Why doesn't the United States play in the World Cup? How many games will be played in the World Cup?

The opening match of the World Cup kicked off on the evening of the 20th. The World Cup finals usually last for 31 days (opening match-final), divided into group stage and knockout stage. Do you know how many games are usually played? If you are not sure, then take a look at the following knowledge sharing on this aspect brought to you by Encyclopedia Knowledge Network!

Contents of this article

1. Why the United States does not play in the World Cup

2. How many games will be played in the World Cup?

3. How many days does the World Cup last?

Why the United States doesn't play in the World Cup

The United States has not stopped playing in the World Cup. The United States participated in the first World Cup in 1930 and won the third place in that World Cup. However, this was the best result of the United States in the history of the World Cup. In most of the subsequent competitions, it did not achieve particularly good results, so it was not paid attention to by everyone.

The United States men's national soccer team was founded in 1913 and includes such well-known figures as Gatjans, Wynalda, Lalas, Dempsey, Bradley, and Donovan.

The U.S. men's national soccer team participated in the World Cup in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, reaching the quarterfinals in the 2002 World Cup.

The United States men's national soccer team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and therefore missed the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

How many games will be played in the World Cup?

1. The first stage: 32 teams are divided into 8 groups for a round-robin tournament, with 4 teams in each group. A total of 8*6=48 games are required, and 16 teams advance.

2. The second stage: quarter-finals: 16 teams will play in the knockout stage, which requires 8 games and 8 teams will advance; quarter-finals: 8 teams will play in the knockout stage, which requires 4 games and 4 teams will advance; semi-finals: 4 teams will play in the knockout stage, which requires 2 games and 2 teams will advance.

3. The third stage: 4-place playoffs: 1 game; finals: 1 game. Therefore, 48 8 4 2 1 1=64, a total of 64 games are needed in the World Cup.

How many days does the World Cup last?

The final stage of the World Cup is generally 31 days (opening match-final), divided into group stage and knockout stage. There are 32 places in the final stage of the World Cup, and the host country can directly obtain a place in the final stage. In addition to the host country, the other places are allocated by FIFA according to the football level of each qualifying region, and different qualifying regions will have different places in the final stage. The World Cup qualifiers are slightly different in each continent according to the number of participating countries and the competition system. For example, the European regional qualifiers are the teams that each participating country decides to participate in the World Cup finals after the European Cup, which takes about one and a half years. The South American qualifiers are teams from all participating countries who decide to participate in the World Cup finals in a double round-robin format, which will take about two years.