query: what was the first asian country to qualify for the world cup

pos: Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup first Asian team to participate in the FIFA World Cup when the team qualified for the 1938 tournament after its opponent, Japan, withdrew from the qualification heats. The 6–0 loss to eventual finalists Hungary in the first round of the tournament in Reims, France, remains the nation's only appearance in the World Cup. The straight knock-out format used at the time made it the only game ever played by the Indonesians. Thus, Indonesia holds the World Cup record as the team with the fewest matches played (1) and one of the teams with the fewest goals scored (0). They were

pos: 2019 AFC Asian Cup as Malaysia had ended their campaign in disaster with just one point out of six matches; while Indonesia was barred from entering the qualification due to tension inside the PSSI. Kuwait was the only Arab country not to qualify for the Asian Cup, as they were also barred from completing the qualification due to FIFA's sanction. India remained as the only South Asian team to qualify for the tournament. On 13 November, 2018 Asian Football Confederation warned the Iranian government to stop meddling in the country's football association, otherwise it may face sanctions before Asian cup games start in January.

pos: Ismail Al-Ajmi In the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, he played in six matches and scored one goal in a 2-1 win over Indonesia. But Oman failed to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. He made four appearances in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification but failed to score a single goal. He again helped his team to qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup by finishing at the top of the Group A. Ismail has made seven appearances in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and fifteen in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored two goals in the 2010

pos: 2019 AFC Asian Cup 1976 as a distinct record not related to Yemen, who succeeded North Yemen. In addition to Yemen, the Philippines and Kyrgyzstan also marked this edition as their first times to qualify for an Asian Cup. Tajikistan, along with its fellow CAFA member nation Afghanistan, were the only two countries from their confederation who failed to qualify for the tournament. Iran qualified to the Asian Cup for the first time as a CAFA member, having qualified as part of the WAFF before. Malaysia and Indonesia were the only co-hosts of the 2007 edition that did not qualify for the Asian Cup,

pos: Fawzi Bashir one and the only goal of Oman in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in a 1-1 draw against Australia. In the tournament, Oman won two points in two points in a 1-1 draw against Australia and in a 0-0 draw against Iraq and hence failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. In the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, he scored one goal in a 2-1 win over Indonesia. Oman failed to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Fawzi has made thirteen appearances in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, six in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, seven in the

pos: Football in Indonesia into Indonesia Super League. Since 2017, the top league is named Liga 1. On the international stage, Indonesia experienced limited success despite being the first Asian team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. In 1938, they played as the Dutch East Indies. Losing 0–6 to Hungary in a then-direct knockout stage and has never qualified again since, Indonesia became the only country to play only one match in the World Cup. In 1956, the football team played in the Summer Olympics and earned a hard-fought 0–0 draw against then footballing superpower Soviet Union, led by the legendary Lev Yashin

pos: New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup eight teams from West Asia and Oceania. The eight teams of Zone B were divided into two groups of four, with each team playing the other twice. New Zealand were grouped with Australia, Indonesia, and Iraq and managed three draws and three losses, thus failing to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. After topping the group and winning the Zone B final, Australia defeated South Korea 1-0 to qualify for their first ever World Cup appearance. Group 2 (Zone B) Matches Qualification for the Asian and Oceanian zones consisted of 21 teams competing in two rounds. Round 1 saw

pos: 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification The 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification was held in late 2005 and the final qualification round was held from February to November 2006 with 25 nations participating. For the first time, the defending champions (Japan), did not earn an automatic berth in the finals and had to compete in the qualification tournament. Twelve teams from top two of each groups joined with four host nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) qualify for the final tournament. 16 national teams did not enter qualifying (The team's FIFA World Ranking was considered for November 2005): Thus, out of

neg: 2019 AFC Asian Cup FIFA World Cup qualification process for the AFC. Australia are the defending champions going into the tournament, having won the previous competition in 2015. The winner of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup will earn the right to participate in the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup which is to be hosted by a yet to be determined AFC association after 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts, Qatar, lost the rights. The 2021 Confederations Cup host country will have already qualified as hosts. If this country wins the Asian Cup, the runner-up will qualify. The bidding procedure and timeline for the 2019 AFC Asian

neg: Masami Ihara in a row (1991/92-1997) On January 27, 1988, when Ihara was a University of Tsukuba student, he debuted for Japan national team against United Arab Emirates. After debut, he became a regular player and he played at 1990 World Cup qualification and 1990 Asian Games. In 1992, Japan won Asian Cup first time. However, at 1994 World Cup qualification, Japan failed to won for qualify to 1994 World Cup. After that, Ihara became a captain for Japan and played at 1995 King Fahd Cup and 1996 Asian Cup. In 1997, at 1998 World Cup qualification, Japan won for qualify 1998

neg: Choi Kang-hee (footballer) FIFA World Cup. Nevertheless, his team showed the poor performance in 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification match on 18 June 2013, which South Korea suffered the 1–0 defeat against Iran and almost failed to directly qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals. Choi, a former player himself, firmly insisted that his reign would only last until the end of World Cup qualifying. "I asked that [the contract only runs until June 2013]. What we need to do is qualify for the World Cup finals for the eighth time in a row."My mission is to take the national team to

neg: Qatar at the AFC Asian Cup for Qatar in perpetration for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the country, while ironically, Qatar was the only nation to submit their bid for it. Qatar at the AFC Asian Cup Since the AFC Asian Cup was founded in 1956, Qatar national football team has participated for nine Asian Cups, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011 and 2015. However, in all these participation, so far, Qatar only managed to qualify to the quarter-finals twice, in 2000 and 2011. This has remained as Qatar's best achievement to date, comparing to several Gulf rivals like the UAE, Saudi Arabia,

