2023-10-25 01:06:00
Founded in 1916, CONMEBOL is the governing body of South American football and, at the same time, the oldest confederation in the world. As part of its powers, functions and powers, the entity chaired by Alejandro Domínguez, defines the fixture of some Qualifiers made up of 10 member associations, among which Brazil and Argentina stand out, for example, but which geographically should include 2 more member countries. the subregion. We tell you which are the soccer teams that do not play in the Qualifiers in this part of America, despite the fact that territorially it borders border nations of the community.
WHAT ARE THE 2 SOUTH AMERICAN TEAMS THAT ARE NOT PART OF CONMEBOL NOR ARE DISPUTING THE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER?
At the continental level, teams such as Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, to mention just a few, compete for almost 4 years to reach a World Cup berth, however few have noticed that not only the 10 member associations of CONMEBOL are part of America. of the South geographically, but 2 other independent countries and sovereign states appear on the map.
More than 100 years ago, the highest body of South American football was born to promote the practice of the ‘king sport’ throughout South America by organizing club tournaments and also the so-called Qualifiers, but in the affiliation process it excluded territories belonging to the subregion for reasons linked to various aspects that are relevant in order to understand the context.
In this very particular case involving CONMEBOL, Suriname and Guyana are the countries located in the southern hemisphere of the American continent that due to geography should participate in the mythical Copa América, for example, facing Uruguay in the Centenario, Colombia in the Metropolitan, and travel to 8 other cities to play the Qualifiers towards the World Cup.
Suriname team with Chery from Maccabi Haifa, Biseswar and Sheraldo Becker from Union Berlin. (Photo: Concacaf)
It should be noted that since 1961, both teams have been members of the Football Confederation of the Association of North, Central America and the Caribbean (Concacaf), through which they currently compete in the Nations League, and starting in March 2024 they will fight to win a ticket to the next World Cup event to be played in North America.
Likewise, it is important to specify that Suriname, whose capital is Paramaribo, and Guyana, Georgetown, politically make up the Caribbean Community founded in 1973 by the Treaty of Chaguaramas, and without a doubt represents a fact that ended up consolidating its adaptation to the North American movement.
The 11 of the Guyana team. (Photo: Concacaf)
REASONS WHY SURINAME AND GUYANA DO NOT PLAY IN SOUTH AMERICA NOR ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CONMEBOL
– LANGUAGE
Except for Brazil, which speaks Portuguese, the rest of the South American countries communicate through the second mother tongue in the world by number of inhabitants, such as Spanish or Castilian, and for that reason the relationship between CONMEBOL and Suriname/Guyana could never be strengthened considering that in one they converse and dialogue in English and in the other through Dutch.
– EUROPEAN ORIGINS
Another of the barriers that was imposed when establishing sporting and institutional ties between the highest entity of South American football and the 2 countries that share a subregion with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, among others, has a direct link with the independence process of each one. Guyana being a former British colony until 1966 and also Suriname of the Netherlands (1975).
– FOOTBALL LEVEL
With a CONMEBOL formally structured since 1916, both Suriname and Guyana, after the independence of their territories, could not have space within the conformation of the entity nor did they show interest in being included, also taking into account that in both countries the sport Football is not the most popular, and therefore the level of the players is not the most optimal to face the “most difficult in the world” Qualifiers.
OTHER COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT PLAY IN THE FOOTBALL CONFEDERATIONS THAT APPLY TO THEM DUE TO THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
– Australia
The ‘socceroos’ belonged to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for many years, but after overwhelming results achieved such as the historic 31-0 in April 2001 against American Samoa, they chose to give up their maximum entity to move to Asia in search for greater competitiveness.
– Israel
Political and war disputes have prevented the Israeli team from being able to sustain itself in the AFC given its geographical location, reaching the point of playing knockout matches in the OFC and finally in UEFA, a confederation that has fully welcomed it since 1994.
– Kazakhstan
The Central Asian country should be competing in the AFC, and it did, but only until 2002 when it decided to seek better luck as a national team by belonging to UEFA, and all of this after achieving independence from the Soviet Union.
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