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In the current form, the final tournament is contested by 32 nations who, with the exception of the host nation, are required to qualify by beating others from their region in a preliminary tournament. The current holders of the World Cup are Italy, who beat France in the 2006 final in Germany. [[Brazil]] currently holds the record for most wins, with 5. The [[United States]] has never won the competition but reached third place in the first edition.
In the current form, the final tournament is contested by 32 nations who, with the exception of the host nation, are required to qualify by beating others from their region in a preliminary tournament. The current holders of the World Cup are Italy, who beat France in the 2006 final in Germany. [[Brazil]] currently holds the record for most wins, with 5. The [[United States]] has never won the competition but reached third place in the first edition.
==Tournament Winners<ref>http://www.sportingchronicle.com/divisions/worldcupwinners.html</ref>==
==Tournament Winners<ref>http://www.sportingchronicle.com/divisions/worldcupwinners.html</ref>==
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|Spain or The Netherlands
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|[[France]]||1998
|[[France]]||1998
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|[[Spain]]||2010
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