If they won who would have the trophy?
Who would defend the title?
If FIFA allows this, then maybe a whole lot of smaller countries should get together and create a team of all their best players. Seems a bit strange to me, two footballing countries together to get the best team. Yes, I know that's how they qualified and the country existed then - but it doesn't now.
Maybe there is some hope of getting a British team together after all.
2006-06-11 13:45:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
Ummm... Americans
Breaking news.....Montenegro declares independence 3rd June 2006.....Serbia confirms the break-up on the union 6th June 2006.
You can't believe anything the CIA says.
2006-06-11 15:37:46 · update #1
Actually, I don't really care about this. I guess at best it will make for an interesting quiz question in a few years time. The only team to play in a World Cup without a country.
2006-06-11 16:00:48 · update #2
S&M is playing cos they qualified for the World Cup as a team. They have only separated a week before the start of the World Cup finals, so it wouldn't make sense to disallow them from playing, or allow them to participate as two separate teams.
As for the trophy, a duplicate will be made, so the actual and duplicate will be rotated between the two countries during the four years that they hold the cup. Of course, the chances of them winning are slim.
Serbia will then be defending the title in the next World Cup, cos 22 of the 23 players in the current squad is Serbian! Only one is from Montenegro.
And note that S&M used to be one country - they only split recently. Which means that countries aren't allowed to simply pool their players together and field a team of mixed nationalities in the World Cup.
Yup, hope this addresses your queries ;)
2006-06-11 15:35:18 · answer #1 · answered by ^^ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Does it really make anybody feel bad if they still play together? For me, it has sense because they qualified for the championship as one team,and they deserve to play as one team. After all, only one out of 22 players is actually from Montenegro, so it's not really like "two footballing countries together to get the best team", it's mostly Serbia.
They will stay under the name "Serbia and Montenegro" till September, and after that, Serbia is a legal successor.
I hope they'll do good in this championship :)
2006-06-11 22:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That country DOES exist now. Here is the CIA website for the country (updated June 9, 2006).
My husband served in the US Army in 2003-2004 and helped liberate this country from Yugoslavia.
2006-06-11 20:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by artistagent116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are right Montenegro is independent now by referendum. But may be they are not independent officially because of this the team play in world cup as "Serbia&Montenegro". However, I think they must change their name.!!!
2006-06-12 03:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by ukececi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