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Technically none of them were World Cup games


However, in regards to "Thailand was good enough to qualify" you have to keep a couple things in mind. First, not every country sponsors a women's national football team or even allows women to play sports. Second, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) earned 5 bids for this year's World Cup even though the AFC only has 24 participating members compared to 47 participating members on the men's side who also received 5 bids to the 2018 Men's World Cup. Third, only 143 countries have a women's national football team compared to 209 on the men's side. Finally, just because a country receives a bid to the World Cup, it doesn't automatically mean they "deserved" to participate in the World Cup. FWIW FIFA historically will give extra bids to regions that it considers to be "developing" in order to help "grow" the game.

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Posted: 06/11/2019 at 6:23PM


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