On 27 June 1969 the play-off match took place in Mexico City, which El Salvador won 3–2 after extra time. The same day El Salvador dissolved all diplomatic ties with Honduras, stating that in the ten days since the game in El Salvador 11,700 Salvadorans had been forced to flee Honduras.
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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
Dates: Jul 14, 1969 – Jul 18, 1969
Result: Ceasefire by OAS intervention
Territorial changes: Status quo ante bellum
Location: El Salvador and Honduras
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 ...
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 ...
Jun 3, 2019 · It rained hard in Mexico City on June 27, 1969, the night the men's national teams of Honduras and El Salvador played for the chance to become ...
In El Salvador: Military dictatorships …be known as the “Soccer War” with Honduras. This conflict broke out shortly after the two countries had played three ...
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