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Venezuela, the only team in South America that has not made it to the World Cup, missed one of its best chances

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There are a total of 10 teams in South America, with 4.5 places, considering that the strength of the fifth place in South America is likely to beat the teams in Asia, North America, and Oceania participating in the play-offs, so it can be basically considered that South America has 5 places (Australia eliminated Peru is actually a cold goal). In other words, in South American football, one in every two teams can participate in the World Cup.

But such favorable conditions still can't make all South American teams have the experience of participating in the World Cup. Venezuela is the only team on the continent that has not made it to the World Cup.

Venezuela, the only team in South America that has not made it to the World Cup, missed one of its best chances

Fans familiar with South American football should know that Venezuela is the fish belly force of South American football, and they will be in the last place in almost every World Cup qualifier, and the goal difference often has exaggerated statistics. In fact, South America not only has Venezuela, a weak team, Bolivia's strength is not very good. But Bolivia was able to beat many strong teams in its early years with its highland advantage at home, had its own place, and reached the World Cup many times. Venezuela, on the other hand, is shabby in this regard.

In fact, Venezuela once had the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup, the 2014 World Preliminary Tournament, they played very well, and finally ranked sixth, only one step away from the finalization. This is no longer easy for Venezuela.

But the closest Venezuela can go to the Far 1930 World Cup.

Venezuela, the only team in South America that has not made it to the World Cup, missed one of its best chances

How do you say that?

Who says world cup finals have to be made through qualifiers? In 1930, the World Cup was still a new thing, and for such a new event, it was already good to get the participating teams together. Uruguay won the right to host the event, but many european teams did not come to compete because they were too far away to travel. There are a total of 13 teams in this World Cup, and there are only 4 European teams, setting a record for the fewest European teams in any Previous World Cup.

The point is that there are a total of 7 South American teams that participated in this World Cup. This is also a record, because in the subsequent World Cups, South American teams have never exceeded 6.

Venezuela, the only team in South America that has not made it to the World Cup, missed one of its best chances

For such a World Cup, what kind of qualifiers are there, it is good to be able to run it decently, so there is almost no threshold for this World Cup. So many South American teams participated, it is near the water tower platform to get the first month, after all, Uruguay is in South America.

However, among these 7 South American teams, there is no Venezuela. They missed one of their best chances to play in the World Cup. That is, this World Cup does not have to play qualifiers at all, if there is a national team, and if you want to come, you may be able to participate.

As for the reason behind it, we don't know, after all, it has been too long. But after missing this opportunity, the World Cup has no such dividends. In the 1934 World Cup, most South American teams were also reluctant to go to Europe, and only Brazil and Argentina participated. In the 1938 World Cup, only Brazil went to France. When the World Cup began in 1950, South America also began to play qualifiers, so Venezuela had even fewer chances.

Venezuela, the only team in South America that has not made it to the World Cup, missed one of its best chances

In fact, the World Cup in the black and white era, because of the unstable world situation and the different development conditions of various countries in the world, often has a situation of uneven teams. Sometimes, many teams temporarily decide to withdraw from the game for various reasons, and FIFA can only find some teams to play as substitutes, such as Cuba, who has played in the World Cup in this capacity. But with the improvement of the World Cup, a set of strict entry criteria has been released, and it is difficult to participate through abnormal channels.

Today's Venezuela, there is still no improvement. In this year's World Preliminary Tournament, they still ranked first in South America. In the early years, there was no loophole in the rules, and if you want to enter the World Cup in the future, you can only speak step by step with your strength.

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