Originally posted by Staga
Actually there's already such a league; it's run by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and is played every fourth year and has more watchers than olympic games.
Participants 2006:
If you take into account the qualifying stages for the 2006 world cup it is even more impressive...
Afghanistan (AFG)
Albania (ALB)
Algeria (ALG)
American Samoa (ASA)
Andorra (AND)
Angola (ANG)
Anguilla (AIA)
Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)
Argentina (ARG)
Armenia (ARM)
Aruba (ARU)
Australia (AUS)
Austria (AUT)
Azerbaijan (AZE)
Bahamas (BAH)
Bahrain (BHR)
Bangladesh (BAN)
Barbados (BRB)
Belarus (BLR)
Belgium (BEL)
Belize (BLZ)
Benin (BEN)
Bermuda (BER)
Bhutan (BHU)
Bolivia (BOL)
Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH)
Botswana (BOT)
Brazil (BRA)
British Virgin Islands (VGB)
Brunei Darussalam (BRU)
Bulgaria (BUL)
Burkina Faso (BFA)
Burundi (BDI)
Cambodia (CAM)
Cameroon (CMR)
Canada (CAN)
Cape Verde Islands (CPV)
Cayman Islands (CAY)
Central African Republic (CTA)
Chad (CHA)
Chile (CHI)
China PR (CHN)
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Colombia (COL)
Congo (CGO)
Congo DR (COD)
Cook Islands (COK)
Costa Rica (CRC)
Croatia (CRO)
Cuba (CUB)
Cyprus (CYP)
Czech Republic (CZE)
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)
Denmark (DEN)
Djibouti (DJI)
Dominica (DMA)
Dominican Republic (DOM)
Ecuador (ECU)
Egypt (EGY)
El Salvador (SLV)
England (ENG)
Equatorial Guinea (EQG)
Eritrea (ERI)
Estonia (EST)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Faroe Islands (FRO)
Fiji (FIJ)
Finland (FIN)
France (FRA)
Gabon (GAB)
Gambia (GAM)
Georgia (GEO)
Germany (GER)
Ghana (GHA)
Greece (GRE)
Grenada (GRN)
Guam (GUM)
Guatemala (GUA)
Guinea (GUI)
Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
Guyana (GUY)
Haiti (HAI)
Honduras (HON)
Hong Kong (HKG)
Hungary (HUN)
Iceland (ISL)
India (IND)
Indonesia (IDN)
Iran (IRN)
Iraq (IRQ)
Israel (ISR)
Italy (ITA)
Jamaica (JAM)
Japan (JPN)
Jordan (JOR)
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Kenya (KEN)
Korea DPR (PRK)
Korea Republic (KOR)
Kuwait (KUW)
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
Laos (LAO)
Latvia (LVA)
Lebanon (LIB)
Lesotho (LES)
Liberia (LBR)
Libya (LBY)
Liechtenstein (LIE)
Lithuania (LTU)
Luxembourg (LUX)
Macau (MAC)
Macedonia FYR (MKD)
Madagascar (MAD)
Malawi (MWI)
Malaysia (MAS)
Maldives (MDV)
Mali (MLI)
Malta (MLT)
Mauritania (MTN)
Mauritius (MRI)
Mexico (MEX)
Moldova (MDA)
Mongolia (MGL)
Montserrat (MSR)
Morocco (MAR)
Mozambique (MOZ)
Myanmar (MYA)
Namibia (NAM)
Nepal (NEP)
Netherlands (NED)
Netherlands Antilles (ANT)
New Caledonia (NCL)
New Zealand (NZL)
Nicaragua (NCA)
Niger (NIG)
Nigeria (NGA)
Northern Ireland (NIR)
Norway (NOR)
Oman (OMA)
Pakistan (PAK)
Palestine (PLE)
Panama (PAN)
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Paraguay (PAR)
Peru (PER)
Philippines (PHI)
Poland (POL)
Portugal (POR)
Puerto Rico (PUR)
Qatar (QAT)
Republic of Ireland (IRL)
Romania (ROU)
Russia (RUS)
Rwanda (RWA)
Samoa (SAM)
San Marino (SMR)
Saudi Arabia (KSA)
Scotland (SCO)
Senegal (SEN)
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
Seychelles (SEY)
Sierra Leone (SLE)
Singapore (SIN)
Slovakia (SVK)
Slovenia (SVN)
Solomon Islands (SOL)
Somalia (SOM)
South Africa (RSA)
Spain (ESP)
Sri Lanka (SRI)
St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN)
St. Lucia (LCA)
St. Vincent / Grenadines (VIN)
Sudan (SUD)
Surinam (SUR)
Swaziland (SWZ)
Sweden (SWE)
Switzerland (SUI)
Syria (SYR) S
São Tomé e Príncipe (STP)
Tahiti (TAH)
Tajikistan (TJK)
Tanzania (TAN)
Thailand (THA)
Togo (TOG)
Tonga (TGA)
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Tunisia (TUN)
Turkey (TUR)
Turkmenistan (TKM)
Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA)
US Virgin Islands (VIR)
USA (USA)
Uganda (UGA)
Ukraine (UKR)
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Uruguay (URU)
Uzbekistan (UZB)
Vanuatu (VAN)
Venezuela (VEN)
Vietnam SR (VIE)
Wales (WAL)
Yemen (YEM)
Zambia (ZAM)
Zimbabwe (ZIM)
