Qatar warns World Cup fans about sneaking alcohol into country

Brazil, winners in 2002, were the first defending champions to play qualifying matches. As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, twenty-one final tournaments have been held and a total of 79 national teams have competed. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France, and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain, with one title each. The World Cup final match is the last of the competition, and the result determines which country is declared world champions. If after 90 minutes of regular play the score is a draw, an additional 30-minute period of play, called extra time, is added.

West Germany’s didn’t start perfectly either, with a 2-1 loss to Algeria in a result that shocked everyone. Dutch Total Football took over the tournament in 1974, with Johan Cruyff leading the way. During the second group stage they had destroyed Argentina 4-0, and then beat East Germany and the mighty Brazil 2-0. They would meet Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller and West Germany in the final. No one gave Germany a chance, and it appeared it would be a rout after Hungary went 2-0 up in eight minutes. But they do not call this game ‘The Miracle of Bern’ for nothing, and West Germany quickly got on level terms after 18 minutes.

For each tournament, FIFA decides the number of places awarded to each of the continental zones beforehand, generally based on the relative strength of the confederations' teams. FIFA also organises international tournaments for youth football (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup), club football , and football variants such as futsal and beach soccer . The latter three do not have a women's version, although a FIFA Women's Club World Cup has been proposed. Men's football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932. Unlike many other sports, the men's football tournament at the Olympics is not a top-level tournament, and since 1992, an under-23 tournament with each team allowed three over-age players. The issues facing the early World Cup tournaments were the difficulties of intercontinental travel, and war.

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said Dhahi Khalfan had been misunderstood in media coverage. In response, Gargash clarified that Qatar's hosting of World Cup 2022 "should include a repudiation of policies supporting extremism & terrorism." In March 2021, an investigative report published by The Guardian used data from embassies and national foreign employment offices to estimate migrant worker death toll since World Cup was awarded to Qatar. Between 2010 and late 2020 over 6,500 migrant workers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar.

This would decide the winner so there was no specific Final as is the norm now. Four years later, Uruguay declined to participate after many European teams declined to travel to Uruguay for the 1930 World Cup. There have been twenty oneWorld Cups with eight different countries walking away with the trophy at the end of the tournament.