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Post by Panda on Nov 30, 2010 15:06:58 GMT 1
The hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be chosen on Thursday.
Who do you think will win the vote?
All the non-European candidates pulled out of the 2018 race to focus on 2022.
Vote now!
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Post by Paddy on Nov 30, 2010 15:09:47 GMT 1
Korea had it 8 years ago!
Japan is somewhere I can see it going since it is a new market and a growing one atm.
Aussie land or Qatar for other 2 options.
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Post by Panda on Nov 30, 2010 15:11:32 GMT 1
Korea had it 8 years ago! Japan is somewhere I can see it going since it is a new market and a growing one atm. Aussie land or Qatar for other 2 options. Erm... so did Japan... And it'll be 20 years by the time this tournament is actually played. |
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Post by Panda on Nov 30, 2010 15:12:36 GMT 1
Odds:
5/4 Qatar
6/4 Australia
10/3 USA
25/1 Japan
25/1 South Korea
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Post by Paddy on Nov 30, 2010 15:27:57 GMT 1
Did Japan and S Korea joint hold it? I stand corrected, and will say Qatar then as first choice. Be good to see an Arab state (a modern one though) hold the World Cup. Except i hope all games are played at 1am their time for the heat over there!
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Post by Panda on Nov 30, 2010 15:33:44 GMT 1
Did Japan and S Korea joint hold it? I stand corrected, and will say Qatar then as first choice. Be good to see an Arab state (a modern one though) hold the World Cup. Except i hope all games are played at 1am their time for the heat over there! Yeah they did... The timing is apparently one of the big drawbacks of the Qatar bid. They wanted it in the winter but FIFA said no. As you say, the heat could be a big problem but as many of those voting have never kicked a ball in their lives, it probably won't be taken into consideration. It would certainly be something different, though I would like to see it go to Australia. |
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Post by Paddy on Nov 30, 2010 15:44:18 GMT 1
Even though Aussie land are struggling financially atm? Their politics is a little shoddy and would struggle without building purpose built footy stadiums to populate everyone. Unless Aussie Rule pitches can be made into footy ones?
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Post by Panda on Nov 30, 2010 15:47:13 GMT 1
Even though Aussie land are struggling financially atm? Their politics is a little shoddy and would struggle without building purpose built footy stadiums to populate everyone. Unless Aussie Rule pitches can be made into footy ones? Australia have got plenty of rugby, aussie rules, cricket stadiums in place (the final would probably be at the MCG). One problem could be their seasons overlapping with the World Cup as FIFA don't like the stadiums being used for anything else during the tournament. |
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Post by o on Nov 30, 2010 16:01:07 GMT 1
They'll go with the money (Qatar), but I think having it in Australia would be good...
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Post by Maximo Mark on Nov 30, 2010 16:32:44 GMT 1
I hope Australia. As long as it doesn't go to America...
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Post by raliverpool on Nov 30, 2010 19:05:32 GMT 1
I hope Australia. As long as it doesn't go to America... Ditto. But my massive cynicism of all things FIFA makes me think it is a two horse race between Qatar & the USA. |
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Post by suedehead on Dec 1, 2010 11:37:21 GMT 1
Apparently Qatar have been working on air-conditioning stadiums - including the pitch. There are also suggestions that this week's WikiLeKs stories will count against the US. Let's hope so.
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Post by wonderwall on Dec 1, 2010 11:40:06 GMT 1
Australia for me
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Post by ThinWhitePuke on Dec 1, 2010 11:45:07 GMT 1
Holding it in Qatar would be ridiculous.
I know Qatar well it is not a big place, a small emirate, they also would not have the hotels to accomodate hundreds of thousands of fans and not enough stadiums to seriously handle 32 teams playing matches.
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Post by Mart!n on Dec 1, 2010 11:45:57 GMT 1
I hope it goes to Australia, on the down side though seeing the matches live during the night and early morning not really my cup of tea.
I thought Qatar is a small country, I didn't know they had many football stadiums, unless there is a joint host nation.
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Post by ThinWhitePuke on Dec 1, 2010 11:47:25 GMT 1
I hope Australia get it, I have relatives in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth I could go to games
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Post by greendemon on Dec 1, 2010 14:16:33 GMT 1
I hope Australia get it, I have relatives in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth I could go to games same - although i just have relatives in melbourne (i used to have an aunt in brisbane but she moved a few months ago) |
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Post by Panda on Dec 1, 2010 15:28:08 GMT 1
Holding it in Qatar would be ridiculous. I know Qatar well it is not a big place, a small emirate, they also would not have the hotels to accomodate hundreds of thousands of fans and not enough stadiums to seriously handle 32 teams playing matches. They build new ones. That's sort of how it works. Some of them are already in place as Qatar is hosting the Asian Cup in January. Those venues would be redeveloped for the World Cup. However, the size of the country could well be a problem, as many of the venues would be within a short distance of each other. www.qatar2022bid.com/stadiums |
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Post by Mart!n on Dec 1, 2010 15:42:34 GMT 1
They build new ones. That's sort of how it works. Some of them are already in place as Qatar is hosting the Asian Cup in January. Those venues would be redeveloped for the World Cup. However, the size of the country could well be a problem, as many of the venues would be within a short distance of each other. www.qatar2022bid.com/stadiumsThose stadiums look pretty impressive for such a small country |
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Post by Panda on Dec 1, 2010 15:56:25 GMT 1
An interesting thing to note about the USA bid is only 2 of the venues used in 1994 are on the shortlist of possible venues for 2022 - the Rose Bowl and the Cotton Bowl, such is the number of new venues built for NFL teams in recent years.
USA venues:
Rose Bowl, Pasadena (staged World Cup final in 1994)
Memorial Coliseum, LA (1984 Olympic stadium)
Cotton Bowl, Dallas
FedEx Field, Landover (home of Washington Redskins, largest stadium in NFL with capacity of just under 92,000)
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington (home of Dallas Cowboys, venue for this season's Super Bowl)
New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford (home of New York Giants & Jets)
Sun Life Stadium, Miami (home of Miami Dolphins)
Reliant Stadium, Houston (home of Houston Texans)
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City (home of Kansas City Chiefs)
Invesco Field, Denver (home of Denver Broncos)
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa (home of Tampa Bay Buccaneers - great venue, it has a galleon that fires cannons when the Buccaneers score)
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough (home of New England Patriots)
Husky Stadium, Seattle
Georgia Dome, Atlanta (home of Atlanta Falcons, venue for Wrestlemania XXVII)
M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore (home of Baltimore Ravens)
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia (home of Philadelphia Eagles)
LP Field, Nashville (home of Tennessee Titans)
Qwest Field, Seattle (home of Seattle Seahawks)
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego (home of San Diego Chargers)
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis (home of Indianapolis Colts)
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