neg: Kazakhstan national football team Kazakhstan national football team The Kazakhstan national football team () represents Kazakhstan in international men's association football and is directed by Football Federation of Kazakhstan. They split from the Soviet Union national football team after independence in 1991 and joined the Asian Football Confederation's Central Asian Football Federation. After failing to qualify for the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup they joined UEFA, but are yet to qualify for a FIFA World Cup or a UEFA European Championship. The country of Kazakhstan declared independence from the Soviet Union on December 16, 1991. Its national team then split from the Soviet

neg: 2023 AFC Asian Cup stage as the first two rounds also act as the Asian qualification for the World Cup. Timor-Leste was barred from participating in the qualification tournament after being found to have fielded a total of twelve ineligible players in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches, among other competitions. However, as FIFA have not barred them from the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Timor-Leste are still allowed to enter the competition, but they are ineligible to qualify for the Asian Cup. 2023 AFC Asian Cup The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial

neg: Lebanon at the AFC Asian Cup football coverage, poor infrastructures and numerous conflicts in the country have also undermined Lebanon's football ability, and prior to 2019 AFC Asian Cup, they and Yemen were the only two Arab countries that didn't qualify to the Asian Cup via. qualification round. However, Lebanon's incredible 2014 World Cup campaign has signaled the renaissance of Lebanese football, and would pave way for Lebanon to go into the Asian Cup in five years later. Their second debut will come after 19 years absence from their maiden appearance. Lebanon at the AFC Asian Cup Lebanon national football team has only participated in one

neg: Qatar national football team Qatar national football team The Qatar national football team () is the national team of Qatar and is overseen by the Qatar Football Association. The team has appeared in nine Asian Cup tournaments and Qatar also hosted the 2011 Asian Cup. They play their home games at Khalifa International Stadium and Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. The latter is the home stadium for the team. Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup and therefore qualify automatically for what will be their first appearance in the finals. This will be the first time the host nation has never previously competed at

neg: Pakistan national football team first attempt to qualify for the World Cup in 1989. However, they were unable to win any of their matches. The national team bounced back, when several months later they took Gold at the South Asian Games, beating Bangladesh 1–0 in the final. Pakistan had another early exit in the Asian Games, losing all three games in 1990. In the 1991 South Asian Games, Pakistan beat the Maldives in the final 2–0 to win their second Gold. The next year they failed to qualify for another Asian Cup after defeats in both qualifiers, after a World Cup qualifying campaign in

neg: Kazuyoshi Miura debut, he played as a forward until 1997. In 1992, he played at the 1992 Asian Cup, which Japan went on to win. In 1993, in the 1994 World Cup qualification, he played thirteen games and scored thirteen goals. However, Japan failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. He also played at the 1994 Asian Games, the 1995 King Fahd Cup and the 1996 Asian Cup. In 1997, Miura scored fourteen times for Japan during qualification for the 1998 World Cup, leading the "Samurai Blue" to their first ever World Cup finals. Despite this, Miura was controversially left out

neg: 1954 FIFA World Cup hosts (Switzerland) and the defending champions (Uruguay) qualified automatically. Of the remaining 14 places, 11 were allocated to Europe (including Egypt, Turkey, and Israel), two to the Americas, and one to Asia. Scotland, Turkey, and South Korea made their World Cup debuts at this tournament (Turkey and Scotland had qualified for the 1950 competition but both withdrew). South Korea became the first independent Asian country to qualify for the World Cup. Austria appeared for the first time since 1934. Turkey would not participate at a finals again until the 2002 competition, while South Korea's next appearance would be in 1986.

neg: Andranik Teymourian country in the 2006 World Cup. He played in the 2007 and 2011 Asian Cups, as well as the WAFF Championships. The midfielder cemented his spot as a starter next to Javad Nekounam, leading Iran to qualify for the 2014 World Cup. On 18 May 2014, Teymourian captained Iran in the match against Belarus, making him the first Christian to captain the Iranian national team. On 1 June 2014, he was called into Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Carlos Queiroz. He played the full 90 minutes in all three group stage matches, becoming the most capped Iran player

neg: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots; Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not attempt to qualify. This was the first time Timor-Leste competed in World Cup qualification and the first time Australia attempted to qualify for the World Cup as a member of the AFC, having moved from the Oceania Football Confederation at the start of 2006. Asia's four automatic qualifying berths were taken by Australia, Japan and both

neg: South Korea women's national football team qualify for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The "Taegeuk Ladies" won bronze at the 2010 Asian Games and at the 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship, but once again failed to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. South Korea finished in fourth place at the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup and qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they made it out of the group stage for the first time. They were drawn in Group E with Brazil, Spain and Costa Rica. South Korea lost 2–0 to Brazil on 9 June 2015, but a 2–2 draw

neg: Jordan national football team matches in the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers, El-Gohary retired as a football coach, the Portuguese Nelo Vingada took over as head coach of Jordan but was not able to help Jordan qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup. Another opportunity to show Vingada's worthiness as head coach came in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. But after failing to help Jordan qualify for the 2010 World Cup, Vingada was able to help Jordan win second place in the 2008 West Asian Football Federation Championship. Next up were the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches starting from January 2009. After getting

neg: Jeon Ga-eul Cup final and was named the tournament's MVP. She was also part of the team that won bronze at the 2010 Asian Games and finished third at the 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship. However, South Korea finished third in group B at the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup and failed to qualify for the World Cup. At the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, she scored three goals in 5 appearances as South Korea qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 2003. She won another bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games, where she scored six goals. In

neg: Philippines women's national football team in Philippines. Before participating in the Jordan to compete in the Asian Cup the national team will hold their last camp in Japan from 20 to 27 March 2018. Since October 2015, the home stadium of the national team is the Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna. The Philippines has never qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup. It didn't attempt to qualify for the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 with its non participation at the 1991 AFC Women's Championship which also served as the Asian qualifiers of the World Cup. The national team first attempted to qualify

neg: African nations at the FIFA World Cup before playing any matches. No African countries applied to compete at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Egypt was the only African country to apply to compete at the 1954 World Cup. They were placed in a two-team group with Italy, but lost 1–2 in Cairo and 1–5 in Milan, and thus did not qualify for the World Cup. Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan all applied to enter the qualification process for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but Ethiopia's entry was rejected by FIFA. Egypt and Sudan competed in an Africa/Asia zone with ten Asian countries for one spot at the World

neg: Lebanon national football team key in qualifying Lebanon to the Asian Cup, as he scored 5 goals in 6 games. During these qualifications Lebanon fielded various players of Lebanese origins born and raised in foreign countries, such as Hilal El-Helwe, Joan Oumari and Omar Bugiel from Germany, Soony Saad from the United States, Samir Ayass from Bulgaria and Adnan Haidar from Norway. Although Radulovic failed to qualify the national team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he successfully helped Lebanon qualify for their first ever AFC Asian Cup in 2019, becoming the first Montenegrin manager to help a team qualify for a major tournament.

