Indonesia FIFA world Cup 2020?
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World Cup 2022 bid no joke, insists Indonesia
Indonesia's football federation insists its surprise interest in hosting the 2022 World Cup finals is a serious bid, not a novelty.
Despite its lack of success on the field, the world's most populous Muslim nation would be an ideal host and a serious rival to world football's heavyweights, said Nugraha Besoes, general secretary of the country's football federation.
"This bid is no joke, we've been planning it for a long time - this is a serious bid," Besoes told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the Asian Football Confederation's annual congress.
"Everyone is crazy about football in Indonesia. People will come to all the games and we have what it takes to host the tournament. This bid will open everyone's eyes to Indonesia."
Indonesia have only reached the World Cup finals on one occasion, as the Dutch East Indies in 1938, and Besoes admitted raising the level of the national team was a top priority.
"Our team lacks discipline and needs to perform well - this is our main focus," he said.
"We have to greatly improve our grassroots development, we have to become one of Asia's best teams and we have 12 years to work on that."
He said dozens of Indonesian players of less than 14 years of age were based permanently in Uruguay to expose them to a higher level of play, and hundreds more would be sent in future.
Besoes gave no projection for the funding needed to host the finals but said the bid had received guarantees from investors and the government.
He said Indonesia had gained valuable experience as a co-host of the 2007 Asian Cup when packed stadiums and fights for match tickets showed there was massive support among the country's 226 million people.
"There have been some negative signals from outside Indonesia about this bid, doubting we can be hosts, but people are crazy about football here," he said.
Australia, England, Japan, Mexico, Russia and the United States have bid for both the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, along with two joint proposals from Belgium and the Netherlands and Spain and Portugal.
South Korea, Indonesia and Qatar have confirmed their interest in hosting the 2022 finals.
The Indonesian bid pledges seven new stadiums and major upgrades to five existing venues, with matches held in 11 different cities across the sprawling archipelago, including in Banda Aceh, a region once roiled by decades of conflict.
Besoes sought to allay security concerns and said the government had taken great strides to prevent the bombings which rocked Jakarta and the resort island of Bali in recent years.
"We are not seeing anything like we did before," he added. "There's no more terrorism here, things are now back to normal."
Besoes said South Africa's successful bid for the 2010 finals showed that countries with limited on-field success were capable of hosting the World Cup.
"If South Africa can do it, why can't we?" he said. "We have the fifth-biggest population in the world, a love of football and a beautiful country - why can't it be us?"
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resolve ur fucking jakarta jams first lol. Wait the match cannot start, the whole world waits for u.
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Confirm?
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The country is so huge.
Why not?
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Ltr Indonesia say they not enough stadium wan to lend some Singapore Stadium haha ltr Singapore auto go in WC
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Originally posted by Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1):
Ltr Indonesia say they not enough stadium wan to lend some Singapore Stadium haha ltr Singapore auto go in WC
You mean co-host?
Wah, Singapore's dream come true.
Go to World Cup finals as hosts.
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and lionel lewis lets in 10 goals against brazil
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Most prolly will get thru if no one else from asia that hosted before bids...
FIFA will not accept anymore co host bids.
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10 where got enough, 20 lar
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make it world record la.....30-0 ok.
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31 seems nicer
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
make it world record la.....30-0 ok.
thats not world record. -
ai ya if Singapore become Co-Hosts
Gruop A
Singapore
England
Nigeria
Brazil
Group B
Holland
Turkey
Japan
Indonesia
Group 3
Germany
Argentina
Saudi
Cameroon
In the end
Group A
Brazil 9 Points
England 6 Points
Singapore 1 Points
Nigeria 1 Points
Brazil VS Singapore (3-0)
England VS Nigeria (3-2)
Singapore VS England (0-4)
Nigeria VS Brazil (2-5)
Singapore VS Nigeria (4-4)
Brazil VS England (2-1)
In the end Singapore Onli gt One Points -
Seem like In Asia Japan has onli Become Hosts be4
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Yeah, you will win the bid...Serious!! No Joke!!
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Originally posted by Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1):
ai ya if Singapore become Co-Hosts
Gruop A
Singapore
England
Nigeria
Brazil
Group B
Holland
Turkey
Japan
Indonesia
Group 3
Germany
Argentina
Saudi
Cameroon
In the end
Group A
Brazil 9 Points
England 6 Points
Singapore 1 Points
Nigeria 1 Points
Brazil VS Singapore (3-0)
England VS Nigeria (3-2)
Singapore VS England (0-4)
Nigeria VS Brazil (2-5)
Singapore VS Nigeria (4-4)
Brazil VS England (2-1)
In the end Singapore Onli gt One Pointsplease add a digit 1 in front of the scores of those vs sg.
and change the point to 0 for sg.
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O_O what the!
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i prefer a Asean World Cup
As in joint host between Spore , Msia , Vietnam , Thailand and Philipines . If Brunei interested also can . If Myanmar settle down their civil war , also can .
And the Final to be held at Malaysia .
Cos only Malaysia has got a big stadium .
Shah Alam or Bt Jalil ?
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if our new national stadium can contain 100,000 people , that'll be good . But no , only less than 60,000 people .