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Soviet Union achieved 4th place in 1966, though it depends if you see Russia as the successor state. —the preceding unsigned comment is by 86.42.135.66 (talk • contribs)

USSR is marked as such, see the inset at bottom left --Astrokey44 03:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Greenland

Greenland has been in a quarter-final? When has that been? I wonder. Might be a mistake.

Hong Kong and Macau

Hong Kong and Macau became part of China in the 1990s.

French Guiana

To answer the two previous undated comments: Greenland is part of Denmark and has no own football/soccer team, so they are part of the Danish success. Hong Kong and Macau on the other hand are parts of China but compete in the FIFA World Cup on their own.

Which brings me to my point: while French Guiana is an integral part of France just like Alaska is of the US, it has - unlike Alaska or Greenland - an own team within FIFA, which competes in the CONCACAF (North American) section. While this is a different and more difficult case than with shading colonies (since, as said, FG is not a dependency/colony/overseas territory of any kind, but part of France proper), I think it would be prudent not to color it. Especially if FG were to reach a final, this would lead to major confusion. --Ulkomaalainen (talk) 12:52, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Found my mistake (i. e. FG is part of CONCACAF but not of FIFA), everything's fine, move on. --Ulkomaalainen (talk) 13:20, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Russian Territory Mistake

Sakhalin Island and Kuril Islands are part of Russia. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 46.242.9.244 (talk) 07:05, 2 July 2018 (UTC)