who will host the 2022 world cup?

qatar bids seems ludicrous

fuck all of you, give it to whoever of england and russia doesn't get it in '18

Qatar doesn't stand a chance. Jap/SK "just" hosted one. Australians cares less about soccer than Americans, right?

USA USA USA

wouldn't Qatar have to build hella stadiums? and then wouldn't they just lie fallow from that point on, forever? giving them a WC only encourages that sort of reckless expenditure

the story I heard is their stadiums would be designed to be taken apart and given to less-fortunate areas in need of playing space

fuck that, USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

USA "just" had one as well. Would go Australia for minimal sleep for a month. I bet Qatar would have awesome stadia.

Australia, though Qatar makes a surprisingly persuasive case in the ads - Zidane pleading for the youth of the middle east to be given its chance, which is obviously how it'd work out irl

i read through jack warner's wiki last night. if any nefarious scumbag can get the world cup for his federation, it's him

well the US hosted sixteen years ago, vs SK/JPN hostin in 2002. I suppose by 2022 that eight year diff will seem less pronounced.

mostly I want it here so I can go to games. duh.

Quatar are proposing to put all the stadia in one place, which sounds insane.

going with qatar. sounds bonkers.

have to vote aus here. qatar would be nice but fuck those areas are just terrible rich vs poor oilfield megadromes - the level of grasping corporate omnisponsorship would be disgusting

Quatar are proposing to put all the stadia in one place, which sounds insane.

that sounds awesome actually.

if it were one big beer garden...

then what fucking happens after the world cup

DESTITUTION that's what

tho for real is there really no booze in Qatar??

it's ozymandias all over again

All of this sounds insane apart from maybe Australia. And they won't be interested in cricket for much longer the way the Ashes are going.

it's cool bro they can't have the world cup in australia because the NRL won't let them

its cool bro we're bribing the NRL with a stadium in Blacktown

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USA one would obv be great but think Australia deserve a go

Wtf?! Paddy Power are the only bookies running this and they suddenly have Qatar as red hot favourites - last time I looked about a week ago, USA were top, Aus second, Qatar about 8/1 and Japan & Korea nowhere, but now it's:

Qatar - 4/7
Australia - 2/1
USA - 6/1
Japan - 40/1
Good Korea - 40/1

People are starting to realise that Qatar isn't such a bad place for the Cup.

I mean, they'll be playing matches in the evening - the temperature will go down to a cool 40C!

Water taxis, dudes, water taxis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-z2jtUS9-Y

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wtf guyzzzzzzz

Paddy Power says one guy here is on dis ting

Qatar's odds've shortened again, slightly:

Qatar - 4/6
USA - 7/4
Australia - 9/2
Japan - 40/1
Good Korea - 50/1

Huge swings in US/Aus odds overnight - my conclusion is that no-one gives a toss about 2022, and Qatar's position is entirely down to the arab a hoy hoy getting all nationalistic with his 50 dirhams.

is that a ref to my betting thread because otherwise i dont get it

Indeed it is - could be cash to be made with these fluctuations because surely this one's going nowhere other than America or Australia.

What time will games be played in Qatar in connect w/ European times? If it is at a time better than Aus can provide, they are sorted.

Qatar is only one hour different from South Africa so timing for Europe shouldn't be a problem.

USA USA USA

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why the hell isn't chicago up for hosting any games?

no Rich Soccer Legacy to draw upon

The story is that the failed 2016 olympic bid took up all the $/willpower.

Nevermind that USSoccer is headquartered here.

Do Indianapolis and Nashville have 'rich soccer legacy'?

well someone hasnt heard of first presbyterian nashville soccer

no but they have massive football stadia

usa bid presentation streaming live on fifa's site

morgan freeman, wha???

blatter just basically equated him with mandela

that is hilarious. i mean, esp cuz he sorta is the mandela of our imaginations

o fuck freeman u just screwed it up for everyone

everybody be cool, they've all already decided who to vote for (via bribes)

would gwb have made a personal appeal to fifa u think?

all those qatari stadiums are super dope add one vote for qatar congrats qatar!

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scoring a last minute goal is still better than letting one in like previously tho, McTominay got that Man U extra time luck coursing thru his ... groin?

twas in this fixture that Robbie Fowler scored the greatest England goal of my lifetime. usually don't watch England but hoping for some dull echo of that glorious moment

picked a good one to watch

Group G is wild.

Norway failed to beat Latvia at home, so sit in third place on 18 points, behind Turkey on goal difference.

Netherlands were cruising to automatic qualification but have just conceded two goals in four minutes vs Montenegro, so they’re on 20 if it ends like this.

Norway play Netherlands in the last game. If they win, and Turkey beat Montenegro, Netherlands would be out.

