Why Switzerland is SUI as abbreviation on World Cup scoreboard
Switzerland isn’t a team necessarily expected to make a deep run at a World Cup.
But they are a squad that always seems to be there early in the knockout rounds. They’re consistently solid, if not exceptional.
And so each time that happens, one question arises.
On scoreboards, Switzerland is abbreviated as SUI, not SWI. Why?
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Why is Switzerland abbreviated as SUI?
This has to do with the country’s name in a language other than English, which is often why country codes don’t match up.
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Switzerland’s name in French is Suisse.
Thus, the SUI as the abbreviation.
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It’s much like how Morocco is abbreviated as MAR for the same linguistic reason.
Clearly, it doesn’t impact what happens on the pitch. It’s just something that catches eyes when it’s on the scoreboard at international sporting events, and that’s the simple explanation.
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