The predicted success of the “best ever” FIFA Women’s World Cup is about to steer Australia into bidding for the 2034 males’s model of the event.
And with bidding for main soccer occasions excessive on Football Australia agenda – offered there may be monetary help from Federal and state governments – chief govt officer James Johnson has additionally hinted {that a} bid for the 2029 FIFA World Club Cup was seemingly.
“We get a taste right now of what football is like around the world,” Johnson stated on Monday from the Matildas’ World Cup coaching base in Brisbane.
“We do have to keep bringing major tournaments to Australia because the interest is there.
“That is why we set up Legacy 23 … the idea is it doesn’t stop after the women’s World Cup.
“(But) we need to make sure that the investment from Federal and state governments is maintained after the women’s World Cup goes - that is really important.”
The first version of the World Club Cup will contain 32 with 12 from Europe together with Manchester City, Real Madrid and Chelsea, with one assured slot for a membership from the host nation and looms as a large new potential event.
Johnson stated with the event being held in a special time zone, it might result in higher curiosity in soccer, which might give Australia a greater probability of securing internet hosting rights for the FIFA World Cup, probably once more together with New Zealand, in 2034, two years after the Brisbane Olympics.
“This opportunity to watch top-tier football in this part of the world in this time zone will create a legacy for the region and that’s important for what’s next.
“If we ‘re that country together with New Zealand that moves the dial in world football, it will be easier to get bids in the future.
“The men’s World Cup is an obvious one. One day Australia will bid again, I’m absolutely sure about that.
“There’s also the (FIFA) Club World Cup, the new one that has just been established. We need to look at that a well (as) 2029 (hosting rights) are open.”
Before that although, Johnson was adamant that the 32-team World Cup, which begins on Thursday and being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, would break occasion data.
More than 1 million tickets have been bought throughout the 2 nation and greater than 50,000 attended the Matildas’ send-off win over France in Melbourne final Friday as a sign of the booming curiosity.
“I believe we’ll be celebrating in four and a half weeks’ time around this country looking back at the best women’s World Cup that the world has ever seen,” he stated.
“We already know there are more teams, we know there are more games. Ticket sales are higher than what the KPIs were already.
“In Australia alone we can get close to one million tickets sold the KPI was 1.5 for the whole tournament. We’re well on our way to hitting that mark.”
Johnson stated Australia was additionally bidding for the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup.
“We’re in the mix. We hope that the successful delivery of the best ever women’s World Cup lands us that competition as the next major competition,” he stated.
Originally revealed as World Cup success in Australia may open the door to bid for males’s occasion in 2034
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
