Teams get eliminated in the World Cup by losing matches in the group stage or knockout rounds. If a team loses enough matches, they will not advance to the next stage of the tournament and will be eliminated from the competition.
The field started for the 2010 World Cup with 204 countries. In 2 years of qualifying it was reduced to the 32 teams that will play in South Africa.
It would depend on other results, but it is possible.
Teams can be eliminated from the world cup in two ways. Either they can be knocked out in the group stage if they lose 2 games or fail to get enough points to progress in anyway or if they lose a match in the knockout stages.
32 in the group stage of 8 groups with 2 going through to the last 16 knockout followed by the quarter finals, semi-finals and final.
The Rugby World Cup format is group-then-knockout: four pools of five teams compete, with the top two from each pool going through to the quarter finals, where it is knockout from then on.
World Cup points are calculated based on the results of each match. A team earns 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The total points earned in the group stage determine a team's ranking and advancement to the knockout stage.
in the year 2007 india has the worst world cup when they were out of the group stage loosing to bangladesh and sri lanka and was send out this was the most tragic time for the Indians and after 6 months or so India were back as they were crowned champions of the world T20 inaugral under MS dhoni
The two teams in each group progress to the next round.
In the World Cup, teams earn points based on their performance in matches. A win earns a team 3 points, a draw earns 1 point, and a loss earns 0 points. The team with the most points at the end of the group stage advances to the knockout rounds.
Before the World Cup takes place, up to 209 teams enter qualification for the initial group stage of the World Cup. From these teams, 32 will qualify for the group stages of the World Cup.
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.