Finals 1930-2010 & FIFA U-20 World Cup 1977-2009
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FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa - Qualifying Nations
South Africa (Host Nations)
Japan (Asia, 6th June 2009)
Australia (Asia, 6th June 2009)
South Korea (Asia, 6th June 2009)
Netherlands (European Group 9, 6th June 2009)
North Korea (Asia, 17th June 2009)
Brazil (South America, 6th September 2009)
Ghana (Africa, 6th September 2009)
England (European Group 6, 9th September 2009)
Spain (European Group 5, 9th September 2009)
Paraguay (South America, 9th September 2009)
Full details of all 736 players who participated in
the FIFA World Cup Finals 2006 in Germany
Full details of the FIFA World Cup Finals held in Switzerland 1954
Full details of the FIFA World Cup Finals held in West Germany 1974
Full details of the FIFA World Cup Finals held in
the United States of America 1994
Full details of the FIFA World Cup Finals held in South Korea & Japan 2002
Results from every World Cup Final match and 3rd Place Play-Off from 1930 to 2006
Full details of the 2009 FIFA Youth (U-20)
World Cup Finals in Egypt 24th September
to 16th October 2009
Details of the FIFA Youth (U-20) World Cup Finals from the first competition in Tunisia in 1977 up to this year's Finals in Egypt with an Order of Merit
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