What's even more bizzare is that the Brazil - Chile game was indirectly involved in a plane crash. Varig Flight 254 was scheduled to fly São Paulo to Belém on the same day, but after the final stopover in Marabá the flight was suddenly flying in a different direction (it was later revealed that wrong heading inputs were set). The pilots tried to use frequencies of commercial radio stations which were broadcasting the match with the hope the signal will lead them to Belém. It didn't and the plane crashed in the Amazon jungle after running out of fuel.
Yeah I remember watching an Air Crash Investigation (Mayday) about that. The press said that the pilots were distracted listening to the match which was fake news
FIFA banned Australia from all international tournaments and associations in 1959 because clubs in Australia did not pat transfer fees, the ban lasted until 1963.
Mexico's ban was really unfair. Nigeria (my country) comitted the same offence at around the same time and at a global youth tournament even, and we only had our youth squads banned for 2 years. (tho to be fair, our problem arose from discrepancies in youth player's ages on offical documents...and I guess FIFA may have decided to give us the benefit of the doubt even in punishing us that it was all down to 'clerical errors' , plus we were punished by FIFA directly from the word go not by our local confederaiton CAF, unlike Mexico who were punished by CONCACAF and then got their punishment 'upgraded' by FIFA). Meanwhile, our senior squad was not banned, and even took part in(african) qualifiers for Italia 90 (we didn't make it, sadly).
None of those bans are "fair" Usa have attacked over 5 country's in the past years and never got banned. UK Germany and France bombard country's and nothing is happening. In saudi arabia and Quatar people are getting there heads cut off and they are not only able to play but also own clubs. The latest even host a worldcup. Welcome to FIFA logic.
@@flyingaviator8158 As Alfie said, Russia was banned much on the basis that other teams wouldn't play with them. None of the other bans in this list were related to invasions, except for the 1st one on the aftermath of WW2.
@@phtuber5469 your welcome. But if you are based in europe, you better be carefull who do you tell that friend. Free speech aside I have had colleagues loosing jobs due to there outspoken opinion about this topic.
@@soundscape26 you just highlighted what is wrong with FIFA, countries should be banned based on invasions and other forms of human rights violations. South Africa and Russia were the most justifiable bans they carried out, the USA and other Western countries that took part in Iraq and Afghanistan’s invasions should have all been banned as well
I actually had the opportunity to work with a Myanmar national who had been a professional football player there as well as in India. He also played for their national team. The local fans found out he was a Christian and they broke his leg so he couldn't play anymore. I got to play a pick-up match with him. He was pretty good!
While they are apart of North America and I have never heard of Mexico being called a Central American country, technically all Central American countries are apart of North America so Alfie isn’t necessarily wrong.
Probably got the idea from the United Nations which classifies Mexico as a Central American country. All Central American countries are North American it’s just a distinction to differentiate between the largely Spanish influenced Central America and largely British/French influenced non central North American countries. In the end it doesn’t really matter.
@@nickk2299 he is wrong, even using your logic, since not all north american countries are central american, while all central american countries are north american
Day 21: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 6 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
Regarding Chile’s ban of USA Qualifiers, Roberto Rojas was the captain and Fernando Astengo was the deputy or vice-captain. Being Rojas “injured” and unable to make decisions, it was Astengo who was responsible of the team leaving the pitch and withdrawing fron the match.
Man just seeing Newcastle fans celebrating their club getting bought out by a foreign country who has committed some of the most UNTHINKABLE human rights violations in recent memory made me realise how fucking done I'm with this sport. Also coupled that pretty much a team that has only fuck you as any real chance in winning anything makes me think this sport is corrupt beyond belief.
For all people writing here that US should be suspended because of invasion of Iraq, to be consequent, you'd have to ban around 40 countries, because of any involvment to it from France, through South Korea, to Tonga. FIFA rarely ban and, as you can see, if it does, it is for sporting reasons, not political reasons. If it were not, North Korea would not be a FIFA member at all. Ban for Russia is sensational and as Alfie said, they just had to bow to public opinion.
“You’d have to ban around 40 countries🤡” yes but which of those countries had the most involvement, killed the most civilians and caused the most damage to Iraq during the war? Others were involved, yes but the USA still should have received consequences from FIFA and other sporting organisations, but of course they couldn’t do that to the USA, a rich white western country can never commit any wrongdoing of course
The first inclusion which is Russia is obvious due the ongoing situation which is currently happening Ukraine but quite surprised to see the other respective national teams who were faced with their bans which they must have avoided with ease,good friends!!!🙏
@@ostiaweyRussia was banned everywhere. I am Russian myself, but many in our country say that it is good that we will not perform, since we have already disgraced ourselves in Europe..
@@sewersteel I feel extremely so sorry for the respective Russian national football players but they must protest against the government to stop the war once and for all for them to compete once again,good friend!!!
Mexico is North America, not central. I can't wait to go to a world cup match in Nashville in 2026. I don't care who is playing, I was 10 the last time it came and there were no matches near Pittsburgh. I'm now near Nashville and I'm pretty sure we'll get at least one match at some point.
You are missing Yugoslavia on this list. They were banned for competing in the World Cup in 1994. Actually they were banned for competing from 1992 to 1995, they were banned for competing in the UEFA Euro 1992 ONLY 13 DAYS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTED. Denmark took our place on that tournament because they were on the second place in our qualifying group, we beat them 2-1 in Copenhagen (although we lost 2-1 in Belgrade). Although Yugoslavia fell apart at that time and there were three wars in the last one year, there were still some players from the countries that already gained independence or were in a war against Yugoslavia (from Slovenia: Zahovic, Novak, Katanec; from Bosnia & Herzegovina: Bazdarevic, Susic, Hadzibegic; from (North) Macedonia: Pancev, Najdoski, Stanojkovic, Kanatlarovski), except for the Croatian players (Suker, Jarni, Boban, Prosinecki), and everyone else was from Serbia and Montenegro (which were officially one country at that time, until 2006, first it was called SR Yugoslavia, later just Serbia & Montenegro), such as: Mijatovic, Jokanovic, Brnovic, Dragan Stojkovic, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Savicevic, Jugovic... it was still a hell of a team. They were actually there, in Sweden, practicing for the start of the tournament, and I even still have the tickets for the group matches with SFR Yugoslavia on it instead of Denmark, but unfortunately the decision was made: "The national team of SFR Yugoslavia and the teams from Yugoslavia will be banned from participating in any FIFA and UEFA competitions for the time being due to the invasion of Bosnia and Herzegovina." Basically it was the same situation as Russia today. I will die in a belief that Yugoslavia would have become European Champions then if we weren't banned. To be more precise, if the war in Bosnia never started, which is sad that it started there because it was the most beautiful country to live in among all countries in ex-Yugoslavia. The best people in the world were living there. It's so sad what politics makes of all the people. Nowadays, I live in (North)Macedonia, where I am living my entire life. :) Sorry for this off topic writing, I carried away a little bit. P.S. Pozdrav za moju (bivsu) bracu! Sve vas volim podjednako!
