The real reason why Asia hasn't won a World Cup

The World Cup will be lifted by either Argentina or Germany in a day. Between them, the Europeans and South Americans have won all the 19 Cups and the 20th will see one or the other do it again.

Where does that leave Asian teams? None of the four teams from the Asia region (Iran, Japan, South Korea and Australia) could qualify for the round of 16 at this World Cup. Worse, they couldn't win even a single game in the group stages.

This is shocking, especially because according to FIFA, in 2006 Asia had 85 million soccer players, more than the combined number of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, and a whopping 20 million more than in Europe.