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The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
This list divides national teams into three main groups: Teams that are either members of FIFA (211 teams), or have membership in a FIFA-affiliated continental confederation without being members of FIFA itself (11 teams). Teams that are not members of FIFA or any continental federation, but which represent UN member and observer states.
At the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, Iran recorded their first World Cup victory in the second game; they defeated America 2–1, with Hamid Estili and Mehdi Mahdavikia scoring the Iranian goals. Although tension was expected because of each country's political stance, both sides presented one another with gifts and flowers and stood together ...
Its premier tournament is the quadrennial FIFA World Cup. ConIFA - Confederation of Independent Football Associations - 24 members - founded in 2013, represents nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities and regions not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is the ConIFA World Football Cup.
To this day, the total attendance for the final tournament of nearly 3.6 million remains the highest in World Cup history, despite the expansion of the competition to 32 teams at the 1998 World Cup. [63] [64] Canada, Mexico, and the United States have won the bidding to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, competing against a Moroccan bid. [65]
The Club World Cup will run just like past men’s World Cups, with the 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. The top two in each group will advance to the Round of 16. From there, single ...
Top division Domestic cup Super cup Anguilla: CFU: AIA Anguilla Football Association: Anguillian League: none Antigua and Barbuda: CFU: ATG Antigua and Barbuda Football Association: Premier Division: FA Cup: none Aruba: CFU: ARU Aruba Football Federation: Division di Honor: Copa Betico Croes: none Bahamas: CFU: BAH Bahamas Football Association ...
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