neg: Bert van Marwijk game, winning 7–0 against East Timor at the 2018 Asian World Cup qualifiers. On 24 March 2016, he clinched qualification to the third (final) round by winning 2–0 against Malaysia. After criticism from local media for not staying in the country and watching league games, van Marwijk helped Saudi Arabia to directly qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in their last game against Japan. Saudi Arabia qualified for their fifth FIFA World Cup and first since Germany 2006. But days after their last qualifying match, van Marwijk left the Saudi Arabia post having been unable to agree on a

neg: Badar Al-Maimani to qualify for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He scored one and the only goal of Oman in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in a 1-1 draw against Australia. In the tournament, Oman won two points in two points in a 1-1 draw against Australia and in a 0-0 draw against Iraq and hence failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. In the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, he played in two matches but failed to score a single goal. Oman failed to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Badar has made five appearances in the 2014 FIFA World Cup

neg: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification African team to qualify to the World Cup was the winner of the 1995 CAF Women's Championship, Nigeria. Nigeria won the tournament by defeating South Africa 11–2 on aggregate in a two-leg final. Final Round "Nigeria qualified for the World Cup." "(4 teams competing for 2 berths)" The two Asian teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists of the women's football tournament at the 1994 Asian Games. The tournament took place in Hiroshima, Japan from 3–12 October and consisted of 4 teams. "China and Japan qualified for the World Cup" "(30 teams competing for 4 berths,

neg: Ali Al-Busaidi in a 3-1 win over Singapore, helping his side top the Group A and hence qualify for the 2015 Asian Cup. He made his AFC Asian Cup debut on 10 January 2015 in a narrow 1-0 loss against Asian giants, South Korea. He helped Oman qualify for the Semi-finals of the 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations and participated in Oman's historic 5-0 win over ten-time Gulf Cup of Nations winners, Kuwait, assisting the first and the last goal of the game, both scored by Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali. He made 5 appearances in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, which include a

neg: El Salvador national football team Cup. Source: El Salvador were the first Central American team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, in 1970, and the first Central American team to qualify twice which they achieved with entry into the 1982 World Cup. They were the first Central American team to ever score a goal in a FIFA World Cup on June 15, 1982. They were the first Central American country to qualify their football team to the Olympic Games (Mexico 1968). They were the first Central American team to sign up for a World Cup qualifier (France 1938). They were the first Central American

neg: History of the Lebanon national football team event). On 14 November 2017, Lebanon defeated Hong Kong 1−0, to continue its journey through the third round of the qualifiers undefeated, only days after winning a friendly match against Singapore by the same result. Hassan Maatouk, who took over captainship from Roda Antar in 2016, was key in qualifying Lebanon to the Asian Cup, as he scored 5 goals in 6 games during the qualifications. Although Lebanon failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup under Radulovic, he successfully helped Lebanon to qualify for the first ever AFC Asian Cup in 2019 becoming the first Montenegrin manager to

neg: Alberto Zaccheroni first match he took charge, Japan had a historic 1–0 win over Argentina. His first major competition with Japan was the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, hosted in Qatar. He led the team to their record fourth Asian Cup title, winning 1–0 in the final against Australia. He led Japan to become the first nation to qualify for the World Cup finals in Brazil after their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying football match against Australia in Saitama on 4 June 2013. Japan opened their campaign at the World Cup with a 2–1 defeat to Ivory Coast, where they led the match

neg: Hiroshi Nanami and during the early part of this century. On August 6, 1995, Nanami debuted and scored a goal for Japan against Costa Rica. From 1996, he became a central player and wore the number 10 shirt. In 1996, he played all matches for Japan included 1996 Asian Cup. At 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. In 1998, he played all matches included World Cup. He also played at 1999 Copa América and 2000 Asian Cup. At 2000 Asian Cup, he played full time in all matches and scored

neg: India national football team matches, India reached their lowest FIFA ranking position of 173. A couple months prior, Stephen Constantine was re-hired as the head coach after first leading India more than a decade before. Constantine's first major assignment back as the India head coach were the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. After making it through the first round of qualifiers, India crashed out during the second round, losing seven of their eight matches and thus, once again, failed to qualify for the World Cup. Despite failure to qualify for the World Cup, India managed to reach the third round of 2019 AFC Asian

neg: History of the India national football team coach after first leading India more than a decade before. Constantine's first major assignment back as the India head coach were the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. After making it through the first round of qualifiers, India crashed out during the second round, losing seven of their eight matches and thus, once again, failed to qualify for the World Cup. Despite failure to qualify for the World Cup, India managed to reach the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers after defeating Laos in the play-off round on aggregate 7–1. On 11 October 2017, India secured qualification for the

neg: Rugby union in China 3 will be possible, making it an important year for China's men's XV team. Participation in Division 2 would enable the team to attempt qualification for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. China plays in what was intended to be an annual Kublai Khan Cup against Mongolia. In the inaugural match in May 2015, China won 46-19. No further contests for the Cup have been recorded. In its attempt to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, China participated in the 2015 Rugby World Cup – Asia qualification, as part of the 2012 Asian Five Nations Division 2. It lost its

