{"id":115532,"date":"2023-11-01T13:40:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/01\/saudi-arabia-host-2034-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T13:40:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:40:03","slug":"saudi-arabia-host-2034-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/01\/saudi-arabia-host-2034-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Host 2034 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s football association have announced that they will not bid for the 2034 men\u2019s World Cup, clearing the way for Saudi Arabia to host the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA had invited bids from Asia and Oceania for the tournament, with an October 31 deadline for national associations to confirm their interest in being hosts. Football Australia boss James Johnson had previously expressed interest in bidding for 2034, but the governing body said it would focus on bids for other international competitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have explored the opportunity to bid to host the FIFA World Cup and \u2014 having taken all factors into consideration \u2014 we have reached the conclusion not to do so for the 2034 competition,\u201d Football Australia said in a statement yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia announced it would bid for 2034 only minutes after FIFA\u2019s invitation for bids from Asia and Oceania earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Australia will no longer bid to host the 2034 World Cup and will instead attempt to secure hosting rights for the 2029 Club World Cup and the 2026 Women\u2019s Asian Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Asian Football Confederation, the sport\u2019s continental governing body to which Australia belongs, hailed Saudi Arabia\u2019s bid and said \u201cthe entire Asian football family\u201d would stand united in support of it.<\/p>\n<p>Football Australia\u2019s hopes of following this year\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup, co-hosted with New Zealand, appeared dead in the water as soon as the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) backed the Saudi bid.<\/p>\n<p>There had appeared a glimmer of hope when Indonesia\u2019s football association flagged interest in a joint bid with Australia earlier this month, but that faded when they backed Saudi Arabia days later.<\/p>\n<p>Australia will instead attempt to secure hosting rights for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 Women\u2019s Asian Cup, the latter a tournament Saudi Arabia has also bid for.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Australia\u2019s football association have announced that they will not bid for the 2034 men\u2019s World Cup, clearing the way for Saudi Arabia to host the tournament. 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