Eight Countries Not Listed in FIFA World Cup

VIVA – The 2022 World Cup is taking place in Qatar and has entered the quarterfinals. It is the second edition of the World Cup held in Asia 20 years ago it was held in Japan and South Korea in 2002.

Several countries will certainly never be able to appear in the World Cup for several reasons. Although appearing in the World Cup is a desire of every country in various parts of the world. But, some of these countries must bury their dreams because they are not listed in FIFA. 

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Kribati

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Kiribati is a country located in the Pacific Ocean. This country is only inhabited by one hundred thousand people. Despite being one of the small countries, Kiribati had applied for membership in the International Football Federation (FIFA).

Kiribati applied through the Oceania Football Federation (OFC), but the application was often rejected. This was because FIFA and OFC could not work well together. Therefore, Kiribati cannot participate in the World Cup as it is not a member of FIFA.

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Pemain timnas Mikronesia

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Micronesia is a country that is also located in the Pacific Ocean region. The country has a total area of approximately 702 square kilometers. They have also applied for FIFA membership.

Instead of being accepted, the process to enter FIFA membership actually made it difficult for the Micronesian Football Federation. Finally, they did not qualify for the World Cup because they were not recognized by FIFA.

Tuvalu is a country registered as an OFC member, but not registered with FIFA. In September 2008, the Prime Minister of Tuvalu and the President of the Tuvalu Football Federation once fought for their fate to be accepted as FIFA members.

However, this desire failed to happen. Until last December 2013, the OFC Secretary General said that Tuvalu did not meet the requirements of FIFA to become a member so it was declared unable to compete in the World Cup.

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Marshall

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The Marshall Islands is a country that is not very famous for its football. Therefore, this country is not a member of FIFA and will never compete in the World Cup.

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Penampakan Nauru dari udara (Wikipedia)

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One of the reasons Nauru will never participate in the world's prestigious matches is that the country is not registered as a FIFA member. In addition, the sport of rugby is more favored by the people of Nauru than football.

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Negara Palau

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Palau is also in the Pacific Ocean region near West Papua. Palau also cannot act in the World Cup because it is not a member of FIFA. However, the Palau national team competed in the 1998 Micronesia Games. They won third place in the match.

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Negara Vatikan

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Then, the Vatican country will also never compete in the World Cup. The reason is that they are not a member of FIFA, even though they have a national team that has competed in a tournament. They turn out to have a test match against the Monaco national team in November 2002 in Italy. At that time, the Vatican national team drew 0-0.

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Monako

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Monaco is actually under the Monegasque Football Federation which is not a member of FIFA or UEFA. Therefore, Monaco cannot participate in the World Cup. Although Monaco itself is known to have a club that often competes in the blue continent, namely AS Monaco which participates in the French League competition.

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24 April 2024