Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: With the next round of qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup almost upon us, join the-afc.com as we take a look at Asia’s previous World Cup participation.
Asia at the FIFA World Cup
In total, 12 different nations have represented Asia at the FIFA World Cup since the tournament began back in 1930 and since then the continent’s World Cup performances have seen a steady improvement when Asia’s representatives have gone head-to-head with the game’s finest exponents.
The involvement of the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup was auspicious mainly for its status as the continent’s first-ever appearance in the competition, with the South East Asians eliminated in the first round by Hungary.
It took almost another two decades before the continent was represented again, with Korea Republic progressing to the finals in Switzerland in 1954.
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