No, don't rub your eyes in disbelief. India did make it to the 1950 World Cup finals. Well sort of. Four countries from Asia were invited to participate in the qualifiers. Burma, Philippines and Indonesia all withdrew, so India qualified automatically.
India was placed in Group 3 with Sweden, Italy, and Paraguay. But their request to play barefoot was turned down by FIFA and they withdrew!
Abibi Bikila, the great Ethiopian runner ran barefoot winning the marathon gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Who knows what India could have done playing barefoot at the 1950 World Cup???
Hello,
I am a barefoot runner. It's the only way to go!!
-Sean
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so does that mean india will never qualify for the fifa wold cup again.
i think there is a political reason or some thing. so what about other sporting activities
Hey Shourin
Thats a nice piece of information, why dont u write an article on this and post it to www.merinews.com
ronaldhino is the greatest footballer of all times
Andreas, I think so too.
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