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== Global broadcasts == === 1984 Olympic football final === The wave was broadcast internationally during the [[football at the 1984 Summer Olympics#Final|1984 Olympic football (soccer) final]] between [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] and [[France national football team|France]] on August 11, when it was done among the 100,000 in attendance at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123213646/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=8229/news/newsid=94154.html José Touré: "It was at the Olympic Games that I realised I was an athlete"] FIFA.com. Retrieved 25 August 2011</ref> === 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico === Most sports historians agree that the wave began internationally during the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]] in Mexico.<ref>http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/mexican-wave {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128085727/http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/mexican-wave |date=2020-01-28 }}, Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014</ref> It was broadcast to a global audience, and the wave was popularized worldwide after the tournament.<ref name="Mexican wave">{{cite news |title=Who invented the Mexican Wave? |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8742454.stm |access-date=12 September 2018 |agency=BBC |archive-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131183600/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8742454.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="FourFourTwo">{{cite web|first=Andy|last=Jackson|date=June 11, 2010|url=http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/168505,fan-crazes.aspx|title=Fan Crazes|work=Australian Four Four Two|access-date=August 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201191443/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/168505,fan-crazes.aspx|archive-date=December 1, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Mexico86">[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-100-greatest-world-cup-moments-1915569.html?action=Gallery&ino=94 “The 100 greatest World Cup moments. # 94. The Mexican Wave”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120072219/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-100-greatest-world-cup-moments-1915569.html?action=Gallery&ino=94 |date=2018-11-20 }} ''The Independent''. Retrieved 25 August 2011</ref> This was the first time that most people living outside North America had seen the phenomenon. As a result, English speakers outside of North America call the phenomenon a "Mexican wave".<ref name="FourFourTwo"/><ref name="Mexico86"/> Likewise in many languages like Polish, Serbian and Turkish, direct translation of the phrase Mexican Wave is used. In Germany, Italy, and other countries the wave is called "la ola" (or simply ''ola'') from the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word for "wave",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2253747.stm |title=Mexican Wave secrets revealed |date=12 September 2002 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2 December 2011 |archive-date=2 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702023900/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2253747.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> while in Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Brazil, it is alternatively translated to ''a onda'', more commonly ''[o] ondão'' (augmentative) or simply ''onda'', but ''a ola'' is also used.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} <!-- this will need a source! === Singapore === In Singapore the wave is known as the Kallang Wave, and is widely seen as a symbol of Singaporean national identity. It is routinely performed at football matches involving the [[Singapore national football team]] or [[Singapore LIONSXII]]. The Kallang Wave is named after the location of the [[National Stadium, Singapore|National Stadium]] in Kallang.-->
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