 In 1951, Mexican club Atlas requested participation and were denied, while the Indian Football Association requested the participation of a representative club and were also denied.In 1952 the Argentinian FA refused to allow its national champion Racing Club to participate, while FC Nürnberg (West Germany) were prevented from participating in 1952 due to a West Germany 1950-1952 federal law prohibiting national clubs from participating in tournaments abroad (FC Saarbrücken took its berth, since that law did not apply to clubs from the Saarland Protectorate due to political reasons).In 1952, Dinamo Zagreb (then Yugoslavia, presently Croatia) requested participation and were denied.