From 1986 to 1994, the six group winners and runners-up and the four best third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16, which was held for the first time since 1938. Since 2006, the Jogos da Lusofonia (Lusophonic Games) have been held regularly, a sporting event in which Portuguese-speaking countries and regions compete against each other. In 2006, 418,000 foreigners were living legally in Portugal, of whom 68,000 were from Cape Verde, 64,000 from Brazil, 34,000 from Angola and 25,000 from Guinea-Bissau. Mauritius and Equatorial Guinea have observer status, and the People's Republic of China applied for it for Macau in 2006. In addition to the Jogos da Lusofonia members Macau and the states with Portuguese as an official language, Equatorial Guinea, India and Sri Lanka are associated. When Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India in 1498, the way to the Asian market was open. Other cities were conquered on the East African coast and in India, as well as Ceylon and areas in Southeast Asia. In order to advance the exploration of foreign territories, the trading rights on the African coast were awarded to Fernão Gomes for a total of six years in 1469 and the rights of use from Brazil to Fernão de Noronha in 1502. English sugar from Jamaica and Barbados and tobacco from Virginia flooded the market as early as the second half of the 17th century, causing the price of these Portuguese exports from Brazil to plummet.
Although an import ban on wool fabrics was imposed at the end of the 17th century to protect the domestic market, in 1703 England and Portugal signed the Methuen Treaty. Other traded goods included ivory, gold, diamonds, and precious woods such as brazilwood from South America and sandalwood, which was exported from Timor to China, where Portugal settled in the mid-16th century. Set up trading posts as part of trade with China in the 19th century. Other trade goods were gum arabic, civet cats, cotton and ivory. The destruction of the capital, Lisbon, by the earthquake of 1755 finally pushed Portugal back to the bottom of the economic powerhouses in Europe. 12,000 people were sold annually in the slave markets of Lisbon and Lagos. In 1444, 280 slaves arrived in the Portuguese city of Lagos, 46 of whom were Henry the Navigator's share of the profits. In 1444 the Companhia de Lagos was founded, which received the trading monopoly for Africa. From Africa, the trade in slaves began to travel to Arabia and America. Once the voyages of discovery began, trading posts were set up along the African coast from which trade with the hinterland was conducted. In return, the businessmen undertook to explore a fixed length of coast every year. Fishing, whaling and seal hunting brought further profits. Hunting was easier with black Africans. Attempts were made to finance Portugal's trade deficit with England with gold and diamonds from Brazil.
In 1649 the General Company of Brazil Trade (Companhia Geral do Comércio do Brasil) was founded, which had extensive trade monopolies in Brazil. 44 professional and 490 amateur clubs are members of the FSO. Since both Chinese and Japanese were forbidden to leave their country, Portugal traded between the two empires via Nagasaki in the era of the Nanban trade (1571-1638), bringing silk and firearms to Japan in exchange for silver. 17 Portugal Vitinha 13 Feb 16 Christian Schreier 4 Feb During the personal union with Spain (1580-1640), the Portuguese were increasingly harassed by the Spaniards in their trading areas. In addition, Persians, Arabs from Oman as well as the Netherlands and England, who were at war with Spain, increasingly pushed Portugal out of their colonies. After being liberated from Spanish rule, Portugal suffered further losses at the hands of the Netherlands, including in India, Southeast Asia and the Gold Coast. Charles transferred control of the Habsburg hereditary lands (Austria, Bohemia and Hungary) and the imperial crown to his brother Ferdinand, thereby dividing the dynasty into two lines. The marriage strengthened the Habsburg claim to inheritance of the Kingdom of Portugal, and in the event that the House of Avis died out, the last independent kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula would also come under Spanish rule.
With the establishment of a Ministry for Youth and Sport (1958) during Charles de Gaulle's presidency under Minister Maurice Herzog, popular and top-level sport in France experienced a significant, state-supported upswing. During the Napoleonic Wars, France tried three times to occupy the Portuguese motherland. 2016 France Quarterfinals Germany – Antonio Conte In qualifying, Italy met Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Malta and Norway to qualify undefeated as top of their group. Accordingly, the World Cup pushed growth in Germany, with a significant increase in sales both in the hospitality industry with an increase of 300 million euros and in retail with 2 billion euros. The budget for the organization of the 1974 World Cup by the world association FIFA as the organizer and the German Football Association as its organizer was around 80 million DM against AS Monaco on his debut in professional football.