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All Whites soccer team, 1981

All Whites soccer team, 1981

The most popular sport among young New Zealand men is soccer, partly because it is considered safer than rugby, and because of good television coverage of international soccer. The New Zealand representative team, the All Whites, had their proudest moment when they qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. This is the team before the first qualifying game in April 1981.

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Jock Phillips. 'Sports and leisure', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 21-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/sports-and-leisure/4/6