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dictionary · 14th Jun 2009, 04:46 AM

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Australia launches World Cup bidArticle from: Font size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print Marco Monteverde in Canberra

June 14, 2009 04:00pm
AUSTRALIA has launched its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 soccer World Cup, with the event promising to bring a $3.9 billion bonanza to the nation.

Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy declared at Parliament House today that the bid was "realistic" and "achievable". |

"Hosting the World Cup would provide Australia with an unparalleled opportunity and give Australia a lasting and living legacy for generations to come," Lowy said.

"On the world stage, there is no event with the same level of global appeal or audience reach as the FIFA World Cup."

Lowy said the people of Australia were the bid's "secret weapon".

"People from all over the world want to visit our country," he said.

"Thanks to the performance of the Socceroos at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, as well as the many thousands of Australian fans who followed them, the rest of the world has a very positive view of us."

The winning bidders will be announced in December, 2010.

Rival bidders for the 2018 World Cup are Australia, Belgium/Netherlands, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Portugal/Spain, Russia and United States

The same nations plus Qatar and South Korea will also bid for the 2022 World Cup.

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well i think it is pretty awsome and i think it would be great if australia were to host the world cup and of course the final would be played in Melbourne... Sydney can have the opener....

Just Adam · 14th Jun 2009, 04:49 AM

i dont think anyone should be allowed the world cup who calls it soccer

England all the way

( goes off into 3 lions on my shirt)

"its coming home its coming home footballs coming home" XD

dictionary · 14th Jun 2009, 04:53 AM

To quote Boris Johnson England is the home of "wiff waff" not football.... but that may be wrong as he called London "The Sporting Capital of The World" when that has constantly been proven to indeed be Melbourne...

Just Adam · 14th Jun 2009, 05:03 AM

would love to know how london or melbourne are correct to that statement haha

as far as football goes theres no other capital than wembley as for other sport F1 is ours again

cricket,tennis,rugby.... would be ours if they stopped doing tv spots and product indorcments( spelling check?) and actually got back to training:S

the lads from down under are good at cricket because i think they try harder and give a dam i look at ours and they are liek meh we want to win but effort nah

tennis well andy cut his knuckle this week getting frustrated at himself so he cares.. needs to get better buts doing it

oh and for gods sake dont listen to borris johnson he doesent know a horse from a cat :S he constantly talks crap :S

olides84 · 14th Jun 2009, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Adam

i dont think anyone should be allowed the world cup who calls it soccer

Too late! The USA had the world cup already, back in 1994 I think.

I think it would be great if Australia had it. I spent a week at the last World Cup in Germany, and the Aussie fans there were awesome.

But I really hope that Belgium/Netherlands gets it - it would be off the hook! And it would be nice if an invasion of Belgium for once was because of sport rather than foreign armies using the place as its battlefield.

dictionary · 14th Jun 2009, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Adam

would love to know how london or melbourne are correct to that statement haha

as far as football goes theres no other capital than wembley as for other sport F1 is ours again

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...48-661,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...0-2862,00.html
http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/16...te-sports-city
http://www.vmec.com.au/

London is clearly just filth....

Just Adam · 14th Jun 2009, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by dictionary

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Originally Posted by Just Adam

would love to know how london or melbourne are correct to that statement haha

as far as football goes theres no other capital than wembley as for other sport F1 is ours again

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...48-661,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...0-2862,00.html
http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/16...te-sports-city
http://www.vmec.com.au/

London is clearly just filth....

wo hang on you cant say that about london thats not fair

Just Adam · 14th Jun 2009, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by olides84

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Originally Posted by Just Adam

i dont think anyone should be allowed the world cup who calls it soccer

Too late! The USA had the world cup already, back in 1994 I think.

I think it would be great if Australia had it. I spent a week at the last World Cup in Germany, and the Aussie fans there were awesome.

