Australia Should Host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup

[DB10]

A World Cup in Russia would be pretty mental.

No matter where it is in 2018, either there or Spain or England, I'd want to go.

 

[madman]

England are favourites for the 2018 world cup and Australia are favourites for the 2022 World cup.

 

[WorldGame94]

AFL > Football.

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What is this guy on about?

Football is a world game, sorry if that confuses you??

 

[WorldGame94]

I am speaking of the Soccer World Cup. This great event brings millions of people together in celebration, from all walks of life and from every nation around the world. I believe that Australia should host a World Cup for a number of reasons. I genuinely believe that it will have many positive affects on all aspects of Australian society.

Due to soccer's huge popularity worldwide, it will bring forth many opportunities to Australia. The world cup can be used to promote Australia as a country. By this, I mean that Australia will be in the world spotlight for an extended period of time. In this period we can show the world what Australia has to offer. Its diverse cities, its amazing outback and stunning beaches. This will give our tourism industry a much needed boost while also strengthen our economy. Million's of people will flock to Australia to enjoy soccer. On their stay in Australia they will eat, rest and experience all that Australia have to offer. This would create significant commercial opportunities for Australian businesses. It would also create many employment opportunities. Jobs in building and management and finance will be created across Australia. There is great amounts of money to be made which can be used by the government to help improve aspects of our community, such as city infrastructure, the health system, education, employment, technology, climate change and many other current issues facing Australia today.

Due to soccer's ever growing popularity worldwide, soccer and the World Cup has been used to promote fair play and many issues that are affecting our society today. If the world cup was held in Australia the games would be a means of publicising and encouraging awareness of issues such as metal health and depression, fair sportsmanship and racism. I believe I speak on behalf of the whole nation when I say that by helping spread the word of these problems through, sport would only better our society. I have seen first hand people who have been affected by these issues and the world cup, with its huge media power can help spread awareness of these issues and encourage the public to actively participate in helping them. The world cup can also be used to promote fitness and encourage kids to join a team and play soccer. Getting children involved in sport will help reduce Australia's ever-growing obesity epidemic.

Finally, there is one defining factor that sets Australia part form other counties. And this reason is what will make a soccer world cup so phenomenal. Australia is the most culturally diverse country in the world, and when we all come together as a community, as one, trying to achieve one goal, there are no limit to what we can achieve. I have explained the many positives that will come from an Australian world cup, but what will drive these and make them work so well, is our 'never say die', 'underdog' attitude and 'camaraderie' that is uniquely Australian. Every person in the world can come to Australia and feel at home. With our warm hospitality and easy going nature we can show the world that Australia can put on the greatest show in the world.
Australia should host a World cup and bring the exhilaration and bliss that comes with competition to our continent for the first time. Kevin Rudd made this statement earlier this year. “This bid proposal has the full and unequivocal support of governments and all major political parties in Australia.” What are we waiting for, lets play!

 

[that_dood]

Why are you trying to convince people in the football section? We already know how good football is.

That sort of rant is more suited for the troll-fest up the top of the website.

 

[WorldGame94]

lol @ the AFC coming out supporting a European bid for 2018. ****ing w***ers. I know we had next to zero chance for landing the 2018 WC before they said this but if they try that shit on us for the 2022 bid I will go apeshit if we don't get it.

We will get 2022> FIFA just plys these games to keep every country exited and involved (stupid economic reasosns)
The world cup has never reached our continent and cannot return to a continent twice in a row. That rules out quite a few countries. We have a good ecomoy and are just all round perfect candidate infrastructure wise and we have a great social atmosphere.

 

[0497]

Mexico vs Ecuador - 75k sellout in ...... New York. at the new NFL stadium. If FIFA wants the WC in China anytime soon, the USA is surely the fav for 2022.


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[0497]

Australian bid video.

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[0497]

Qatar bid, arrive by water taxi.

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[0497]

Korea, we have leftovers why not throw our hat in. Peace between Nth and Sth, big call.

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[WorldGame94]

Ausralia will get it for sure. No Other counrty has a chance against us.

