Fun Facts About Soccer

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