What makes the situation with Roberto Rojas even more bizarre is that at time he played in Brazil in São Paulo, and was a teammate of some of Brazil's players; perhaps even more amazingly, after his lifetime ban was lifted by Fifa, he was hired by São Paulo as goalkeeping coach, and actually had a successful run as caretaker manager in 2003, with the team finishing 3rd in the Brazilian league.
@1:20 His Son was born in 2005, had nothing to do with the world cup 2002, although he met the mother of his son at the party after the world cup for the first time
@@BrianStorm742 yeah miss counted and as mexican fan we don't even worry about group stage anymore because it no matter the group mexico makes it out then loses it hurts so much I just want to make out round 16 but nooo
@@robimuhammad95 I knew about Zimbabwe and Indonesia and was surprised not to see them on the list. Several other countries have been suspended from FIFA for the same reasons, (Brunei in particular springs to mind), but I cannot remember if any missed a qualification tournament because of this. It is also worth remembering that until the recent tournaments, there have tended to be a few teams not entering each time.
The strangest non-ban was Timor Leste (East Timor). They faked the nationalities of several players in 2018 qualifying, resulting in results being overturned (after they had been knocked out). These matches were in a joint qualifying tournament for both 2018 and the 2019 Asian Cup. The Asian Confederation banned them from the 2023 Asian Cup, but FIFA did not ban them for the World Cup - so they took part in the qualifyers, again in the joint tournament. Without the group of Brazilians under fake nationality, they did badly anyway.
It’s North America because of NAFTA but Mexico’s language, culture, religion and standard of living are way more similar to Central and South America than North America!
The fact that if their football association was still unified it would be an unreal team. Oblak, kovacic, modric, skrinar, dzeko, mandzukic, perisic, hamsik, etc
@@lujoviste I lost count on how many times have I assisted at online brawls whenever Croatians, Bosnians, Serbians and Kosovars are involved. Does it reflect the general atittude of the population at large? I have no idea, but surely it doesn't seem to be much love lost between them.
It’s funny, so many people think Mexico is in Central America when it’s not, I’ve met so many people who think that and even heard a commentator say that in the 2018 WC
@@diegogalvan1810 the only people that think that seem to be Europeans. If we’re being detailed North America does include Central America & Caribbean, but Mexico still isn’t in Central America.
Yeah, but they were all like "Noooooo we should give them a chance to prove all these very concerned human rights groups wrong" until it was WAY too late. Now there's no point in boycotting it anymore, that would do more harm than good.
@@soundscape26 If people don’t care about the suffering of people in Syria, Yemen and any Middle-East country, they won’t care about not allowing Qatar to host
Just a thought...Germany in 1950 would have been basically restarting its football system in both the BRD and DDR from scratch, so they may not have been in a position to attend the world cup, even if they got an invite. Ditto Japan to some extent.
Yugoslavia ban to play in UEFA Euro 1992 was interesting case, they won qualif. group ahead of Denmark (so they would not even qualify), and after they banned them Denmark replaced them and actually won Euro 1992. Breakup of Yugoslavia hit at the worst possible time since they were top football power at the time, Yugo young squad won U20 World Cup 1987, lost in WC 1990 in quaterfinals to Maradona's Argentina on penalties, Red Star won European Cup in 1991 and they had a team that had potential to win even World Cup in 1994 (Croatia for example with just part of those golden generation players won 3rd place in WC 1998).
America, UK and Australia/New Zealand should have been banned from Germany 2006 if we are to have had any consistency due to the Iraq invasion. I am sure many of the Middle Eastern Teams would have boycotted playing against Australia in the Asian Qualification groups and would have thought that Iran would not have wanted to play against USA or the UK if they qualified in 2006. So if FIFA were to show any consistency, how about banning all countries that invaded other countries going forward.
@@thefallenone666 even better, ALL 4 of them could have been banned. 4 birds with one stone 😂 Who am I kidding anyway, FIFA would never think to ban a white, rich western nation like the UK, Australia or USA, as they are immune to any wrongdoing of course
The Banned musical item reminded me of that time I went to a PSG Vs Roma friendly in Detroit and I had to rip the flag I brought off of the stick because it could be used as a weapon…
I can understand why Russia is banned from the 2022 World Cup, but I can't understand why USA and England (and other countries) were not banned after their government actions in Yugoslavia in 1998-99 in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 in Iraq in 2003 in Libya in 2011 and Syria in 2014. Qatar 2022 host nation was one of the countries that bombed Libya, alongside USA and France in 2011. Why are we allowing this to happen?
Basically, for political expediency, it's like banning Russia from competing because of what it has done (obviously understandable), but we didn't ban the US from competing after invading, bombing, and causing civil wars in multiple countries because it's in the name of the freedom. FIFA has always been an economic stakeholder, if it acted ethically almost half of the FIFA countries should have been suspended at some point in the last century, but its hypocrisy has always been a hallmark, the World Cup in winter ends almost a century of tradition of having the world cup in the summer is the latest bullshit not to say allow in the past fascist states winning and cheating finals like Italy in 34 or 38 and Argentina in 78 but obviously in this world if you go with ethics the rest buries you because you are a danger for their interests
Russia was not banned because of the war. Russia was banned because of the pressure that was being put on them by Poland and Sweden, and the almost certain pressure that was about to come from the rest of Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
Depends who you ask the United Nations says Mexico is a part others disagree. Technically all of Central America is in North America so in the end it doesn’t really matter.
Idk why and or where this idea started that México is part of Central America. Did something change sense I've gone to school. Cause I look at maps even today and México is clearly labeled as North America along with Canada and USA.