- We have a great economy!
- We have the stadium's and avaliable stadium upgrades to fascilitate a world cup better than any otehr country.
- It has never been here before.
- FIFA is always looking for a world cup which will be vibrant and different to all world cups before.
- After it has been in a continent it cannot return to that continent for another two WC's.
- The growth of soccer in Australia shows FIFA that we are country with a huge market which is ready to taken over by soccer.
- We have the pull. By this i mean we have the people to convince FIFA. Frank Lowe etc...!
- We have the full support of the Ausralian government and all other political parties.
- We have very very low crime rates. One of the lowest in the world.
- It will generate millions for the already strong Ausralian economy!
- Other rival codes will have the opportunity to present themselves to the world stage! ( Yes they can! )
- Soccer in Ausralia will sky rocket. More kids playing sport and more healthy Ausrtalia.

Without a doubt in my mind we will get it. Our place is sealed!

 

[WorldGame94]

Ausralia will get it for sure. No Other counrty has a chance against us.

- We have a great economy!
- We have the stadium's and avaliable stadium upgrades to fascilitate a world cup better than any otehr country.
- It has never been here before.
- FIFA is always looking for a world cup which will be vibrant and different to all world cups before.
- After it has been in a continent it cannot return to that continent for another two WC's.
- The growth of soccer in Australia shows FIFA that we are country with a huge market which is ready to taken over by soccer.
- We have the pull. By this i mean we have the people to convince FIFA. Frank Lowe etc...!
- We have the full support of the Ausralian government and all other political parties.
- We have very very low crime rates. One of the lowest in the world.
- It will generate millions for the already strong Ausralian economy!
- Other rival codes will have the opportunity to present themselves to the world stage! ( Yes they can! )
- Soccer in Ausralia will sky rocket. More kids playing sport and more healthy Ausrtalia.

Without a doubt in my mind we will get it. Our place is sealed!

Some other aspects i left out were that we have a great temperature in our cities and great social life. We are not a conformist muslim's or communists. Other countries loves us as trade partners and as holiday destinations.

 

[WorldGame94]

Some other aspects i left out were that we have a great temperature in our cities and great social life. We are not a conformist muslim's or communists. Other countries loves us as trade partners and as holiday destinations.

 

[WorldGame94]

Please watch all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpFYHMfOPOs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMs-GfYgX8A

AUSTRALIA!!!!

 

[Sydneyfan]

Sorry mate, but anyone who gives a to their own post gets a big from me.

It's going to be tough for Australia to get the World Cup with the US and Qatar in the mix. Qatar in reality shouldn't be in the mix but seeing as the head of AFC is from that nation and seeing as the FIFA would no doubt love a World Cup hosted in the Arab world, you can't rule them out. The US are the most likely to recieve the World Cup, they have the population, market, large immigrant population so that all countries with be supported and a slow, gradual increase in interest in the WC. I predict the US will get 2022 and China will gte '26. It'd be great for us to host it though, but it's going to be tough and I wouldn't get your hopes up about it happening.

 

[muesli]

So,

2018 Russia (makes sense) - growth market in Europe, eastern Europe is also getting Euro 2012 so theres an eastward trend

2022 Qatar or USA - SW Asia is under represented, USA is a cheap and profitable option

2026 China

2030 Uruguay for the centenary

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/2018-world-cup-russia-moves-up-the-list/

For China to get 2026 & Uruguay to get 2030 would mean no world cup in Europe for 16 years minimum (2018-2034), surely this wouldn't happen. Europe will always hold it every 8-12 years. Surely 2026 or 2030 is in Europe.

No offence to Qatar but seriously.... it's Australia or the USA in 2022 (Just on China, surprised they didn't bid for 2022, would have been a huge chance)
Wouldn't Australia/Japan/South Korea or Qatar getting it in 2022, rule out China for 2026 as there all in Asia.

 

[stuart27]

Sorry mate, but anyone who gives a to their own post gets a big from me.

It's going to be tough for Australia to get the World Cup with the US and Qatar in the mix. Qatar in reality shouldn't be in the mix but seeing as the head of AFC is from that nation and seeing as the FIFA would no doubt love a World Cup hosted in the Arab world, you can't rule them out. The US are the most likely to recieve the World Cup, they have the population, market, large immigrant population so that all countries with be supported and a slow, gradual increase in interest in the WC. I predict the US will get 2022 and China will gte '26. It'd be great for us to host it though, but it's going to be tough and I wouldn't get your hopes up about it happening.

Qatar aren't in the mix. Sepp likes to pump up every nation he visits so I'd suggest he was only talking up a WC in the Arab world for this reason.

Qatar have already said they'll need to have air conditioning in each of their stadiums to get anywhere near an appropriate temperature for a WC, and I'd suggest they'd need to extend this to their training grounds as well, which makes the entire exercise unrealistic for now.

