1934 FIFA World Cup qualification
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The <entity_0> was the first World Cup for which teams had to <entity_2> (in the inaugural World Cup of 1930, the participating teams were invited to play by <entity_4>). When <entity_5> teams entered the <entity_1> competition, <entity_4> organized qualification (or preliminary) rounds to select 16 teams for the final tournament. Even <entity_3>, the host of the World Cup, had to <entity_2> (the only time the hosts had to <entity_2>, and one of only two occasions on which the hosts have ever taken part in the qualification process), The previous champions, Uruguay, refused to defend their title because many European nations declined to take part in the 1930 <entity_4> World Cup held in Uruguay. The final match was played in Rome only three days before the start of the tournament on <entity_1>, as late entrants the United States beat Mexico in a play-off to become the sixteenth and final team to <entity_2>. The <entity_5> teams were divided into 12 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows: The 12 groups had different rules, as follows: Key: Estonia v Lithuania was not played since neither team could <entity_2> with a win.
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