
It’s safe to say that this lot are less than the sum of their parts when it comes to the beautiful game.
Several of the world’s most populous countries have never qualified for the World Cup finals, despite having millions of people to choose from.
Whether their national sport is not football or corruption inhibits the game in their country, it’s safe to say that this lot are less than the sum of their parts.
We’ve trawled through the population statistics and picked out the eight biggest countries to have never qualified for the World Cup.




