FIFA World Cup News, Stats, Scores
The decision to hold the first World Cup in Uruguay, for example, led to only four European nations competing. The decision to hold the second of these in France was disputed, as the South American countries understood that the location would alternate between the two continents. Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the 1938 FIFA World Cup. In the group stage, teams compete within eight groups of four teams each. Eight teams are seeded, including the hosts, with the other seeded teams selected using a formula based on the FIFA World Rankings or performances in recent World Cups, and drawn to separate groups. Given that there were half a million Indian workers in Qatar, the Indian government said that was quite a normal number of deaths. The bidding procedure to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA แข่งขันบอลโลก s began in January 2009, and national associations had until 2 February 2009 to register their interest. Indonesian officials had not ruled out a bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup...