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Perhaps the strangest case is Australia. Geographically in Oceania, Australia grew tired of crushing tiny island nations (American Samoa 31–0) with no direct World Cup path. So in 2006, it left the OFC and joined the Asian confederation (AFC)—a move of “football imperialism” by a former British colony seeking better competition and commercial revenue. It was a rare case of a nation voluntarily changing its football continent, breaking the old imperial map.

: Football originated in Britain, and its early spread to other parts of the world can be directly attributed to imperialism. As British sailors, traders, and colonizers traveled to different parts of the globe, they brought the game with them. The sport gained popularity in countries that were formerly under British colonial rule. imperialism football map

The global infrastructure of football—the player migration routes, the scouting networks, the flow of talent from Africa and South America to European clubs—still bears the marks of colonial history. As the Tribuna analysis notes, "The infrastructure continues to repeat colonial patterns to this day, shaped above all by language, diasporas, migration routes and the foreign policy of key actors in international relations". Perhaps the strangest case is Australia

When two teams play, the winner takes all land currently held by the loser. It was a rare case of a nation