By Jude Summerfield The World Cup sees the best national teams around the globe compete to win football’s most prestigious prize. The qualification roads are often long and hard and the best teams can struggle to make it to the big time – just ask Italy. Here’s the history behind the amount of teams that play at World Cups. How many teams are in the World Cup?At present, 32 teams qualify for the World Cup. Hosts qualify automatically, but winners are no longer afforded that luxury – France, the winners in Russia in 2018, were required to go through normal qualifying. The amount of teams presen…