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The Football War (Spanish: Guerra del fútbol), also known as the Soccer War or the 100 Hour 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 Cup qualifier . [ 7 ]
Honduras El Salvador: Anti-secular rebels Victory. Victory of the Honduran Government Forces, Honduras became a secular state; Nicaraguan-Salvadoran War (1863) Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua: Defeat. Honduran-Salvadoran armies are defeated; Guatemalan-Nicaraguan alliance; Olancho War (1864–1865) Honduras: Olancho Rebel Forces Victory
War of 1832 (1832) El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua. Defeat: Malespín's War (1844) El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua: Victory: Honduran-Salvadoran War of 1845 El Salvador Honduras: Status Quo Ante Bellum: Filibuster War (1856–1857) Costa Rica Nicaragua Mosquitia Guatemala Honduras El Salvador United States United Kingdom (naval support) Filibusters
During the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Honduras and El Salvador competed in separate groups for the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifications, Honduras was in Group 3 and El Salvador was in Group 4, both winning their respective groups. [83] [5] The met each other in the semifinals.
The El Salvador–Honduras football rivalry is a sports rivalry between the El Salvador and Honduras national football teams. The rivalry between the two nations peaked in 1969 when both teams played each other in the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and the matches they played between each other, which ultimately saw El Salvador advance to the 1970 FIFA World Cup, were a contributing factor ...
The Nicaraguan-Salvadoran War was a military conflict between El Salvador supported by Honduras, against Nicaragua, sparked by the Nicaraguan alliance with Guatemala, country which was at the time at war with El Salvador.
On April 12, 1871, after a brief 27-day campaign, the Honduran army captured San Salvador, taking President Francisco Dueñas and ex-President of Nicaragua General Tomás Martínez into custody. The swift military actions resulted in the successful invasion and occupation of El Salvador by Honduras. [4]
El Salvador has an embassy in Tegucigalpa and a consulates in Choluteca and San Pedro Sula. [1] Honduras has an embassy in San Salvador . [ 2 ] Both countries are members of the Central American Integration System , Community of Latin American and Caribbean States , Organization of American States , and the Organization of Ibero-American States .