There is one very important and troubling aspect to leaving Oceania. We effectively get to send U17 boys & girls teams as well as U20 mens & womens teams as well as (usually) mens and womens teams to age group world cups and the Olympics. The advantage for our age group sides in Oceania is that its relatively cheap for us and we get all that experience at age group world cup level.
If we go to Asia then our appearances for our age group players will drop away dramatically. We may not be able to afford the qualifying costs each time and may have to limit when we attempt to qualify at age group level.
Australia have struggled with the costs involved in qualifying and they have also seen a drop in the numbers of age group sides making it to age group world cups for both sexes. Is there any correlation between Australia moving to Asia, their reduced appearances in age group world cups and the current state of their senior side?