Why South America Is So Good at Football

Re:Why South America Is So Good at Football by chistev on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @04:35AM (#48903780)

Are they? European football is the highest level.

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Re:Why South America Is So Good at Football by defrost on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @05:15AM (#48904058)

  FIFA World Cup finals
  Founded 1930; 96 years ago

  Current champions  Argentina (3rd title)
  Most championships  Brazil (5 titles)

~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_finals

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Re:Why South America Is So Good at Football by anemoiac on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @05:28AM (#48904170)

The article's dek is relevant here:

> The region isn’t the world’s richest, or its most populous, or the one that spends the most on sport. Yet in men’s football it has spent decades performing far above what its economy would predict.

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Re:Why South America Is So Good at Football by rondaerth92 on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @05:11AM (#48904028)

Please remind us who the current champion is?

Cheers

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Re:Why South America Is So Good at Football by chistev on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @05:56AM (#48904384)

3 of the 4 semi-finalists are European countries.

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Re:Why South America Is So Good at Football by chistev on Monday July 20, 2026 @11:59AM (#48980683)

Spain

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