neg: History of the Sri Lankan cricket team by 5 wickets in D/L method. Again, Sri Lanka's top order collapsed where middle order rebuilt the innings up to respectable total of 232. Sri Lanka failed to qualify for the final of the Asia Cup for the first time. It is also the eighth time in Asia and the second time in multi-team tournaments in the subcontinent that Sri Lanka have failed to win a single match. Finally, Sri Lanka hosted a World T20 after being the runner-up in 2011 Cricket World Cup. This is the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 tournament held in an Asian country, the last three

neg: 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids Bin Hammam threw his weight behind his country's campaign. Speaking in Singapore, Bin Hammam said: "I have one vote and, frankly speaking, I will vote for Qatar but if Qatar is not in the running I will vote for another Asian country." Qatar has already hosted the AFC Asian Cup in 1988, FIFA U-20 World Cup 1995 and the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. South Korea bid only for the 2022 World Cup. They were bidding to become the first Asian country to host the World Cup twice; however, the fact that they were co-hosts so recently in 2002 was expected

neg: 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification will qualify for the World Cup. Starting in 2019, no wild card qualification will be held, and the Olympic champions will not directly qualify to the World Cup. The draw for the qualifiers was held on 7 May 2017 in Guangzhou, China. All 16 teams which qualify for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup played in the Asian qualification round of the 2019 FIBA World Cup, which included teams from FIBA Oceania. The 24 national teams that qualified for EuroBasket 2017 had also qualified for Division A of FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifying. The last eight teams qualified through the FIBA

neg: Sport in Lebanon Federation Championship, progressed to the first round of qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup by eliminating India, 6-3 on aggregate, but failed to qualify. In 2011, coached by the German Theo Bücker, Lebanon beat UAE 3-1, tied with Kuwait in Beirut, but overwhelmmed them 1-0 in Kuwait City. The team then beat South Korea in Beirut, moving Lebanon within "one point of advancing in the World Cup qualifying process", and later they got through to the last round, but later failed to qualify. In the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifying phrase, Lebanon almost shocked the Asian football by

neg: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round The second round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification) was played from 24 May 2015 to 29 March 2016. A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list and six first round winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals. The

neg: Reliability of Wikipedia field of football and support for the hosting of the Fifa World Cup on the African continent," after the name on his Wikipedia entry was vandalized. In October 2012 the Asian Football Confederation official website published an article about the United Arab Emirates national football team's bid to qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, in which the team's nickname was stated to be the "Sand Monkeys". This was the indirect result of vandalism of the Wikipedia article on the team, and the AFC was forced to apologise for what was perceived as a racist slur. In December 2012, an

neg: Japan at the AFC Asian Cup firing by a 3–2 thrilling victory over China, before defeating Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final. With the win, Japan claimed their first Asian title, marked the begin of a new Asian football power that would have a huge consequence for the next years. Ironically, in spite of the victory, Japan failed to qualify for 1994 World Cup, despite being Asian champion, and Hans Ooft, the manager who helped Japan won maiden Asian Cup, was fired later after the failure. Having won the previous edition, Japan was expected to become a contender for the Asian title twice. That's said, however,

neg: Jordan at the AFC Asian Cup Jordan at the AFC Asian Cup Jordan national football team has been historically considered weaker than other Arab teams prior to the beginning of new millennium. Jordan often struggled to win a ticket and qualify for the Asian Cup, mainly, due to historical turbulence inside the state. However, once Jordan polished themselves in order to join the new world, Jordanian football also witnessed significant positive changes. Jordan qualified for their first Asian Cup in 2004, before did it again in 2011 and 2015. In the first two editions, Jordan stunned all predictions by drew and defeated so many Asian powerhouses

neg: Hashim Saleh qualify for the quarter-finals. In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification, he scored one goal in a 3-0 win over Jordan and again helped his team to qualify for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Badar Al-Maimani scored one and the only goal of Oman in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in a 1-1 draw against Australia. In the tournament, Oman won two points in a 1-1 draw against Australia and in a 1-1 draw against Iraq and hence failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. Hashim has made four appearances in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, four in the 2006

neg: India national football team Cup an important tournament compared to the Olympics. After withdrawing from the 1950 FIFA World Cup, India didn't enter the qualifying rounds of the tournament between 1954 and 1982. Since the 1986 qualifiers, with the exception of the 1990 edition of the tournament, the team started to participate in qualifiers but have yet to qualify for the tournament again. India has qualified for the AFC Asian Cup three times. The team played their first Asian Cup in 1964. The team managed to qualify following other nations refusal to play against India due to political reasons. India managed to finish the

neg: Lebanon national football team third-place in the tournament. Lebanon's first Asian Cup qualifying campaign came in 1971; they would be coached by Joseph Abou Murad. In the first round, they lost to the host Kuwait 0–1, but later defeated their traditional rival Syria 3–2 qualifying to the next round. In a decisive semi-final match against Iraq, Lebanon lost 1–4, failing to qualify for its first AFC Asian Cup. Despite the Lebanese Civil War, Lebanon appeared in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, held in Abu Dhabi; however, by losing against Syria, Lebanon was out of the competition. Lebanon's first official World Cup campaign after

neg: Hiroaki Morishima debuted for Japan national team against Scotland. In 1996, played at 1996 Asian Cup. At 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. At 1998 World Cup, he got 11 minutes as a substitute against Croatia. In 2000, Morishima played at 2000 Asian Cup. he played 5 matches and Japan won the champions. In 2001, he played at 2001 Confederations Cup. He played in all 5 matches and Japan won the 2nd place. At the 2002 World Cup he got three games as a substitute, scoring after two minutes in

neg: Philippines at the AFC Asian Cup they managed to qualify for the first time in 2019. During 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification second round, which also served as World Cup qualification, the Philippines failed to progress into the next round of the World Cup qualification after losing to Uzbekistan and worse records than North Korea, but in the third round, they successfully topped the group with three wins and three draws, to book ticket to the UAE. The rising level of football success in the Philippines has given hopes for Filipinos when the Azkals will make their debut in 2019. Philippines at the AFC Asian Cup