Iraq was never banned because of its Iran and Kuwait invasions. The Soviet Union wasn't banned because of its Afghanistan invasion, Russia was not banned because of its Georgia invasion.
@@soundscape26 that just proves that FIFA picks and chooses when it wants to enforce its rules All of those countries, plus the US should have been banned from participating
FIFA's corruption apart, their ban on the caxirola was not only justified but also celebrated. Following the popularity that the vuvuzela gained in 2010, the Brazilian government sought to create an official instrument for the 2014 World Cup and came up with the caxirola. However, unlike the vuvuzela, which existed long before 2010 and was already a tradition among South African supporters, the caxirola was universaly rejected by Brazilian supporters, who felt that it was artificialy imposed upon them. This negative attitude would be shown in a match between Bahia and Vitoria, the first derby to be held in the new Fonte Nova Arena, created for the Word Cup, and first match where the caxirolas were massively distributed, when supporters on both sides threw these instruments at the pitch by the hundreds. This incident represented the failure of the new instrument and motivated FIFA to ban it altogether.
there is an alternative time line where Fifa didnt ban russia, and russia wins the 2022 world cup because every opponent refuses to play them, thus winning the world cup with no games actually played.
@@yaraelpoof7242 which is pretty much all of Europe lol. You can't have a world cup without France, England, Germany and Spain. (Italy didn't qualify lol but they're a top side too) Not to mention Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Australia. Half the world cup out, just to accommodate Russia. Never gonna happen.
@Mk 🇷🇺 I don't know what rubbish propaganda you've been swallowing, but Eastern Europe hates Russia more than anyone. Go ask a Pole, a Lithuanian, a Finn, or a Ukrainian what they think of Russia. Actually, don't. You will get the sh*t kicked out of you.
Okay, but Mexico is not a Central American country since its in NORTH America. You can tell Im right because the World Cup in 2026 is officially marketed as NORTH America 2026 and it features only Canada, USA and MEXICO.
I wonder if Yugslavia were (as a result of the, at the time, break-up of the nation) banned from the 1994 World Cup just as much as they were from Euro 92
I'm sure that HITC Sevens did more research on this than I did, but technically I think they would be eligible for this list. The World Cup qualifying draw occurred before the sanctions on Yugoslavia that banned them from sporting competitions. They were drawn into Group 5 with Greece, Russia (listed at the time of the draw as the Soviet Union), Iceland, Hungary, and Luxembourg. FIFA's suspension of Yugoslavia occurred in October 1992 after a couple matches in that group had been played. Based on the spread out schedule I'm not positive if Yugoslavia had played a qualifying match before the suspension, though I would guess they hadn't because of the UN sanctions.
Day 24 of asking awesome person Alfie to make a video on Detroit City FC and to look at a club with partial fan ownership, a historic stadium built during the great depression as part of President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, and a rowdy group of supporters known as the Northern Guard who are championing the fight for equality for all minority groups. Oh and also, we just beat MLS side Columbus Crew in the US Open Cup.
Whats crazier, Yugoslavia qualified for euro 1992 having 1 point more than Denmark in qualifying group. Their players even traveled to Sweden and got kicked out in the last moment due to sanctions, so FIFA invited Denmark to take their place, and in the end Denmark won the tournament, lol. Talk about injustice....
alfie m8 got an idea for a video, how bout having a look a jimmy glasses goal for carlise in 1999, n the contrasting fortunes it had for carlise and scarbrough !!
Hey Alfie,am Kenyan and when you said that we invaded Somalia,it was very unfair. The KDF went into Somalia as Operation Linda Nchi whose purpose was to counter the terrorist attack on Kenyan soil by Al Shabaab which were unjustified(the Al Shabaab terrorist attacks) and later we joined AMISOM(AU sanctioned operation in Somalia).
Central America is just a geographical region which is a part of North America though, so he wasn’t saying that Mexico isn’t North American At least that’s what we are taught, Central America isn’t considered it’s own continent and is just a geographical region that includes everything between Mexico and Panama
@@bababababababa6124 no Central America is generally considered to start at the Southern border of Mexico, but you are right it is not a continent but a geographic region that doesn't usually include Mexico
@@williamcross210 Yes, it can refer to the continental countries only and sure, not including Mexico, but as we've seen for instance with Alfie, probably because of the similar cultures, Mexico is often included. Still I've heard of Cuba and the Dom Republic as being "Central America" too. Unofficial categories are just like that, a bit loose.
@@soundscape26 literally no one in the Americas thinks of Cuba or the Dominican Republic or Mexico as “Central America”. Everyone here knows it’s Guatemala/Belize down to Panama. I don’t know what “unofficial category” you’re talking about because that’s how it’s always beenz
@@heartless_raven Right, in the Americas, but Alfie is British so cut him some slack. Central America is a region within North America... better this way?
Perhaps you coudl mention that (somewhat ironically) the USSR were kicked out of the 1974 World cup for refusing to play in the aforementioned Santiago stadium in Chile.
@HITC sevens can you do a video on the concacaf champions league final because mls finally won it and seattle is the only one to win the ccl that's not mexican
Hello. How about telling us what’s going on at Man United, & Can you explain how the Glaziers bought the club, maybe its me but it sounds like the club had to pay the loan they got to purchase?. Great site as always George
No don’t get it wrong bro. It DEFINITELY is fair, Russia 100% deserves their punishment. What ISNT fair is that the USA and other Western countries that took part in the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were allowed to compete. They should have been punished just as equally as Russia was for what they did to Iraq and Afghanistan as it was no better than what is happening to Ukraine now
Brunei was also banned (indeed kicked out) by FIFA in 2009-2011 due to government interference in the then national football body which had failed to comply with local regulations about registration and financial reporting. But as Brunei do not even take part in qualifying for the World Cup due to incompetence and a general unwillingness to anything meaningful in life, they don't make the list.
The ban for russia is just sad, I understand all the stuff happening in Ukraine but as a russian myself I supported the national team and its just sad all russian clubs/national team not being allowed to compete in any competitions just because putin decided to fuck ukraine up.
I get it's sad for you, but inevitable. Poland and Sweden had already refused, England, Wales, Scotland were not far behind. Could even see the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and South Korea follow, as public opinion in those countries is extremely anti-Russian. That's a large amount of teams boycotting, including 2 of next tournaments hosts. It was either you guys or all them. And there's no way FIFA would want to cut those countries loose.
