Like if Arsenal win the Premier League, should they expect an invitation from King Charles III to enjoy a few pints at Balmoral?
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Moved from Factual Questions to The Game Room as basically a sports question.
I tagged it Factual to try and get the answers to be factual until answers, so please no WAGs and anecdotes until answered.
I guess the answer is sometimes. This article mentions the World Cup champion Argentine team visited there president in 1978 and 1986 but decided to not go in 2022.
I would be astounded if the tradition wasn’t nearly universal.
It is not unusual in Australia for individuals and teams winning who have performed well or won international events eg Olympics or World Cups to get a invitation from the Prime Minister to a reception at Yarralumbah or Kirribilli House.
What doesn’t happen is that individuals and teams/clubs winning domestic competitions get an invitation by the Prime Minister. If they do get an invitation in recognition it will be from their State Premier.
I note that the two examples cited above (Argentia/USSR) are also for international honours.
You’d have to draw a distinction here between national teams that represent the country versus individual clubs within the country. For the former, invites of winning teams to see the head of state are surely very common.
I would think World Cup winners would.
I was thinking of North Korea from 8-12 years ago when they were in the world cup. You better believe if they had somehow won it, Kim would have been posing with them like crazy. They’d be on posters around the nation.
Did Queen Elizabeth II invite the 1966 World Cup-winning England side to one of her homes? Did Harold Wilson invite them to 10 Downing Street?
I’m asking for knowledge, not being snarky or facetious.
I’m not sure if that’s a good example. The final was at Wembley. The queen presented the trophy.
They won the World Cup at home?!?!?!?!? Jesus, did any work get done at all in England for the next few days after that?
It’s pretty crazy.
Now imagine you are Brazilian and you attend the semifinal where they lost 7-1.
Nightmare. Living nightmare.