Why is there Australia in the Asian Cup?

Australia voluntarily joined the AFC.

On 29 June 2005, the FIFA Executive Board made an important decision at its meeting in Frankfurt to approve the Australian Football Federation to break away from the Oceania Football Confederation and formally join the AFC. The decision came much earlier than Australia had originally expected to be adopted at the FIFA Congress in Monaco in September.

Australian FA president Hamann said: "I am very pleased that the FIFA Executive Committee has decided to allow Australia to transfer now. He said

This is a good thing for both Oceania and Asia. The strength of football in our country will be beneficial to the AFC. ”

Now, Australia has become the 46th member of the AFC, which will give a huge boost to the development of football in the country and increase the impact of football. Australia has been the dominant ruler of the Pacific for the past three decades, and its move will change the landscape of the Asia-Pacific region. And Australia 31:

The 0 and 22:0 records that swept the Pacific island nations of Samoa and Tonga will also be history.

However, Australia has not played at the World Cup since the 1974 World Cup in Germany, as there is only one quota place available in Oceania, and after Australia wins the championship, they will have to play a play-off against teams from South America or Asia to decide who will qualify. Joining the AFC provides a more realistic chance of qualifying for the World Cup, which was a big factor in Australia's decision.

On 29 June 2005, following a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee in Frankfurt, Germany, FIFA announced that Australia had been approved to join the AFC. Football Federation Australia officially became the 46th member association of the AFC.

Australia are in Oceania, where the level of football is low, so they only have half a World Cup ticket and have to compete with strong teams from South America and other continents to qualify. As a result, they will be hoping to join Asia, which has four-and-a-half World Cup spots, and their chances of qualifying will be greatly enhanced. After Australia was approved by the AFC and the Oceania Football Confederation, the request to "leave the university and enter Asia" was finally approved by FIFA.

Last time, Huang Jianxiang was furious, that is, he had an opinion on Australia, saying that it would not win in what game, but it would win compared with the Chinese team Originally, it was difficult for the Chinese team to qualify, and now there is another kangaroo in the way

Because Oceania can play Australia and New Zealand, it is impossible to have an Oceania Cup and fight each other. Forced to mix the Asian Cup.

Australia is invincible in Oceania, and the quota for the Oceania World Cup is basically hereditary for Australia, so it was later merged into the Asian Football Team, so that New Zealand also has a chance to enter the World Cup.

Because the level of football in Oceania is very low, there are few countries and people, and Australia has no opponents in **, so they chose to join the AFC.

On 29 June 2005, Australia voluntarily joined the AFC.

Australia joined the AFC.

It's Asian-wide!

People have already joined the AFC.

Australia only applied for the AFC **, completely in order to be more conducive to the World Cup, because Oceania only has one place, so although Australia can get this place in each qualifier, but because it needs to play play-offs with Central and North America or other regions, Australia has failed to reach the World Cup finals for several consecutive years.

Therefore, Australia's bid for the AFC, with Australia's strength, can be directly qualified, and there is no need to play play-offs.

Ostensibly, Australia is gone, and the AFC has lost a spot. But the AFC agreed to Australia's accession, and it also has its own small calculations.

The then AFC President Hamman elaborated on the benefits of Australia's accession to the AFC from two aspects, which is beneficial to the AFC, first of all, the level of Australian football is very high, and their participation will promote the improvement of the overall level of Asian football; On the other hand, Australia is a huge market and has a relatively developed economy, and the economy is an indispensable element for the development of football.

As for the expansion of the Asian quota to 8 in 2026, it is still one:

In fact, it is even more unlikely to kick out Australia. Since Australia in Oceania is unique, even if Australia returns to Oceania, I am afraid that there will only be one place, because if one place is given, it is equivalent to giving it to Australia for nothing.

And if Asia kicks out Australia, it is likely that it will not get 8 or 1 quota places for FIFA. After all, the Australian level is still okay.

In order to make the Australian football team's path to the World Cup easier, Australia put forward the request to "leave Australia and join Asia", which means to leave the Oceania Football Confederation to become a member of the AFC. Previously, the first place in the Oceania World Cup qualifiers had to be contested against a South American team to qualify for the World Cup finals. At the same time, the Asian Football Team has a quota.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23, 2005 At noon, the 10th meeting of the AFC Executive Committee was held at the AFC House, at which the Executive Committee discussed the issue of Australia's accession to the AFC. After a unanimous vote of the delegates, the AFC officially agreed to Australia's request.

Australia belongs to Oceania, but due to the small number of football federation places in Oceania, it is difficult for Australia to stand out, Australia joined the Oceania Football League (OFC) in 1966, and only twice through the continental play-offs, won South Korea and Uruguay respectively to enter the World Cup. It hasn't been to the World Cup for 40 years. In 2005, Australia decided to withdraw from the Oceania Football Confederation and join the AFC, a decision that was quickly endorsed by FIFA.

In January 2006, Australia became a member of the AFC and appeared on the World Cup stage as the Asian representative in 2010 and 2014.

Australia's participation in the AFC is to increase the chances of entering the World Cup, and the AFC allows Australia to join in order to strengthen the AFC's level of football.

