Do u think India would ever qualify for football/soccer World Cup??

Answer 1

As A9 said, it's an issue of resources. India doesn't invest much in football; it pretty much doesn't invest in sports at all except for cricket, field hockey, and a little bit in tennis and kabbadi. That makes sense at this point, when India is still in a rapid development stage economically. But once India becomes more developed, there will be plenty of money-- both from private and government sources-- to invest in sport, including football. When that happens, there will be room for more than one sport in India; it won't be just about cricket.

There will also be more people who have the personal resources for recreational activities like football. People saving their energy for their six or seven day work week of physical labor won't be as common. As this happens, football at the national level will improve, which will make India more competitive in its region. And given the huge population in India and the people with tendencies to have different body types in different regions, India will likely become very competitive in football eventually.

Is that going to happen in the next decade? Probably not. But it will happen eventually.

Incidentally, I agree that poor conditioning is caused by the weather in India. While poor conditioning is probably one of the problems the Indian national team currently faces, that's probably a factor of inadequate training and less knowledge about how to train than other countries have. There are plenty of teams, players from hot, humid locales that have great conditioning. (e.g. the African and equitorial South American teams for note) If anything, the hot weather would help toughen players up if they're training in the right way.

Answer 2

There are many problems which are preventing this from happening. One, the quality of the players --- their physical conditioning is sub-par to most other countries of the world. Now this might be environmentally linked since India is a tropical country and mostly very hot and humid in places like Delhi and Mumbai.

First and foremost, however, is the lack of financial infrastructure and investment into the game. Sure, India is known for it's brilliant one man Bhaichung Bhutia, but it's a team sport. And unfortunately India is using all the money, sponsorship, loans, etc. in cricket rather than football. By contrast, football receives about 2 percent of what India invests in cricket.

Along with this, there is a definite lack of grassroots involvement in football in the country. They have not the right coaches or right discipline, generally speaking, to invest in football. This is largely a social consideration: if football was as popular as cricket in India, I can guarantee that India would not only qualify for the world cup, they might even get past the group stages...

Answer 3

Have you seen Russell Peters LIVE at the Rove on YouTube???
He so kicks *** when he's doing stand-up about this.
I'll try and quote correctly :

"It always amazes me that India and Canada are never in the World Cup. Well Canada I can understand, we just don't get involved in anything on a world scale ....(laughs), that's how we roll! But India has the 2nd biggest population on EARTH.... 2 BILLION people, and we can't come up with 11 dudes to kick a ball!?!!!!!
But then again, I don't think you understand how difficult it is to kick a ball when wearing those curly slippers. The guy would be like : (heavy Indian accent) "I'm open, I'm open!"
and then when he kicks the ball :
(shrugs) "Where de hell is de ball going?!"

Kills me everytime =]
*LOL*

Answer 4

a joke i wanna tell yah. myself being an indian never cause at every corner awarded we will build a shop. hahahaha

Answer 5

Good luck on that one, come back to me in this lifetime.

:)

Answer 6

the obvious answer here is NO.