Hidden FIFA World Cup Teams

An examination of how successor national teams don't always fairly represent the nation that precedes them.
Heaven and Hell · Jeremy Blake
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[@alexeynovozhylov2120]

Great material, thank you very much for the job!!!

[@DHW3008]

No mention of World Cup 1998 where Yugoslavia competed for the final time making it to the second round, and it would explain why they gave Yugoslavia's honours to Serbia over Croatia, because Croatia came third in that world cup.

[@sebball1]

That doesn't explain anything. I don't see your point at all.

[@DHW3008]

@@sebball1 I may have misunderstood your video, but it sounded, to me at least, like you were trying to say Croatia should have got Yugoslavia's history over Serbia. The problem is both countries were playing at the same time so at the end it's just giving the honours to another team as opposed to a successor. Again, if I misunderstood your point I apologise.

[@sebball1]

@@DHW3008 I never said that. Listen more carefully, especially to the last minute and a half of the video where I discuss potential solutions. But thanks for acknowledging your mistake. Most people wouldn't do that.

[@amina-pr8xt]

You can examine other national teams too. In the USA at times Lations made the majority. In the brazilian team Afro-Brazilians are overrepresented. So are ppl of surinamese descent in the dutch team. Don't forget ethnicities that are underrepresented

[@nikelaaaos]

Good video!

[@ivonacindric6417]

In 1992 there was already a war in former Yugoslavia...That is why there was no single Croatian. In 80s national Yugoslav coaches ignored some Dinamo Zagreb players who deserved playing in NT ( Mlinarić, Kranjčar...)

[@he_football]

Love the content man!

[@sebball1]

Thanks a lot. Your channel looks nice too.

[@he_football]

@@sebball1 Thanks. Glad to see someone else here who hansn't got the usual british accent

[@sebball1]

@@he_football Wanna collab? Check your Twitter DMs.

[@MonTube2006]

​@@he_footballWhat's the issue with "the usual british accent" ?

[@he_football]

@@MonTube2006 I didn't mean it as an issue. It's just nice to see someone different than the norm

[@Embargoman]

What if a Team from Asia called Japan known as Samurai Blue win Japan's first FIFA World Cup with a purely Japanese Suad to say, all of them Asians with these Surnames: Rodriguez Martinez Suarez Lopez Fernandes Escobar Sucre Hernandez Duran Cortez Then these players have better voices than their counterparts that carries a last name that has a Yamagichi in it. Then Joliebee opens in Japan to say the squad that brogut Japan's first FIFA World Cup victory shows up at Japan's first Joliebee in Tokyo, Japan well these players are not born in Japan but are nationalized Japanese citizens having Spanish surnames. Then what country are the squad of Team Japan comes from that brought Japan's first FIFA World Cup victory and why the celebrate the victory at the first Joliebee franchise in Japan that opened in Tokyo?

[@renktalksball]

Very good research, some countries definetly deserve more respect than they get from FIFA

[@czechoslovakpatriot]

Yes, Slovakia deserves to obtain 1976 golden medal with us, but Czechia fully deserves it, because it's not only about players themselves. There are also coaches and implementation team.....in 1976 Czechoslovak football team was led in particular by Czechs, so that means both Czechia and Slovakia have equal right to claim this medal

[@alexanderwest5860]

they should just abolish the successor accept countries can change over time, and leave the accomplishment of the USSR where they belong in history ukraine was considered a "new" country in 1992 despite existing before the USSR was a thing, whilst no FIFA back in those days means FIFA are just dopes

[@Embargoman]

I hope I don't see the Philippines upsetting the Japanese! Not to see Haiti upsetting Team USA!

[@tarkora1742]

you have some mistakes. in yugoslavia, some bosnian players are serbian or croatian descent like katalinski or davor jozic.belanov and oleg blokhin are ukrainians of russian descent.

[@makishev904]

Serbs and Montenegrins are the same nation... You must know that. And some important Bosnian players are Serbs such as Duško Bajević who scored a hat-trick against Zair in 1974. There were also a Serbs from Croatia such as Vladimir Beara and Petar Radaković.

[@user-zk3rs6qz9o]

Bajevic is my moms uncle

[@ivonacindric6417]

There are more opposite examples...

[@ivonacindric6417]

Serbs and Montenegrin are not the same nation..You tripping heavily dude !!! He counted those You mentioned as suggested.Safet Sušić is Bosniak but Davor Jozić is Croat from Bosnia

[@Tarek_ElMaddah]

It’s very shallow to credit the wins for the players who scored the goals… a team win by the 11 players in the field not by the guy who scored the goal …

[@sebball1]

I never said otherwise. It's like you're arguing against a point I never made.

[@Embargoman]

Probably not to see Filipinos being involved to help Japan to win Japan's first World Cup!

[@danielm6319]

But they couldn't play for their own "independent" national team when Soviet Union, Yugoslavia or Czech don't want these small nationalities to be represented as themself but like part of them.

[@ViFXtorGaming]

had me watching until he said shek republic

[@ivoandrijasevic2826]

World cup 1930 croatia boykot Yougoslawian team because serbian dominant politic remoove football association heaquarters from Zagreb Croatia to Belgrade Serbia