neg: Bangladesh national football team failing to qualify for either the 1988 AFC Asian Cup or the 1990 FIFA World Cup, posting just one win in the eleven games they played over both tournaments (a 3–1 defeat of Thailand in World Cup qualifying). From 1989 to 1991, the team played 8 matches, gaining 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats, before failing once again to qualify for the Asian Cup, this time thanks to a 6–0 drubbing by South Korea. Two years later, the qualifying tournament for the 1994 FIFA World Cup involved 8 matches – Bangladesh's longest ever campaign, but no more successful –

neg: 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification The 2010 AFC Women's Championship qualification saw twelve nations attempt to qualify for the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup football competition. The three winners of the second round groups joined five automatic qualifiers in the finals tournament held in China in May 2010. This tournament also served as the first stage of qualification for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup for the Asian zone. The six lowest ranked teams played the first round. Myanmar, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Iran, Vietnam and Hong Kong had a bye to the second round. Bangladesh withdrew before the start

neg: 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification saw 16 nations attempt to qualify for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup football competition. The four winners from all groups joined the four automatic qualifiers in the final tournament. This tournament also served as the first stage of qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup for the Asian zone. Participants from the qualification round were as follows (numbers denote the seeding order): Total sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four, and each group played a single round-robin tournament. The winners of each group

neg: Philippines national football team at home in Manila but losing the away match at Bangkok. Thomas Dooley became the head coach of the national team. In October 2015 their 2–0 victory Yemen in Doha, Qatar in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers was their first-ever World Cup qualifier away from home, a victory over Yemen in Doha, Qatar. They campaign to qualify for the FIFA World Cup ended in the second round though they advance to the third round of the Asian Cup qualifiers. In late 2016 the Philippines jointly hosted the group stage of the 2016 AFF Championship

neg: Vahid Hashemian for Team Melli but after four years finally decided to come and help his country to qualify for the World Cup. Hashemian has been a key player for Iran national team in recent years and has scored vital goals for "Team Melli", such as netting an important goal in a World Cup qualification game against Qatar in October 2004, as well as scoring two magnificent goals in a win over Japan in Tehran in March 2005. He played all three of Iran's games in the 2006 World Cup. He started in the line-up in all the games at 2007 Asian

neg: History of Indian football when they hosted it in Goa. India also got a major boost when the All India Football Federation created the National Football League in 1996. This was India's first ever national domestic league. Although India failed to qualify for the 2004 Asian Cup, the senior team gained the silver medal in the inaugural Afro Asian Games, with victories over Rwanda and Zimbabwe (then 85 places ahead of India in the world rankings), losing the final 1–0 to Uzbekistan. As a result, Indian football has steadily earned greater recognition and respect, both within the country and abroad. In November 2003 then-India

neg: South Korea national football team qualify in 1976 but reached second place again in 1980. In 1986, South Korea was able to qualify for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, held in Mexico, for the first time since 1954. They, however, failed to win a game despite the presence of Cha Bum-kun, at the time one of the best Asian players, losing 3–1 to Argentina, drawing 1–1 with Bulgaria, and losing 3–2 to Italy. Their next major tournament was the 1988 AFC Asian Cup, in which they won all their games in the group stage and defeated China 2–1 in the semi-finals but lost on penalties

neg: Josip Skoko in two World Cup qualifying campaigns. He also represented his country at the Olympics in 2000. In November 2005, Skoko came on as a substitute in Australia's playoff victory over Uruguay to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also captained a weakened Australian side against Bahrain in an Asian Cup qualifier in 2006. On 25 May 2006, Skoko scored a cracking volley from 25m for Australia in a 1-0 friendly victory over Greece in front of 95,103 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which he regards as "the most legendary moment of all time". He was selected in

neg: Philippines at the AFC Women's Asian Cup was known as the AFC Women's Championship prior to the 2006 edition. The national team was part of Group A. They had to finished among the top two teams in their group to advance to the semifinals and qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France and if they finished third they had to face the third-placing team from the other group for fifth place and the fifth and last berth to qualify for the World Cup. They won 2-1 against hosts Jordan in their first group stage match though they lost their next matches against China and

neg: Khalifa Ayil Al-Noufali 2004 AFC Asian Cup, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification and the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification. He scored a goal in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification in a 1-2 loss against Australia. Oman failed to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Khalifa has made five appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification and five in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. He scored a brace in the Second Round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification in a 7-0 win over Singapore. Khalifa is naturally a centre-back, although he is a versatile player and can play as

neg: Philippines women's national softball team Association of the Philippines.The team made a failed attempt to qualify for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing though made some progress. At the 2017 Asian Women’s Softball Championship, the Philippines finished second to Japan, the best finish of the country in 45 years. In doing so, they qualified for the Women's Softball World Championship and Asian Games in 2018. National squad for the 2014 World Cup of Softball, July 7–13, 2014. Head Coach:Randy Dizer Philippines women's national softball team The Philippines Women's National Softball Team, nicknamed the "Blu Girls", is the national

neg: Golden generation Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, gold medal in FIBA Diamond Ball 2008, bronze medal in Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and gold medal in 2011 FIBA Americas Championship played in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. Resulting in Argentina reached the first position in the FIBA Men's Ranking at the end of the 2008 Olympic Games. This Australian team waited 32 years to qualify for a FIFA World Cup tournament. This group of players formed the backbone of Australia's 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2007 AFC Asian Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, and 2011 AFC Asian Cup squads

neg: Iran national football team to be replaced by his assistant Branko Ivanković, who stepped up from assistant coach. After qualifying to the Asian Cup 2004, Iran was drawn with Thailand, Oman, and Japan in the tournament. Iran finished second in this group. In quarter-final clash against South Korea, Iran won 4–3 in normal time. In the semi-final, Iran lost to the host, China on penalty kicks. Iran won against Bahrain 4–2 to finish third place in the tournament. On 8 June 2005, Iran together with Japan became the first country to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, making it Iran's 3rd appearance on the

