Football Australia will instead focus on winning hosting rights to the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup and an expanded men’s 2029 Club World Cup.
Australia will not bid to host the 2034 men’s FIFA World Cup, with the writing on the wall that Saudi Arabia are effectively shoo-ins to host the tournament.
“Instead, we believe we are in a strong position to host the oldest women’s international competition in the world - the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 - and then welcome the greatest teams in world football for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup. However, it became clear that Saudi Arabia had been positioned as the outright favourites on October 5, when FIFA president Gianni Infantino invited countries from the Asia and Oceania regions to submit bids for the 2034 tournament and gave them 25 days to decide.The oil-rich Gulf nation immediately signalled its intention to bid, and AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, of Bahrain, publicly gave it Asia’s united backing.
On October 18, Infantino implored AFC members to “be united in Asia for the 2034 World Cup” via video link at anThe statement from FA conspicuously did not support Saudi Arabia, which has a problematic human rights record. But it did make clear Australia’s international ambitions.
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