@@alexerjr1204 yeah I get how that can be frustrating. Just know that we don't hate you, just your government. If Putin were to be overthrown and your troops sent home, I guarantee we would welcome you back.
Two words...Saudi Arabia. How come FIFA allow them to participate while they have been bombing Yemen for nearly two and a half years...and no dont think it has smt to do with oil money...maybe coz of their charming manners?
Indonesia was banned back in either 2014 or 2018? Can't remember. Am drunk. But I'm surprised Indonesia wasn't mentioned over the recency bias of Russia.
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What's even more bizzare is that the Brazil - Chile game was indirectly involved in a plane crash. Varig Flight 254 was scheduled to fly São Paulo to Belém on the same day, but after the final stopover in Marabá the flight was suddenly flying in a different direction (it was later revealed that wrong heading inputs were set). The pilots tried to use frequencies of commercial radio stations which were broadcasting the match with the hope the signal will lead them to Belém. It didn't and the plane crashed in the Amazon jungle after running out of fuel.
Yeah I remember watching an Air Crash Investigation (Mayday) about that. The press said that the pilots were distracted listening to the match which was fake news
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@@wwehdizzle i'm also from Belém and didn't know that radio frequency part was fake
FIFA banned Australia from all international tournaments and associations in 1959 because clubs in Australia did not pat transfer fees, the ban lasted until 1963.
pat?
@@tonypatino1765 meant paying, thanks for pointing it out
Mexico's ban was really unfair. Nigeria (my country) comitted the same offence at around the same time and at a global youth tournament even, and we only had our youth squads banned for 2 years. (tho to be fair, our problem arose from discrepancies in youth player's ages on offical documents...and I guess FIFA may have decided to give us the benefit of the doubt even in punishing us that it was all down to 'clerical errors' , plus we were punished by FIFA directly from the word go not by our local confederaiton CAF, unlike Mexico who were punished by CONCACAF and then got their punishment 'upgraded' by FIFA). Meanwhile, our senior squad was not banned, and even took part in(african) qualifiers for Italia 90 (we didn't make it, sadly).
None of those bans are "fair" Usa have attacked over 5 country's in the past years and never got banned. UK Germany and France bombard country's and nothing is happening. In saudi arabia and Quatar people are getting there heads cut off and they are not only able to play but also own clubs. The latest even host a worldcup.
Welcome to FIFA logic.
@@flyingaviator8158 Exactly. I have been saying this since the beginning of this whole invasion thing and finally someone agrees with me. Thank you.
@@flyingaviator8158 As Alfie said, Russia was banned much on the basis that other teams wouldn't play with them. None of the other bans in this list were related to invasions, except for the 1st one on the aftermath of WW2.
@@phtuber5469 your welcome. But if you are based in europe, you better be carefull who do you tell that friend.
Free speech aside I have had colleagues loosing jobs due to there outspoken opinion about this topic.
@@soundscape26 you just highlighted what is wrong with FIFA, countries should be banned based on invasions and other forms of human rights violations. South Africa and Russia were the most justifiable bans they carried out, the USA and other Western countries that took part in Iraq and Afghanistan’s invasions should have all been banned as well
I actually had the opportunity to work with a Myanmar national who had been a professional football player there as well as in India. He also played for their national team. The local fans found out he was a Christian and they broke his leg so he couldn't play anymore. I got to play a pick-up match with him. He was pretty good!
That is an abomination, like why the crap would anyone do that.
Religious intolerance.
@@michellebrown4903 You are correct
Indians broke his leg?
@@kumaraditya9161 To my understanding these were Burmese people who broke his leg.
Great video, as always. One thing: you referred to Mexico as a Central American country. However, they are part of North America.
While they are apart of North America and I have never heard of Mexico being called a Central American country, technically all Central American countries are apart of North America so Alfie isn’t necessarily wrong.
Probably got the idea from the United Nations which classifies Mexico as a Central American country. All Central American countries are North American it’s just a distinction to differentiate between the largely Spanish influenced Central America and largely British/French influenced non central North American countries. In the end it doesn’t really matter.
@@nickk2299 he is wrong, even using your logic, since not all north american countries are central american, while all central american countries are north american
@@vincentmartino9122 Central America starts south of Mexico
@@albertpoutsma544 Guatamala to be exact
Day 21: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 6 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
Yeah, especially when this story wasn't ever so publicized, even as a memory, like Maracanaso
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Honestly, I read stories about suspicious use of doping by the German team.
@@darwinism14 you read about it. thats cool, but you dont have a source
@@darwinism14 almost everyone uses doping..
Regarding Chile’s ban of USA Qualifiers, Roberto Rojas was the captain and Fernando Astengo was the deputy or vice-captain. Being Rojas “injured” and unable to make decisions, it was Astengo who was responsible of the team leaving the pitch and withdrawing fron the match.
Kind of fallen out of love with football as I’ve gotten older but these videos have me coming back every time
yes, I don't watch football at all any more, but this channel is fascinating!
I find myself in a place where I hate the sport but love the narrative. Consumerism at its finest ahah
@@lollipopsaresmelly yes, football is such a media driven soap opera!
Man just seeing Newcastle fans celebrating their club getting bought out by a foreign country who has committed some of the most UNTHINKABLE human rights violations in recent memory made me realise how fucking done I'm with this sport. Also coupled that pretty much a team that has only fuck you as any real chance in winning anything makes me think this sport is corrupt beyond belief.
@@shawklan27 Blame Bosman ruling
For all people writing here that US should be suspended because of invasion of Iraq, to be consequent, you'd have to ban around 40 countries, because of any involvment to it from France, through South Korea, to Tonga.
FIFA rarely ban and, as you can see, if it does, it is for sporting reasons, not political reasons. If it were not, North Korea would not be a FIFA member at all.
Ban for Russia is sensational and as Alfie said, they just had to bow to public opinion.
While I know that 40 countries being banned will never happen obviously in the case you shown I would of supported that
Next time the US invade another country, I'm rooting for public opinion to strike again.
