| "> | | | | Suriname (South America) |
| Latin America | | | | Did you know- In the latter half of the 20th century, |
| Did you know- Latin America, from Mexico to | | | | Suriname, a Dutch-speaking nation in South America, |
| Argentina, has hosted the FIFA World Cup six times: | | | | has provided the Netherlands with some of its best |
| Uruguay (1930), Brazil (1950), Chile (1962), Mexico (1970 | | | | footballers: Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Aron |
| & 1986), and Argentina (1978). However, it has | | | | Winter, Edson Braafheid, Stanley Menzo, and Jimmy |
| won the international title nine times: Uruguay (1930, | | | | Floyd Hosselbaink. |
| 1950), Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), and | | | | Black Africa |
| Argentina (1978 & 1986). | | | | Did you know- When African republics boycotted the |
| Costa Rica (Central America) | | | | 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal (Canada), Nigeria, |
| Did you know- At the FIFA Under-20 World | | | | Zambia and Ghana did not have the opportunity to |
| Championship in Nigeria (Africa) in April 1999, Costa | | | | compete in soccer. |
| Rica beat Germany 2-1. It was one of the biggest | | | | Paraguay (South America) |
| surprises in the global event. | | | | Did you know- By 2004 Paraguay, a soccer-loving |
| Guinea (West Africa) | | | | country in the Americas, won its first Olympic medal |
| Did you know- On July 31, 1985, Guinea defeated the | | | | when the national team earned a silver medal in the |
| United States 1-o at the FIFA Under-16 World | | | | Summer Games in Athens, the capital city of Greece. |
| Tournament in the People's Republic of China. | | | | This Spanish-speaking country was one of the last |
| Bermuda (Caribbean) | | | | Latin American nations to win a medal in Olympic |
| Did you know- By 1967, Bermuda, one of the smallest | | | | history. |
| British dependencies on the Caribbean, finished second | | | | Egypt (North Africa) |
| in the men's football at the V Pan American Games in | | | | Did you know- On July 14, 1987, Egypt beat Canada, |
| Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada). | | | | the country host, 3-0 at the Second FIFA Under-16 |
| America (North America) | | | | World Championship. |
| Did you know- The United States of America finished | | | | El Salvador (Central America) |
| sixth in the men's football at the VIII Pan American | | | | Did you know- ES has competed twice in the FIFA |
| Games in San Juan de Puerto Rico, behind Brazil, | | | | World Cup in the 20th century. It first competed in June |
| Argentina, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. | | | | 1970 and then not again until June 1982. At the Central |
| Qatar (Middle East) | | | | American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El |
| Did you know- The X FIFA Under-20 World | | | | Salvador, the host country's team won the gold medal. |
| Championship was held in Qatar's capital of Doha in | | | | Tunisia (North Africa) |
| the mid-1990s. | | | | Did you know- Tunisia, a soccer-loving nation in North |
| Brazil (South America) | | | | Africa, made history when it hosted the First Under- 20 |
| Did you know- As one of the leading nations in the | | | | World Cup in 1977. The champion was the USSR |
| sport of football, Brazil has had several coaches in the | | | | (now Russia), followed in order by Mexico (runner-up), |
| world: Carlos Parreira (South Africa), Alexander | | | | Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Honduras, Spain, France, |
| Guimaraes (Costa Rica), Arthur Antunes Coimbra | | | | Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast (today Cote |
| (Japan), Marcos Paqueta (Saudi Arabia), and Waldyr | | | | d'Ivoire), Austria, Morocco, and Tunisia. |
| Pereira (Peru). | | | | |