neg: Iraq national football team Iraq played their first ever FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. They finished second in their group, a point behind Australia, therefore failing to qualify for the next round. In the remaining years of the 1970s, Iraq reached the second round of the Asian Games (1974), lost the Palestine Cup of Nations final (1975), lost the Arabian Gulf Cup final (1976), finished fourth at the AFC Asian Cup (1976), lost two consecutive Merdeka Tournament finals (1977 and 1978), finished fourth in the Asian Games (1978) and finally hosted and won the Arabian Gulf Cup (1979). The 1976 Asian Cup would be

neg: 1995 Rugby World Cup – European qualification 1." Yugoslavia was banned from qualification process due to the political situation in the country at the time. "Spain and Portugal qualify for Round 2." "Netherlands and Czech Republic qualify for Round 2." "Russia qualify for Round 2." "Germany qualify for Round 2." "Wales qualify for Round 3." "Italy qualify for Round 3." "Romania qualify for Round 3." "Wales, Italy and Romania qualify for RWC 1995 as Europe 1, Europe 2 and Europe 3, respectively." ---- 1995 Rugby World Cup – European qualification For the 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifiers, the European Federation was allocated three places in the final

neg: Sabeena Saleem woman to qualify for the tourney after she scored at an average of 169.36, just higher than the 165 cut-off average for the Games. She was also the only Indian women to represent the country at the AMF World Cup 2002 in Honduras where 90 countries participated. Out of the 90 participants, she was ranked 61st in the World Cup. Sabeena has also won the National Championships in 2006 and is the current Nation Champion in India. In late 2006, Sabeena and her daughter Sana made history of sorts after being selected for the Indian bowling team for the Asian

neg: History of the South Korea national football team 1968. They recovered in 1972 and took second place. They once again failed to qualify in 1976 but reached second place again in 1980. In 1986, South Korea was able to qualify for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, held in Mexico, for the first time since 1954. They, however, failed to win a game despite the presence of Cha Bum-kun, at the time one of the best Asian players, losing 3–1 to Argentina, drawing 1–1 with Bulgaria, and losing 3–2 to Italy. Their next major tournament was the 1988 AFC Asian Cup, in which they won all their games in

neg: 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup final match of the tournament. A third-place match was played between the two losing semi-finalist teams. The defending champions, Brazil, who won the previous three Confederation Cups (2005, 2009, 2013), failed to qualify for the first time since 1995 following their loss on penalties to Paraguay in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Copa América. 2015 AFC Asian Cup winners Australia became the first team to qualify from multiple confederations, having previously represented the OFC in 1997, 2001 and 2005. This was the first Confederations Cup to feature the video assistant referee (VAR). World champions Germany won their first title following

neg: Philippines national football team all-time record made its first participation in a FIFA World Cup qualifiers for the 1998 edition. At the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Yanti Barsales made the first goal for the Philippines at a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Syria. The national team did not enter the qualifiers for the next succeeding editions until the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, about 10 years later. The national team secured their first victory in a World Cup qualifier against Sri Lanka, 4–0. The senior national team never managed to qualify for the Olympics. The Philippines qualified once for the Asian Cup, in 2019. For

neg: Iran national football team the country. Iran was in the same FIFA World Cup qualifying group as Kuwait, Syria and United Arab Emirates in the third round. They played home and away against each of the other three teams in group 5. In the middle of the fourth round, Ali Daei was let go from his position as the Iranian national coach on 29 March 2009. He was replaced by Afshin Ghotbi. Iran failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after ranking 4th overall in its group. Iran renewed the contract with Afshin Ghotbi until the end of 2011 AFC Asian Cup and

neg: Miodrag Radulović Lebanon in 2015, following the departure of Italian manager Giuseppe Giannini. Under his management, Lebanon failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, however he successfully helped Lebanon to qualify for the first ever AFC Asian Cup in 2019. Thus, he registered as the first Montenegrin to help a team to qualify for a big tournament. He is married and has two sons. He speaks English, Russian and Greek as well as his native Serbian. Lecturer in Football Association of Montenegro - UEFA School for Coaches. Miodrag Radulović Miodrag Radulović (Cyrillic: Миодраг Радуловић, born 23 October 1967) is a

neg: Mehdi Mahdavikia list from which the team of the tournament was chosen. In 2003, he was awarded Asian Player of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation. He was also the top assister in the 2004 Asian Cup, exhibiting stunning form to steer Iran's attack to superb attacking football. He played in four Asian Cups (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) and two World Cups (1998, 2006). Mahdavikia was one of the influential players that played in Iran's crucial 1–0 victory over Bahrain to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany. Following the FIFA World Cup in Germany, 2006, Mahdavikia was

neg: Guam national rugby union team Guam national rugby union team The Guam national rugby union team represents the United States territory of Guam in international rugby union. They have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup, though they have attempted to qualify for the World Cup. Guam attempted to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, taking part in Division 3 Pool B of Round 1a of the Asian qualifying tournament. They competed against three other nations in the pool; Kazakhstan, India and Malaysia. In their first match of the pool competition, Guam played India in Guam and drew 8-all

neg: Lebanon women's national football team tournament. Lebanon women's team was created in 2005 as the earliest women's teams in West Asia when most of Western Asia did not have a women's team. Along with Jordan, Iran, Palestine and Syria, they are the earliest women's teams in West Asia. Even so, they had to wait to their first international campaign: the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification to qualify for their first competition, the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup which they failed. Lebanon first campaign in a n international competition was to qualify for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup when Lebanon was drawn with Jordan,

neg: United Arab Emirates national football team Group B, thus failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Despite this, one of United Arab Emirates players Ahmed Khalil manage to be the top scorer in the qualification along with two other players. In 2015, It was announced that the United Arab Emirates will host the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, this marks the 2nd time United Arab Emirates hosts an AFC Asian Cup, first was in 1996 AFC Asian Cup were UAE finished in second place after losing Saudi Arabia on penalties. UAE's main rivals are its nieghbours Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran,

