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This World Cup is the most multicultural in history

Fifa World Fup 2018, dual nationality, Marocco, Gijs van Campenhout

The Marroccan team is hypercultural. 17 out of the 23 players in the Moroccan team were born in Europe. Source: soccer.ru

Never before a World Cup Football had so many multicultural players. 13 % were born in a different country than they are playing for. The Moroccans are a true 'hyper cultural team' says Dutch researcher Gijs van Campenhout. 17 out of 23 players were not born in Morocco at all. Listen to this podcast to find out how the Australians are doing on the multicultural scale.



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