{"id":2122,"date":"2024-01-10T22:46:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T17:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsroid.com\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2024-01-10T22:48:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T17:18:27","slug":"the-best-teams-in-world-cup-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsroid.com\/the-best-teams-in-world-cup-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Teams In World Cup History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/span>The 2022 World Cup is almost upon us, a time when football takes centre stage worldwide.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Founded in 1930, the World Cup is an eagerly awaited competition played every four years. Initially, it was played in one city (Montevideo) and three stadiums, but by 2002 that had become 20 stadiums in 20 cities. The first tournament involved just 13 teams; in 2026, it will be expanded to 48.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The 2022 tournament is notable for many reasons. It s the first to visit the Middle East and the first to be played outside of the summer. It is the last to feature just 32 teams, and it has been condensed into a single month not to disrupt domestic seasons too much. It is also a competition surrounded by much controversy, according to\u00a0<\/span>The Guardian<\/span><\/a>, from how it was awarded to the building of their stadiums.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>As with most years, there are surprise omissions from this year\u2019s competition, namely Italy. They failed to qualify for the second time in a row, despite winning\u00a0<\/span>Euro 2020<\/span><\/a>. They\u2019re the only notable side not to be in Qatar, with France, Argentina and England as three of the pre-tournament favourites. However, Brazil are top of the list of favourites in the current\u00a0<\/span>Coral<\/span><\/a>\u00a0odds, and as always, they\u2019re expected to put in a strong showing. The famous yellow shirts are often cited as producing great World Cup teams throughout history, and they\u2019re the only team to have been in every competition since 1930.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>They have produced some great sides; they didn\u2019t win in 1982 but were arguably the best team, whilst in 1966 they were kicked off the pitches despite playing some great football. They\u2019re not the only nations to be lauded as the best of all time; we\u2019ve picked three from across history for you to enjoy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3 \u2013 West Germany (1974)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n