Comment on Why do Britain get to send three teams to the World Cup?
CombatWombat@feddit.online 1 week ago
Lots of countries have multiple nations that participate in international soccer. For instance, the US fields the USMNT, but also American Samoa. It is nations, rather than states, that are represented at the World Cup.
MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This is it exactly: the UK is made up of separate nations, and each nation is allowed to be separately represented.
Another example is the Faroe Islands, which is part of the kingdom of Denmark but has their own World Cup team.