Because there are few regional countries in Australia, they are turned into Asian regional competitions.

Because there are so few countries in Oceania, there is no need to get another cup.

The reason is that the teams in Europe and America are too strong, and when they meet Asian teams, they can't get out of the line if they are not careful, due to the two-round system. simply join the AFC and play a round-robin match, with Australia's strength, there is a good chance of qualifying.

So Australia has been applying and joining the AFC since last year, so he can participate in Asian football.

Australia joined the Asian Football Federation in Oceania on January 1, 2006.

Australia and New Zealand are among the member countries of the Football Association.

The rest are Pacific island nations that are amateur in nature, so only New Zealand is the only strong challenger for the Oceania title.

Given the overall strength of the Oceania region, FIFA has only given a World Cup half-volt.

Seat and seat. Many commentators and fans believe that the way to reach the World Cup is to break away from the Oceania zone, including former captain and commentator Warren. In 2005, the Australian Football Federation hereby requested the Oceania Football Association and the International Football Association to secede from the Oceania Football Association and join the Asian Football Federation.

As of 2018, Australia have reached five World Cups: 1974, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018.

Team Australia: Governed by Football Australia. Originally part of the Oceania Football Association, it became a member of the AFC on 1 January 2006 and has been a leading team in Asia ever since, winning the first Asian Cup title in the country's history in the 2015 Asian Cup.

Australia has been the leader of Oceania four times, having participated in four World Cup finals in 1974, 2006, 2010 and 2014. The team's best result in the World Cup was the round of 16 in 2006.

On November 15, 2017, in the second leg of the intercontinental play-offs of the World Preliminary Tournament, Australia won 3-1 at home to advance to the tournament and became the fifth Asian team to win a ticket to the World Cup finals.

On December 1, 2017, the 2018 World Cup in Russia was released, and France, Australia, Peru and Denmark were in Group C.

Australia have announced their 26-man squad for the World Cup in Qatar, with the youngest player being 18-year-old striker Garang Kuol, who will join Newcastle in January.

Born on 15 September 2004 as a centre-forward, the 18-year-old prodigy currently plays for Coast Mariners and will join Newcastle in January.

In the warm-up match between Australia and New Zealand in September this year, Kuor, who was called up to the national team for the first time, came off the bench and made his international debut.

In the intercontinental play-offs of the 2022 World Cup, Australia defeated Peru 5-4 on penalties to advance to the World Cup. Australia will be in Group D with France, Denmark and Tunisia. France, Denmark and Australia have been in the same group for two consecutive World Cups.

According to statistics, Australia has qualified for the World Cup for 5 consecutive times and participated for the 6th time in history.

Australia is part of the Asian Cup because Australia has joined the AFC since January 1, 2006, and the Asian Cup is a tournament organized by the AFC, so Australia can participate.

For the World Cup spot, the Australian men's football team originally belonged to the Oceania Federation. Since there are only one place in the Oceania Qualifiers, play-offs need to be played against other continents. New Zealand are by far the best team in the Oceania Confederation, while Australia are not guaranteed to win the competition.

On the other hand, the Asian region has a place in the World Cup. Four of them are guaranteed to advance, and with Australia's strength, they are considered strong teams in the Asian region, so they will join the AFC.

To improve the level of competition, the traditional strong teams in Asia include Japan, South Korea, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. When Australia joins the AFC, they will be able to play against teams from these countries and improve their performance.

To increase its influence, the AFC often organizes large-scale competitions, such as the Asian Cup, through which Australian players can increase their visibility, so as to obtain larger contracts, and can also improve the competitive level of Australian football to a certain extent.

Development of the Asian Cup

The AFC Asian Cup is an international football team competition hosted by AFC Honghe, which is the highest level and most influential football competition in Asia. The Asian Cup is held every four years and is open to all members of the AFC.

In 1956, the first Asian Cup finals were held in Hong Kong, with four teams participating, and South Korea won the championship. As of 2019, the AFC Asian Cup has been successfully held for 17 sessions. From 1997 to 2017, the winner of the Asian Cup could represent the AFC in the FIFA Confederations Cup.

The Asian Cup is the world's second-oldest continental national team (representative team) competition, after the Copa America, which was founded in 1916, one year before the first African Cup of Nations (1957), and four years before the first European Nations Cup (founded in 1960, now known as the European Football Championship).

On October 17, 2022, the AFC Kuala Lumpur Executive Committee meeting, after a clear vote, the AFC decided that Qatar will become the host of the 2023 Asian Cup, and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be held from January 12 to February 10, 2024 local time.

On February 1, 2023, the 33rd AFC Congress in Bahrain officially confirmed that the 2027 Asian Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia.

Australia is a member of the AFC, so it will participate in the Asian Cup.

In 2005, the Australian Football Federation formally applied to the Oceania Football Federation and FIFA to join the AFC from the Oceania Football Confederation. On March 23, the Asian region unanimously decided to invite Australia to join the region, on April 17, the Oceania Football Confederation recognized Australia's request, and on June 30, FIFA allowed Australia to join the AFC.

On 1 January 2006, Australia officially became the 46th member of the AFC and was able to participate in the Asian Cup qualifiers to be held in February 2006.