The Great World Cup Germany

The Great World Cup Germany

Summary: The FIFA World Cup (officially titled FIFA World Cup Germany, sometimes referred to as the Football World Cup) finals are scheduled to take place in Germany between June and July . Qualification for the tournament is now complete, with all competing teams confirmed. The finals are the th to be contested.

A total of German cities have been selected to host the World Cup final tournament. The stadium capacities shown are all seated capacities. ...

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Article Body: The FIFA World Cup (officially titled FIFA World Cup Germany, sometimes referred to as the Football World Cup) finals are scheduled to take place in Germany between June and July . Qualification for the tournament is now complete, with all competing teams confirmed. The finals are the th to be contested.

A total of German cities have been selected to host the World Cup final tournament. The stadium capacities shown are all seated capacities. Many of the stadiums have higher capacities for German domestic football matches as some of the seats are replaced with terraces.Starting from Germany , the winner of the past World Cup had to qualify for the Finals. Only the host nation qualifies automatically from on.

In the qualification process for the FIFA World Cup, the six FIFA confederations were allocated a share of the spots available on the basis of the strength of their teams. The final distribution was as follows:Europe - represented by UEFA : teams competing for places (Germany qualified automatically as host nation for a total of places) ;Africa - teams;South America - teams;Asia - teams;North, Central American and Caribbean - teams;Oceania - teams.

For the first time ever, the defending champion (Brazil) does not qualify automatically. The hosts (Germany) will retain their automatic spot. In , the defending champions (Uruguay) declined to participate and the hosts (Italy) had to qualify, but in the tournaments between and (inclusive), the hosts and the defending champions had automatic berths.

The original distribution of places between the six confederations called for Oceania to be given one full spot in the final ; however, this idea was seen as giving Australia a virtually certain place in the finals, being by far the strongest footballing nation in their region. This decision was reconsidered in June and the previous distribution of places between Oceania and South America was restored.

The main surprises in European qualification at World Cup Germany were the absences of third-place finishers Turkey (eliminated by Switzerland after a momentous playoff), European Champions Greece (eliminated by the Ukraine), and established sides Denmark (eliminated by the Ukraine as well), Russia (eliminated by Portugal), and Belgium (eliminated by Serbia-Montenegro and Spain). In Africa, quarter-finalists Senegal (eliminated by Togo) and established sides South Africa, Cameroon, and Nigeria (eliminated, respectively, by Ghana, C?te d'Ivoire, and Angola) unexpectedly missed the trip to the Finals. The other zones saw no major upsets.While representing Oceania, from the beginning of Australia is part of the Asian Confederation, and will represent Asia in following World Cups.

If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows:greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams,goal difference in matches between the tied teams,greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams,goal difference in all group matches,greater number of goals scored in all group matches,a play-off on neutral ground, with extra time and penalties if necessary (in qualifying),drawing of lots (at the final event).This is a change from the FIFA World Cup, where total goal differential was the first tiebreaker.

Thirty-two years after the last football World Cup in Germany, the FIFA World Cup will again take place in Germany. For the first time after the reunification of both German states, the entire world will look to the New Germany, situated at the heart of Europe.