The Indian National Team's World Cup qualifying:
The Indian National team has sadly never qualified for the Football World Cup!!!
I. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Uruguay, 1930)
India no FIFA member!!! Not allowed to participate!!!
II. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Italy, 1934)
India no FIFA member!!! Not allowed to participate!!!
III. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(France, 1938)
India no FIFA member!!! Not allowed to participate!!!
No Football World Cup in 1942 & 1946 due of World War II
!!! India joined FIFA in 1948 !!!
IV. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Brazil, 1950)
There was none!!!
India was invited by FIFA and the Brazilian Football Federation to take part in the IV.World Cup,
as the Asian entrants for the qualifiers Birma, Philippines and Indonesia all pulled out. But India didn't take their place, as India didn't
take part because in those days Indian footballers used to play barefoot and from the 1950 World Cup it was compulsary to wear shoes!
V. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Switzerland, 1954)
India didn't participate in the qualifiers!!!
VI. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Sweden, 1958)
India didn't participate in the qualifiers!!!
VII. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Chile, 1962)
India didn't participate in the qualifiers!!!
VIII. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(England, 1966)
India didn't participate in the qualifiers!!!
IX. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Mexico, 1970)
India didn't participate in the qualifiers!!!
X. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(West Germany, 1974)
India didn't participate in the qualifiers!!!
XI. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Argentina, 1978)
India didn't participate in the qualifiers!!!
XII. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Spain, 1982)
India didn't participate in the qualifiers!!!
XIII. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Mexico, 1986)
Group 6:
21/03/1985 Indonesia 2 - 1 India
26/03/1985 Thailand 0 - 0 India
30/03/1985 Bangladesh 1 - 2 India
06/04/1985 India 1 - 1 Indonesia
12/04/1985 India 2 - 1 Bangladesh
09/04/1985 India 1 - 1 Thailand
??/0?/1985 Indonesia 1 - 0 Thailand
??/0?/1985 Indonesia 2 - 0 Bangladesh
??/0?/1985 Thailand 0 - 1 Indonesia
??/0?/1985 Thailand 3 - 0 Bangladesh
??/0?/1985 Bangladesh 2 - 1 Indonesia
??/0?/1985 Bangladesh 1 - 0 Thailand
# TEAM P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Indonesia 6 4 1 1 08-04 + 4 09
2. India 6 2 3 1 07-06 + 1 07
3. Thailand 6 1 2 3 04-04 0 04
4. Bangladesh 6 2 0 4 09-10 - 1 04
Indonesia qualified for the second stage
XIV. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Italy, 1990)
India withdrew from the Asian zone qualifying matches
XV. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(United States, 1994)
Group D:
Part I - in Lebanon:
07/05/1993 Lebanon 2 - 2 India
07/05/1993 Hongkong 2 - 1 Bahrain
09/05/1993 Bahrain 0 - 0 South Korea
09/05/1993 Lebanon 2 - 2 Hongkong
11/05/1993 India 1 - 2 Hongkong
11/05/1993 Lebanon 0 - 1 South Korea
13/05/1993 Lebanon 0 - 0 Bahrain
13/05/1993 India 0 - 3 South Korea
15/05/1993 Hongkong 0 - 3 South Korea
15/05/1993 Bahrain 2 - 1 India
Part II - in South Korea:
05/06/1993 South Korea 4 - 1 Hongkong
05/06/1993 Bahrain 0 - 0 Lebanon
07/06/1993 India 0 - 3 Bahrain
07/06/1993 South Korea 2 - 0 Lebanon
09/06/1993 Hongkong 1 - 2 Lebanon
09/06/1993 South Korea 7 - 0 India
11/06/1993 India 1 - 2 Lebanon
11/06/1993 Bahrain 3 - 0 Hongkong
13/06/1993 South Korea 3 - 0 Bahrain
13/06/1993 Hongkong 0 - 3 India
# TEAM P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. South Korea 8 7 1 0 23-01 +22 15
2. Bahrain 8 3 3 2 09-06 + 3 09
3. Lebanon 8 2 4 2 08-09 - 1 08
4. Hongkong 8 2 1 5 09-19 -10 05
5. India 8 1 1 6 08-22 -13 03
South Korea qualified for the second stage
XVI. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(France, 1998)
Group 10: played in Qatar
20/09/1996 Qatar 3 - 0 Sri Lanka
21/09/1996 India 2 - 0 Philippines
23/09/1996 Qatar 5 - 0 Philippines
24/09/1996 Sri Lanka 1 - 1 India
26/09/1996 Sri Lanka 3 - 0 Philippines
27/09/1996 Qatar 6 - 0 India
# TEAM P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Qatar 3 3 0 0 14-00 +14 9
2. Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1 04-04 0 4
3. India 3 1 1 1 03-07 - 4 4
4. Philippines 3 0 0 3 00-10 -10 0
Qatar qualified for the second stage
XVI. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Japan & South Korea, 2002)
Group 8: to be played in home-&-away format
07/04/2001 Brunei 0 - 5 Yemen
08/04/2001 India 1 - 0 United Arab Emirates
14/04/2001 Brunei 0 - 12 United Arab Emirates
15/04/2001 India 1 - 1 Yemen
26/04/2001 Yemen 1 - 0 Brunei
27/04/2001 United Arab Emirates 1 - 0 India
04/05/2001 Yemen 3 - 3 India
04/05/2001 United Arab Emirates 4 - 0 Brunei
11/05/2001 Yemen 2 - 1 United Arab Emirates
12/05/2001 Brunei 0 - 1 India
18/05/2001 United Arab Emirates 3 - 2 Yemen
20/05/2001 India 5 - 0 Brunei
# TEAM P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. United Arab Emirates 6 4 0 2 21-05 +16 12
2. Yemen 6 3 2 1 14-08 + 6 11
3. India 6 3 2 1 11-05 + 6 11
4. Brunei 6 0 0 6 00-28 -28 0
United Arab Emirates qualified for the second stage
XVII. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(Germany, 2006)
Group 3: to be played in home-&-away format
18/02/2004 India 1 - 0 Singapore
18/02/2004 Japan 1 - 0 Oman
31/03/2004 India 1 - 5 Oman
31/03/2004 Singapore 1 - 2 Japan
09/06/2004 Japan 7 - 0 India
09/06/2004 Oman 7 - 0 Singapore
08/09/2004 India 0 - 4 Japan
08/09/2004 Singapore 0 - 2 Oman
13/10/2004 Singapore 2 - 0 India
13/10/2004 Oman 0 - 1 Japan
17/11/2004 Oman 0 - 0 India
17/11/2004 Japan 1 - 0 Singapore
# TEAM P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Japan 6 6 0 0 16-01 +15 18
2. Oman 6 3 1 2 14-03 +11 10
3. India 6 1 1 4 02-18 -16 4
4. Singapore 6 1 0 5 03-13 -10 3
Japan qualified for the second stage
XVIII. World Cup - Qualifying Stage
(South Africa, 2010)
Round 1: played home-&-away knockout
08/10/2007 Lebanon 4 - 1 India
30/10/2007 India 2 - 2 Lebanon
Lebanon qualified for the second stage
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