2023-10-19 10:37:17
It would be the second World Cup hosted by a Gulf country, after Qatar in 2022.
The Indonesian Football Federation, which announced last week that it was in discussions with Australia with a view to a joint bid to host the 2034 World Cup, finally gave its support to Saudi Arabia’s bid .
«Indonesia supports Saudi Arabia’s bid to host FIFA World Cup in 2034“, indicated in a press release published Wednesday the president of the Indonesian Federation, Erick Thohir. Saudi Arabia’s candidacy benefits from the support of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) while the deadline for sending applications has been set by the International Football Federation (FIFA) for October 31. At the same time, “Indonesia continues to prepare its bid to host the World Cup beyond 2034, as well as other FIFA competitions», Further clarified on Wednesday Mr. Thohir, who is also Minister of Public Enterprises in Indonesia and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Australia as another candidate?
Last week, the former owner of the Italian club Inter Milan in the 2010s announced that Indonesia was in discussions with Australia for a joint candidacy, to which other countries such as New Zealand, Malaysia or Singapore could join. After the designation at the beginning of October of Spain, Morocco and Portugal as hosts of the 2030 edition of the World Cup, Fifa launched a call for applications for that of 2034, limiting it to the Asian and Oceanic confederations, in the name of the principle of rotation.
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