neg: Japan national football team after extra time, their fourth Asian Cup triumph and allowing them to qualify for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Japan then started their road to 2014 World Cup in Brazil with numerous qualifiers. Throughout, they suffered only two losses to Uzbekistan and Jordan, and drawing against Australia. Afterwards, on 12 October, Japan earned a historic 1–0 victory over France, a team they had never before defeated. After a 1–1 draw with Australia they qualified for the 2014 World Cup, becoming the first nation (outside of Brazil, who hosted the tournament and qualified automatically) to qualify. Japan started their 2013 Confederations

neg: Yutaka Akita times and Emperor's Cup 2 times at Kashima Antlers. He was elected Best Eleven 4 times. On October 24, 1995, Akita debuted for Japan national team against Saudi Arabia. He played at 1996 Asian Cup. He became a regular from the middle of 1997 and at 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. He played at 1998 World Cup and 1999 Copa América. He played full time in all matches at both competitions. In 2002, he was elected Japan for the first time in 3 years. He was also

neg: Ken Naganuma Shunichiro Okano at 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. At 1968 Summer Olympics, Japan won Bronze Medal. This is the first time an Asian team won a medal at Olympics. He also managed at 1966 Asian Games. In 1969, he resigned after 1970 World Cup qualification and Okano was promoted to new manager. At 1972 Summer Olympics qualification, following Japan's failure to qualify for 1972 Summer Olympics, Okano resined and Naganuma became a manager again in 1972. He managed 1974 World Cup qualification and 1974 Asian Games. At 1976 Summer Olympics qualification in April

neg: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round find the best of the teams that lost, who would also advance to the Second Round. The losers were compared, using the following criteria to break ties: a) number of points; b) goal difference; c) goals scored. Thus, Laos advanced to the Second Round. 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off was the first round of the Asian Football Confederation qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 14 teams with the lowest FIFA rankings played home-and-away knockout matches to qualify for the second stage. <div id="Turkmenistan v Afghanistan"> <div

neg: Brunei national football team was dropped, and since then, the FA has been known as the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam. Brunei's experience of international football has been more or less restricted to regional Asian competitions, such as the Southeast Asian Games and the Tiger Cup. So far, Brunei has entered the World Cup qualifiers only three times, in 1986, 2002 and 2018. On these occasions, they did not qualify for the competition. They have made five appearances in the Asian Cup qualifiers, but they have never passed the first qualification round. Their best achievement was perhaps being Champion of the Malaysia Cup in

neg: History of the South Korea national football team against West Germany was never played because neither were seeded in their group, as per that tournament's rules). It would take thirty-two years before South Korea was able to participate in the World Cup finals again. South Korea would later participate in the first Asian Cup in 1956. They drew with Hong Kong but defeated Israel and South Vietnam to take first place. They hosted and won the second Asian Cup in 1960, winning all of their games. However, they failed to repeat this success and lost all their games in the 1964 Asian Cup and failed to qualify in

neg: Asian Chess Championship Asian Chess Championship The Asian Chess Championship is a chess tournament open to all players from Asian chess federations (FIDE zones from 3.1 to 3.7). It's held with the Swiss system and consists in two divisions, Open and Women's, the latter of which is reserved to female players. Both sections determine the Asian champions and qualify a certain number of players for the FIDE World Cup and knockout Women's World Chess Championship respectively. The 2007 championship was a FIDE Zone 3 qualification event for the 2007 Chess World Cup, the next stage in the 2010 World Chess Championship. Ten players

neg: 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final J1 League. It was played at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama on 18 December 2016. Real Madrid won the match 4–2 after extra time to claim their 2nd title. Kashima Antlers became the first Asian club to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final. It was also the first time that an Asian club won against a South American side in the history of the competition, and the third time that South American champions failed to qualify for the final, after the 2010 and 2013 editions. For Real Madrid, the match was their second final, after having won the

neg: Saadullah Khan U-20 World Cup qualify round Qatar & Iran. 2011: U-20 World Cup qualify round Iran. 2012: AFC president cup 1st round Tajikistan. 2013: U-23 friendly games with Palestine. 2013: AFC president cup 1st round Philippine. 2014: national senior team friendly game in Lebanon. 2014: national senior game with Palestine. 2014: AFC president cup Sri Lanka. 2014: FIFA friendly match against Afghanistan. 2014: Asian games in Korea. 2015: FIFA friendly games in Malaysia. 2015: FIFA friendly games in Thailand. 2015: World Cup qualify round in Qatar. 2015: World Cup qualify round in Bahrain. 2015: AFC qualifiers in UAE. Saad Ullah scored

neg: Hassan Rabia competition with a total of four goals. he helped his team to win their first ever Gulf Cup of Nations trophy. He scored one goal in the 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations in a 4-0 win over Iraq. Hassan has made an appearance in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification. In his only match, he scored a goal in a 1-0 win over Kuwait. Oman failed to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Hassan has made one appearance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and five appearances in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. Hassan Rabia Hassan Rabia

neg: Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup the group was played in Rio de Janeiro against France, but nobody scored any goal. These results were not enough to make the country qualify to the next phase of the tournament. Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup The Ecuadorian national football team has appeared at three FIFA World Cups, the world's premier football tournament for national football teams. Ecuador's first participation in the World Cup was in 2002. Their best performance was in 2006, where they were eliminated in the Round of 16. From 1930 to 1938, Ecuador did not enter to qualify in the FIFA World Cup. Ecuador

neg: Philippines men's national basketball team in Southeast Asia, the country will qualify easily for the continental championship, even if they failed to qualify via rankings from the previous tournament. The inaugural Asian Championship was held in Manila. With an Asian Championship, the Philippines qualified for the 1960 Olympics. In Rome, the Philippines did not qualify for the medal round, but did beat Spain in the preliminaries, ultimately finishing 11th out of 16 nations. The country was supposed to host the 1963 World Championship, but President Diosdado Macapagal refused to allow players from Yugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the country. This caused the Philippines,

