World Cup 2018

[bunique]

Why are people so surprised that England didn't get it? The whole countries came to a standstill with a few inches of snow ffs, imagine us hosting a major sporting tournament?

[eFestivals]

isn't Qatar going to be like 40 degrees in June and July?

queue shit world cup full of players wilting in the heat

yep - that was the reason most people were giving for writing them off.

Perhaps they were being naively stupid with that tho, cos similar was said about South Africa, and anyway, if they're going to say the heat in June/July is too much there's huge chunks of the world that will never see the WC - and that doesn't really seem fair.

[Cardboard Box City]

karimfatih‎: Well done Qatar. Wonder if you'll put same effort into democracy, womens rights, helping your brothers in Palestine...

Twitter - 7 minutes ago

GarethJAnderson‎: Quite pleased for Qatar but did Russia's declining democracy, rampant racism, endemic corruption and mafia clinch it for them?

Twitter - 8 minutes ago

BenCooper86‎: RT @richardhowitt: #worldcup2018 Qatar & Russia. Two bastions of democracy & human rights. Once again #football leads the world #not

Twitter - 540

9 minutes ago

[Alcatraz]

Really hope Scotland qualify for Qatar. Imagine the sun burn!

[Cardboard Box City]

Euro 96? Commonwealth Games?

[funkymp]

Euro 96? Commonwealth Games?

[sifi]

Will they be showing 'em at Glasto?

[Cardboard Box City]

Actually think the world cup in Russia will be awesome 'if' they get there act together on various things.

Edited December 2, 2010 by Cardboard Box City

[Alcatraz]

Will they be showing 'em at Glasto?

[funkymp]

Silly trivial matters like a massive erosion of democracy and civil rights as well as the head of government's ties to the biggest organised crime ring in the world you mean?

Edited December 2, 2010 by funkymp

[Ed209]

David Beckham's assessment into why we didn't get it:

"Why didn't we win David?"

"We didn't get enough votes"

[Paul ™]

Is it correct that England can't bid again till the 2030 WC?

[Alcatraz]

David Beckham's assessment into why we didn't get it:

"Why didn't we win David?"

"We didn't get enough votes"

[Alcatraz]

Is it correct that England can't bid again till the 2030 WC?

[fatyeti24]

David Beckham's assessment into why we didn't get it:

"Why didn't we win David?"

"We didn't get enough votes"

[incident]

China will most likely end up with 2026 after this

[Cardboard Box City]

Is it correct that England can't bid again till the 2030 WC?

[Alcatraz]

Unless they change the rules (again), it'll go to somewhere in North America, South America, Africa or Oceania (but not Australia because FIFA somehow think they're in Asia).

Realistically, that puts USA as front runners. Can't see any other nations in there who'll be capable of greasing enough palms.

Edited December 2, 2010 by Alcatraz

[incident]

Is it correct that England can't bid again till the 2030 WC?

[bunique]

David Beckham's assessment into why we didn't get it:

"Why didn't we win David?"

"We didn't get enough votes"

Edited December 2, 2010 by bunique

[incident]

The US can't bid can they? They were in for 2022

[Alcatraz]

Nothing to do with how often you bid.

The only limit (at the moment, and FIFA have a tendency to change this to suit their current desires) is that the World Cup can't return to same continent until at least 2 other continents have had a turn. So any England bid for 2026 would be disqualified, any USA bid would be fine.

[funkymp]

Nothing to do with how often you bid.

The only limit (at the moment, and FIFA have a tendency to change this to suit their current desires) is that the World Cup can't return to same continent until at least 2 other continents have had a turn. So any England bid for 2026 would be disqualified, any USA bid would be fine.

Edited December 2, 2010 by funkymp

[incident]

Ahh so its continental rather than national

[Ed209]

Unless they change the rules (again), it'll go to somewhere in North America, South America, Africa or Oceania (but not Australia because FIFA somehow think they're in Asia).

Realistically, that puts USA as front runners. Can't see any other nations in there who'll be capable of greasing enough palms.