“You’d have to ban around 40 countries🤡” yes but which of those countries had the most involvement, killed the most civilians and caused the most damage to Iraq during the war? Others were involved, yes but the USA still should have received consequences from FIFA and other sporting organisations, but of course they couldn’t do that to the USA, a rich white western country can never commit any wrongdoing of course
Literally this list showed bans for political reasons… what are you even talking about
@@bababababababa6124 by your logic most the middle eastern and North African nations would be banned as they're the culprits of your feigned outrage.
Outstanding video as always, Alfie. A particularly fascinating subject, I'll be rewatching this one for sure
Super informative as always.
The first inclusion which is Russia is obvious due the ongoing situation which is currently happening Ukraine but quite surprised to see the other respective national teams who were faced with their bans which they must have avoided with ease,good friends!!!🙏
I don’t understand how the situation in Ukraine relates to Russian football players
@@sewersteel ik even the women national team was banned from the euro 23
@@ostiaweyRussia was banned everywhere. I am Russian myself, but many in our country say that it is good that we will not perform, since we have already disgraced ourselves in Europe..
@@sewersteel I feel extremely so sorry for the respective Russian national football players but they must protest against the government to stop the war once and for all for them to compete once again,good friend!!!
@@sewersteel "the situation in Ukraine" lmfao, i think you mean to say russia invading Ukraine and killing innocent children
Minor mistake but Mexico is in North America not central america
Central America doesn't even exist as continent
Mexico is North America, not central. I can't wait to go to a world cup match in Nashville in 2026. I don't care who is playing, I was 10 the last time it came and there were no matches near Pittsburgh. I'm now near Nashville and I'm pretty sure we'll get at least one match at some point.
It's at least part central America
@@Rossoneri2 it's not it's North America
@@Rossoneri2 no it's not
@@waifubreaks1572 the southernmost part of Mexico bordering Guatemala literally cuts into what's considered central America
@@Rossoneri2 Chiapas isn't in central america just stop
You are missing Yugoslavia on this list. They were banned for competing in the World Cup in 1994.
Actually they were banned for competing from 1992 to 1995, they were banned for competing in the UEFA Euro 1992 ONLY 13 DAYS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTED. Denmark took our place on that tournament because they were on the second place in our qualifying group, we beat them 2-1 in Copenhagen (although we lost 2-1 in Belgrade).
Although Yugoslavia fell apart at that time and there were three wars in the last one year, there were still some players from the countries that already gained independence or were in a war against Yugoslavia (from Slovenia: Zahovic, Novak, Katanec; from Bosnia & Herzegovina: Bazdarevic, Susic, Hadzibegic; from (North) Macedonia: Pancev, Najdoski, Stanojkovic, Kanatlarovski), except for the Croatian players (Suker, Jarni, Boban, Prosinecki), and everyone else was from Serbia and Montenegro (which were officially one country at that time, until 2006, first it was called SR Yugoslavia, later just Serbia & Montenegro), such as: Mijatovic, Jokanovic, Brnovic, Dragan Stojkovic, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Savicevic, Jugovic... it was still a hell of a team.
They were actually there, in Sweden, practicing for the start of the tournament, and I even still have the tickets for the group matches with SFR Yugoslavia on it instead of Denmark, but unfortunately the decision was made: "The national team of SFR Yugoslavia and the teams from Yugoslavia will be banned from participating in any FIFA and UEFA competitions for the time being due to the invasion of Bosnia and Herzegovina." Basically it was the same situation as Russia today.
I will die in a belief that Yugoslavia would have become European Champions then if we weren't banned.
To be more precise, if the war in Bosnia never started, which is sad that it started there because it was the most beautiful country to live in among all countries in ex-Yugoslavia. The best people in the world were living there.
It's so sad what politics makes of all the people.
Nowadays, I live in (North)Macedonia, where I am living my entire life. :)
Sorry for this off topic writing, I carried away a little bit.
P.S. Pozdrav za moju (bivsu) bracu!
Sve vas volim podjednako!
What makes the situation with Roberto Rojas even more bizarre is that at time he played in Brazil in São Paulo, and was a teammate of some of Brazil's players; perhaps even more amazingly, after his lifetime ban was lifted by Fifa, he was hired by São Paulo as goalkeeping coach, and actually had a successful run as caretaker manager in 2003, with the team finishing 3rd in the Brazilian league.
Earliest I've ever been to an HITC Sevens video, always click as soon as I see the notification. Best football content on youtube
@1:20 His Son was born in 2005, had nothing to do with the world cup 2002, although he met the mother of his son at the party after the world cup for the first time
And did you really have bring up the fact that mexico has advanced to round 16 5 time and lost ever time you know that hurts
Its actually 7 times in a row. Sorry, but I had to do it.
7 times, not 5. I know where I'll put Mexico in my betting poule, that's for sure.
@@BrianStorm742 yeah miss counted and as mexican fan we don't even worry about group stage anymore because it no matter the group mexico makes it out then loses it hurts so much I just want to make out round 16 but nooo
@@javieruriel1 maybe you can finally make El Quinto Partido on home soil in 2026
@@BrianStorm742 It's not even going to matter then then there is going to be 48 teams
Great video, but Mexico isn’t apart of Central America.
Central America begins in Guatemala and Belize.
This is the best video, imo, that I have seen on this channel. Keep up the good work, sir.
1:35 Wow as an Australian I was shocked to see a Tigers jersey form the NRL in a HITC Sevens video
Usually it's the random Souths fan. Go West's Tigers.
@@user-xk9gw1gf8c I go for Bulldogs
Correction: Mexico is part of North America, not Central America. Technically Central America doesn’t exist. Only north and south.
I’m surprised the money hungry FIFA actually did this.
As long as not by western
They did it because they are money hungry. Sponsors would have withdrawn otherwise.
Indonesia was also banned from the 2018 World Cup because of government interference in its football association
A ban which doesn't mean anything since our national team aren't good enough to qualify for the world cup anyway
@@manusiabumi7673 then Myanmar shouldn't be on the list as well😂. Fyi there were two national team that been banned in 2018 WC, Zimbabwe and Indonesia
@@robimuhammad95 I knew about Zimbabwe and Indonesia and was surprised not to see them on the list. Several other countries have been suspended from FIFA for the same reasons, (Brunei in particular springs to mind), but I cannot remember if any missed a qualification tournament because of this. It is also worth remembering that until the recent tournaments, there have tended to be a few teams not entering each time.
