Brazil at the FIFA World Cup Brazil at the FIFA World Cup This articles summarizes the results and overall performance of Brazil at the FIFA World Cup. The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase, officially called the World Cup Finals. The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 5) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 5) The qualification matches for Group 5 of the European zone (UEFA) of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament took place between May 1992 and November 1993. Group 5 consisted of 6 of the 39 teams entered into the European zone: Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Russia and Yugoslavia. In October 1992, however, after their away game against Iceland and home game with Russia were both postponed, Yugoslavia was suspended by FIFA as a result of the United Nations sanctions against that country stemming from the Yugoslav wars. The remaining 5 teams