GKJ
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Saudi Arabia set to host 2034 World Cup
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No Fun Shogun
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GindyDraws
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You telling me that nobody else tried to make a bid for the World Cup?
The 2030 Cup will be held in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco with ceremonial games in South America, which was also announced.
The 2030 Cup will be held in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco with ceremonial games in South America, which was also announced.
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This past World Cup was actually alright in terms of timing and the host stadiums and whatnot, but it happening in November/December was just odd.
If it were up to me it'd rotate between Western Europe and South America.
I don't care about Saudi Arabia but you know that the soccer world is going to be up in arms about this as they tend to have political leanings and strong opinions on the Saudi government. When WWE started running shows over there, people were getting real mad claiming they were supporting murder and corruption and shit. But murder and corruption never got in FIFA's way before, so...
If it were up to me it'd rotate between Western Europe and South America.
I don't care about Saudi Arabia but you know that the soccer world is going to be up in arms about this as they tend to have political leanings and strong opinions on the Saudi government. When WWE started running shows over there, people were getting real mad claiming they were supporting murder and corruption and shit. But murder and corruption never got in FIFA's way before, so...
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Awesome that they picked such a fun country that is set up for wild parties and good times for people of all races religions genders etc.
As some wise philosophers once said...
Money, money, money, must be funny, in a rich man's world.
Money, money, money, must be funny, in a rich man's world.
GKJ
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FIFA had already determined that 2034 would be held in the Asian/Oceania zone, so that limited the pool and I guess no one besides Australia was ever interested since this was clearly what FIFA wanted.
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South America may never get another one.
Will the World Cup ever be hosted outside Europe, North America or Asia again?
News that the 2034 World Cup would likely be hosted by Saudi Arabia made waves for expected reasons, but beyond that, there's a clear reason why FIFA has nowhere else to turn.
World Cup like the olympics really doesn’t need a brand new never hosted one before nation.
WC is expanding to 48 nations in 2026. Used to only need 8 venues. Probably at a minimum it would get bumped up to 12. USA, Mex and Can one in 2026 has like 16 in total but to spread it across 3 countries probably needed more than what you can get by on.
Guessing we see more co-hosts bids on the future to accommodate the extra games.
My thoughts are always will the venues be fully used afterwards? Seems wasteful to spend billions on stadiums if a couple of them are not really used later.
WC is expanding to 48 nations in 2026. Used to only need 8 venues. Probably at a minimum it would get bumped up to 12. USA, Mex and Can one in 2026 has like 16 in total but to spread it across 3 countries probably needed more than what you can get by on.
Guessing we see more co-hosts bids on the future to accommodate the extra games.
My thoughts are always will the venues be fully used afterwards? Seems wasteful to spend billions on stadiums if a couple of them are not really used later.
I've read that this was because they decided to have 2030 in a mix of Europe/Africa/South America, thus forcing only Asia/Oceania to be available. And with limiting bidding time to a month, it meant no serious competitors could come forward, so Saudi Arabia immediately became a frontrunner, which in part led to Australia backing out.
