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Originally Posted by TrustySam
...They've been showing highlights on tv every night, to show how big of an event this is in the rest of the world [...] It must be fun to have a national soccer team that gets to play in these big games that take place every couple of years...
Every couple of years is accurate, but I wonder if that was a lucky guess or knowledge?
Every year: UEFA Europa League where the star clubs [not nations] within Europe compete with each other. Sevilla has won this most often [a crazy five times since 2006!]
Every four years: European national teams competing against each other which is what UEFA Euro 2016 [proper name UEFA European Football Championship] is all about. It began in 1960 - that's why BetStars needed to be ready for 2016 or they miss a huge revenue opportunity that doesn't arise again until 2020, 2024 & so on
Every four years: FIFA World Cup between national teams which began in 1930 [didn't run in 1942 or 1946] interleaves with the UEFA competition - the next World Cups are 2018, 2022 & so on
I'm not going to mention the non-European football club & national competitions because your brain will hurt
This is all far, far bigger than the sports occurring within the North American continent - some of which consider themselves worthy to put "World" in their competition title LOL
I do like your liberal sprinklings of animal emoticons