We have a bigger chance for 2022 than a lot of people think. The Asian timezone does make a big difference, and it's more easily argued that we 'need' the WC, just like the US did in 1994, as it led to the creation of the MLS.

My prediction:

2018: England or Russia
2022: Australia
2026: USA
2030: Uruguay

 

[XFactor1979]

an alien concept for suffering soccer fans in australia/ asia is watching the games of the world cup at a godly hour

its conceivable fifa could have staged the final during the day time in south africa (eg they hold the ashes on during the afternoon and they have test cricket matches on during the afternoon in south africa) the folk from england/ germany etc would have still been content and us suffering aussies and asian folk could have seen the game at a waking hour!

 

[chargers 09]

Would bring plenty of violence, how many people have been in a pub with firms. People who live in Sydney and Melbourne would already know about the problems with ethnic violence. Could be solved though within a decade i guess though.

 

[WorldGame94]

Would bring plenty of violence, how many people have been in a pub with firms. People who live in Sydney and Melbourne would already know about the problems with ethnic violence. Could be solved though within a decade i guess though.

I disagree. It would actually be something which would bring people together. Soccer is language ever country speaks. If Australia was to hold a world cup, it would bring people from across the globe and Australia together. As is has done for South Africa and many other countries which have held the event. The beautiful game unites people and that is why it is so popular. There are more racially motivated attacks at AFL games than other sports in Australia mostly due to the fact non-anglo Australian's can be ostracised.

 

[WorldGame94]

Another World Cup Australia Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMX_Ob_8Oz4

 

[Wallaby]

- After it has been in a continent it cannot return to that continent for another two WC's.

66 - Western Europe (England)
74 - Western Europe (Germany)
82 - WE Spain
90 - WE Italy
98 - WE France
06 - WE Germany

Europe and South America are the home of Soccer - they have to have it regularly. You can't always play the 'Developing Market' card - sometimes you have to play it where it fits.

It makes no sense to have it in a tiny country (22 Million) far away from the rest of the world, with limited growth potential (as opposed to USA, Asia or Africa - or dare I say it, the Middle East).

If soccer ever takes off in this country and becomes the No 1 sport, it would make barely a blip on the world soccer stage. We are too small and isolated.

 

[XFactor1979]

case and point
700 million people in the whole world watched the world cup final last night

it was on here at 4.30 am - i couldnt get up for that, my body just refuses to be awake at the hours of 2 and 4.30am

mind you, having the world cup final at a timeslot which is more suiting to europe and american timezones isolates two of the countries with the largest populations

china and india.

the chinese are lousy at soccer, and chinese men in general are appalling at sports (ones that arent table tennis or badminton), and india and the subcontinent prefer to play cricket instead

 

[ocat1979]

People are in dreamland if they think we have a sniff of getting the world cup. It will be highly unlikely we will even get another olympics. The sydney 2000 games were the lowest tv rating olympics on American tv since 1980, american tv rules over everything just look at the last olympics were finals were held in the mornings so it could be on prime time in the states. We are just in the wrong part of the world to host major world events, thats the way it is and always be. Also with the politics and corruption that goes along with a world cup bid, we'd have more chance of winning it than ever hosting it!

 

[WorldGame94]

66 - Western Europe (England)
74 - Western Europe (Germany)
82 - WE Spain
90 - WE Italy
98 - WE France
06 - WE Germany

Europe and South America are the home of Soccer - they have to have it regularly. You can't always play the 'Developing Market' card - sometimes you have to play it where it fits.

It makes no sense to have it in a tiny country (22 Million) far away from the rest of the world, with limited growth potential (as opposed to USA, Asia or Africa - or dare I say it, the Middle East).

If soccer ever takes off in this country and becomes the No 1 sport, it would make barely a blip on the world soccer stage. We are too small and
isolated.

Its a new, unofficial rule you douche bag. FIFA now want the world cup to be held in different continents for the next few world cups so that soccer can be expanded. Also if you look at your own stats, The world cup is not Europe twice in a row.


You are wrong, wrong and wrong. Just because australia has a smaller population does not mean that we cannot hold a world cup.
Read the above posts and you will see just how great a hot spot Australia is. For your information we are a part of Asia in the FIFA sectors. we are also near Oceania which is where FIFA wants to grow a new market. We are in-between the two. A soccer money power house to our left and a new market to our right. We have everything a soccer world cup needs. Great soccer facilities, metropolitan cities and offer a great cultural experience.