The governing body of football in Australia said on Friday that the nation is interested in hosting the men’s World Cup in 2034. Australia is looking to build off of the momentum it gained from hosting the women’s edition of the World Cup.
Football Australia is eager to utilise the experience of co-hosting the biggest-ever Women’s World Cup with New Zealand to put on further significant events in the future. This experience will be shared with New Zealand.
The company’s chief executive, James Johnson, has said to the press that they are “looking at” expanding the Club World Cup as well as the men’s World Cup.
“Our goal is to have a presence both locally and globally. “And the way that we can be at our best in Australia is when we’re bringing big global football content, the biggest events in the world, back to our local communities,” he added. “And that’s the way that we can be at our best.”
“That is something that we are experiencing right now with the Women’s World Cup, and as a result, we view the success of the Women’s World Cup as being something of a stepping stone towards bidding for further events.
“There is the Club World Cup in 2029 that we are going to look into, and then there is the men’s World Cup in 2034 that we are also going to look into as well,” you said. “We are going to take a look at both of these.”
After being asked by AFP to elaborate on Football Australia’s plans to host the 2034 World Cup, Johnson said that “Australia will undoubtedly host a men’s World Cup one day.”
“And what better way there is to do that than on the back of the best-ever Women’s World Cup.”
Johnson offered the example of Canada, which held the Women’s World Cup in 2015 and is now scheduled to host the next Men’s World Cup together with the United States of America and Mexico. Johnson was referring to the fact that Canada will also host the next Men’s World Cup.
He remarked, “I believe that to be an extremely effective blueprint.”
“And what we can learn from the Canadians is that if you host big, major tournaments, organizations like FIFA get comfortable giving you more.” “And what we can learn from the Canadians is that if you host big, major tournaments, organizations like FIFA get comfortable giving you more.”
The country of Australia is already scheduled to play home to a number of significant sporting events over the next several years, including the Olympic Games in 2032.