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2034 FIFA World Cup
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The 2034 FIFA World Cup will be the 25th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA.

Expressed interest in bidding

The first bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup has been proposed as a collective bid by the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The idea of a combined ASEAN bid had been mooted as early as January 2011, when the Football Association of Singapore's then-President, Zainudin Nordin, said in a statement that the proposal had been made at an ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting.[1] In 2013, Nordin and Special Olympics Malaysia President, Datuk Mohamed Feisol Hassan, recalled the idea for ASEAN to jointly host a World Cup. Under FIFA rules as of 2017, the 2030 World Cup cannot be held in Asia (AFC) as Asian Football Confederation members are excluded from the bidding following the selection of Qatar in 2022.

Later, Malaysia has withdrawn from involvement but Singapore and other ASEAN countries continued the campaign to submit a joint bid for the World Cup in 2034. In February 2017, ASEAN held talks on launching a joint bid during a visit by FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to Yangon, Myanmar.[2]

In July 2017, Joko Driyono, the Vice-President of Indonesia's Football Association, during the meeting in Vietnam said that Indonesia and Thailand were set to lead a consortium of South-East Asian nations in the bid. Driyono added that, for geographic and infrastructure considerations and the expanded format (48 teams), at least two or three ASEAN countries combined would be in a position necessary to host matches.[3][4]

In September 2017, the Football Association of Thailand's Deputy CEO, Benjamin Tan, at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Council meeting, confirmed that his Association has "put in their interest to bid and co-host" the 2034 World Cup with Indonesia.[4][1] On the same occasion, the General Secretary of the AFF, Dato Sri Azzuddin Ahmad, confirmed that Indonesia and Thailand will submit a joint bid.[5][6]

Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian country to have participated in the World Cup;[7] its national team was the first from Asia to do so and it became one of the fewest World Cup teams to qualify without playing a match because of opponents' withdrawals.[8] The 1938 World Cup is the Indonesians' only appearance to date when they were known as the Dutch East Indies. A loss to Hungary made Indonesia the only national team in World Cup history to have played a single match.[8] Far from ever hosting the World Cup, no other Southeast Asian country has ever played at the tournament. As of June 2018, Indonesia is ranked by FIFA at 164th place.[9]

China has announced its interest in bidding several times and reports stated "that China is likely to host the World Cup for the first time in 2034."[10]

Expressed interest in bidding:

  • AFC:
    •  Indonesia and  Thailand
    •  China[10]
  • CAF:

References

  1. ^ a b "Singapore Strong 'Host' Candidate for Joint 2034 World Cup Finals Bid," Today, (14 November 2017), http://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/singapore-strong-host-candidate-joint-2034-world-cup-finals-bid
  2. ^ "ASEAN Mulling 2034 World Cup Bid: Myanmar," Myanmar Times, (12 February 2017), https://www.mmtimes.com/sports/25019-asean-mulling-2034-world-cup-bid-myanmar.html
  3. ^ "Football: Indonesia to Lead South-East Asian 2034 World Cup Bid," Straits Times, (5 July 2017), http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/football-indonesia-to-lead-southeast-asian-2034-world-cup-bid
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  7. ^ "1938 FIFA World Cup France". FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b 90Min (15 February 2018). "World Cup countdown: 18 weeks to go - When the Dutch East Indies flew the flag for Asia". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Indonesia Ready Leads Regional Bid to Co-Host 2034 World Cup," Asian Review, (7 July 2017), https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Indonesia-leads-regional-bid-to-co-host-2034-World-Cup
  10. ^ a b TODAY, ASIA (19 June 2017). "China to Overtake US economy and Host World Cup in 2034". Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  11. ^ Thornycroft, Peta; Laing, Aislinn (17 July 2014). "Zimbabwe's tourism minister reveals ambitious plan to host Fifa World Cup in 2034". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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