The strangest non-ban was Timor Leste (East Timor). They faked the nationalities of several players in 2018 qualifying, resulting in results being overturned (after they had been knocked out). These matches were in a joint qualifying tournament for both 2018 and the 2019 Asian Cup. The Asian Confederation banned them from the 2023 Asian Cup, but FIFA did not ban them for the World Cup - so they took part in the qualifyers, again in the joint tournament. Without the group of Brazilians under fake nationality, they did badly anyway.
Wasn’t syria banned also or was that in 2014?
Mexico is a North American country, not Centra.
It’s North America because of NAFTA but Mexico’s language, culture, religion and standard of living are way more similar to Central and South America than North America!
@@aheat3036 no, also you gotta rephrase your comment cause central is in north. You typed it as if central was its own continent or in south
Yugoslavia's football talent was world-class
The fact that if their football association was still unified it would be an unreal team. Oblak, kovacic, modric, skrinar, dzeko, mandzukic, perisic, hamsik, etc
There legendary Manager Ivica Osim recently died. Rest in Peace LEGEND.
@@Brandon-nl1nf Better not seeing how some of their members hate the shit out of each other.
@@soundscape26 not true really
@@lujoviste I lost count on how many times have I assisted at online brawls whenever Croatians, Bosnians, Serbians and Kosovars are involved. Does it reflect the general atittude of the population at large? I have no idea, but surely it doesn't seem to be much love lost between them.
Here in Chile the gesture of grabbing your crotch as an insult is called doing a "Pato Yañez" and I think that's just beatiful 🇨🇱
Never thought I'd see the day when you reference a "Pato Yañez" lmao, we still call the gesture like that after all these years.
Quick thing about Mexico: is is not a Central American country. It is North American along with the US and Canada.
It’s funny, so many people think Mexico is in Central America when it’s not, I’ve met so many people who think that and even heard a commentator say that in the 2018 WC
@@diegogalvan1810 the only people that think that seem to be Europeans. If we’re being detailed North America does include Central America & Caribbean, but Mexico still isn’t in Central America.
& don’t forget Greenland 🇬🇱 it’s also North American
@@DinoMan2945 that’s true as well.
Goes to show the big countries could have caused FIFA to move the World Cup from Qatar if enough big nations clubbed together and boycotted it
Yeah, but they were all like "Noooooo we should give them a chance to prove all these very concerned human rights groups wrong" until it was WAY too late. Now there's no point in boycotting it anymore, that would do more harm than good.
On the other hand denying a World Cup in the Middle East would have been seen as a western-centric move. Damn if you do, damn if you don't.
@@soundscape26 If people don’t care about the suffering of people in Syria, Yemen and any Middle-East country, they won’t care about not allowing Qatar to host
Why wouldn't be played at Qatar!?
@@muzaffer4045 have you been sleeping under a rock for 12 years?
I believe Mozambique was banned from the 2018 world cup because of their FA not paying a former coach his wages, something like that
Just a thought...Germany in 1950 would have been basically restarting its football system in both the BRD and DDR from scratch, so they may not have been in a position to attend the world cup, even if they got an invite. Ditto Japan to some extent.
FR Yugoslavia was banned from Euro 92 and the 94 World Cup.
steta sto ih nije stavio, najtalentovanija generacija jugoslovenskog fudbala.
It's kinda strange that they Banned Russia from 2022 world cup hosted in QATAR of all places, oh the Irony
Bunch of Hypocrites.
Cheers for the Grimsby Town shout out, even if it was disparaging Alfie UTFM
8.48 - nice moment. Subbed.
Yugoslavia ban to play in UEFA Euro 1992 was interesting case, they won qualif. group ahead of Denmark (so they would not even qualify), and after they banned them Denmark replaced them and actually won Euro 1992. Breakup of Yugoslavia hit at the worst possible time since they were top football power at the time, Yugo young squad won U20 World Cup 1987, lost in WC 1990 in quaterfinals to Maradona's Argentina on penalties, Red Star won European Cup in 1991 and they had a team that had potential to win even World Cup in 1994 (Croatia for example with just part of those golden generation players won 3rd place in WC 1998).
America, UK and Australia/New Zealand should have been banned from Germany 2006 if we are to have had any consistency due to the Iraq invasion.
I am sure many of the Middle Eastern Teams would have boycotted playing against Australia in the Asian Qualification groups and would have thought that Iran would not have wanted to play against USA or the UK if they qualified in 2006.
So if FIFA were to show any consistency, how about banning all countries that invaded other countries going forward.
There is no Uk national team tho
There’s England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and wales
@@thefallenone666 even better, ALL 4 of them could have been banned. 4 birds with one stone 😂
Who am I kidding anyway, FIFA would never think to ban a white, rich western nation like the UK, Australia or USA, as they are immune to any wrongdoing of course
@@thefallenone666 Then ban all 4
While downvotes don't show, consider this as an indirect one.
We wouldn’t have a World Cup if we banned countries that participated in nato ops
Alfie, you called Mexicans Central Americans. They are North Americans, Mexico is in North America.
@HITCSEVEN You missed one mate, Greece 2006, when FIFA banned the defending Euro champions from participating in the world cup.
The Banned musical item reminded me of that time I went to a PSG Vs Roma friendly in Detroit and I had to rip the flag I brought off of the stick because it could be used as a weapon…
I can understand why Russia is banned from the 2022 World Cup, but I can't understand why USA and England (and other countries) were not banned after their government actions in Yugoslavia in 1998-99 in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 in Iraq in 2003 in Libya in 2011 and Syria in 2014. Qatar 2022 host nation was one of the countries that bombed Libya, alongside USA and France in 2011. Why are we allowing this to happen?
Basically, for political expediency, it's like banning Russia from competing because of what it has done (obviously understandable), but we didn't ban the US from competing after invading, bombing, and causing civil wars in multiple countries because it's in the name of the freedom. FIFA has always been an economic stakeholder, if it acted ethically almost half of the FIFA countries should have been suspended at some point in the last century, but its hypocrisy has always been a hallmark, the World Cup in winter ends almost a century of tradition of having the world cup in the summer is the latest bullshit not to say allow in the past fascist states winning and cheating finals like Italy in 34 or 38 and Argentina in 78 but obviously in this world if you go with ethics the rest buries you because you are a danger for their interests
@@Helvs1990 "in the name of the freedom" hahahahahahahaha
FIFA is run by the west so they can just ignore those wars
Russia was not banned because of the war. Russia was banned because of the pressure that was being put on them by Poland and Sweden, and the almost certain pressure that was about to come from the rest of Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
Nice one Alfie! 👍🏻🖖✊
I laughed so hard in the first inclusion haha....only 7 and proceeds to start with 2 in one 🤣
Careful, Alfie. Mexico is part of North America and NOT Central America. You don't want to have problems from the Mexican viewers lol 🤣
Yes we Mexicans are the best nation ( jk )
Depends who you ask the United Nations says Mexico is a part others disagree. Technically all of Central America is in North America so in the end it doesn’t really matter.
