World Cup 2018 & 2022 bids

Russia would be fantastic with the Neo-Nazi skinhead thing they got going on in Moscow and the other big cities.
 
niMic said:
There's a big difference between 1.4 million and 7.8 million.
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If Qatar wanted to they could open the floodgates to migrant workers ... I'd help out if they'd pay me to get over there.

vanthaman said:
there were only 16 teams when switzerland hosted it
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Qatar managed to create 5 stadia in a short period of time for next years AFC Cup with 16 teams, they could create another 5 or 7 in a much longer time for a 32 team one.

They have the capacity to build stadia, to get migrant workers, size doen't matter ...

Size doesn't really matter Belguim and Netherlands combined are smaller than the Republic of Ireland in size, that doesn't mean that the Republic of Ireland will be able to host a European Championship on its own.
 
dar10nian said:
My bet is 2018 England and 2022 Australia.

Rather surprised no bid from China. Hosting the WC may be one effective solution for the world most populous nation to raise its football standard. Facilities wises, should be no problem, since it already has hosted the Olympics.
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2026 china, make no mistake about it.

IMO:

2014- south america (brazil)
2018- England/Russia (europe)
2022- qatar (middle east)
2026- china (asia)
 
2030- USA (north america)
2034- WW III (no world cup)
2038- Spain (europe)
2042- Egypt (africa)
2046- Japan (asia)
2050- Argentina (south america)
 
I_live_cement said:
How is that sarcasm?

That probably one of the only points of his that I wouldn't actually refute. Because I seriously don't know where he got the idea that we have the best stadiums from.
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He bolded that, not me, I just quoted it his post... I had the "best stadiums" thing in mind as well

edit: and that "top world economy" thing
 
There's a story going around that Blatter will guarantee Qatar the 2022 WC in return for Bin Hammam delivering him the numbers to have a final term as FIFA president.
 
2018 will be in Europe - probably England or Russia

2022 is up for grabs with a few asian bids plus usa and oz in the hat
 
I think it's evident that USA and England are now supporting each other's bids.
 
Excal said:
Clearly the US is trading support with someone, but I'm curious why you think it's England? Not saying it isn't, just wondering.
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Who else would it be? We, as a rule, don't like Russia and they are the co-favorites with England(imo).
 
VoetbalWizard said:
2026 china, make no mistake about it.

IMO:

2014- south america (brazil)
2018- England/Russia (europe)
2022- qatar (middle east)
2026- china (asia)
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You do realise that that "Middle East" is not a confederation, don't you?

If China wants 2026, they have to pray that 2022 doesn't go to Japan, Korea, Australia or Qatar.
 
North America deserves another before Europe gets one :(
 
Surprised Canada hasn't got involved. I reckon they'd be a dead cert for the tournament as it wouldn't be the USA but all the USA business/media would happily get into it.
 
gambit28 said:
Surprised Canada hasn't got involved. I reckon they'd be a dead cert for the tournament as it wouldn't be the USA but all the USA business/media would happily get into it.
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Right, all they'd need is any interest in football whatsoever.

I know we aren't the most football-mad country on the planet, but Canada really doesn't give a shit about the sport.
 
Excal said:
Right, all they'd need is any interest in football whatsoever.

I know we aren't the most football-mad country on the planet, but Canada really doesn't give a shit about the sport.
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It's more popular than hockey amongst the youth I believe in numbers of participants at least
 
But yeah most true Canucks could give a shit less, although they do have a flourishing immigrant community who are fans of the game and a country with such a small population given its size do have an effect albeit mild
 
Honestly, I think if we got 2022 the game would finally do what it'd been said to for the last 30 years in this country. We're so damn close, this WC proved that. Ten more years of football development (and more importantly football "infrastructure" if you will) combined with a colossal WC would do it.

I hope.
 
Spain should ditch Portugal and co host with Russia ... Imagine Estadio José Rico Pérez in Alicante, Spain ... then to freezing Rubin Stadium in Kazan the next game ...

:D
 
If England don't get it in 2018 it will be an utter disgrace.


There is no question it is the best place to host it by a country mile.

Sell out, big and historic stadiums.

Mega bucks for FIFA and world footie.

Perfect infrastructure, policing etc...

Amazing atmosphere.

There isn't any competition if you look at it purely as a specticle
 
KingMinger22 said:
If England don't get it in 2018 it will be an utter disgrace.


There is no question it is the best place to host it by a country mile.

Sell out, big and historic stadiums.

Mega bucks for FIFA and world footie.

Perfect infrastructure, policing etc...

Amazing atmosphere.

There isn't any competition if you look at it purely as a specticle
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You could say the same things about Spain/Portugal.
 
England 2018 makes Russia bid leader complaint

England's 2018 World Cup bid team has lodged a complaint with Fifa against the head of Russia's rival campaign over comments he made about London.

Russia 2018 chief executive Alexei Sorokin was quoted as criticising high crime rates and the drinking habits of young people in England's capital.

Fifa has strict rules prohibiting criticism of rival bids.

Sorokin said he had no intention to discredit bid rivals and is ready to apologise for any "misunderstanding".

"I can only apologise for this misunderstanding," he said. "We have the tapes of the interview and I know for a fact that I didn't break any rules.

"I did not try to hurt or discredit our bid rivals, there was no malice intended, I'm 100% sure of that."

England's complaint has been made against Sorokin rather than the Russian bid as a whole.

The controversy began last week when Russian paper Sport Express reported Sorokin to have said: "We do not enter into squabbles.

"It's no secret, for example, that London has the highest crime rate when compared with other European cities, and the highest level of alcohol consumption among young people."

Sorokin also criticised the British media for its coverage of Russia's bid as well as referring to Peter Odemwingie, the former Lokomotiv Moscow forward who was the subject of racial abuse before and after he left the Russian club for West Brom.

But Sorokin said Russia's bid team could explain themselves to governing body Fifa as well as England's bid team if necessary.

"I am really sorry that because of several interpretations my interview was distorted," added Sorokin.

"In the interview I used London's problems as an example. Such things are part of life in any big city.

"If you're talking specifically about my interview in the Sport Express and what the British media made out of it, I must say my words have been distorted in three different stages, creating all the fuss.

"First, people in the Sport Express had interpreted some of my comments in a vague way, not exactly what I was trying to express.

"Second, much of it was lost in translation from Russian into English and then, the rest was made up by the English journalists themselves.

"Because of all these things the final content came out in a wrong way."

Russia, England and joint bids from Belgium/Holland and Spain/Portugal are in the running to host the 2018 World Cup.

Qatar, Australia, the United States, Japan and South Korea are contesting the 2022 vote.

The decision on who will host the tournaments will be announced by Fifa on 2 December following a secret ballot.

However, the two bidding processes have been dogged by controversy.

At the weekend the Sunday Times posted a film in which former Fifa general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen appeared to suggest that 2018 bidder Spain/Portugal and 2022 hopeful Qatar had struck a deal to exchange votes. Both bidders have denied all allegations of collusion.

Two Fifa members have also been provisionally suspended for 30 days pending an investigation into allegations that they offered to sell their votes in the 2018 contest when approached by Sunday Times journalists posing as lobbyists for an American consortium.

Zen-Ruffinen has since claimed his allegations were "exaggerated" in an attempt to impress the lobbyists, and added he was "totally against" bribery, but his claims will be used in an investigation which Fifa hopes to have concluded by mid-March.
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BBC Sport - Football - England 2018 makes Russia bid leader complaint
 
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