EGYPT
Egypt
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Egypt
Host countries automatically qualify for the World Cup when hosting it.
In any world cup Association Football tournament the host country are automatically put through to the finals making them the first to qualify.
1982 FIFA World Cup
Indonesia, under the name Dutch East Indies, was the first Asian team to participate in the fifa world cup when they qualified to the 1938 tournament.
Croatia did not qualify for 2010 fifa world cup. Slaven Bilic is the current manager of Croatia football team.
About 200 countries try to qualify for the World Cup. 32 make it.
India did qualify for the 1950 world cup held in Brazil, it was the first world cup after world war 2.
The Football Union of China is a growing sport, however, it is still not overly popular. China became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1997 and as of September 3rd, 2011, is currently ranked 61st in the world. The national team has yet to qualify for a Rugby World Cup.However, they are not in the level to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.