neg: South Korea national football team per that tournament's rules). It would take thirty-two years before South Korea was able to participate in the World Cup finals again. South Korea would later participate in the first Asian Cup in 1956. They drew with Hong Kong but defeated Israel and South Vietnam to take first place. They hosted and won the second Asian Cup in 1960, winning all of their games. However, they failed to repeat this success and lost all their games in the 1964 Asian Cup and failed to qualify in 1968. They recovered in 1972 and took second place. They once again failed to

neg: Ali Parvin and he scored in the group game against Poland. He retired from international football after Iran's exit from the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, accumulating 76 caps and 8 goals. In late 1989 Parvin became the Iranian national team manager. He had already gained experience managing Tehran powerhouse, Persepolis FC. At first his popularity grew even more as the team won the 1990 Asian Games football gold medal, but early elimination from the 1992 Asian Cup and failure to qualify for World Cup 1994 cost him his job. He was fired in 1993 and replaced by Stanko Poklepovic. He later

neg: Motohiro Yamaguchi time in all matches at 1996 Asian Cup. At 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, he played all matches and Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. At 1998 World Cup, he played full time in all 3 matches. This World Cup was his last game for Japan. He played 58 games and scored 4 goals for Japan until 1998. After retirement, Yamaguchi became a manager for Yokohama FC as Yasuyuki Kishino successor in 2012. He managed the club until 2014 Motohiro Yamaguchi Yamaguchi was born in Takasaki on January 29, 1969. After graduating from

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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC play-off was the first round of the Asian Football Confederation qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 14 teams with the lowest FIFA rankings played home-and-away knockout matches to qualify for the second stage.

 Turkmenistan won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

 Chinese Taipei won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

neg: Trinidad and Tobago at the 2006 FIFA World Cup a playoff with the fifth place Asian team Bahrain for a chance to enter the 2006 World Cup. After a 1–1 draw in Port of Spain, the team beat Bahrain 1–0, with a Dennis Lawrence header in Manama, to clinch their first ever qualification for the World Cup, becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for the World Cup finals. Silvio Spann was originally in the squad, but had to drop-out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the run-up to the tournament. He was replaced by Evans Wise. Head coach of Trinidad and Tobago's 2006 World Cup squad was Leo

neg: Karim Bagheri in 1996 AFC Asian Cup for "Team Melli" and finished third. He became famous for sparking Iran's comeback against Australia in the second leg of their 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier in 1997. He scored the first of two goals that took Iran from two goals down to tie the game 2–2 and eventually become the last team to qualify for the tournament. Overall, he scored 19 goals during the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, making him the top goalscorer from all six continental confederations. He played in 1998 Asian Games and won the competition. Bagheri also had one

neg: India women's national football team Das stated that the goal for women's football from 2014 to 2017 was to increase the ranking of the India senior team to the top 40s and the top 8 in Asia, start a professional women's league by 2015, and to qualify for both the U19 and U16 versions of the AFC championships. which is now far from reality as India is 60th by FIFA World Rankings and 13th among the Asian countries and yet to qualify for AFC Women's Asian Cup since 2003, FIFA Women's World Cup and Olympic Games. They participated in the qualifiers for the 2012 Olympics

neg: Younis Mahmoud which was rightly disallowed. He scored in his 3rd consecutive Asian Cup tournament with a goal against Iran in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Mahmoud scored 7 goals in qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup but Iraq finished bottom of their group in the final round and failed to qualify. At the start of 2013, Iraq participated in the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup and Iraq finished as runners-up; Mahmoud scored 2 goals in the tournament including Iraq's only goal in the final: a 2–1 defeat to the United Arab Emirates after extra-time. Mahmoud led Iraq to qualify for the

neg: Shoji Jo in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In October 1996, he played for Japan senior team for the first time in a year. He also played at 1996 Asian Cup in December. At 1998 World Cup qualification in 1997, Japan won the qualify for 1998 World Cup first time Japan's history. He played at 1998 World Cup and 1999 Copa América. He played all matches both competitions. He played 35 games and scored 7 goals for Japan until 2001. Shoji Jo He was born on the island of Hokkaido and began his footballing career with JEF United Ichihara in 1994. He quickly

neg: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) remaining automatic qualifying berths were taken by Saudi Arabia and China. Iran that defeating United Arab Emirates to become possible fifth Asian qualifier, fails after losing Republic of Ireland in the intercontinental play-off. There were three rounds of play: "Iran win 4-0 on aggregate and qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)" The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia. The Asian Football Confederation was allocated

neg: Nepal national under-19 cricket team 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2012). They qualified for the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup after an impressive second-place finish, behind only Scotland and ahead of hosts Ireland at the 10-team World Cup qualifying tournament. Nepal did not qualify for the tournament in 1998, 2010 & 2014. Whereas in the first U-19 world cup in 1988 Nepal was not the member of ACC. On Asian level Nepal U-19 team plays on ACC U-19 Elite Cup which is senior level of ACC Under-19 Cup and which is also the first level qualification tournament of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Out

neg: Peng Weiguo an integral member of the Chinese team and would play in the 1992 AFC Asian Cup where he aided China to a third-place finish as well as also scoring his first goal against Qatar during the tournament. In the 1994 Asian Games he would continue to aid China to this time a runners-up position, however when it came to the 1996 AFC Asian Cup he was unable to help China improve upon their previous results and China were knocked out during the quarter-finals. Unable to help China qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup Peng Weiguo would play his last

neg: 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification Basketball World Cup. Teams that did not manage to advance to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification First round and teams that did not participate in it, play in the first round of the pre-qualifiers. Teams from the Gulf Region will play in two different rounds, during the same second and third windows of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers. The top two (2) teams will qualify to the Main Qualifiers. The First Round was held from 23–26 February in Bahrain, held during the second window of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification First round. The Second