Tuesday, March 23, 2010

2018 2022 World Cups who will get them?

Australia
- pros:
its never been held there before
it could help develop the game
-cons:
there very few football specific stadiums
other major sports would be running at the same time
issues regarding thecost required

Belgium & Netherlands
- pros:
- cons:
its a joint bid
lack of stadium suitable for the final
lack of cultural centrallity
issues over crowd violence in the netherlands

England
- pros:
home of football
most watched league globally
best attended leagues, at every level
more than enough suitable stadiums

- cons:
objections to english footballs financial superiority
political infighting in organisation

Japan
- pros:
- cons:
no stadium suitable for the final
only recently held the worldcup

Spain & Portugal
- pros:
plenty of suitable stadium
- cons:
joint bid

Qatar
- pros:
lots of money
never been a world cup in the arab world
- cons:
lack of stadium
very hot

Russia
- pros:
lots of money
lots of potential stadium
- cons:
political issues, it recently had to be kept apart from some other nations in the recent uefa draw
potentially vast travel distances
not very fan friendly, very restrictive visas for the champions league final in 2008

South Korea
- pros:
prepared to build suitable stadium
- cons:
recently held the world cup

USA
- pros:
loads of suitable stadium, including some soccer specific stadium
1994 world cup was very successful
- cons:
given the 2014 world cup is in south america it would be unlikely to be held in north america
not too longin footballing terms since the last world cup

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