Soccer: World Cup winners must qualify for Germany 2006

Next summer's World Cup winners will have to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Fifa have announced.

Fri, 30 Nov, 2001 - 09:05

Next summer's World Cup winners will have to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, FIFA have announced.

In a major policy change, FIFA executive board decided at a meeting in Busan that the defending champions should no longer get automatic entry for the following World Cup.

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