World Cups Till 2006
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World Cup MemoriesIf you are a football fan - here's a brush-up of your memory...
And i f not have a look at biggest SHOW on earth happening for 81 years ! !! World Cup 1930
Winners UruguayTeams 13Teams in qualif iers N/A
Notable absentees Of the major European countries, only France took partSurprises USA, who finished third
Golden Boot Guillermo Stbile (Argentina) - 8Stats A total of 70 goals were scored (3.89 per match); Argentina (18) scored the most
Format One group of four and three groups of three in the qualifying stage, with the top from eachgroup going into the semi-finals
Number of matches 18World Cup 1934
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Winners Italy
Teams 16Teams in qualifiers 32
Notable absentees Holders Uruguay, EnglandSurprises Egypt
Golden Boot Oldrich Nejedl (Czechoslovakia) - 5Stats A total of 70 goals were scored (4.12 per match); Italy (12) scored the most
Format Straight knockout, replays for drawn matchesNumber of matches 17
World Cup 1938
Winners ItalyTeams 15
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Teams in qualifiers 37Notable absentees Argentina, England, Spain, Uruguay
Surprises Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), CubaGolden Boot Lenidas (Brazil) - 7
Stats A total of 84 goals were scored (4.67 per match); Hungary (15) scored the mostFormat Straight knockout, replays for drawn matches
Number of matches 18World Cup 1950
Winners UruguayTeams 13
Teams in qualifiers 34Notable absentees France, Germany, Hungary
Surprises BoliviaGolden Boot Ademir (Brazil) - 9
Stats A total of 88 goals were scored (4.00 per match); Brazil (22) scored the mostFormat Four groups, with the winners of each progressing to a four-team round-robin final group.
Withdrawals meant there were two groups of four, one of three and one of two Number of matches 22
World Cup HistoryWorld Cup 1954
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Winners West GermanyTeams 16
Teams in qualifiers 45Notable absentees Spain
Surprises Korean RepublicGolden Boot Sndor Kocsis (Hungary) - 11
Stats A total of 140 goals were scored (5.38 per match); Hungary (27) scored the mostFormat Four groups of four with two seeded and two unseeded teams in each group. However,the teams played just two matches per group rather than the usual three, with the seeded sidesfacing unseeded sides. Where teams ended up tied for the second qualifying position by points,
they required a play-off. The two teams finishing at the top of their group went through to thequarter-finals
Number of matches 26World Cup 1958
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Winners Brazil
Teams 16Teams in qualifiers 45
Notable absentees Italy, UruguaySurprises Wales, Northern Ireland
Golden Boot J ust Fontaine (France) - 13Stats A total of 126 goals were scored (3.60 per match); France (23) scored the most
Format Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals Number of matches 35
World Cup 1962
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Winners Brazil
Teams 16Teams in qualifiers 56
Notable absentees SwedenSurprises Colombia
Golden Boot Garrincha, Vav (Brazil), Leonel Snchez (Chile), Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) ,Flrin Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (USSR) - 4
Stats A total of 89 goals were scored (2.78 per match); Brazil (14) scored the mostFormat Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals
Number of matches 32World Cup 1966
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Winners EnglandTeams 16
Teams in qualifiers 70Notable absentees None
Surprises North KoreaGolden Boot Eusbio (Portugal) - 9
Stats A total of 89 goals were scored (2.78 per match); Portugal (17) scored the mostFormat Four groups of four, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals
Number of matches 32World Cup 1970
Winners BrazilTeams16
Teams in qualifiers 75Number of matches 32
Notable absentees Argentina, France, Portugal, SpainSurprises Morocco, the first African qualifiers since World War II
Golden Boot Gerd Muller (Germany) - 10World Cup 1974
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Winners West Germany
Teams 16Teams in qualifiers 99
Notable absentees England, France, Hungary, Spain, USSRSurprises Australia, Haiti and Zaire
Golden Boot Grzegorz Lato (Poland) - 7Stats A total of 97 goals were scored (2.55 per match); Poland (16) scored the most
Format Four groups of four in the qualifying stage, with the top two from each group going into asecond round of two four-team groups and the winners facing each other in the final
Number of matches 38World Cup 1978
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Winners Argentina
Teams 16Teams in qualif iers 107
Notable absentees England, Czechoslovakia, USSRSurprises Iran, Tunisia
Golden Boot Mario Kempes (Argentina) - 6Stats A total of 102 goals were scored (2.68 per match); Argentina and Netherlands (15) scored
the mostFormat Four groups of four in the qualifying stage, with the top two from each group into a second
round of two groups of four, the top side in each progressing into the finalNumber of matches 38
World Cup 1982
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Winners Italy
Teams 24Teams in qualif iers 109
Notable absentees Netherlands, MexicoSurprises Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand
Golden Boot Paolo Rossi (Italy) - 6Stats A total of 146 goals were scored (2.81 per match); France (16) scored the most
Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the second round,where they split into four groups of three. The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals
Number of matches 52World Cup 1986
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Winners Argentina
Teams 24Teams in qualif iers 121
Notable absentees NetherlandsSurprises Canada, Iraq
Golden Boot Gary Lineker (England) - 6Stats A total of 132 goals were scored (2.54 per match); Argentina (14) scored the most
Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of16, plus four best third-place finishers
Number of matches 52World Cup 1990
Winners West Germany
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Teams 24Teams in qualifiers 116
Notable absentees Denmark, France, PortugalSurprises Costa Rica, Republic of Ireland, UAE
Golden Boot Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) - 6Stats A total of 115 goals were scored (2.21 per match), which was the lowest goals-per-match
ratio in World Cup history; West Germany (15) scored the mostFormat Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of
16, plus four best third place finishersNumber of matches 52
World Cup 1994
Winners BrazilTeams 24
Teams in qualifiers 147Notable absentees England, France
Surprises Greece, Nigeria, Saudi ArabiaGolden Boot Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria), Oleg Salenko (Russia) - 6
Stats A total of 141 goals were scored (2.71 per match); Sweden (15) scored the most
Format Six groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round of16, plus four best 3rd place finishers
Number of matches 52World Cup 1998
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Winners France
Teams 32Teams in qualifiers 174
Notable absentees RussiaSurprises J amaica, J apan, South AfricaGolden Boot Davor Suker (Croatia) - 6
Stats A total of 171 goals were scored (2.67 per match); France (15) scored the mostFormat Eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout round
of 16Number of matches 64
World Cup 2002
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Winners Brazil
Teams 32Teams in qualifiers 199
Notable absentees NetherlandsSurprises Senegal, South Korea, Turkey
Golden Boot Ronaldo (Brazil) - 8Stats A total of 161 goals were scored (2.52 per match); Brazil (18) scored the most
Format Eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout roundof 16
Number of matches 64World Cup 2006
Winners ItalyTeams 32
Teams in qualifiers 198
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Notable Absentees Cameroon, NigeriaSurprises Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago
Golden Boot Miroslav Klose (Germany) - 5Stats A total of 147 goals were scored (2.30 per match); Germany (14) scored the most
Format Eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to a knockout roundof 16
Number of matches 64
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