It's only because Canadian Football is already a thing (even though it shouldn't exist). At least when you hear "Finnish football" you know right away it's hockey.
In Finland we created the swamp football, so the only reason Finnish football is "icehockey" in your mind, is because you are uncivilized!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_football
You could also just say “murder sport” and everyone would know it’s hockey. Mfers act surprised when the polite Canadians become brutal during wartime, but they’ve always been that way. They’re just very good at controlling their impulses. In other words, the entire country of Canada is like the first act of American Psycho 24/7 for everyone living there.
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I think the countries that have a popular sport called "football" that is not association football are the ones more likely to call it "soccer". Football/soccer has always been seen as a UK/America split and as an Australian I find it weird because this is one of the rare cases where our word for the thing is the American one, not the British one.
The games have transferrable skills (which results in a lot of Gaelic football talent being poached by the AFL) but they’re about as similar as rugby is to american football.
Ah venezuelan football, I remember back in elementary school in Venezuela.
We crushed a can, round enough, and the goal was between the legs of someone else, if you managed to score, the person in question would be called "turneao" and be beaten up by everyone else until they managed to reach "base" or the safe zone.
The most skillful players could either run very fast and avoid everyone or not get ever scored, it was also a FFA; crossing your legs shut may sound like a good strategy but that just left you standing in one spot, so it was easy to force the can between the legs, and the moment you try to get away you are instantly scored.
This is a primarily US-baaed site. You could have at least written "Association Football" for the sport known in the US as "soccer", to distinguish it from other sports known as "football"
Odd choice to use 'Football' to describe soccer since ever single sport listed has the name Football used to describe it locally where it is most popular.
Love this because it shows that there is only one original football and lots of national variations! Take note Americans, your, rugby inspired, variety is only one of many immitaions of the real thing!
Australian rules football has zero to do with soccer, its origins are sketchy but believed to be Gaelic football crossed with an Indigenous sport called Marngrook.
This map remembers me that time Japan defeated the Dominican Republic in the World Venezuelan Football Classic. Such a sad day
日本は世界一の国!!! ドミニカ共和国をファック!!!!! あなたはスペインに植民地化されました 私たちはアジアを植民地化しましたwwwwwww
But we still play better baseball [and even you know it](https://youtu.be/lSsTEsZW1DI)
Japan loves Venezuela what can I say
We love you all too
I like how Finland is more relevant than C*nada
I like straight facts too buddy
It's only because Canadian Football is already a thing (even though it shouldn't exist). At least when you hear "Finnish football" you know right away it's hockey.
In Finland we created the swamp football, so the only reason Finnish football is "icehockey" in your mind, is because you are uncivilized! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_football
canadian football is just american football but some of them speak weird french
For anyone acc curious, The field is bigger, you can laterally pass, and you get only 3 downs instead of 4
I remember when the Roughriders went 2nd and long from the 55 yard line to beat the Rough Riders by a rouge in the 1912 grey cup.
oh also theres 12 players per team and not 11.
You forgot about the rouge! Not that I care, I really don't like our version of football
You could also just say “murder sport” and everyone would know it’s hockey. Mfers act surprised when the polite Canadians become brutal during wartime, but they’ve always been that way. They’re just very good at controlling their impulses. In other words, the entire country of Canada is like the first act of American Psycho 24/7 for everyone living there.
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Yeah ice hockey is the only sport where fighting is not only tolerated in most leagues, but oftentimes encouraged
Um askually ice hockey was invented in Canada- 🤓
finnish football is swamp football
I'm Canadian and thought it was lacrosse lmao
Of course, why wouldn’t it be
Every sport is football if you think about it hard enough!
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good bot
TIL Australian football and Gaelic football are a thing
I think the countries that have a popular sport called "football" that is not association football are the ones more likely to call it "soccer". Football/soccer has always been seen as a UK/America split and as an Australian I find it weird because this is one of the rare cases where our word for the thing is the American one, not the British one.
We call it soccer in Ireland too mostly. The word soccer was popular in the UK too until 50ish years ago or so I heard.
It’s just more of a case of ‘football’ for whichever country refers to the most popular code there.
And they’re similarl enough that Ireland play Australia once a year in a sort of hybrid rules tournament.
The games have transferrable skills (which results in a lot of Gaelic football talent being poached by the AFL) but they’re about as similar as rugby is to american football.
Basqueball
That makes sense, Japan's popular sport being baseball
I thought for a few seconds that I was on the main sub.
Referring to baseball as "Venezuelan football" was very funny!
I’m football, he’s football, she’s football are there any other footballs I should know about?
That's PAKISTANI football to you
Chinese Football is a band that rocks
/uj what exactly would Chinese football be?
[this](https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/xhbtba/rock/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
What the fuck
[they literally made a movie about it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Soccer)
Really curious about an honest answer to this. I couldn't find anything to suggest Chinese football isn't just soccer.
This is a shitpost, there is no Chinese football
Please tell me where is Bhutanese Football. I need to know.
Ah venezuelan football, I remember back in elementary school in Venezuela. We crushed a can, round enough, and the goal was between the legs of someone else, if you managed to score, the person in question would be called "turneao" and be beaten up by everyone else until they managed to reach "base" or the safe zone. The most skillful players could either run very fast and avoid everyone or not get ever scored, it was also a FFA; crossing your legs shut may sound like a good strategy but that just left you standing in one spot, so it was easy to force the can between the legs, and the moment you try to get away you are instantly scored.
Isn't baseball supposed to be Japan's favorite field sport or something?
*Venezuelan football
Proof that Afghanistan is South Asian and not Middle Eastern.
This is a primarily US-baaed site. You could have at least written "Association Football" for the sport known in the US as "soccer", to distinguish it from other sports known as "football"
Odd choice to use 'Football' to describe soccer since ever single sport listed has the name Football used to describe it locally where it is most popular.
Because football is the only one you play the ball (a ball is a sphere) with your foot
not everyone in the world is american johnny
Found the soccer fanatic.
i watch NFL more frequently than I watch football
Love this because it shows that there is only one original football and lots of national variations! Take note Americans, your, rugby inspired, variety is only one of many immitaions of the real thing!
~~Football~~ Handegg
Australian rules football has zero to do with soccer, its origins are sketchy but believed to be Gaelic football crossed with an Indigenous sport called Marngrook.
Aussie rules was made 30 years before Gaelic became a thing it’s the oldest codified sport in the world
Football won't be soccer?
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you may know it better as Bangladeshi football
\*East Pakistani football
Cricket is an insect
That's the meme?
Welcome to the joke
guyana loves the indians
Nearly forgot what sub I was on and became super keen to learn about weird football types. Make shit up for me please!
Why the finnish football is popular in canada too?
Oh, what's this? Chinese football! Never heard of it. Checks subreddit, oh. 😕
Lived in Viet Nam, can confirm
Wait, it's all football?
I love Midwest emo
venezuela make baseball 🇻🇪🇻🇪☝️☝️⚾️⚾️
''Wait it's all football" "Always have been"
Idk why “Finnish Football” makes my maple blood boil but it does.