Soccer Around the World

This lesson is designed to discover where soccer is played and thereby to practice geography skills. By studying the results of the World Cup in 2002 and a world map, students in Tajikistan learned where sixteen countries are located and can identify their national flags.

Find It!

Can you find the winning World Cup countries on
this map made by School #2 in Gissar, Tajikistan?

Learn It!

Russian speakers can learn more about the World Cup standings of each country on this map made by School #4 in Chkalovsk, Tajikistan.
English speakers, see if you can find each country on the map by its location and flag, and learn what its name looks like in Russian!

Do It!

Learning about geography at
School #32 in Istaravshan, Tajikistan