Defending champion Spain are out, England are also out. I believe there are more surprises to come. Your comments.
Not sure if Ivory Coast counts as 3rd world but they look to be doing alright, no way will they win it though. Who are you looking at in this category?
Are you sure? I don't really know what's classed as 3rd world these days but if you use HDI [human development index] Argentina aren't bad at all. The other S American teams in the WC all rank lower.
If third world means Central (not south) America and Africa, then no, the winner probably won't come from there. Those Brazilian Favelas look pretty third world though. Their economy is booming apparently, but there's plenty of people being left behind.
ON Line definition of third world. Third World The three worlds as they were separated during the Cold War era, each with its respective allies as of the period between 30 April 1975 (the fall of Saigon) and 23 August 1975 (the communist takeover in Laos). Colors do not represent current economic development. First World: United States, United Kingdom and their allies. Second World: Soviet Union, China, and their allies. Third World: neutral and non-aligned countries. The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO (with the United States, Western European nations and their allies representing the First World), or the Communist Bloc (with the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and their allies representing the Second World). This terminology provided a way of broadly categorizing the nations of the Earth into three groups based on social, political, cultural and economic divisions. The Third World was normally seen to include many countries with colonial pasts in Africa, Latin America, Oceania and Asia. It was also sometimes taken as synonymous with countries in the Non-Aligned Movement. In the so-called dependency theory of thinkers like Raul Prebisch, Walter Rodney, Theotonio dos Santos, and Andre Gunder Frank, the Third World has also been connected to the world economic division as "periphery" countries in the world system that is dominated by the "core" countries.[1] Due to the complex history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed upon definition of the Third World.[1] Some countries in the Communist Bloc, such as Cuba, were often regarded as "Third World". Because many Third World countries were extremely poor, and non-industrialized, it became a stereotype to refer to poor countries as "third world countries", yet the "Third World" term is also often taken to include newly industrialized countries like India, Brazil or China. Historically, some European countries were part of the non-aligned movement and a few were and are very prosperous, including Switzerland and Austria. Over the last few decades, the term Third World has been used interchangeably with the Less Developed Countries, Global South and Developing Countries to describe poorer countries that have struggled to attain steady economic development, a term that often includes former "Second World" countries like Russia. This usage, however, has become less preferred in recent years.[1]
Third world countries have won many world cups. Brazil Argentina Uruguay Spains that ****ed it could be considered third world at times
"Over the last few decades, the term Third World has been used interchangeably with the Less Developed Countries, Global South and Developing Countries to describe poorer countries that have struggled to attain steady economic development," France anyone?
Don't they have to be part of the human race to be classified in the nth world? Only joking everyone, you shouldn't knock them. I once knew a nice French lady, who gave me some Brie.
Sisu will be along shortly defending the honour of france* against the racist brits. May as well be an irish drunkard living in finland as the french are not going to do it are they
I once gave a French lady some cheese... but it wasn't Brie... in fact it wasn't even from a cow, sheep, goat, or horse... Although it could be described as horse like.
