Asian teams in world cup

Asian football quiz:

1. First Asian team that participated in world cup: Dutch Eastindies (Indonesia)

2. First and only Asian team that reached semi-finals in FIFA world cup: South Korea in 2002

3. FIFA world cup was held for first time in Asia in 2002

4. Two countries hosted world cup for first time in 2002 (Japan and South Korea)

5. Two Asian countries reached quarterfinals for first time in 2002 world cup – Japan and South Korea

6. First Asian team to reach quarter finals in FIFA world cup: North Korea in 1966. North Korea qualified to world cup for first time in 1966.

7. India qualified for 1950 world cup but not played due to “shoe rule” (players should wear shoes but Indian football federation decided to withdraw!!!). India reached semi-finals in soccer in 1956 Olympics. India won football gold in 1951 and 1961 Asian games

8. Only Asian team that qualified for all world cups in last 20 years: South Korea

9. Asian team that qualified to world cup for highest number of times: South korea – 9 times

10. Best performance by Saudi Arabia in world cup: Second round in 1994

11. Asian team that has beaten France in a warm-up game before 2010 world cup: China

12. Asian team that played in 2009 Confederations cup: Iraq

13. Desert Pele: Saeed al –Owairan (Saudi Arabia) scored best goal of tournament against Belgium.

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