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How are international friendlies arranged?

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:07 pm
by The Reverend
I was looking at the international fixtures over the weekend and there are proper random match ups. Some examples which stood out to me include:

Tanzania 0 Bulgaria 1
Azerbaijan 1 Mongolia 0
Egypt 1 New Zealand 0
Algeria 3 Bolivia 2

How do these wacky pairings get arranged? Does somebody from the Tanzania FA open the directory of football associations and work through them: “fancy a friendly in March?”

Re: How are international friendlies arranged?

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:17 pm
by Rich Tea Wellin
Even weirder:

Hill City 0-1 Curacao

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/f ... en-9179097

Re: How are international friendlies arranged?

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:17 pm
by CEB
They’re not that wacky when you consider the anthropic principle applies to all of them.

Re: How are international friendlies arranged?

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:30 pm
by Hoover Attack
That's not weird.

Orient v Wales, now that's weird.

Re: How are international friendlies arranged?

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:02 pm
by Proposition Joe
Rich Tea Wellin wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:17 pm Even weirder:

Hill City 0-1 Curacao

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/f ... en-9179097
Hull Reserves in Turkey v Caribbean island is pretty niche.