Why was Australia moved from the Oceania Conference to the Asian Conference? (Fußball und Sport allgemein)

Rupo, Ruhrpott, Freitag, 23.12.2022, 14:37 (vor 1130 Tagen) @ Taifun

nee...hat der Australische Verband extra so gemacht! 2006 mussten sie als Sieger in Ozeanien sich ja gegen den Runner up der Südamerika Gruppe Uruguay durch setzen. In der Asien Gruppe kommen sie direkt rein und haben auch mehr und besseren Wettbewerb.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Aleague/comments/1xeq51/why_was_australia_moved_from_the_oceania/

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The reasons were multi-fold. First of all, we would get much tougher, regular competition against teams we are competitive with such as Japan, Korea and Iran.

Second of all, it made world cup qualification easier. Instead of everything hinging on a single playoff against a South American team like Uruguay after a run of dud fixtures against Oceanic teams and a couple of games against NZ, we were given a shot at direct qualification and had a whole campaign to achieve it.

Thirdly, we can now host and participate in major events in the Asian region, like the Asian cup, and our clubs can compete in the Asian Champions League. This immediately improves the prestige of our players and their achievements will be more recognised. Not to mention the Asian Cup in 2015 will likely bring a lot of revenue, certainly a lot more than hosting the OFC Cup.
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