Why are Kazakhstan part of UEFA and not the Asian Confederation when all the other Central Asian states are, eg Uzbekistan, Turkmenistant etc ?
2006-12-21 20:16:49 · 5 answers · asked by kidnappedsoviet 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
Because they decided that they are closer to Europe than Asia, and so asked UEFA to admit them in. Though strangely, in other sports (like Olympics etc) they are counted as Asia.
It's the same as Australia transferring from Oceania to Asia.
2006-12-22 01:15:33 · answer #1 · answered by BeN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Minus 100 points for mentioning Borat....
2006-12-22 08:21:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
the same could be asked of turkey and isreal. its for practical reasons when it comes to travelling spectators,if i had my way turkey would be playing in the asian qualifying groups and not in the UEFA cups.
2006-12-22 04:48:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
its a european country and european football is governed by uefa,its an old russian state i think.
2006-12-22 04:19:40 · answer #4 · answered by adam r 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ask Borat!!!! :)
2006-12-22 04:57:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