Mitrovic has just scored, knocking Portugal down to the qualifiers unless they can equalise in the next two minutes.

lol, Italy. Should be 1-0 N.I.

They're heading for the playoffs, even if they win by a single goal now.

No easy games in international football.

Elsewhere, I'm faced with the possibility that Scotland might actually be quite good. However. Even though Adams scored (again) I still think we need a centre forward. We don't have really have any centre backs either but Clarke's main selling point is his skill at organizing defences.

No easy games in international football.

Mexico plays Canada in Edmonton tonight 🇲🇽🇨🇦

Edmonton is currently in the middle of a snowstorm that could get up to 8 inches by the afternoon.

Temperature at kickoff is projected to be 17 degrees Fahrenheit with 10 mph winds pic.twitter.com/ToCKJEzOge

— MLS Buzz (@MLS_Buzz) November 16, 2021

the matchup will even up when Cyle Larin gets a DUI before kickoff

Team Canada social media is making references to "Iceteca" lol

Cyle Larin is under the influence of being fucking awesome

Classic moment! #CANMNT pic.twitter.com/hPiK7t36Ag

— Jeremy Taggart (@Taggart7) November 17, 2021

Love the dude jumping into the snowbank

lol Portugal are screeeewed

Scotland v Ukraine. Wales v Austria. Winners play off. Bring it on. Time for the original and best hand of God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXf3n1Mv0I

I noticed some choice scorelines from last night's Women's World Cup qualifiers:

North Macedonia 0 Northern Ireland 11

Spain 12 Faroe Islands 0

Belgium 19 Armenia 0

Love those Wales kits from the late 70s, just a cloud of red gas

LOL at Archie Macpherson wittering on about an obvious penalty even after the slow motion replay clearly showed Joe Jordan punching the ball!

Belgium 19 Armenia 0

There's none of this, "Let's try not to embarass the opposition", nonsense in the women's game.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/30/england-women-latvia-world-cup-2023-qualifier-match-report

at least the the Republic of Ireland team eased off a bit when it got to 8-0

Kudos to Poland for sticking to their guns. Wonder if FIFA will suddenly grow a backbone?

"We are not interested in participating in this game of appearances. Our stance remains intact: Polish National Team will not play with Russia, no matter what the name of the team is," he said.

Italy out!

can we unban Dom for the evening pls

32 shots to 4 lol

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/42b1007a2098b893f6f2d5c91038d48d10ba860b/0_65_1411_883/master/1411.jpg?width=620&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=41ada9b6d554556f40f1c95c508fa2c2

canada!

Congrats leaves

crazy that we went from not even qualifying for the hexagonal for twenty years to this

Ghana through, Nigeria out.

Good, Ghana got robbed in the AFCON

Good to see Egypt out as well, tbh.

Senegal beat them in the inevitable shootout despite missing their first two penalties.

With a bit of an assist from the crowd

I mean, just look at this. Salah sails his penalty over… and surely anybody would, given the lasers.

Mane scores, Senegal wins the shootout, Egypt out of the World Cup pic.twitter.com/tgHmCmW8uu

— Henry Bushnell (@HenryBushnell) March 29, 2022

Colombia out

World Cup Draw Simulator: https://stattosoftware.com/wc2022/

get on with it!

group e the early favorite for group of death

The official mascot of the 2022 World Cup 🏆 pic.twitter.com/AOvNPNjyXN

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) April 1, 2022

why even bother with the red balls if you're going to pick them first and you know what they are going to say?

england / usa / iran / (wales / scotland / ukraine)

that is way too on the nose

canada has a chance to move on to the knockout stage. exciting.

thankfully we can all unite around the official wc anthem* - it’s a RedOne:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyDjFVZgJoo
Trinidad Cardona, Davido & Aisha • Hayya Hayya (Better Together)

*pending a new version substituting Davido from non-qualifying Nigeria with a yet to be determined Ghanaian artist

Why not Cameroonian? They're in a group where anyone would dearly like to see them prosper too

USA vs Iran again! The last time was magical.

Nigeria lost to Ghana in their playoff

is one reason I made this jxke

xp

Doesn’t really feel like there’s a Group Of Death this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbOSUsKqQ-8

just thinking about all of this. it sounds corny to say, but canada qualifying was the best thing that could happen to this country. you can tell the vibe is changing. the team has achieved its main goal. even if we get eliminated in the group stage, this is already a big win for soccer in canada. anything else is just gravy

Xp group A I'd say, contrary to all the confident predictions that Qatar would get Tunisia, the Chagos Islands and Haringey Borough

When I was up in Scotland I saw (ex-Ranger) Chris Burke talking about the World Cup and saying maybe Scotland should just do the decent thing and withdraw and allow Ukraine to go through, which brought the instantaneous response of "Get tae fuck!" in households the length and breadth of the country.