Football Australia has flagged preliminary interest in a bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, but chief executive James Johnson admits the country cannot go it alone.
Football Australia must find a suitable co-host if it wants to be successful in any attempt to host a FIFA World Cup, chief executive James Johnson has admitted.
“We’re not bidding for the World Cup. It’s an aspiration that’s part of our vision ... to host a men’s World Cup one day,” Johnson said. “But the way these competitions get won is the conversations behind closed doors start a decade before. “If you look at the way Gianni is wanting to run his competition strategies, he wants cross-nation competitions. I don’t see any future World Cups being run by one country,” said Johnson, a former FIFA executive who worked closely with Infantino.“It is something that would need to be done with other countries in the region, both in the Asia and probably Oceania region.
Johnson said Canada was a good example of how successfully hosting one FIFA tournament can lead to other opportunities. After hosting the 2015 Women’s World Cup, Canada wanted the men’s tournament. However, they lacked the infrastructure and profile for an expanded men’s tournament of 48 teams, and joined forces with the USA and Mexico in a successful three-way bid for the 2026 World Cup.
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