Football War
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The Football War was a brief 1969 armed conflict between El Salvador and Honduras, sparked by political tensions and social issues that were inflamed around a series of World Cup qualifying football matches.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Football War canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2501927 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Football War Context triple: [Armed Forces of El Salvador, conflict, Football War]
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A.
Football Focus
Football Focus is a long-running BBC television programme that provides previews, analysis, and discussion of football matches and news.
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B.
NFL Kickoff Game
The NFL Kickoff Game is the league’s annual season-opening primetime matchup, typically featuring the defending Super Bowl champion and serving as a major televised event to launch the new NFL season.
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C.
NFL GameDay Final
NFL GameDay Final is a postgame highlight and analysis show that recaps each week’s NFL action on NFL Network.
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D.
NFL Mobile
NFL Mobile is a smartphone application that provides live NFL games, scores, news, and video content to football fans on mobile devices.
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E.
World Football League
The World Football League was a short-lived professional American football league in the mid-1970s that attempted to rival the NFL with teams in the United States and abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Football War Target entity description: The Football War was a brief 1969 armed conflict between El Salvador and Honduras, sparked by political tensions and social issues that were inflamed around a series of World Cup qualifying football matches.
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A.
Football Focus
Football Focus is a long-running BBC television programme that provides previews, analysis, and discussion of football matches and news.
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B.
NFL Kickoff Game
The NFL Kickoff Game is the league’s annual season-opening primetime matchup, typically featuring the defending Super Bowl champion and serving as a major televised event to launch the new NFL season.
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C.
NFL GameDay Final
NFL GameDay Final is a postgame highlight and analysis show that recaps each week’s NFL action on NFL Network.
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D.
NFL Mobile
NFL Mobile is a smartphone application that provides live NFL games, scores, news, and video content to football fans on mobile devices.
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E.
World Football League
The World Football League was a short-lived professional American football league in the mid-1970s that attempted to rival the NFL with teams in the United States and abroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed conflict
ⓘ
international conflict ⓘ war ⓘ |
| aftermath |
eventual 1980 peace treaty between El Salvador and Honduras
ⓘ
prolonged border dispute between El Salvador and Honduras ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
100 Hour War
ⓘ
Soccer War ⓘ |
| casualties | several thousand people killed and wounded (approximate) ⓘ |
| cause |
disputes over treatment of Salvadoran migrants in Honduras
ⓘ
longstanding political tensions between El Salvador and Honduras ⓘ social issues related to land reform and migration ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
El Salvador
ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
El Salvador
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of El Salvador
Honduras ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Honduras
|
| describedIn | works of political and sports history ⓘ |
| displacedPeople | tens of thousands of civilians displaced ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 100 hours ⓘ |
| endDate | 1969-07-18 ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Central American integration and regional politics in the 1960s
ⓘ
migration of Salvadoran peasants to Honduras in mid-20th century ⓘ |
| hasMainTheater |
Honduran territory
ⓘ
border regions between El Salvador and Honduras ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named after football (soccer) matches that inflamed tensions ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Honduran Armed Forces
ⓘ
Armed Forces of El Salvador ⓘ
surface form:
Salvadoran Armed Forces
|
| immediateTrigger |
1969 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches
ⓘ
riots and violence surrounding football matches ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central America ⓘ |
| mediatedBy | Organization of American States ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
popularly but misleadingly associated primarily with football
ⓘ
short duration of about four days ⓘ |
| partOf | Cold War era conflicts in Latin America ⓘ |
| prelude | mass expulsion and flight of Salvadoran migrants from Honduras ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
ⓘ
surface form:
1969 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
|
| result |
ceasefire brokered by the Organization of American States
ⓘ
increased tensions over border and migration issues ⓘ severing of diplomatic relations between El Salvador and Honduras for several years ⓘ withdrawal of Salvadoran troops from Honduras ⓘ |
| startDate | 1969-07-14 ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | conventional warfare ⓘ |
| underlyingIssue |
agrarian reform policies in Honduras
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land scarcity in El Salvador ⓘ nationalism fueled by sports rivalry ⓘ |
| year | 1969 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Football War Description of subject: The Football War was a brief 1969 armed conflict between El Salvador and Honduras, sparked by political tensions and social issues that were inflamed around a series of World Cup qualifying football matches.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.