Is China football team not qualified to play in the World Cup qualifiers between 1958- 1980?

It's not that you are not qualified to fight, it's for political reasons.

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FIFA accepted the regional football association established by 1954, and now called China Taibei Football Association as a member, but allowed it to participate in international competitions in the name of the national football association, which led to protests or representations from the China Football Association. In the case of unsuccessful protests or negotiations, the China Football Association announced its withdrawal from FIFA on June 7th. 1958. There are strict restrictions in fifa statutes, and member football associations are not allowed to compete with teams of non-member football associations.

Therefore, it is impossible to register 1962 for the 7th World Cup in Chile, 1966 for the 8th World Cup in Britain, 1970 for the 9th World Cup in Mexico, 10 for the World Cup in the Federal Republic of Germany 1974.

1974 During the World Cup, FIFA held a presidential election. Brazilian Havelange, who promised to restore the original seat of the China Football Association in FIFA in the election platform, defeated the last FIFA president, British Lord Rouse, by 68 votes to 5/kloc-0. After the World Cup, Mr. Fok Ying-tung, a Hong Kong patriot who was then a member of the FIFA Executive Committee, joined two-thirds of the Asian Football Association to restore China Football Association's due seat in the Asian Football Association on1September, 974 14, depriving China Taipei Football Association of its seat in the Asian Football Association and transferring it to the management of Oceania Football Association. In the same year, before the football championship of the 8th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand, the Executive Committee of FIFA, with Havelange as its chairman, passed a special resolution: As long as it is filed with the FIFA Secretariat 60 days in advance, FIFA member football associations can play against China, which is not strictly restricted by the fact that fifa statutes member football associations cannot play against non-member football associations.

1978 Not long before the World Cup, China just ended the 10 Cultural Revolution.

Around the World Cup, Havelange, the seventh president of FIFA, accompanied by Executive Committee member Fok Ying-tung, visited Beijing three times to discuss with the China Football Association the restoration of FIFA's original seats. Under the guidance of Comrade Xiaoping's concept of "one country, two systems", the representative of China Football Association agreed that China Taibei Football Association should stay in FIFA, but the name, flag, logo and team song must be changed according to fifa statutes's requirements for regional football associations. 1979 65438+1October 13, the executive Committee of FIFA held a special meeting, with 16 votes in favor, 2 abstentions and 3 votes against, restoring the original seat of China Football Association in FIFA.

So China signed up for the 1982 World Cup, and began to participate in the qualifiers from 1980.