Michael W Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Highland Capital said: Just thinking there how many countries are left that could conceivably hold it solo who haven't had it yet? China could definitely do it. Australia and Indonesia could probably do it. Any others? UAE went through my mind but they seem to have a handful of big ones and then there's a big drop off. India. Although, many of their larger stadiums are for cricket, so may not be suitable. They definitely have enough venues of the correct capacity size, though. Portugal could maybe have managed a 32 team WC, but won't cope with 48. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 19 minutes ago, Highland Capital said: Just thinking there how many countries are left that could conceivably hold it solo who haven't had it yet? China could definitely do it. Australia and Indonesia could probably do it. Any others? UAE went through my mind but they seem to have a handful of big ones and then there's a big drop off. Ye need 12 40k+ stadiums. China absolutely smashes that India also smashes it but most are cricket stadiums. Wouldn't be hard to make it work tho. Indonesia has 11 but has a few just bubbling under that wouldn't need much work (or let Malaysia or somewhere take a slot) Speaking of Malaysia they have 9 stadiums ready to go. A few others aren't far off. Australia has 9 with two being built*. So would need to build/upgrade one more (or let NZ take that slot) Turkey has 8 and wouldn't need much to get another four upgraded. No one else is really close. Places like Poland have about 5 that would work and a load of stadiums in the 20-40k capacity that could be upgraded. Maybe Morocco is a shout as they currently have 5 but one other stadium currently being expansed. That puts them halfway and they've bidded before but that was for a 32 team World Cup. *dunoo if the ones being built means current ones will be getting bulldozed or whatever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 A joint bid within a reasonable travel area is far better for almost everyone than a white elephant like the Athens Olympics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 At this point, a bigger stumbling block than suitable stadia must surely be transport links for 48 nations' supporters, plus all the other people in the country for the tournament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 4 hours ago, virginton said: A joint bid within a reasonable travel area is far better for almost everyone than a white elephant like the Athens Olympics. Euro 2004 in Portugal as well. The top 3 clubs there (Porto, Benfica and Sporting) are almost universally supported. Imagine the old firm, but even more so. Even the small number of Portuguese people who do watch their local sides tend to have a “big team” as well. These clubs provided the three biggest stadiums for the tournament and they tend to fill them to 65%-80% capacity. It’s never hard to get a ticket. Of the other seven stadiums, one of them is a complete white elephant (Gibraltar we’re using it before they built their stadium, but no club team uses it) and the other six are used by Portuguese clubs but never even coming remotely close to filling up. It’d be the equivalent of Scotland hosting the euros solo and then in future years having Kilmarnock, Motherwell and Inverness Caley Thistle playing in 40,000 seater stadiums to a few thousand fans every week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight minge Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Indonesia would be a completely unrealistic option to host a World Cup at this point. The stadiums would need huge upgrading themselves and the overall infrastructure to accommodate and move the people expected to attend would be an impossibility right now. The investment needed would be too great. Good luck to any team and supporters drawn to play in Banda Aceh, itself being a human rights blot on any application. India would be similar as above, all be it better geared to prepare. Not many Asian countries really have the back end infrastructure to host such a tournament and are some years off being able. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I think China could probably do it. Even the region of South East Asia would struggle never mind individual countries. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Surprised England has never hosted a World Cup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 A Euros or World Cup in Turkey would be excellent, and far preferable to yet another in England/Spain/France/Germany.It's a big enough country, has delivered on many major infrastructure projects, actually qualifies for the thing every now and again, has a passionate fanbase, loads of quality hotels, good internal transport links, familiar with mass tourism and the place is rammed with averagey-looking cockteases. Yes, there's geopolitical risk and internal political "unpleasantness", but few mooted new hosts aren't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Qatar being awarded it has blown it wide open. As long as someone has cash, they will be a realistic prospect. Doesn't matter if they have no stadiums and infrastructure, they can chuck cash and human lifes at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Spain/Portugal joint bid for 2030 have now added Ukraine, for some reason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, Donathan said: Spain/Portugal joint bid for 2030 have now added Ukraine, for some reason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 18 minutes ago, eez-eh said: Sounds shite. Imagine Scotland qualify for their first World Cup in 32 years and we are all excited for tapas and superbocks on the beach, only to get drawn into a group that’s being played in the Donbas region while getting shelled by Putin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Donathan said: Spain/Portugal joint bid for 2030 have now added Ukraine, for some reason Guess they've figured out they aren't being awarded it anyway. Might as well throw in Yemen and Vietnam's 1975 squad too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Stiles Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Donathan said: Spain/Portugal joint bid for 2030 have now added Ukraine, for some reason I'd be petrified of an armed response by Andorra for such a humiliating snub. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) They've said they will still have the same number of Iberian stadia as in the original plans, so they're clearly setting up to say "well, we wanted to include Ukraine, but sadly we can't do so because of the war, so we will have to go with the original plans" after having got a few extra sympathy votes (and at least one vote from Ukraine, presumably) along the way. Edited October 5, 2022 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: They've said they will still have the same number of Iberian stadia as in the original plans, so they're clearly setting up to say "well, we wanted to include Ukraine, but sadly we can't do so because of the war, so we will have to go with the original plans" after having got a few extra sympathy votes (and at least one vote from Ukraine, presumably) along the way. There's surely no chance of the four Conmebol nations not winning anyway, so they're just giving themselves some PR points for being nice to Ukraine regardless of this making no logistical sense whatsoever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) I'd like to see the CONMEBOL countries win it, with it being the 100th anniversary and everything. But I wouldn't be amazed if they go with the more boring option. Remember they voted for Germany ahead of South Africa. Edited October 5, 2022 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Apparently there’s also a joint bid from Egypt, Greece and Saudi Arabia 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Remember they voted for Germany ahead of South Africa.Correct decision. The Germany World Cup was much better than the South African one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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