@@vincentmartino9122 I'm Mexican. Mexico is not part of Central America even if Central America is part of North America. End of story.
Idk why and or where this idea started that México is part of Central America. Did something change sense I've gone to school. Cause I look at maps even today and México is clearly labeled as North America along with Canada and USA.
Colombia were also banned from 1950 and 1954 because of the El Dorado Era.
Good times.
seems that politics and sports should be separate only when its western-centric countries invading/bombing other countries to dust.
Seems that your knowledge of the issues is at kindergarten level
Well we are the "goodies" not the "baddies".....erm...aren't we? 🤔
@@romanscerbak5167 seems like your prejudices, knee-jerk ad hominems and poor info diet outweigh your critical judgement...
Iraq was never banned because of its Iran and Kuwait invasions. The Soviet Union wasn't banned because of its Afghanistan invasion, Russia was not banned because of its Georgia invasion.
@@soundscape26 that just proves that FIFA picks and chooses when it wants to enforce its rules
All of those countries, plus the US should have been banned from participating
FIFA's corruption apart, their ban on the caxirola was not only justified but also celebrated. Following the popularity that the vuvuzela gained in 2010, the Brazilian government sought to create an official instrument for the 2014 World Cup and came up with the caxirola. However, unlike the vuvuzela, which existed long before 2010 and was already a tradition among South African supporters, the caxirola was universaly rejected by Brazilian supporters, who felt that it was artificialy imposed upon them. This negative attitude would be shown in a match between Bahia and Vitoria, the first derby to be held in the new Fonte Nova Arena, created for the Word Cup, and first match where the caxirolas were massively distributed, when supporters on both sides threw these instruments at the pitch by the hundreds. This incident represented the failure of the new instrument and motivated FIFA to ban it altogether.
I would've thought it was banned because it looks like a grenade
Vuvuzela gained popularity?! It was the most horrendous noise that was ever heard on the football field.
I would like to see a video on the Latvian league and how most league winners don't exist anymore
A title with 7 words (without the number 7)
HITCsevens
7 days ago
Its all coming together
8:38
This is Conmebol, not Concacaf!
there is an alternative time line where Fifa didnt ban russia, and russia wins the 2022 world cup because every opponent refuses to play them, thus winning the world cup with no games actually played.
At worst only pro American countries would of refused to play Russia
@@yaraelpoof7242 which is pretty much all of Europe lol. You can't have a world cup without France, England, Germany and Spain. (Italy didn't qualify lol but they're a top side too)
Not to mention Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Australia.
Half the world cup out, just to accommodate Russia. Never gonna happen.
@Mk 🇷🇺 I don't know what rubbish propaganda you've been swallowing, but Eastern Europe hates Russia more than anyone. Go ask a Pole, a Lithuanian, a Finn, or a Ukrainian what they think of Russia.
Actually, don't. You will get the sh*t kicked out of you.
Great explanation 👌
Okay, but Mexico is not a Central American country since its in NORTH America. You can tell Im right because the World Cup in 2026 is officially marketed as NORTH America 2026 and it features only Canada, USA and MEXICO.
I wonder if Yugslavia were (as a result of the, at the time, break-up of the nation) banned from the 1994 World Cup just as much as they were from Euro 92
I'm sure that HITC Sevens did more research on this than I did, but technically I think they would be eligible for this list. The World Cup qualifying draw occurred before the sanctions on Yugoslavia that banned them from sporting competitions. They were drawn into Group 5 with Greece, Russia (listed at the time of the draw as the Soviet Union), Iceland, Hungary, and Luxembourg. FIFA's suspension of Yugoslavia occurred in October 1992 after a couple matches in that group had been played. Based on the spread out schedule I'm not positive if Yugoslavia had played a qualifying match before the suspension, though I would guess they hadn't because of the UN sanctions.
Day 2 of asking for videos about FC Luch Vladivostok and the A-League.
Wow love the random Wests tigers jersey showing up as the intro. Thank you for not using south Sydney 🤣
Day 24 of asking awesome person Alfie to make a video on Detroit City FC and to look at a club with partial fan ownership, a historic stadium built during the great depression as part of President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, and a rowdy group of supporters known as the Northern Guard who are championing the fight for equality for all minority groups. Oh and also, we just beat MLS side Columbus Crew in the US Open Cup.
Hell yeah. DCFC till I die.
@@jacknoble6668 best club in the world
Didn’t they lose badly to some third or fourth division German club?
@@diegogalvan1810 we lost 6-2 to a 2.Bundesliga club when we were still a semi-pro team.
At 1:35 theres a pic of a guy holding up a rugby shift worn by nrl side the west's tigers from Australia
HITC Sevens is about to overtake HITC Sport in subs
What happen to the Irish Guy from that channel?
@@xKiquex1 He’s forming his own channel I believe. His current channel is simply called The Irish Guy.
Wasn't Yugoslavia also banned due to sanctions and couldn't even try to qualify for 1994 World Cup?
Whats crazier, Yugoslavia qualified for euro 1992 having 1 point more than Denmark in qualifying group. Their players even traveled to Sweden and got kicked out in the last moment due to sanctions, so FIFA invited Denmark to take their place, and in the end Denmark won the tournament, lol. Talk about injustice....
Mexico hosted the World Cup in 1986, not 1990. Italy hosted then.
8:10 check your map mate, Mexico is actually North America
Central America
@@jacobwarren3140 Mexico is not in Central America
@@jacobwarren3140 we are not Central America.
Yugoslavia was also banned from Euro 1992, Denmark entered instead and won it, and of course banned from 1994 World Cup
WEST TIGERS RUGBY LEAGUE!! JERSEY NUMBER 7! That's so fookin weird man! and I'm all for it hahahah
alfie m8 got an idea for a video, how bout having a look a jimmy glasses goal for carlise in 1999, n the contrasting fortunes it had for carlise and scarbrough !!
