1) In the F.I.F.A . world cup history thee is only one case in which two brothers managed their country . They were the Brazilian M0reira brothers.Zeze and Alimore . Zeze was in charge of Brazil in the 1954 world cup and Alimore in 1962.
2) The total of 853 matches were played to bring it down to 31 countries.
3) In the 2010 world cup qualifying matches5602 players were tried. Holland used just 25 players in all. But Argentina, Bolivia, Columbia and Peru used 56 players.
4) 310 referees were used for the qualifiying matches.
5) 650 Linesmen were used.
6) 200 Teams took part in the 2010 qualifiers , the previous record was 194. countries.
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