Countries bidding for the 2018 and 2022 world cups

[El Presidente]

FIFA are going to award both world cups at same time.

So far it looks like the bidders will be Japan, China, Qatar, Mexico, the United States, Russia, and Australia, Canada, England, and joint bids from Spain/Portugal, and Holland/Belgium.

It won't take place in South America or Africa according to the rules.

 

[JJ McClure]

Japan co-hosted in 2002 didn't they? They should f*** off for starters.

 

[maffew]

cor imagine the security in Qatar

 

[Scarface]

As long as we get 2018 I think it would be good to have the 2022 one in China or Oz.

 

[Pork Sword]

Anywhere but England please!

 

[maffew]

Anywhere but England please!

I'd imagine we must be the favourites (though sure if blatters got anything to do with it he'd get involved)

 

[Husty]

Australia please! Ill be living out there by then

 

[Nottseagull]

If Mexico get it, it'll be the third time since we last did!

 

[Giraffe]

Must be us in 2018 surely?

 

[Nottseagull]

Good job Africa can't have it - imagine what it'd be like in Zimbabwe!
You'd need far more Zimbabwean dollars than these to ride the bus to the stadium.....

 

[Beach Hut]

Us and either China or Quatar I would say, more likely China as they have proved how good they are after the Olympics.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Japan- they hosted it in 2002 so they can f*** off
China- will have quite a lot of money behind them, will have plenty of stadiums, and might be decent at the old soccer ball thing by then
Qatar- joke
Mexico- already hosted it TWICE
United States- 1994, very few decent soccer specific stadiums, BUT will have money behind them
Russia-same as china, will have decent stadiums and a fair bit of money to put behind their campaign
Australia-hmm, not much football history, BUT a decent market for football, good stadiums and that
Canada- f*** all football history, doubt they have any decent football specific stadiums- do they even LIKE football?
England- decent stadiums, shit infrastructure which could be improved by the olympics, good football history, pretty much all of the other 'big footballing nations' have hosted since us, premier league big etc. and
Spain/Portugal- spain hosted in 1982 and i thought they were getting rid of joint bids?
Holland/Belgium.-same as spain/portugal regarding joint bids, have also joint hosted a european championship fairly recently, and belgium are hardly a football HEAVYWEIGHT

It won't take place in South America or Africa according to the rules.
i thought they were getting rid of the rotation thing?

i reckon we should get it

 

[Napper]

Euro 96 was pretty shit aside from England , partly empty stadiums dour football. Don't think we shone in that which I think does matter as Mexico mentioned again probably purely on past major championships

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Canada- f*** all football history, doubt they have any decent football specific stadiums- do they even LIKE football?

I'd love the World Cup to be hosted here, and Canada would do a bloody good job of it.

Think Skydome (Rogers Centre), Montreal Olympic Stadium. Toronto FC's stadium BMO Field was used for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

I'd love the World Cup to be hosted here, and Canada would do a bloody good job of it.

Think Skydome (Rogers Centre), Montreal Olympic Stadium. Toronto FC's stadium BMO Field was used for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

i'll admit to not knowing much about much about football in canada, how big is it there?

i think for a world cup you need about 10 40,000+ stadiums- do canada have that (football stadiums that is)

i've always imagined it to be a country that isn't overly interested in football

 

[Pork Sword]

I personally would hate it to be in England. All of our games at Wembley. Want to take over some foreign country again.

 

[otk]

I think 52 years is a long enough wait

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