Wales at the FIFA World Cup Brazil. During the preparations for the 1928 Olympic Football Tournament, FIFA ruled that all its member associations must provide "broken time" payments to cover the expenses of players from their country who participated. In response to what they considered to be unacceptable interference, the football associations of Wales, England, Ireland and Scotland held a meeting at which they agreed to resign from FIFA. As a result, Wales did not compete in the three interwar World Cup competitions. The Football Association of Wales did not rejoin FIFA as a permanent member until 1946. The 1949–50 British Home Championship was used as
1974 FIFA World Cup the defeat by the East Germans, was playing for Real Madrid at the time: this was the first time that a World Cup winner had played for a club outside his home country. This is the last of four FIFA World Cup tournaments to date with no extra-time matches. The others are the 1930, 1950, and 1962 tournaments. The official mascots of this World Cup were "Tip" and "Tap", two boys wearing an outfit similar to West Germany's, with the letters WM ("Weltmeisterschaft", World Cup) and number 74. For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament,