Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 18th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup. The Brazilian team played until the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by France, finishing the tournament in the fifth place — for the third time in history (1954 and 1986 were the previous instances). Brazil's qualifying for the event marked the first time in history in which a returning champion (the country had won the 2002 World Cup) had
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Caribbean Zone 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Caribbean Zone The CONCACAF Caribbean Zone of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 24 CONCACAF members located in the Caribbean area. The 24 teams were divided into 3 groups of 8 teams each. The teams would play in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Semi-final Round. The runners-up would advance to the Play-offs. "Cuba win 4-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round" "1-1 on aggregate, Suriname won 3-1 on penalties and advance to the Second Round" "Aruba win 6-4 on