| "> | | | | which had competed in the international event in the |
| Passion, Determination, and Discipline! | | | | United Mexican States in the early 70s. |
| Tunisia 1977 | | | | Mar del Plata 1995 |
| Did you know- Surprisingly, the team of Honduras | | | | Did you know- Despite its spectacular performances, |
| came in sixth place, ahead of France and Italy, in the | | | | Brazil lost 1-0 to Honduras in the 1995 Pan American |
| FIFA Under-20 World Championship in Tunisia (North | | | | Games in Mar del Plata (Argentina). By 1994, the |
| Africa) in 1977. On that occasion, this team was | | | | Brazilian team had captured the gold medal at the |
| considered by some experts to be the greatest squad | | | | FIFA World Cup in America. |
| ever assembled in Central America. In the course of | | | | Qatar 1995 |
| the tournament, in the preliminary round, Honduras beat | | | | Did you know- By the mid-1990s, the under-20 national |
| Hungary 2-0. | | | | football team qualified for the FIFA World Cup in Doha, |
| Spain 1982 | | | | Qatar. |
| Did you know- Against all odds,the squad from | | | | Africa 1999 |
| Honduras, a team with passion, discipline and ambition, | | | | Did you know- Between April 3 and April 24, 1999, the |
| won the right to compete in the global competition in | | | | national squad competed for the Under-20 World Cup |
| the early 1980s, at the expense of Mexico, Haiti, and | | | | in Nigeria (Africa). |
| Cuba. For the first time, they had captured the | | | | South Africa 2010 |
| CONCACAF Tournament. Later on, Honduras | | | | Did you know- The national team, which competed in |
| boasted one of its greatest sporting moments when | | | | the FIFA World Championship in Spain in 1982, made |
| the country tied with Spain, the host nation, 1-1 in the | | | | history when they gained a place for the 2010 World |
| Men's Football World Championship. In the course of | | | | Cup in South Africa, sparking off celebrations in |
| the tournament, in the preliminary round, Honduras also | | | | Tegucigalpa, the nation's capital. Its qualification for the |
| tied with Northern Ireland (1-1). Subsequently, however, | | | | global event was a logical consequence of its hard |
| the Central American squad lost 1-0 to Yugoslavia | | | | work and discipline. Considering the situation of the |
| (present-day Serbia). As a result, the Spanish-speaking | | | | nation, one of Latin America's three poorest republics |
| nation came in 18th place in the global event, among 24 | | | | (after Haiti and Bolivia), the team from Honduras is a |
| teams. Historically, Honduras -a football-loving nation-- | | | | notable example in soccer history. Previously, they had |
| became the second Central American country to | | | | competed in the Olympiad in Beijing. In China, Honduras |
| qualify for the FIFA World Cup, after El Salvador, | | | | was one of the 15 best teams of the world. |