| （1.School of Physical Education，East China University of Technology，Nanchang 330013，China；2.Department of Physical Education，North China University of Science and Technology，Tangshan 063009，China；3.School of Physical Education and Sports，Beijing Normal University，Beijing 100875，China) Abstract: From the perspective of politics, economy and cultural globalization, the authors rethought the issue of the nature of football globalization, probed into football’s influence on globalization, and globalization’s influence on football, and drew the following conclusions: football follows the trend of globalization, but is not the cause for forming the globalized development of the political and economic areas; football’s influence on global economy is not significant, but reflects the situation of global economy; as compared with football games’ influence on the world market, or on political cooperation between various countries, the influence of global economy and national systems on football is more significant; football forms diversified, internationalized global culture, which affects the cultural area deeply; football will neither bring world peace, nor boost global market development, but it adheres to “competition conceptions”, i.e. football competition virtues blend different cultures together; football cannot be-come the driving force of global politics and economy, but it represents victory recognized globally.
Key words: sports culture；football；cultural globalization；world integration |
