Dr. Gonzo 8,187 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 On 08/02/2023 at 01:04, Stan said: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay & Uruguay submit official bid for 2030 World Cup https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64562518 The four South American nations have called for the World Cup to return to "where football was born". Nice of them to lobby for us to host it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,187 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 https://apnews.com/article/3f400c036694c048b277f0b49796fc4c lol wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 This makes no sense geographically, logistically, commonsensically 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck 175 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Don't really care for the fans do they? Imagine having to follow your team on three continents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck 175 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 On 23/02/2023 at 15:04, Dr. Gonzo said: The four South American nations have called for the World Cup to return to "where football was born". Nice of them to lobby for us to host it. Hillsbrough would need a lot of work, Bramall Lane not so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 13 minutes ago, Redcanuck said: Don't really care for the fans do they? Imagine having to follow your team on three continents. Well morroco is right next to Spain. Wasn't the idea just to host the first game in Uruguay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted October 4, 2023 Administrator Share Posted October 4, 2023 27 minutes ago, Redcanuck said: Don't really care for the fans do they? Sadly not many footballing authorities do these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck 175 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, Gunnersaurus said: Well morroco is right next to Spain. Wasn't the idea just to host the first game in Uruguay? If that's what they do it's not to bad, other than the teams fans who have to play Uruguay in Montevideo and then fly back to Europe. The articles says games in three South American countries, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Redcanuck said: If that's what they do it's not to bad, other than the teams fans who have to play Uruguay in Montevideo and then fly back to Europe. The articles says games in three South American countries, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. I think that's a separate bid mate. It is a bit confusing having a country involved in two bids though Edited October 4, 2023 by Gunnersaurus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted October 4, 2023 Administrator Share Posted October 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, Gunnersaurus said: I think that's a separate bid mate. It is a bit confusing having a country involved in two bids though It's not. Montevideo in Uruguay, the city which hosted the first World Cup match in 1930, is poised to stage the opening game in 2030 with matches in Argentina and Paraguay to follow. The rest of the 48-team tournament will then move to north Africa and Europe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67010609 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Stan said: It's not. Montevideo in Uruguay, the city which hosted the first World Cup match in 1930, is poised to stage the opening game in 2030 with matches in Argentina and Paraguay to follow. The rest of the 48-team tournament will then move to north Africa and Europe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67010609 Well that's a stupid idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck 175 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) So the 3 games played in South America, will they involve Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay all playing at home providing all three qualify against a non South America team? Or will they involve the three host teams Spain, Portugal and Morroco playing against whoever is drawn in their groups? Edited October 4, 2023 by Redcanuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck 175 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Seems all 6 countries will get automatic qualifucation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, Redcanuck said: Seems all 6 countries will get automatic qualifucation. Most of them probably would qualify anyway. However Morocco and Paraguay may well not of. I do wonder of one day countries and teams might break away from fifa because of all the greed and corruption. It would be hard but I think it could be done. Interesting thing is a lot of the corruption started in 1978 when all the money got into fifa. I doubt there has been a world cup since that hasn't had dodgy voting because of bribes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 800 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 An absolute cop out by FIFA. Either the South American bid was good enough to host it fully or not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey 1,192 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Convinced World Cup 2044 will be played on Mars and Neptune at this rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 8,187 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 So the next World Cup is North America. The World Cup after that is Europe, Africa, and South America even though nobody asked for that. So now Asia has to host the World Cup 12 years from now… and only Saudi Arabia bid for it was the only country ready to put a bid forth short notice. Nothing dodgy about that at all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,386 Posted October 31, 2023 Administrator Share Posted October 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said: So now Asia has to host the World Cup 12 years from now… and only Saudi Arabia bid for it was the only country ready to put a bid forth short notice. Nothing dodgy about that at all Yeah apparently Australia were considering it but they couldn't meet the criteria. I think that criteria was how much dirty money can you pay us and they couldn't match Saudi because they have more morals and decency about them and don't want to mix with the corruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 On 04/10/2023 at 20:04, Whiskey said: Convinced World Cup 2044 will be played on Mars and Neptune at this rate. Neptune doesn't have a surface. Could play it on Mercury,Venus and Mars. Venus gets a bit hot in the summer though so might have to play it in the winter. Also rains acid so players might have to wear protective cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,616 Posted November 2, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 2, 2023 14 hours ago, Gunnersaurus said: Neptune doesn't have a surface. Could play it on Mercury,Venus and Mars. Venus gets a bit hot in the summer though so might have to play it in the winter. Also rains acid so players might have to wear protective cream. Breathing and gravity are no concern to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus 200 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 4 hours ago, Tommy said: Breathing and gravity are no concern to you? I'd imagine by then we'd have fucked the planet up so much we would be able to breath in pretty much anything. If the players put on some extra weight that should help with the low gravity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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