Comments on:
1) Russia 2018 (over England, Belgum/Netherlands, and Spain/Portugal)
and
2) Quatar 2022 (over the US, Austrailia, and some other countries)
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Dec. 2, 2010 10:15 a.m. alfadriver SuperDork
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Dec. 2, 2010 12:12 p.m. The poster formally known as 96DXCivic SuperDork
A bit disappointed esp in the Quatar 2022 win. Hosting a soccer tournament in the middle of the summer in the Middle East seems like a horrible idea. I imagine the European teams will have a hard time in the heat unless they are planing on having closed A/C pitches (there are a couple in the Middle East). I would have liked it to have been in US so I could go watch it easily. But the US hosted in 1994 and the other countries bidding for 2022 have never hosted the World Cup and it has never been hosted in the Middle East. So in that way it is a good thing it is hosted there. I would have liked to see 2018 to go to England. The world cup has only been hosted once in the "home countries" of soccer and that was way back in 1966.
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Dec. 2, 2010 1:55 p.m. Wally SuperDork
How can England host a World Cup when most of the country is banned from going to it?
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Dec. 2, 2010 2:47 p.m. Xceler8x SuperDork
Qatar committed to having air conditioned stadiums if required. Pretty wild.
The big question is that will they allow people to drink, men and women to dine together, etc. Will their reign in the religious police?
But wait..looks like I'm behind the times. Check out this webpage. This would have to be verified as I have just that one page for info.
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Dec. 2, 2010 2:58 p.m. The poster formally known as 96DXCivic SuperDork
I think the biggest reason England didn't get it is Wimbledon. FIFA does not want competing tournaments in the country. Stupid tennis....
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Dec. 2, 2010 3:39 p.m. nutherjrfan HalfDork
plus, with Euro 96 in England, some of the stadiums were emptier than an Anglican church on Sunday.
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Dec. 2, 2010 3:52 p.m. monark192 Reader
Russia 2018 - at least it will be easier to deal with the massively disapointing England performance when they are not playing at home.
Qatar 2022 - expanding the reach of the game - I thought they would win given that the World Cup has never been played in the Middle East.
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Dec. 2, 2010 3:59 p.m. EricM Dork
But Qatar has the best soccer program around!
my embedded funny youtube missed soccer goal is not showing up :(
<a href="">video?
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Dec. 2, 2010 4:03 p.m. The poster formally known as 96DXCivic SuperDork
monark192 wrote:
Russia 2018 - at least it will be easier to deal with the massively disapointing England performance when they are not playing at home.
It will be better by then. Andy Carroll will be playing for England by then.
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Dec. 2, 2010 4:05 p.m. DoctorBlade Reader
I can't imagine Qatar will be as understanding about hundreds of thousands of drunks as FIFA imagines.
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Dec. 3, 2010 10:30 a.m. The poster formally known as 96DXCivic SuperDork
Oh I just read that England had both the best technical bid and best economic report scores.
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Dec. 3, 2010 12:54 p.m. Xceler8x SuperDork
The answer may be here.
