thesquirrel
School Cricketer
if you guys check on wikipedia.org you will see the list of all possible candidates. my opinions follow
Australia: Stadia second only to england and maybe the US. the mcg (100,000), stadium aus (83,000, up to 90+) are the two major ones. a 70,000 seater in perth which is likely to be built soon, brisbane and adelaide have 50+ stadiums, and melbourne and sydney have big enough reserve stadiums. the aus population and growth of "soccer" in aus means it stands a chance, with newcastle, townsville, the gold coast, tasmania and canberra all will have much larger populations in 2018, particularly the gc and townsville. and don't worry, in australia, you watch the sport, no matter what it is. melbourne and sydney have been rated the top two sporting capitals of the world respectively.
England: stadiums big enough, plenty of public support, 52 years since the last world cup, the birthplace of the game... it has everything going for it, you don't include crap weather. the likely favoutites for the award.
USA: has the stadia but little else. little public support, the more recent holding over there mean it may as well stop trying.
Canada: possible, a growing game, some of the stadia, but things like a lesser public acceptance and synthethic pitches dim hopes.
China: may be an outsider, but that guy they call s.blatter has shown a sort of bias towards china, however unfairly. it has the stadia, especially after the 2008 olympics. but, the chinese super league has the same atendance levels in norway, a place with 0.5% of the population. is the major sport in china but sporting culture in china is very rare. think ahead to 2022 guys.
in summary, engalnd will probably win, leaving maybe aus and china competing for 2022. then wo next? canada 2026? italy 2030? tell me what you think about my wild rant
Australia: Stadia second only to england and maybe the US. the mcg (100,000), stadium aus (83,000, up to 90+) are the two major ones. a 70,000 seater in perth which is likely to be built soon, brisbane and adelaide have 50+ stadiums, and melbourne and sydney have big enough reserve stadiums. the aus population and growth of "soccer" in aus means it stands a chance, with newcastle, townsville, the gold coast, tasmania and canberra all will have much larger populations in 2018, particularly the gc and townsville. and don't worry, in australia, you watch the sport, no matter what it is. melbourne and sydney have been rated the top two sporting capitals of the world respectively.
England: stadiums big enough, plenty of public support, 52 years since the last world cup, the birthplace of the game... it has everything going for it, you don't include crap weather. the likely favoutites for the award.
USA: has the stadia but little else. little public support, the more recent holding over there mean it may as well stop trying.
Canada: possible, a growing game, some of the stadia, but things like a lesser public acceptance and synthethic pitches dim hopes.
China: may be an outsider, but that guy they call s.blatter has shown a sort of bias towards china, however unfairly. it has the stadia, especially after the 2008 olympics. but, the chinese super league has the same atendance levels in norway, a place with 0.5% of the population. is the major sport in china but sporting culture in china is very rare. think ahead to 2022 guys.
in summary, engalnd will probably win, leaving maybe aus and china competing for 2022. then wo next? canada 2026? italy 2030? tell me what you think about my wild rant
