Steven Dow

High School Women's Volleyball Coach, Club Volleyball Coach & High School Teacher!

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Uruguay v Cape Verde is the World Cup's group-stage match with the lowest combined population.

Uruguay has 3,382,552 people, and Cape Verde 530,795. This is the smallest population total by a large margin.

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.

[Steven Dow @CoachDow23]

@theiaincameron Do Zimbabwe and Namibia not have this problem now?

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Turkey v Paraguay is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries saw a major landmark disappear under a hydroelectric reservoir.

Turkey lost the ancient city of Hasankeyf to the Ilısu Dam. Paraguay’s border lost Guaíra/Sete Quedas Falls to the Itaipu reservoir.

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.

NOTE: If you think you can do better than this one, please leave a comment! This one nearly killed me.

[Ozoon @Ozoon_CA]

This is still somehow Brendan Little’s fault

[Theresa 🇨🇦 @TheresaLubowitz]

I'll remind the commentators that while this may be the greatest day in Canadian men's soccer history, the greatest day in Canadian soccer history was the day Christine Sinclair led the women's team to a gold medal in the Olympics.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Portugal v DR Congo is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries’ Atlantic coast is bookended by the same neighbouring country.

Portugal’s coast runs from Spain in the north to Spain in the south. DR Congo’s tiny 37 km Atlantic coast sits between Angola.

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Spain v Cape Verde is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries’ highest points are volcanoes in Macaronesia.

Spain tops out at Mount Teide in Tenerife. Cape Verde tops out at Pico do Fogo on Fogo.

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Belgium v Egypt is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both present-day countries contain battlefields where Napoleon personally commanded an army.

Egypt had the Battle of the Pyramids. Belgium had Waterloo.

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[Chris Black @DownToBlack]

Island Airport is perfect litmus test for Liberal politicians, federal & provincial alike.

If they block it, Carney & Co can lock up 416 support for a generation & gain ground elsewhere too.

If they allow it, a true sign they're just conservatives in sheep's clothing.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

I worry about anyone who says our public healthcare needs to be more “competitive”.

Public healthcare is not a business competing for market share. It is a public investment that pays dividends in healthier people, stronger communities, and a more equitable society.

#OnPoli

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

France v Senegal is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries surround OTHER sovereign countries that open to the sea*.

France wraps around Monaco, and Senegal wraps The Gambia. (Monaco and Gambia are 2 of the only 3 such surrounded countries in the world.**)

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* Also known as a semi-enclave: a territory that is completely surrounded by another country's land borders, except for one section that borders an open body of water.

** The only other semi-enclave in the world is Brunei, which is surrounded by Malaysia.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Haiti v Scotland is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries occupy the smaller, mountainous part of a major island shared with a larger neighbour.

Haiti has western Hispaniola. Scotland has northern Great Britain.

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[Steven Dow @CoachDow23]

@Ozoon_CA Too bad he’s Venezuelan

[chelsea leite @chelsealeite]

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[Steven Dow @CoachDow23]

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[Covie @covie_93]

BREAKING: FIFA peace prize recipient is bombing Iran a day before the start of the FIFA World Cup.

[Steven Dow @CoachDow23]

@DaleJohnsonBBC This doesn’t solve the problem but let him ref in Canada or Mexico! The guy seems to deserve it

[Observing The City @observinthecity]

Brad Bradford continues to campaign against things that *he* supported under Tory's mayoralty, before Chow stepped foot into office. This time its the world cup deal that Tory negotiated and signed. Brad happily supported Tory in this awful deal at the time.

[Steven Dow @CoachDow23]

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