Hey Alfie,am Kenyan and when you said that we invaded Somalia,it was very unfair. The KDF went into Somalia as Operation Linda Nchi whose purpose was to counter the terrorist attack on Kenyan soil by Al Shabaab which were unjustified(the Al Shabaab terrorist attacks) and later we joined AMISOM(AU sanctioned operation in Somalia).
Still an invasion, different reason doesnt stop it…
What happened to Panathinaikos?
Mexico is in north america not central 😅
Mexico is not a Central American team, they are from North America.
3:56 the automatically generated subtitles are unwillingly humorous there :D.
9:58 Mexico are the Ireland of football (Ireland have failed to reach past the first knockout round at previous Rugby World Cups).
A footballer blading him self like a pro wrestler is nuts
Mexico is not considered central American country its North America
Central America is just a geographical region which is a part of North America though, so he wasn’t saying that Mexico isn’t North American
At least that’s what we are taught, Central America isn’t considered it’s own continent and is just a geographical region that includes everything between Mexico and Panama
@@bababababababa6124 no Central America is generally considered to start at the Southern border of Mexico, but you are right it is not a continent but a geographic region that doesn't usually include Mexico
8:09 Did he just call Mexicans "Central Americans" wut, not even the Americans get it that wrong
Sometimes the countries from Mexico to Panama plus the Caribbean islands are referred to as being Central America. Unofficial category if you will.
@@soundscape26 Usually, Central America is said to start at the Southern border of Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands aren't included either
@@williamcross210 Yes, it can refer to the continental countries only and sure, not including Mexico, but as we've seen for instance with Alfie, probably because of the similar cultures, Mexico is often included. Still I've heard of Cuba and the Dom Republic as being "Central America" too.
Unofficial categories are just like that, a bit loose.
@@soundscape26 literally no one in the Americas thinks of Cuba or the Dominican Republic or Mexico as “Central America”. Everyone here knows it’s Guatemala/Belize down to Panama. I don’t know what “unofficial category” you’re talking about because that’s how it’s always beenz
@@heartless_raven Right, in the Americas, but Alfie is British so cut him some slack.
Central America is a region within North America... better this way?
Alfie putting a Swastika next to Russia, pulling absolutely no punches
How many times have I said to people, Russia 🇷🇺 is not Fascist.
@@jacobjgleggy1854 I don't think that's the link he's making mate
@@juliuszondag5515 now I agree with you on that one
It isn’t democratic either
He should have used a hammer and a sickle
It is more or less of the same nature.. that of calamity
I dont really understand why myanmar were banned for withdrawing from a match
Perhaps you coudl mention that (somewhat ironically) the USSR were kicked out of the 1974 World cup for refusing to play in the aforementioned Santiago stadium in Chile.
@HITC sevens can you do a video on the concacaf champions league final because mls finally won it and seattle is the only one to win the ccl that's not mexican
Bravo, well done
9:57 that was uncalled for 😂😂😂😂
Hello. How about telling us what’s going on at Man United, & Can you explain how the Glaziers bought the club, maybe its me but it sounds like the club had to pay the loan they got to purchase?.
Great site as always
George
Fun fact, South Africa later hosted the 2010 WC won by Spain against Netherlands by 1-0 (Iniesta at 117')
@Mdk about an entire generation who where either really young or wasn't even born yet? Maybe?
Yugoslavia was banned from competing in World Cup 1994 qualifications
Its not fair what they are doing to russia
No don’t get it wrong bro. It DEFINITELY is fair, Russia 100% deserves their punishment.
What ISNT fair is that the USA and other Western countries that took part in the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were allowed to compete. They should have been punished just as equally as Russia was for what they did to Iraq and Afghanistan as it was no better than what is happening to Ukraine now
Wrong. Is fair to ban Russia. What is not fair is not ban other countries for invasion also.
Mexico is not in Central America bro!!! I hate when people say that man, still love your videos but don’t say that again 🤣
I feel that it they are going to ban countries like Russia, they should also ban Saudia Arabia
They only ban Russia because Western countries hate it and they find an occasion to fuck with it.
I’m sorry but Mexico isn’t in Central America 😐
There's no better way to annoy mexicans than calling us Central-Americas. Look at th map mate, it is clearly in North America.
Brunei was also banned (indeed kicked out) by FIFA in 2009-2011 due to government interference in the then national football body which had failed to comply with local regulations about registration and financial reporting. But as Brunei do not even take part in qualifying for the World Cup due to incompetence and a general unwillingness to anything meaningful in life, they don't make the list.
3:35 that guy on the right winning not just in war but in life too 😭
The ban for russia is just sad, I understand all the stuff happening in Ukraine but as a russian myself I supported the national team and its just sad all russian clubs/national team not being allowed to compete in any competitions just because putin decided to fuck ukraine up.
I get it's sad for you, but inevitable. Poland and Sweden had already refused, England, Wales, Scotland were not far behind. Could even see the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and South Korea follow, as public opinion in those countries is extremely anti-Russian. That's a large amount of teams boycotting, including 2 of next tournaments hosts.
It was either you guys or all them. And there's no way FIFA would want to cut those countries loose.
@@mrsnrub282 I know and understand it but well yeah my country being hated by everyone rn lol, don't even have any team to support
Only domestic league
@@alexerjr1204 yeah I get how that can be frustrating. Just know that we don't hate you, just your government. If Putin were to be overthrown and your troops sent home, I guarantee we would welcome you back.
FR Yugoslavia was banned from 1992 Euro and 1994 WC
México is North America, not central
8:33 you spoke about Concacaf but show a image of Conmebol
Two words...Saudi Arabia. How come FIFA allow them to participate while they have been bombing Yemen for nearly two and a half years...and no dont think it has smt to do with oil money...maybe coz of their charming manners?
Mexico is in North America my dude.
Yugoslavia was banned in 1994 because of the conflict
Indonesia was banned back in either 2014 or 2018? Can't remember. Am drunk. But I'm surprised Indonesia wasn't mentioned over the recency bias of Russia.
"Recency bias" or just the fact Russia is much more relevant to the World Cup than Indonesia. Surprised Myanmar was even mentioned tbh