The deadline for 2034 World Cup bids has handed at the moment.
FIFA had invited bids solely from Asia and Oceania for this explicit World Cup.
The competition to host the 2034 World Cup then turning into what seemed to be a contest between Saudi Arabia and Australia.
Nevertheless, Australia mysteriously saying simply earlier than at the moment’s deadline that it will NOT in spite of everything, be presenting a bid to host.
Now it has been confirmed (see under) by FIFA that the deadline has now handed and certainly, Saudi Arabia are the one one to have registered a bid for this 2034 World Cup.
I’ve now set the stopwatch operating to look out for the primary journalist / media to now blame Newcastle United followers for the truth that Saudi Arabia is about to host this 2034 World Cup!
The Athletic report – 31 October 2023:
‘FIFA has confirmed that Saudi Arabia was the one soccer affiliation to current a bid to host the 2034 males’s World Cup earlier than Tuesday’s deadline.
World soccer’s governing physique had invited bids from Asia and Oceania for the event by October 31, and Saudi Arabia introduced it will bid solely minutes after that announcement on October 4.
Australia stated on Tuesday it will not be presenting a bid to host the event, leaving Saudi Arabia as the one candidate.
FIFA had beforehand confirmed {that a} multi-bid from Morocco, Portugal and Spain was the only real candidate for the 2030 World Cup — but it surely introduced earlier this month that centenary video games would additionally happen in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.
FIFA stated it will now have “dialogue” with bidders over “the occasion imaginative and prescient and key metrics, infrastructure, companies, industrial, and sustainability and human rights,” forward of FIFA Congress formally appointing the hosts within the remaining quarter of 2024.’
