Why South America Is So Good at Football(atlasdevelopment.substack.com)
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Why South America Is So Good at Football
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Are they? European football is the highest level.
FIFA World Cup finals
Founded 1930; 96 years ago
Current champions Argentina (3rd title)
Most championships Brazil (5 titles)
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.
> 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.
Please remind us who the current champion is?
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3 of the 4 semi-finalists are European countries.