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