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The FIFA World Cup , often simply called the World Cup , is an international association football competition contested by the senior men 's national teams of the members of Federation Internationale de Football Association -LRB- FIFA -RRB- , the sport 's global governing body .. association football. association football. FIFA. FIFA. The first tournament took place in 1930 and it has occurred every four years since then , except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War .. 1930 FIFA World Cup. Second World War. World War II. Every World Cup tournament other than the first has involved a qualification phase to determine which teams qualify for the tournament itself , often referred to as the World Cup finals -LRB- as distinct from the World Cup final , which refers to the final match of the tournament , played to determine the overall winners -RRB- .. qualification phase. FIFA World Cup qualification. 135 of the 211 current FIFA affiliates have not appeared in a World Cup finals tournament .. FIFA. FIFA. In the tables below all qualification tournaments where the national team played at least one game are counted as attempts to qualify , even if the team subsequently withdrew or were disqualified .. Withdrawals and disqualifications before the start of the qualification are excluded , as are occasions where teams withdrew or were disqualified during their campaign and had all their results from that campaign annulled .