Yes, the World Cup champions do not automatically qualify for the next tournament. They still need to go through the qualification process like other teams.
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No, World Cup winners do not automatically qualify for the next tournament. Teams must still go through the qualification process to earn a spot in the tournament.
Each continent has a tournament to determine which teams will qualify for the World Cup each four years. Europe gets the most qualifiers with 13 while North America receives at least three, and the hosts and returning champions both qualify automatically.
The country that hosts the World Cup automatically qualifies for the tournament, so Brazil were the first ones to qualify for the 2014 FIFA world cup.
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Yes, Russia did qualify to participate in the 2014 World Cup tournament.
No. The host country is automatically accepted to participate in the FIFA World Cup. Previously, defending champions were also automatically accepted, a tradition that was stopped in 2006 and has not continued since. Now, defending champions must also compete in qualification matches hosted by their region's football confederation.
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