Scott Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Jordan, Syria and Lebenon all surround Isreal and are all in the Asia Football Confederation. Eygpt is in Africa. So how the hell did Isreal get into UEFA?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barak81 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishman Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Politics. A lot of Arab countries refuse to recognise the State of Israel, and therefore don't like playing their football team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauren Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Israel has always been in the Eurovision song contest too. It's a western country in the Middle East, doesn't really fit anywhere. Ditto Turkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofa Manager Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 To hold England to a draw in the Euro2008 qualifiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loz Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Israel has always been in the Eurovision song contest too.It's a western country in the Middle East, doesn't really fit anywhere. Ditto Turkey. Turkey does actually have a chunk in Europe though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 It's not that impoprtant, it just struck me during yesterdays snorfest that it was strange England had to play Isreal to qualify for the Euro's. It does make sense though, the idea of a Isreal v Iran match in Tehran is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 at least it gives ben sahar a run around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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