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From: "Ivan "Maximus" Lendl" on 5 Dec 2009 17:17 http://home.netvigator.com/~andrewshe/wcstatistics.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population These countries have at least 5 million people and yet have never played in the World Cup. Asia and Africa are clearly the worst. Europe has only old country (Finland) with 5 million population which has not made the world up yet. Venezuela is the only S. American country to never play in the World Cup. Asia (AFC) = 22 countries ------------------------------------- INDIA (2nd) PAKISTAN (6th) BANGLADESH (7th) PHILLIPINES (12th) VIETNAM (13th) THAILAND (21st) BURMA (24th) NEPAL (40th) MALAYSIA (43rd) AFGHANISTAN (44th) UZBEKISTAN (45th) YEMEN (49th) TAIWAN (50th) SYRIA (53rd) SRI LANKA (56th) CAMBODIA (66th) HONG KONG (98th) TAJIKISTAN (99th) LAOS (104th) JORDAN (105th) KYRGYZSTAN (110th) TURKMENISTAN (113th) Africa (CAF) = 22 countries ---------------------- ETHIOPIA (15th) TANZANIA (30th) KENYA (32nd) SUDAN (33rd) UGANDA (37th) MOZAMBIQUE (51st) MADAGASGCAR (57th) BURKINA FASO (63rd) NIGER (64th) MALAWI (65th) MALI (69th) ZAMBIA (70th) ZIMBABWE (72nd) CHAD (73rd) GUINEA (81st) RWANDA (84th) SOMALIA (89th) BENIN (90th) BURUNDI (93rd) LIBYA (102nd) SIERRA LEONE (108th) ERITREA (114th) Europe (UEFA) --------------------- KAZAKHSTAN (62nd) ---- Asian country BELARUS (87th) AZERBAIJAN (91th) --- Asian country FINLAND (112th) North America (CONCACAF) ----------------------------------------- GUATEMALA (68th) DOMINICA (80th) NICARAGUA (107th) South America (CONMEBOL) ------------------------------------------- VENEZUELA (42nd) OCEANIA (OFC) ------------------------ PAPUA NEW GUINEA (100th) |