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The format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month. The host nation(s) automatically qualify to the group stage of the tournament.
As of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 21 final tournaments have been held and more than 80 national teams have competed. The trophy has been won by eleven national teams. Brazil, with four wins, are the only team to have played in every tournament. Yugoslavia and inaugural winner Argentina
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed single sporting event in the world. The viewership of the 2018 World Cup was estimated to be 3.23 billion (half of the global population) with an estimated 1.01 billion people watching the final match.
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'''3 wins:''' [[File:Flag of Argentine Republic exordium.png|35px|border]] Argentina; [[File:Flag of Yugoslavia Exordium.png|35px|border]] Yugoslavia<br>
'''2 wins:''' [[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|border|35px]] Uruguay
'''1 win:''' [[File:Sublime Ottoman State.png|border|35px]] Anatolia; [[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|border|35x35px]] Netherlands; [[File: Flag of France exordium.Png|35px|border]] France; [[File:Flag of Poland.svg|border|35x35px]] Poland; [[File:Flag of Caribbean Communtiy.png|35px|border]] Caricom; [[File: Possible 52-star U.S. flag.svg |35px|border]] United States; [[File:Flag of Portugal (1830–1910).svg|border|35x35px]] Portugal;
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