diff --git a/lib/wiki-scraper.ts b/lib/wiki-scraper.ts
index 78c596c..2636eb9 100644
--- a/lib/wiki-scraper.ts
+++ b/lib/wiki-scraper.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ export async function fetchWikiHtml(page: string, retries = 5): Promise<string |
   return null
 }
 
+// ── Team name normalisation ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const TEAM_ALIASES: Record<string, string> = {
+  'West Germany':          'Germany',
+  'Korea Republic':        'South Korea',
+  'IR Iran':               'Iran',
+  'Bosnia & Herzegovina':  'Bosnia and Herzegovina',
+  'USA':                   'United States',
+}
+
+export function normalizeTeam(name: string): string {
+  return TEAM_ALIASES[name] ?? name
+}
+
 // ── Parsing helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 function parseScoreText(text: string): [number, number] | null {
@@ -92,7 +106,7 @@ function extractTeam($: CheerioAPI, $cell: Cheerio<Element>): string {
       return false
     }
   })
-  return name
+  return normalizeTeam(name)
 }
 
 function parseGoals($: CheerioAPI, $td: Cheerio<Element>): Goal[] {
diff --git a/scripts/seed.ts b/scripts/seed.ts
index 414f359..647e2e1 100644
--- a/scripts/seed.ts
+++ b/scripts/seed.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { readFileSync, existsSync } from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import { getIso } from '../lib/iso-codes'
+import { normalizeTeam } from '../lib/wiki-scraper'
 
 const DATABASE_URL = process.env.DATABASE_URL ?? 'postgres://wc:wc@localhost:5432/worldcup'
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
@@ -15,16 +16,6 @@ const YEARS = [
   1978,1982,1986,1990,1994,1998,2002,2006,2010,2014,2018,2022,
 ]
 
-// Normalize team names from Wikipedia to canonical DB names
-const TEAM_ALIASES: Record<string, string> = {
-  'West Germany': 'Germany',
-  'Korea Republic': 'South Korea',
-  'IR Iran': 'Iran',
-}
-
-function normTeam(name: string): string {
-  return TEAM_ALIASES[name] ?? name
-}
 
 function readJson<T>(filePath: string): T | null {
   if (!existsSync(filePath)) return null
@@ -174,7 +165,7 @@ async function run() {
   const teamCache = new Map<string, number>()
 
   async function upsertTeam(rawName: string): Promise<number> {
-    const name = normTeam(rawName)
+    const name = normalizeTeam(rawName)
     if (teamCache.has(name)) return teamCache.get(name)!
     const iso2 = getIso(name)
     const [row] = await db.execute(sql`
@@ -207,8 +198,8 @@ async function run() {
         INSERT INTO tournaments (year, host, winner, runner_up, third_place, fourth_place, teams_count)
         VALUES (
           ${year}, ${meta.host || null},
-          ${normTeam(meta.winner ?? '') || null}, ${normTeam(meta.runner_up ?? '') || null},
-          ${normTeam(meta.third_place ?? '') || null}, ${normTeam(meta.fourth_place ?? '') || null},
+          ${normalizeTeam(meta.winner ?? '') || null}, ${normalizeTeam(meta.runner_up ?? '') || null},
+          ${normalizeTeam(meta.third_place ?? '') || null}, ${normalizeTeam(meta.fourth_place ?? '') || null},
           ${meta.teams_count ?? null}
         )
         ON CONFLICT (year) DO UPDATE SET