The host country of the 2006 FIFA World Cup was Germany.
Football World Cup wasn't held in 1996. In 1994 in USA, in 1998 France hosted it.
France hosted the world cup in 1998.
Malaysia hosted the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
The USA hosted the 1994 World Cup, with matches in New York, Washington DC and the L.A. area. The final was held in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena where Brazil defeated Italy 5-4 on penalties. It was the first World Cup final to end in a penalty shootout.
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) was the first Asian nation to host the Commonwealth Games; they hosted the 1998 Games.
France
Italy (1934 and 1990); France (1938 and 1998); Mexico (1970 and 1986) and Germany (1974 and 2002). Brazil will join the list in 2014, having hosted it in 1950.
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was held in Mexico between May 31 and June 29.The country that hosted the 1986 World Cup is Mexico.
France hosted the world cup twice, in 1938 and in 1998. In 1938 they went out in the quarter-finals but in 1998 they managed to win, beating Brazil in the final.
1994: USA 1998: France 2002: Japan and South Korea 2006: Germany 2010: South Africa
6 times. France was the last to do it it in 1998.