India in 2018 FIFA World Cup

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  • ashindiaashindia 9512 Points
    Dude its not uefa or concacaf or even south america that India cant make it to 2018 finals.The thing is that we r in the weakest confed on the planet the afc, so if we tighten up our socks and start planning properly we we'll be in with a realistic chance.after all 7 years is a long time.

    Disagree. AFC might not have the strongest teams in world but it's very, very competitive. Either way AFC has better teams than Concacaf. If you consider the number of nations/number of slots ratio then AFC is clearly most difficult. Also consider teams like Japan, Korea and Australia who will capture three places every WC. Competition is defnitely higher in Asia.

    Agree with you

    AFC is very difficult and what is strange about it is that quality between each tier of teams is too big. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
  • Need something like this in football to inspire next generation of Indian footballers and fans.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8aq2d1FuEo


    that was a nice video.. thanks panchgun..cant we hav sumthn similar in football? we can share this link in social network and atleast few ppl can see sumthng in football..

    On India qualifying for World Cup in Russia 2018, its not impossible but we have to have proper plans..we need to have a short term goal till we get to the finals!! AIFF needs to plan for every year till the World Cup instead of next 5-10 yrs, this way in 4-5 years we will know if we are good enough to play in Russia. Every aspect has to be looked into such as infrastructure, players, coach, matches, players nutrition, fans and much more. Until we do all these we cannot expect to play in the World Cups not in another 50 yrs..I hope m not being pessimistic!!
  • panchgunpanchgun 129 Points
    Dude its not uefa or concacaf or even south america that India cant make it to 2018 finals.The thing is that we r in the weakest confed on the planet the afc, so if we tighten up our socks and start planning properly we we'll be in with a realistic chance.after all 7 years is a long time.

    Disagree. AFC might not have the strongest teams in world but it's very, very competitive. Either way AFC has better teams than Concacaf. If you consider the number of nations/number of slots ratio then AFC is clearly most difficult. Also consider teams like Japan, Korea and Australia who will capture three places every WC. Competition is defnitely higher in Asia.
    Really !! come on . U can disagree with me but can u disagree with this.
    (WR-WORLD RANKING),(CR-CONTINENTAL RANKING)

    WR CR
    2 2 Netherlands
    4 3 Germany
    6 4 England
    8 5 Portugal
    9 6 Italy
    10 7 Croatia
    11 8 Norway
    12 9 Greece
    16 10 Serbia
    17 11 Slovenia
    18 12 Russia
    19 13 France
    24 14 Montenegro
    25 15 Switzerland
    26 16 Slovakia
    27 17 Denmark
    28 18 Sweden
    30 19 Turkey
    32 20 Czech Republic
    33 21 Israel
    34 22 Republic of Ireland
    35 23 Ukraine
    37 24 Belgium
    42 25 Romania
    45 26 Bosnia-Herzegovina
    46 27 Bulgaria
    47 28 Lithuania
    50 29 Albania
    52 30 Hungary
    53 31 Belarus
    57 32 Georgia
    62 33 Armenia
    65 34 Northern Ireland
    66 35 Scotland
    71 36 Poland
    74 37 Austria
    75 38 Estonia
    77 39 Latvia
    81 40 Finland

    53 European member associations will participate in the qualifiers that will consist of nine groups, beginning with 13 teams qualifying for the finals .

    AFRICA (CAF)

    15 1 Ghana
    21 2 Côte d'Ivoire
    36 3 Egypt
    38 4 South Africa
    39 5 Nigeria
    40 6 Senegal
    41 7 Algeria
    44 8 Burkina Faso
    49 9 Cameroon
    58 10 Libya
    59 11 Gabon
    61 12 Tunisia
    62 13 Guinea
    69 14 Botswana
    70 15 Mali
    72 16 Malawi
    73 17 Morocco
    79 18 Cape Verde Islands
    80 19 Benin
    84 20 Uganda

    The continent’s 52 member associations will play for five available spots

    SOUTH AMERICA (CONMEBOL)

    3 1 Brazil
    5 2 Argentina
    7 3 Uruguay
    13 4 Chile
    23 5 Paraguay
    50 6 Colombia
    54 7 Peru
    64 8 Ecuador
    68 9 Venezuela
    102 10 Bolivia

    10 member associations will play each other on a home and away basis for 4.5 spots

    NORTH AMERICA AND CARRIBEAN (CONCACAF)

    22 1 USA
    28 2 Mexico
    43 3 Honduras
    55 4 Jamaica
    56 5 Costa Rica
    67 6 Panama
    76 7 Canada
    81 8 Cuba
    87 9 El Salvador
    95 10 Trinidad and Tobago

