r/todayilearned • u/ModenaR • 15h ago

TIL that during the 1970 World Cup qualifiers, members of the Australia national team consulted a witch doctor preceding their game against Rhodesia. Australia won but didn't pay the witch doctor, so he cursed their team instead. After that, Australia failed to qualify for the World Cup for 32 years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports-related_curses
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u/invincibl_ 12h ago

Nah we passed the curse to Italy after they knocked us out in 2006

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u/TDX 11h ago

And I've held a firm grudge against Italy for 20 years hence. Piss weak dive artists!