Forty-eight teams participate in the FIFA World Cup 2026. A great event! One quarter of the 195 countries in the world are at this football party. In the first World Cup, Uruguay 1930, 13 teams were invited, without qualifiers, few for the weeks involved in the boat trip. All the matches were played in Montevideo, where Uruguay won the first champion by defeating Argentina.In the 1934 World Cup, the 16 selections format that continued for 64 yea…
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Forty-eight teams participate in the FIFA World Cup 2026. A great event! One quarter of the 195 countries in the world are at this football party. In the first World Cup, Uruguay 1930, 13 teams were invited, without qualifiers, few for the weeks involved in the boat trip. All the matches were played in Montevideo, where Uruguay won the first champion by defeating Argentina.In the 1934 World Cup, the 16 selections format that continued for 64 yea…