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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Football War
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
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 “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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