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The Football War, also known as the Soccer War or the Hundred Hours' War, was a brief military conflict fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. Existing tensions between the two countries coincided with rioting during a 1970 FIFA World... Wikipedia
Location: El Salvador and Honduras
Dates: Jul 14, 1969 – Jul 18, 1969
Result: Ceasefire by OAS intervention
Territorial changes: Status quo ante bellum
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Jun 26, 2019 · In 1969, El Salvador and Honduras fought a four-day conflict that cost thousands of lives and displaced thousands more - a bloody struggle ...
The “Soccer War” was fought by Central American countries El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. Here is a description of the event and its root causes by ...
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There was fighting between fans at the first game in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa on June 8, which Honduras won 1–0. The second game, on June 15 in the ...
Feb 21, 2024 · In 1969, El Salvador and neighbouring Honduras played each other three times in the qualifying stages of the 1970 Fifa World Cup. The two ...
Dec 5, 2023 · A Historical Recounting of the 1969 War Between Honduras and El Salvador.
In the second match in San Salvador on 15 June 1969, El Salvador won by a score of 3–0, and before the match, a rag was flown instead of the flag of Honduras.
El Salvador won the match 3-0. The Honduran coach said that the team was lucky to lose. If they had won, they might not have left with their lives. This set up ...
Dec 18, 2022 · On July 14, 1969, less than 3 weeks after the Mexico City game, El Salvador launched a ground invasion into Honduras accompanied by air raids.
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