Why did Kazakhstan be included in the European zone in the World Preliminary Tournament?

Hello! This is because Kazakhstan joined UEFA in 2002, so both the Kazakhstan national team and domestic clubs can compete in Europe.

In addition, in addition to Kazakhstan, the following Asian countries are members of UEFA and they also participate in European competitions:

Turkey, Israel, Cyprus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia.

Because Kazakhstan has joined UEFA on 25 April 2002, they are participating in the European World Cup qualifiers. It's like Australia is Oceania, but if you join the AFC, you play in Asia.

It's not that it's the past, it's Kazakhstan's own application for UEFA, they feel that the level of Asia is too low, and it is possible to improve by joining UEFA.

Because the territory of Kazakhstan includes Europe and the United States, part of the territory is west of the Ural River.

Because Kazakhstan joined UEFA, just as Australia joined the AFC.

The Kazakh national football team joined the Asian Football Confederation after the collapse of the Soviet Union and transferred to the European Football Confederation in 2002. In fact, it's similar to Australian football joining the AFC.

Hello! I'll show you a piece of information! Kazakhstan is located in the Central Asian region and belongs to the Asian country.

But the country's Football Association withdrew from the AFC in June last year and subsequently applied to UEFA to join. In December last year, after visiting Kazakhstan, UEFA agreed to the country's FA membership and decided to recommend it to the UEFA Congress. President of the Kazakh Football Federation Aliyev said that joining UEFA will improve the level of professional football in Kazakhstan and thus create a better future for Kazakh players.

In July 2001, the meeting of the AFC Executive Committee accepted the request of the Kazakh Football Federation to secede from the AFC. However, it was not until 25 April 2002 that the Congress of the Federation of European Football Associations agreed to admit the Kazakh Football Association as its fifty-second member association. Kazakhstan Football Team Debuts in Europe 2002-07-10 Kazakhstan, which is independent from the former Soviet Union, won 4 wins and 2 draws in the sixth group of the Asian preliminary round of the World Cup last year with Iraq, but the goal difference was not equal to the opponent and was eliminated in the second place in the group.

This is the last appearance of Kazakhstan in Asia. Kazakhstan, which withdrew from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in April, recently became the 52nd member of the European Football Confederation (UEFA). In addition, on the 8th of this month (Korea time), Amonti played its first Group A match against Estonia as a member of UEFA and drew 1-1.

Kazakhstan is a Central Asian country. Nonetheless, the rationale for abandoning Asia in favour of Europe is surprisingly simple. It is precisely because Kazakhstan played better against European teams than against Asian teams.

In addition, the idea of European-style Soviet football by regional clubs from the former Soviet era was another reason to switch to UEFA. As a result, the Kazakh football team will not be able to participate in the Asian Games in Busan, which will be held in September this year, but the Kazakh National Olympic Committee will participate in other sports besides football because it is a member of the Asian Olympic Committee Council (OCA). Speaking to the press, the chairman of the Kazakh Football Association, Aliyev, said that Kazakhstan, formerly a republic of the former Soviet Union, was originally part of UEFA, and now it can be said that it has returned to UEFA.

He believes that returning to UEFA will help increase contacts with European countries and attract more investment projects, which will improve the level of professional football in Kazakhstan and create a better future for Kazakh players, especially young players. Hope it works for you! Hehe, good luck!