This article makes no sense. India failed to qualify for AFC Asia Cup because we are not in top 16. In West Asia, there are more then 10 teams better then us. There are so many countries better then us in West Asia as well as East asia. Realistically, our target should be to qualify in Asia Cup. Forget about World Cup for some time.
Agree. The 2019 AFC Asian Cup will feature 24 teams... does anyone here think we can make it with the eight extra spots?
Everyone on the 2018 World Cup/2019 Asian Cup thread is wondering if we can even get past the first round of qualification if we draw someone like Pakistan for gods sake.
@atuljg Was there ever any debate about that? Anyone who follows Indian football knows that India won't qualify for the 2018 or even 2022. We have to become just as good as Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Uzbekistan etc.
We are still in a rebuilding phase in which we are trying to restore Indian football internationally and fix our domestic situation. Until all this is done then we can even say goodbye to the AFC Asian Cup.
@ munna, Europe gets 13 only. As, of now AFC has 4.5 and Oceania gets 0.5 which we obviously loose due to playoffs with the CONMEBOL and CONCACAF. If both confederation s combine, we'll get 5 slots.
AFC (Asia): 4 or 5 places CAF (Africa): 5 places CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean): 3 or 4 places CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5 places OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1 place(s) UEFA (Europe): 13 places
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Realistically, our target should be to qualify in Asia Cup. Forget about World Cup for some time.
AFC (Asia): 4 or 5 places
CAF (Africa): 5 places
CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean): 3 or 4 places
CONMEBOL (South America): 4 or 5 places
OFC (Oceania): 0 or 1 place(s)
UEFA (Europe): 13 places