Trivia: India made it to the 1950 World Cup
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???
Comments
Lost!
Posted by: Andreas | April 16, 2006 6:49 AM
Andreas, I think so too.
Posted by: Shourin Roy | April 16, 2006 4:43 PM
ronaldhino is the greatest footballer of all times
Posted by: prasenjit das | June 14, 2006 2:58 PM
Hey Shourin
Thats a nice piece of information, why dont u write an article on this and post it to www.merinews.com
Posted by: A soccer fan | June 27, 2006 7:52 AM
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
Posted by: dangogors | July 11, 2006 3:15 PM
Hello,
I am a barefoot runner. It's the only way to go!!
-Sean
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Posted by: sean | September 10, 2006 10:03 PM