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The qualification round merely reduced the large number of eligible nations from 47 to 24 for the Asian Cup finals. That means more than 1/2 of the entrants made it to the tournament. S'pore had to pip HK and India as the 2 strongest contenders in our group. We didn't have to deal with the likes of Japan, South or North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia etc. or even the South East Asian powerhouses like Thailand, Vietnam or Indonesia.