2018 & 2022 World Cups to be decided together

[LostDoggy]

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Its hard not to be upset by the decision.
Its 10 stadiums within 20km and being a strick Muslim country no alcohol.
Most $ wins.

At least the AFL got what they wanted.

[chef]

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We would have a better chance of getting the cup if we did a joint bid with Indonesia.

[GVGjr]

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Its hard not to be upset by the decision.
Its 10 stadiums within 20km and being a strick Muslim country no alcohol.
Most $ wins.

And the vast majority of the new stadiums will never be used whereas here and in other countries they would have been welcome additions.

FIFA obviously placed a premium on the economic returns which was our weakness.

[The Coon Dog]

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Reports out of London saying the English bid was a first round casualty, obtaining just two votes. Wonder how much of that was due to the Panorama expose' highlighting corruption amongst the IOC whoops FIFA delegates?

Australia received a single solitary vote and was the first nation eliminated in the fight for the right to host the 2022 World Cup. It ended up being a fourth-round battle between Qatar and the United States with the Middle Eastern nation winning 14-8.

A major problem when deciding 2 World Cups simultaneously is the suspicion of deals being done between colluding nations (ie, we'll vote for you if you agree to vote for us).

[LostDoggy]

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Money is the only reason.
In terms of Soccer Qatar is a minnow. Many of the players are Brazilian ex pats.

[LostDoggy]

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Australians are too nice we should have used the 48 million to bribe the FIFA officials as that is the only way to get the event.

FIFA has obviously have no intention of growing the game in new markets

[LostDoggy]

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I'm not a soccer fan, but am really disappointed Australia didn't get the 2022 World Cup. I think we would've put on a fantastic World Cup, just like we did the 2000 Olympic Games.

[LostDoggy]

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Australians are too nice we should have used the 48 million to bribe the FIFA officials as that is the only way to get the event.

FIFA has obviously have no intention of growing the game in new markets

49 Million would have beaten them. Highest bidder gets it.

One thing for sure is, there was no point waste our time and money bidding if we are in the Asian federation going up against 3 other Asian bids.

[Topdog]

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One thing for sure is, there was no point waste our time and money bidding if we are in the Asian federation going up against 3 other Asian bids.

Yep thats a very important point. Asia still hates Australia in football so this isn't too surprising.

FIFA accepting the money on offer from Russia and Qatar also isn't surprising. Very disappointing though.

[Mantis]

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Once again the FIFA has sold out to the highest bidder... For the neutrals it really makes you think why even bother.

A mate of mine works in Qatar... Was in Melb recently and said for 4 months (when they will play the WC) they didn't have a day under 40 deg and it doesn't cool down much in the evening.

The country also has a population of just 1.6mil and they will be building the 10 stadiums within a 20km radius... Good luck moving people around and accommodating them.

[jazzadogs]

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Once again the FIFA has sold out to the highest bidder... For the neutrals it really makes you think why even bother.

A mate of mine works in Qatar... Was in Melb recently and said for 4 months (when they will play the WC) they didn't have a day under 40 deg and it doesn't cool down much in the evening.

The country also has a population of just 1.6mil and they will be building the 10 stadiums within a 20km radius... Good luck moving people around and accommodating them.

They won't have any problem with that, because they have the money to build more hotels, and transport.

And I suppose the rationale behind having the stadiums so close is that people won't have to travel in the heat for too long in between stadiums. Still think it's a crappy idea.

[Scraggers]

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I think the fact that Qatar are going to ship the stadiums off to under privileged nations (brick for brick) and rebuild them after the World Cup was a big draw ... That and the bribe

[chef]

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They won't have any problem with that, because they have the money to build more hotels, and transport.

And I suppose the rationale behind having the stadiums so close is that people won't have to travel in the heat for too long in between stadiums. Still think it's a crappy idea.

The heat shouldn't be to bad at the stadiums either with them being air conditioned.

Being a soccer minnow and having the worst possible time-zone for showing games into Europe and the America's we have close to a zero chance of every having the World Cup played here.

[The Coon Dog]

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Odd voting patters.

In the first round 3 delegates voted for Japan, but in the 2nd round they had one of their voters change allegiance only securing 2 votes. Likewise Qatar were reduced from 11 to 10 votes. Sounds strange that delegates vote for a certain country in one round, but change their minds in the next.

[divvydan]

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That's normally done to eliminate a potential threat in the first round. Same thing happened with two people voting for Holland/Belgium in the first round and then changing to Russia for the second.