Spain and Portugal buddy up for 2030 World Cup bid but no mention of Morocco: http://www.insideworldfootball.com/...-buddy-2030-world-cup-bid-no-mention-morocco/
The de facto UEFA primaries will be fascinating - IMO the UK bid has a better chance at the FIFA elections than an Iberian one, but I don't see any such advantage at the continent level. Who knows, some UEFA members may even relish the chance to give the UK a kick up the backside over Brexit...
meanwhile it doesn't matter ... big money comes from china FIFA open to China 2030 World Cup bid: https://www.besoccer.com/new/fifa-open-to-china-2030-world-cup-bid-647945
Nostalgia and South American pride/tradition aside... ...this does not look good at all for the 2030 bid: https://www.yahoo.com/news/hunt-cause-massive-south-america-043945590.html
It would be great for world football if 2030 WC goes to Asia. Conmebol gave away its opportunity to host its South American Centenary in exchange for money. Now Conmebol wants 2030 WC because of another Centenary. Throw some money at Conmebol and they will accept a WC in Oceania.
Ecuador edges towards World Cup 2030 bid with Colombia and Peru in tow: http://www.insideworldfootball.com/...towards-world-cup-2030-bid-colombia-peru-tow/
Well, splitting all of 10 votes isn't that big an issue Nevertheless, this would almost certainly lead to a de facto primary in Conmebol to decide on only one South American bid, so that Conmebol could then wheel and deal in favor of said bid instead of having to split its loyalties - or neglect one entirely and risk enduring bad blood. In all honesty, an Andean bid up against a Southern Cone one is a non-starter. Conmebol is based in Paraguay with a Paraguayan president - CHUPAR is going to be Conmebol's 2030 bid sí o sí.
Gotta be the dumbest WC bid ever. Yeah, please gimme a WC in Quito and Bogota. And let us visit Peru, after it failed to organize a Youth WC. Waste of money on publicists+lobbyists salaries. Put that money back into youth NT development.
And what's wrong with Quito and Bogotá? They didn't fail to organize it; they lost the hosting rights over either infrastructural concerns or failing to get FIFA the necessary tax breaks (conflicting reports on what was the primary reason). Not ideal, but nothing too daunting to overcome by 2030. And in the meanwhile, Lima just hosted arguably the best Pan-American Games ever.
Ohhhh give me lots, lots of tanks, oxygen tanks with some masks... Beautiful group stage with good teams struggling at high altitude venues. Could not organize 1 simple u17 World Cup. Multiple infrastructure delays each time FIFA/Conmebol came back to check on Peru. I wanna see when FIFA awards a senior WC to Peru after taking away its youth WC. FIFA is done with Peru.
Teams adjusted just fine in South Africa... ...except they did. For this time around: granted. https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/three-bids-submitted-for-fifa-u-20-world-cup-2021tm
Interesting, I did not know that Peru would try so soon after being shot down in Feb 2019. Nice payday for its lobbyists. Good luck with that.
Agree that these countries probably have better ways to spend their money, even within the football world. But COL, ECU, PER would be pretty amazing for fans! The altitude argument is a non-starter. I mean its not La Paz. Plus its just 3 cities out of probably 12 or so where altitude would be any issue at all.
https://www.elcomercio.com/deportes/futbol-brasil-quito-oxigeno-desfibrilador.html Increased risk of cardiac arrest, at Quito.
Is that increased risk more or less than playing in Denver in the snow? Anyway that article is pretty old and it was decided not take action so the risk couldn't be that great. And I think in general it is less harsh on the body having a month-long tournament at altitude than for someone that lives at sea level going to a high-altitude destination for a few days (something that's constantly happening in Copa Libertadores/Sudamericana and CONMEBOL qualifying tournaments and elsewhere around the world).
@BocaFan touché. Did not know NAFTA 2026 placed Denver as venue candidate. Bolivia should have fun playing there.
As it seems they are doing it only to undermine Argentina/Uruguay bid and put Colombia in front running spot for the next WC in South America, whenever that happens. South American bid isn't going to win in 2030 anyway since FIFA will go where the biggest money is, and that is either Europe or even more China if allowed to bid!
Portugal should host 2030 World Cup on their own. We did a good job hosting euro 2004 and the most recent uefa nations league 2019 (the best ever nations league in history according to UEFA). Cities for stadiums : Lisbon (2 stadia) , Porto (2 stadia), braga, guimaraes, Coimbra, Faro, Funchal, Ponta Delgada
With the expanded World Cup now, I wonder if FIFA are going to start pushing not only multiple hosts, but entire continents hosting the tournament, kind of like Euro 2020... like you could have a Conmebol 2030 tournament with each country getting a few matches and the final in Montvideo... hey even try hosting a game in Antarctica... anyhoo, just a thought....
The big difference is that Europe is much smaller and more interconnected than Africa, Asia or the Americas.
It can be, but not the way UEFA arranged this tournament... I'd hate to have to get from Dublin to Baku... but yeah I agree with you taking the train from Lima to Caracas is not a thing and flights are horrendously expensive....they'd really have to put certain groups / knockout paths in specific countries...
I suppose you could have eight nations host and each have two groups and two round of 32 matches. That means the team that makes the last 16 from that bracket wont have to travel before then. Distances would still make a tournament like this difficult anywhere but Europe. Asia and Africa could do it if they limited it to regions. Asia already has four sub federations within it, not sure if Africa has a formal division but informally there is north south east and west. I think a North African set up would be most feasible for Africa right now. Asia is out of the picture right now but each region is capable of hosting 2034 or later.
You were saying? ¡Somos una @CONMEBOL que #CreeEnGrande! En el 2021 disfrutaremos del Mundial Sub-17 de la FIFA con Perú como sede. 🇵🇪👏 https://t.co/YZnEASAic7— CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) October 24, 2019 (for non Spanish speakers: Conmebol Pres. Alejandro Domínguez just spilled that FIFA awarded the 2021 u-17 World Cup to Peru) ¡PERÚ 2021! 🇵🇪La @FIFAcom eligió al Perú para ser sede de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub 17 🏆que se realizará en el año 2021. Consejo Ejecutivo determinó que todas las postulaciones calificaban para todas las categorías. Más información ⬇️ https://t.co/Hv6QLvNxEB pic.twitter.com/KqCVVAaozh— La Bicolor (@SeleccionPeru) October 24, 2019