was the situation different in the 50s,60s n 70s? i mean that time india used to play good so did we have a say in anything? who controlled afc at that time?
Arab countries (barring Iran) were not developed in Sports. AFC was controlled by Hong Kong, then Malaysians and later on Arabs by 1990s when Oil money really started to Boom. Even though Japan and Korea are the best teams, they were never politically powerful in AFC as its all about votes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_AFC
This decision was made to protect teams like India, China and South East Asian countries. Without them money in Asian football is very difficult. If India cannot make it even in 24 teams then it's not AFC 's f**king problem.
@goalkeepar ; Good Question. Geographically Iran is a part of Arab world but it is not considered Arab because Language (Persian not Arabic) and Religion (Shiite instead of Sunni) issues.
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who controlled afc at that time?
Arab countries (barring Iran) were not developed in Sports. AFC was controlled by Hong Kong, then Malaysians and later on Arabs by 1990s when Oil money really started to Boom. Even though Japan and Korea are the best teams, they were never politically powerful in AFC as its all about votes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_AFC