    3.5 spots will be up for grabs for the region’s 35 teams

    AND NOW FINALLY THE AFC ,JUST COMPARE THE RANKINGS OF THE TOP TEN 10 U WOULD KNOW WHICH IS THE WEAKEST CONFED

    ASIA(AFC)

    14 1 Japan
    20 2 Australia
    31 3 Korea Republic
    48 4 Iran
    77 5 China PR
    83 6 Uzbekistan
    89 8 Iraq
    92 9 Qatar
    93 10 Jordan
    97 11 Bahrain
    101 12 Kuwait
    104 13 Syria
    107 14 Oman
    111 15 United Arab Emirates
    115 16 Korea DPR
    120 17 Thailand
    129 18 Yemen
    130 19 Indonesia
    134 20 Vietnam
    135 21 Tajikistan
    141 22 Turkmenistan
    143 23 Malaysia
    144 24 Singapore
    145 25 India

    A total of 4.5 spots are available for the 43 Asian teams.
  • panchgunpanchgun 129 Points
    Need something like this in football to inspire next generation of Indian footballers and fans.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8aq2d1FuEo


    that was a nice video.. thanks panchgun..cant we hav sumthn similar in football? we can share this link in social network and atleast few ppl can see sumthng in football..

    On India qualifying for World Cup in Russia 2018, its not impossible but we have to have proper plans..we need to have a short term goal till we get to the finals!! AIFF needs to plan for every year till the World Cup instead of next 5-10 yrs, this way in 4-5 years we will know if we are good enough to play in Russia. Every aspect has to be looked into such as infrastructure, players, coach, matches, players nutrition, fans and much more. Until we do all these we cannot expect to play in the World Cups not in another 50 yrs..I hope m not being pessimistic!!
    No mate u r not pessimistic at all!! Nothing is going to change until the AIFF gets its house in order.We can harp abt the fact that we need to do this and do that but nothing is going to change until aiff has a serious look at itself and see what have they done for football in the 75 years or so.Despite having so much potential and talent we continue to lie at the bottom of the rankings (that too in Asia) .They cant make us fools anymore saying that cricket is to blame for footballs demise ,if that was so how has it survived in Australia,japan,china etc where it is not the no 1 sport but still these teams compete for continental and world honors.
  • panchgunpanchgun 129 Points
    Need something like this in football to inspire next generation of Indian footballers and fans.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8aq2d1FuEo


    that was a nice video.. thanks panchgun..cant we hav sumthn similar in football? we can share this link in social network and atleast few ppl can see sumthng in football..
    Yes we definitely need something like this in football.Hope people on this forum and other social networks can come with some good ideas and we can make something as inspirational as this for football.Hope u have some ideas too.
  • shankarshankar 2600 Points
    bulpin had given us the answer to this question........2018 is turning to be unrealistic dream.......i am just losing hope on our young teams.....common aiff get someone from a country who play possession football.... not these guys who coaches our players to just give the ball to frontline striker
  • dip_anjdip_anj 137 Points
    bulpin had given us the answer to this question........2018 is turning to be unrealistic dream.......i am just losing hope on our young teams.....common aiff get someone from a country who play possession football.... not these guys who coaches our players to just give the ball to frontline striker
    After watching yesterdays match, india playing 2018 WC is just a day dream.I think except 3-4 players in IA rest are very average players.To be in WC we must be in the same league of South Korea,Japan,Australia.We are not even close to Thailand even.
  • bulpin had given us the answer to this question........2018 is turning to be unrealistic dream.......i am just losing hope on our young teams.....common aiff get someone from a country who play possession football.... not these guys who coaches our players to just give the ball to frontline striker
    After watching yesterdays match, india playing 2018 WC is just a day dream.I think except 3-4 players in IA rest are very average players.To be in WC we must be in the same league of South Korea,Japan,Australia.We are not even close to Thailand even.

    +1

    but I will exclude A league... I don't think its a top league <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->
  • archakarchak 2082 Points
    Yeah you are right aleague may not be good but they have excellent infrastructure and are quite professional.
  • panchgunpanchgun 129 Points
    So after watching the India vs Qatar match r u guys still not optimistic that there is a future for our national team and if provided with rt tactical ,technical and physical support our team can make it to the "BIG ONE" "THE HOLY GRAIL",the finals of the world cup , not this time but definitely the next one .I think we r on our way....... <!-- s:handgestures-thumbup: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/handgestures/thumbup.gif" alt=":handgestures-thumbup:" title="Thumb Up" /><!-- s:handgestures-thumbup: -->
    what do u guys think?.....plz comment
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