Oh sure, but let's see Italy beat India in Cricket
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I don't think Italians could handle a week long game lol.
can you imagine how long these games would be if they were in southern europe? They'd be living without internet full time.
Does anyone give a shit about football in those countries though?
Soccer is huge in China
Yeah but what about football?
you mean rugby but played wearing the silly panties, safety boy gear and helmet?
Nobody in the world cares about that
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China is only interested in advanced math competitions, and India only cares about cricket.
Xi Jinping is a huge football fan. China implemented a plan to qualify over 10 years ago but their federation has been rife with corruption. The previous coach Li Tie (who played in Premier league) is in prison for 20 years for bribery.
https://apnews.com/article/china-soccer-bribes-a3fee6547c9fe9f3734d65d23108cf46
Wait, how does corruption lead to bad results exactly? The entire industry is rotten to the core.
When decisions are based on who pays the organization the most, it can sometimes improve outcomes for the organization.
When decisions are based on who pays the individual decisionmaker the most, it can often lead to the decisionmaker making decisions that help themselves personally but harm the organization as a whole. That's bad for outcomes.
That's why corruption at the individual level often leads to incompetence and inefficiency. Corrupt organizations and industries, though, can coordinate in a way that mitigates these weaknesses.
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It's a british sport that all their colonial countries beat them at! What's not to love?
Chinese Olympic program is as brutal as the American one if not more. They absolutely care about prizes.
India runs the ICC like FIFA runs the world cup.
They make bank off of corrupt practices and matchmaking fixes that ultimately harms the sport and de-incentivizes other countries to participate.
That doesn't mean they lack talent, they just don't care because they don't want to spend the effort of building a team if it can't make immediate money.
Pakistan also infamously never developed its football team due to high popularity of field hockey and cricket, and now they don't bother because they can't make easy money out of it.
Despite the low popularity, it is possible for them to form a quality team but no one wants to take the risk.
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Lucky bastards. I wish my country didn't qualify so I would be spared all those stupid World Cup news and neighbor's viewing parties.
Guys, you need to get out a bit. Being so upset about others enjoying their time is mad.
Other enjoying their time with sports usually involves destroying the city and making the streets completely insecure for several nights. Like what happened in Paris when the PSG won.
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Everytime I wish my country doesn't qualify. It's the worst.
And if they win they ruin the city.
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Can't comment for India, but for China:
Football is very popular in China. At least up until 10 years ago, it was plagued with so much blatant corruption, nepotism and alike that there would be no way to see good players emerging in major leagues and even less to see them making a difference in the field.
I remember seeing a game during which a very sketchy referee's decision was welcome by a "It looks like team [xxx] will win tonight, as they play at home, and at home, everyone, really EVERYONE supports them!".
Maybe nothing has changed and so the national team is made of… connected people more than skilled players.
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General lack of interest?
I don't follow football that much but i don't really mind my country (Italy) not going in the USA, heck, that's even better lol
It’s too funny watching Lemmy try to answer sports questions. I’ll admit I was disappointed because I was hoping to see a compelling response to your question.
Some decent points made but I don’t think anyone nailed it yet.
China qualified in 2002.
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