WORLD CUP WITHOUT ASIA

From 1958-1962

At the 1958 World Cup qualification FIFA rejected SOUTH KOREAs entry. Qualifications were held with Africa, HONG KONG,TURKEY,CYPRUS and the CHINA withdrew in the first qualification round, INDONESIA and EGYPT in second. SUDAN withdrew in in the final qualification round as they refused to play against ISRAEL for political reasons. Israel technically would have qualified 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. A special play-off was created between Israel and the runner-up of one of the UEFA Groups, where the teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the winner qualifying. After BELGIUM refused, WALES the runner-up of UEFA Group 4, was the team drawn from the UEFA group runners-up. Israel lost both times 0-2 and did not reach the World Cup.

There was only one round of play at the 1962 QUALIFIERS.The three teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental play-off.INDONESIA withdrew. SOUTH KOREA won twice against JAPAN  and advanced to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental play-off. South Korea lost both times against Yugoslavia and did not reach the World Cup.

IN 1974
The WORLD CUP ENDED WITH A NO ASIA TREND. There was only one entry to WC from ASIA and OCEANA IN JOIN. INDIA, SREELANKA AND PHILLIPINES WITHDREW BEFORE THE MATCHES WAS TO START. THE REST 15 TEAMS WERE GROUPED AS ZONE A AND ZONE B. Korea EMERGED TO BE CHAMPIONS OF ZONE A AND AUSTRALIA AS ZONE B CHAMPIONS.
THE TIE BREAKER WAS HELD IN WHICH AUSTRALIA DEFEATED KOREA TO QUALIFY.
Hence 1974 without AISAN PRESENCE IN FIFA WC .