What do people think of when they talk about football? I want a refund! The quintessence of such a sentence really breaks the hearts of Chinese fans for the national football team, so is there anyone more anxious than Chinese fans? Of course there is. That's FIFA.
In order to allow the Chinese team to enter the World Cup, FIFA really is what way to think, but helpless national football is not up to it.
How they managed to get China into the World Cup.
The first move is to host the World Cup. This method can be said to be the easiest for China to enter the World Cup finals, in order to achieve this purpose, the secretary-general of FIFA not only repeatedly hinted that he hoped that a major eastern country would actively apply for the World Cup, but also said that as long as you apply, I will agree to let you do it.
But the Chinese Football Association did not agree, said that it wanted to break into the solid, after all, 02 went in once, but the International Football Association can not wait, after 4 years and 4 years, how many 4 years of life!
So FIFA proposed that China host the 2030 World Cup. But according to the rules, the 2030 World Cup should be hosted by a European country.
FIFA could not control that much anymore and went straight to the final interpretation, saying that the statute only forbids countries on the same continent from hosting successive World Cups. In other words, just hold it every other time.
Originally, everyone thought that the 2030 World Cup must be held in China, the result of the Chinese football Association refuted the rumor, there is no such thing. In letting people down, the national football team has really never let people down.
The second move, all the strong teams away, simply put, is to all the countries that are a threat to the Chinese team to their own group on the line.
It is also this method that allowed the national football team to enter the World Cup for the first time. In 2002, for the Chinese team at that time, the first class strong team in Asia was Japan, South Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
This year, Korea and Japan jointly hosted the World Cup, so Japan and Korea directly entered the finals, and the number of Asian seats was reduced to 2.5.
But this is still no way to ensure that the Chinese team can enter the World Cup, in case the group met Iran in China, a group of only one qualification places, the national football probability is still to finish. At this time, a person stood up, he was the then chairman of the Asian Football Confederation Competition Committee Zhang Jilong.
He did such a thing, that is, he persuaded the Asian Football Confederation to make some changes in the grouping rules of the World Cup qualifiers, counting points based on the results of the last three World Cups and the Asian Cup, and then the teams were divided into brackets, how to divide the brackets I will not say, the final result is that we and Iran are divided into two brackets, according to the rules of different groups in the same bracket. When this rule was determined, China was destined not to be in a group with Iran.
We've eliminated one, so what do we have left with Saudi Arabia? So Zhang Jilong through a draw, the last strong team Saudi Arabia is also perfectly divided into another group. In this way, in that World Cup qualifier, China perfectly evaded all the Asian first-class teams and successfully entered the World Cup.
Seeing here, you may think that China entered the World Cup, Zhang Jilong's contribution is indispensable, but we must know that no matter how strong a person is, without the acquiescence and partiality of the organization, who can really change the rules?
Speaking of which, let me tell you a little knowledge, that is, do you know what is the most reviled crime of FIFA in the international community?
It is too biased towards China and the US. Can't blame FIFA for favoritism, considering the population and economy of the two countries, their spending power exceeds that of any one country. For example, the 2022 Qatar World Cup, there is no Chinese team to participate, but the amount of Chinese corporate sponsorship is still more than the United States, is the first.
China has such a potential market, FIFA does not know how long to be greedy. Those so-called name-calling, FIFA can endure, the most intolerable is the name-list, but in the end, the national football team is not worthy, is not into the World Cup.
Third, increase the number of places. Those means above, if it is said to be behind the scenes, this third kind of FIFA's Yang Mo, you can not enter the Chinese team? I'm going to get you a lower grade by expanding the enrollment pool.
Next, let's see how FIFA reduced the points of the national football team. From the 1982 World Cup in Spain to the 1994 World Cup in the United States, the number of teams in the World Cup finals increased to 24, and the number of Asian seats increased by 2, which greatly increased the probability of the national football team qualifying.
However, in 1981, when the national Football team entered the final stage of the qualifiers, two rounds of home and away games achieved a total of 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses of the punishment, when the national football team thought that they could qualify, all went home on vacation.
New Zealand just happened to beat Saudi Arabia on the road by five goals. Later, the national football team lost 2-1 to New Zealand in the playoffs, which prevented the national football team from its first World Cup.
Then came the 1986 Mexico World Cup qualifying match, the national football team lost 2-1 to Hong Kong, China, and was eliminated directly.
In the 1990 World Cup qualifiers in Italy, China again lost to South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, and then lost 2-1 to Katar in the final, which was eventually decided, and missed the World Cup again.
By the 1998 World Cup in France, FIFA expanded the number of places again to 32, Asia increased to 3.5, this year the national football team ranked 37 in the world, Asia ranked 6, it is supposed to be hopeful, right? It didn't even make the top 10.
Then the 2002 World Cup, the national football team finally entered, why? I already told you how to go in. Then is the World Cup in recent years, the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Asia increased to 4.5 seats, at this time the national football team ranked 11th in Asia, FIFA looked, how can this be done? Therefore, the quota for the 2026 World Cup was increased again, and the quota for the Asian region was suddenly increased from 4.5 to 8.5.
We should know that South America has a total of only 4.5, he wants a fair, you don't bully honest people? But even so, according to the latest FIFA rankings, the national football team is still ranked 11th in Asia, considering the symmetrical relationship between the qualifiers, the probability of the national football team is still stuck on the threshold of the World Cup, if the 2026 national football team still does not enter the World Cup, FIFA estimates that it can only shake its head and say that you are not used to give you the opportunity! Then FIFA continues to release water until the national team reaches the World Cup.
At the end of the article, do you think the national football team can enter the 2026 World Cup?
