The FIFA World Cup is perhaps the most important global sporting event besides the Olympics. This visualization details the tremendously difficult field of competition at the World Cup, up to 2006. Mouse over your country for more information.
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The World Cup is no cake walk. There have been 76 nations who have played in at least one World Cup, but only 8 have winning records. If you use select countries that "Have won a title" (the filter second from the right) you will see that only seven countries have won the finals, all from Europe and South America.
