# Why do American sports fans call their champion teams "World Champions"?

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**Created:** [November 4, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-american-sports-fans-call-their-champion-teams-world-champions/601874 "2011-11-04T17:48:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-american-sports-fans-call-their-champion-teams-world-champions/601874/6 "2011-11-04T18:24:44Z")

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Because the rest of the world doesn’t matter, silly.

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