Aussie walks away from 2023 Asian Cup bid but mulls 2030 World Cup options
July 6 - Australia has dropped plans to bid to host the 2023 Asian Cup, but are considering a joint bid for the 2030 World Cup.
Australia, along with New Zealand, host the 2023 Women's World Cup. Bidding for the men's event in 2030 would be a natural progression, Football Australia chief executive James Johnson told Reuters.
"[Canada] started by hosting the Women's World Cup in 2016 and you quickly move up to [2026] and they are co-hosts of the Men's World Cup," Johnson said.
>"We have to think of ourselves as a region and yes, absolutely with New Zealand, but we also have a lot of attention and growth in Southeast Asia. I think we have to explore both."< /p>
Johnson ruled out being the replacement host for 2023 for the Asian Cup, but left the door open if the AFC decided to move the event from its current slot scheduled for summer 2023, and revert to its old January dates. This would amount to postponing the Asian Cup in 2024, a bit like the Africans decided to do with the CAN.
Moving the date of the Asian Cup currently seems unlikely as both Indonesia and South Korea have expressed government-backed interest.
Australia's 2030 bid would be a re-entry into a FIFA bid process it has heavily criticized in the past following its failed bid to win the 2022 World Cup.
FIFA's processes for awarding World Cups have changed significantly since then, not least because it is now a vote taken by the full FIFA membership rather than a committee executive of 24 people. Even so, FIFA voting is still a tense and intense affair, and Australia and any common partner would need a lot of support in a not always transparent process to secure a winning bid.
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July 6 - Australia has dropped plans to bid to host the 2023 Asian Cup, but are considering a joint bid for the 2030 World Cup.
Australia, along with New Zealand, host the 2023 Women's World Cup. Bidding for the men's event in 2030 would be a natural progression, Football Australia chief executive James Johnson told Reuters.
"[Canada] started by hosting the Women's World Cup in 2016 and you quickly move up to [2026] and they are co-hosts of the Men's World Cup," Johnson said.
>"We have to think of ourselves as a region and yes, absolutely with New Zealand, but we also have a lot of attention and growth in Southeast Asia. I think we have to explore both."< /p>
Johnson ruled out being the replacement host for 2023 for the Asian Cup, but left the door open if the AFC decided to move the event from its current slot scheduled for summer 2023, and revert to its old January dates. This would amount to postponing the Asian Cup in 2024, a bit like the Africans decided to do with the CAN.
Moving the date of the Asian Cup currently seems unlikely as both Indonesia and South Korea have expressed government-backed interest.
Australia's 2030 bid would be a re-entry into a FIFA bid process it has heavily criticized in the past following its failed bid to win the 2022 World Cup.
FIFA's processes for awarding World Cups have changed significantly since then, not least because it is now a vote taken by the full FIFA membership rather than a committee executive of 24 people. Even so, FIFA voting is still a tense and intense affair, and Australia and any common partner would need a lot of support in a not always transparent process to secure a winning bid.
Contact the author of this story at moc.l1657105849labto1657105849ofdlr1657105849owedi1657105849sni@n1657105849osloh1657105849cin.l1657105849uap1657105849
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