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Originally posted by readingfanman:
Which 8 MA's aren't participating then?
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Only four AFC members: Bhutan, Brunei, Laos and the Philippines had failed to register for the tournament.
Bhutan were allowed to enter at the last minute and were included in the Asian preliminary draw, Papua New Guinea were disqualified from the Oceania Preliminary competition, and Brunei and the Philippines had their entries rejected (having missed the deadline). The final number of teams entered breaks the previous record of 199 entrants set in 2002
São Tomé and PrÃ*ncipe and the Central African Republic both withdrew in early September