Because of World War 2
The FIFA world cups were canceled do to the World War.
The World Cups of 1942 and 1946 were canceled due to World War II.
Because of World War II
Because of World War II the 1942 and 1946 FIFA World Cups were not held.
Because of WWII, there were not world cups between 1938 - 1950.
There have been 20 World Cups as follows: 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Mexico has been in 15 world cups. The only tournaments that they were not in were the 1934, 1938, 1974, 1982 and 1990 world cups.
There was no FIFA World Cup in 1947. There was one in 1938. The 1942 and 1946 World Cups were cancelled due to World War II, and the next one was in 1950, thus maintaining the 4 year gap.
It was a IOtalian footballer who won the 1934 and 1938 world cups.
Uruguay has won the World Cup twice - in 1930 and 1950.
Italy have so far won 4 world cups. their first was in 1938 and their last was in 2006.
The German national football team have played in seventeen of the nineteen FIFA World Cups, all except for the 1930 tournament, from which they withdrew, and the 1950 tournament, from which they were banned. The first of these two, in 1934 and 1938, they played as Germany, while from the Second World War until the reunification in 1990, they played as West Germany.