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 (CONCACAF–OFC play-off) 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off) The 1994 FIFA World Cup CONCACAF–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the second-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament, Canada. The games were played on 31 July and 15 August 1993 in Edmonton and Sydney respectively. Australia was hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974 and Canada for the first time since 1986. The winner, Australia, played the South American Group 1 runner-up, Argentina. Australia went on to meet Argentina in the deciding play-off.