Colonial intervention, partly. [From 2018]
It stems from colonial intervention. FIFA assigns each member country a unique three-letter country code, and these codes are used to refer to the countries during official competitions. Most countries that participate in the World Cup have abbreviations that are clearly based on their names. For example, Brazil is known as BRA, Argentina is ARG, England is ENG—you get the idea.do not line up exactly with their English names.
Country codes are mostly used in international sporting events because they are useful for distinguishing between countries whose names differ across languages. Having a unique country code ensures that participants at the World Cup or the Olympics don’t get tripped up with language barriers and always have a clear-cut, standardized way to communicate when referring to other countries.
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