The Football War (Spanish: Guerra del fútbol), 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 Cup qualifier.
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In 1969 war broke out between Honduras and El Salvador, two small and very poor Central American countries that for more than a century had been ...
In July 1969 fighting broke out between the neighbouring Central American states of El Salvador and Honduras. It was sparked off by ill-feeling which arose ...
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 ...
The El Salvador–Honduras football rivalry is a sports rivalry between the El Salvador and Honduras national football teams. The rivalry between the two ...
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