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| The word favourite doesn't mean much in
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| | Cameroon, an ex-French colony in Africa,
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| soccer (football) today. Paraguay won the
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| | won the gold medal soccer in the 2000
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| silver medal in soccer in the 2004
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| | Olympic Games in Australia. Cameroon
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| Olympic Games in Greece.
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| | defeated Spain 5-3.
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| In 1962 the FIFA World Championship was
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| | Different from Peru, Malaysia, Thailand,
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| held in Chile for the first time. Brazil
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| | and Taiwan, Cote d'Ivoire, formerly Ivory
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| captured an unprecedented 2nd FIFA World
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| | Coast, is one of the world`s poorest
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| Cup by defeating Czechoslovaquia
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| | countries.However, Cote d'Ivoire is one
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| (currently Czech Republic) on June 17,
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| | of the best teams in the Third World.It
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| 1962, in Santiago de Chile.
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| | qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2006.
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| The 2010 FIFA World Championship was
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| | Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who is best
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| scheduled to be held in South Africa.
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| | known as "Pele", played in four FIFA
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| | World Cup competitions (Sweden-1958,
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| Japan won the bronze medal in soccer at
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| | Chile-1962, England-1966, and
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| the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
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| | Mexico-1970), and scored over 1,200 goals
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| | in his career before finally retiring in
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| Everald "Gally" Commings is the best
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| | 1977.
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| known and experienced Trinidadian player
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| around the world. He played in the North
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| | In August 1983 Uruguay's national soccer
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| American Soccer League in the 1970s.
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| | team won its first-ever gold medal at the
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| | Pan American Games in Venezuela.
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| For the first time, Kuwait qualified for
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| the FIFA World Cup in 1982.
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| | Nigeria defeated Argentina 3-2 and won
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| | the gold medal in soccer at the 1996
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| In 1950 Brazil hosted the World Cup.
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| | Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia
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| Surprisingly, the host lost the final 2-1
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| | (USA).
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| to Uruguay.
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| | Angola qualified for the 2006 FIFA World
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| Jose Luis Chilavert was the best known
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| | Cup. It is one of the ten poorest
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| and most experienced Paraguayan player in
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| | countries in the world. The education
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| the 20th century.He was born on July 27,
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| | system is one of the worst in the Third
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| 1965, in Luque, Paraguay. Like Oscar
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| | World.
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| Schmidt (Brazilian basketball player) and
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| Raul Ramirez (Mexican tennis player),
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| | In 1994 Bolivia beat Brazil 3-1 in the
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| Jose Luis"Chila" Chilavert was one of the
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| | FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
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| best sportsman in Latin America.He played
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| for clubs in Argentina (San Lorenzo) and
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| | South Korea has competed in the World Cup
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| Spain (Zaragoza).
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| | seven times:1954, 1986,1990, 1994, 1998,
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| | 2002 and 2006.
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| Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup in
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| 1930. They beat Argentina 4-2 in the
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| | El Salvador won the gold medal in soccer
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| final in Montevideo, the capital city of
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| | at the 1954 Central American and
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| Uruguay.
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| | Caribbean Games in Mexico City.
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| West Germany (currently Germany) was the
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| | Hungary has won a gold medal in mes´s
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| first team from Europe to win the FIFA
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| | soccer three times at the Olympic
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| World Cup (1954).
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| | Games:1952, 1964 and 1968.
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