But I really hope that Belgium/Netherlands gets it - it would be off the hook! And it would be nice if an invasion of Belgium for once was because of sport rather than foreign armies using the place as its battlefield.

i think usa did get it but i dont recall it beeing to great if memory serves right shame if i remember correct +

TriBi · 14th Jun 2009, 05:35 AM

My God -don't some of these Poms start getting uppity when they actually win something for a change...

Oh - and as for these guys from Melbourne - of course they couldn't have the World Cup Final in Australia's 'second' City...especially with the weather thay have down there...

It would have to be in Sydney - after all, we proved with the Olympics that we can stage the 'world's best ever' event of that type.

Just Adam · 14th Jun 2009, 06:08 AM

sydney is a good shout if australia has to have it

as you say it has had the olympics and did a great job

i suppose the world cup commity will see if we are worth giving it too depending on how the olympics pan out here.

partietraumatic · 14th Jun 2009, 06:47 AM

its almost certainly gonna come to us in 2018. They've pretty much said it will be europe. Germany had it in 06,Italy in 86,Spain in 82,France in 98. We havn't had it since 1966! We invtented the game! We have all the good stadiums ready,all the infrastructure,the money,everything we need. The only thing that could stop us getting it is the fact the Sepp Blatter hates England lol. Its gonna come home,oh yeahhhh i cant wait

partietraumatic · 14th Jun 2009, 06:51 AM

also...a sports thread on ec,theyre so rare

yaaaay

14th Jun 2009, 07:08 AM

Thats a great ad I must say.....

OMG England had it last in 1966, well that just does trump Australia's none! AND London has the games in 2012 so seriously don't beg for more...

It would be great to have it in australia but i think if we do get it, either Brisbane or Melbourne should ge the final. You pretty much can't get a foot wrong in Brisbane for weather and Melbourne is an amazing city on its own.

14th Jun 2009, 07:24 AM

Awesome ad.

Unfortunately i don't enjoy watching soccer as much as i used to. Give me the Clipsal 500 anyday

(now 'that' is a world class event

)

partietraumatic · 14th Jun 2009, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by tomahto72

Thats a great ad I must say.....

OMG England had it last in 1966, well that just does trump Australia's none! AND London has the games in 2012 so seriously don't beg for more...

It would be great to have it in australia but i think if we do get it, either Brisbane or Melbourne should ge the final. You pretty much can't get a foot wrong in Brisbane for weather and Melbourne is an amazing city on its own.

It doesnt mean as much that Australia has never had it,you're not as big a football nation as us

Also i personally couldnt care less about the Olympic games,id swap it for the world cup anyday of the week. I don't live in London,the games will do nothing for me,where as the world cup is the whole country,and i care about football,not athletics

SexyTimeInTent · 14th Jun 2009, 07:55 AM

I hope we do get it. I love football.

olides84 · 14th Jun 2009, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by partietraumatic

also...a sports thread on ec,theyre so rare

yaaaay

I know.

I think we might need more of this to keep the sports threads coming

George · 15th Jun 2009, 02:53 AM

Melbourne definitely deserves the final! Melbourne's like THE city for the arts, sports, etc in Australia.

It can kick off in Sydney I guess but Melbourne MUST have the final.

14th Jun 2009, 04:49 AM	#2
Just Adam Just passing through Full Member Gender: Something Orientation: Dunno Out Status: If they ask i will tell them Location: Wherever Age: 23 Posts: 6,002 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! i dont think anyone should be allowed the world cup who calls it soccer England all the way ( goes off into 3 lions on my shirt) "its coming home its coming home footballs coming home" XD __________________ There Used To Be A Point Of Things.

14th Jun 2009, 04:53 AM	#3
dictionary EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few people Location: Melbourne Age: 19 Posts: 459 Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! To quote Boris Johnson England is the home of "wiff waff" not football.... but that may be wrong as he called London "The Sporting Capital of The World" when that has constantly been proven to indeed be Melbourne...

