BR - As long football has been played on an international level, the sport has been dominated by South America and Europe. So much so that only two teams have ever finished in the top four outside of those continents (the US finished 3rd in 1930 and South Korea finished 4th in 2002). The reasons behind these trends are deeply rooted in the culture, economics, and politics of regions and are much too vast to begin to parse out here.
