Has a World Cup host ever been in a war when the tournament started
>>154017711Russia
Italy had invaded Ethiopia in 1936 and there was still intense guerrilla warfare by 1938
>>154018263That's a bit of a stretch
>>154018338Good one
>>154017711Goober asses. Both world wars were cringe
>>154018342They were bombing shit in Syria and they had troops in the Donbass trenches, don't think there's any better example.>>154018338France hosted in 1938.
>>154018358also not host countries but Argentina and England were at war during the 1982 cup
Does Germany in Afghanistan count?
France has hosted it and they are pretty much always in a war somewhere
checking in from /cric/ formerly /hoc/A hockey World Cup will be hosted in an extremely separatist province in Canada in two years, so we might see something interesting before or during it.
>>154019288Canada gets involved in wars?
>>154019280We're bombing ur moms pussy as we speak
Colombia withdrew from hosting because they were at war with their own homegrown criminals
>>154017711The Yanks were involved in a Mexican dispute called the Chiapas conflict in 1994
>>154017711I still don’t understand how FIFA hasn’t banned US and Israel from international play. And now you have Lara Loomer basically telegraphing a false flag terrorist attack coming soon and the WC is a perfect place for that to happen.
>>154021375canada is the reason for the Geneva Conventions. The committed more war crimes in WWII than any other country. The poutine drones and milk-bag bombings totally demoralized the enemies.
>>154022686bullshit. you know damned well why. why are you larping as a moron?US + Israel + money = FIFA.
The 1986 World Cup had to change hosts. I thought Colombia had it taken off them due to drug wars, but the Wikipedia page now says it was just due to them not being able to afford the expanded 24-team tournament that FIFA insisted on after they had already agreed.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_CupI also looked if America were involved in any wars in 1994, since they're always fighting somebody somewhere. Haiti, Kuwait and Somalia, apparently, but none of those were "real" wars.
>>154029960Back to the retirement home, Dad.
>>154017711Britain was involved in around 4 conflicts between Southeast Asia and Northern Ireland in 1966 when England brought it homeMexico's Dirty War and Drug Wars consequently covered their Olympic hosting with one of the worse 60s Student Massacres and are set to span into all 3 of their hostings of the World Cup. Hell the last time the United States hosted it was involved in the Breakup of Yugoslavia, and small wars in Haiti and SomaliaThat's not even half of Germany hosted in 1974 right after they hosted the Olympics that turned Boomers against Gaza, Qatar and Germany's willful participation in the Global War on Terror through their 21st century hosting and Russia's various border skirmishes.