14th Jun 2009, 05:03 AM	#4
Just Adam Just passing through Full Member Gender: Something Orientation: Dunno Out Status: If they ask i will tell them Location: Wherever Age: 23 Posts: 6,002 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! would love to know how london or melbourne are correct to that statement haha as far as football goes theres no other capital than wembley as for other sport F1 is ours again cricket,tennis,rugby.... would be ours if they stopped doing tv spots and product indorcments( spelling check?) and actually got back to training:S the lads from down under are good at cricket because i think they try harder and give a dam i look at ours and they are liek meh we want to win but effort nah tennis well andy cut his knuckle this week getting frustrated at himself so he cares.. needs to get better buts doing it oh and for gods sake dont listen to borris johnson he doesent know a horse from a cat :S he constantly talks crap :S __________________ There Used To Be A Point Of Things.

14th Jun 2009, 05:35 AM	#9
TriBi Cheers! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual Location: DownUnder Posts: 3,899 Join Date: Dec 2004	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! My God -don't some of these Poms start getting uppity when they actually win something for a change... Oh - and as for these guys from Melbourne - of course they couldn't have the World Cup Final in Australia's 'second' City...especially with the weather thay have down there... It would have to be in Sydney - after all, we proved with the Olympics that we can stage the 'world's best ever' event of that type.

14th Jun 2009, 06:08 AM	#10
Just Adam Just passing through Full Member Gender: Something Orientation: Dunno Out Status: If they ask i will tell them Location: Wherever Age: 23 Posts: 6,002 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! sydney is a good shout if australia has to have it as you say it has had the olympics and did a great job i suppose the world cup commity will see if we are worth giving it too depending on how the olympics pan out here. __________________ There Used To Be A Point Of Things.

14th Jun 2009, 06:47 AM	#11
partietraumatic A gay heteropolitan? Full Member Gender: Male Out Status: Enough for now Location: Oxford and Birmingham, UK Age: 20 Posts: 1,300 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! its almost certainly gonna come to us in 2018. They've pretty much said it will be europe. Germany had it in 06,Italy in 86,Spain in 82,France in 98. We havn't had it since 1966! We invtented the game! We have all the good stadiums ready,all the infrastructure,the money,everything we need. The only thing that could stop us getting it is the fact the Sepp Blatter hates England lol. Its gonna come home,oh yeahhhh i cant wait __________________ 'Im not your toy and this isn't another girl meets boy'

14th Jun 2009, 06:51 AM	#12
partietraumatic A gay heteropolitan? Full Member Gender: Male Out Status: Enough for now Location: Oxford and Birmingham, UK Age: 20 Posts: 1,300 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! also...a sports thread on ec,theyre so rare yaaaay __________________ 'Im not your toy and this isn't another girl meets boy'

14th Jun 2009, 07:08 AM	#13
tomahto72 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! Thats a great ad I must say..... OMG England had it last in 1966, well that just does trump Australia's none! AND London has the games in 2012 so seriously don't beg for more... It would be great to have it in australia but i think if we do get it, either Brisbane or Melbourne should ge the final. You pretty much can't get a foot wrong in Brisbane for weather and Melbourne is an amazing city on its own.

14th Jun 2009, 07:24 AM	#14
SAGUY84 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! Awesome ad. Unfortunately i don't enjoy watching soccer as much as i used to. Give me the Clipsal 500 anyday (now 'that' is a world class event )

14th Jun 2009, 07:55 AM	#16
SexyTimeInTent Hannah Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Gay Out Status: everyone (though I think my Gran's forgot) Location: Southend-On-Sea, Essex, South East, England Age: 21 Posts: 142 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! I hope we do get it. I love football.

15th Jun 2009, 02:53 AM	#18
George Banned Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,387 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: Australia 2018/2022 - Come Play! Melbourne definitely deserves the final! Melbourne's like THE city for the arts, sports, etc in Australia. It can kick off in Sydney I guess but Melbourne MUST have the final.

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