↑ Entered in Africa and Asia. Turkey withdrew. Palestine football team consisted of nine British footballers, six Jewish footballers and one Arab footballer.[2] FIFA states in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team that The term 'Palestine team' that had participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team and as such bears no relation to the national team of the Palestinian authority."[3] However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered "one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers".[4]
↑ Burma, the Philippines and Indonesia all withdrew, so India qualified automatically. But India later also withdrew "because of the expense of travelling such a long way to play" or, according to some reports, after a FIFA ruling that players were not allowed to play barefoot, and FIFA decided not to invite anyone else, leaving the World Cup three teams short.
↑ FIFA rejected the entries of Ethiopia and South Korea; China PR, Hong Kong, Turkey, Cyprus withdrew at the first round;Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground. Israel advanced to the Final Round automatically. Egypt withdrew, so Sudan advanced to the Final Round automatically; Sudan refused to play against Israel for political reasons, so Israel would technically qualify automatically, but before the qualification rounds began, FIFA ruled that no team would qualify without playing at least one match (except for the defending champions and the hosts), and Israel had yet to play any.
↑ Originally this was to be a four team group stage between Australia, North Korea, South Africa and South Korea played in Japan. However South Africa was suspended and South Korea withdrew because the 3 team tournament was moved from Japan to Cambodia. Because North Korea lacked diplomatic relations with most countries, finding a suitable venue for the match proved difficult, until Head of State Norodom Sihanouk, an ally of Kim Il-sung, said the matches could be held in Phnom Penh. The winner (North Korea) qualified for the eighth FIFA World Cup held in England.
↑ Israel qualified for their only World Cup to date as an Asian team. However, soon after this, they left the Asian Football Confederation, and nowadays compete in the European zone as they are now a member of UEFA.
↑ Myanmar withdrew from the tournament after being placed in Group 2 but before any matches had been played, therefore reducing the group to 3 teams. Afghanistan, Bhutan, North Korea and Timor-Leste did not participate in the qualification process.
↑ Cambodia, Philippines, Bhutan and Brunei decided not to take part, and Myanmar was banned from the competition.
↑ The first time Australia attempted to qualify for the World Cup as a member of the AFC.
↑ Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not attempt to qualify.
↑ Brunei were suspended by FIFA from September 2009 through May 2011. Their reinstatement came too late for Brunei to participate in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Bhutan and Guam are not participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
