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It is the small piece of news that threatens to develop into a political cyclone for the FFA. Rumours have recently surfaced that both China and India are intending to bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Many casual sports fans have commented on this possibility in the past, however, this latest development has re-triggered the rumours of these two up and coming world powers bidding for one of the world’s largest events.
This news comes as a minor blow for FFA’s bid to host the 2022 version of the FIFA World Cup. The reason for this blow is related to both the political nature of the bid and FIFA rules.
Despite the abolishment of the FIFA rotation policy in 2007 there is still a rule prohibiting football confederations hosting consecutive World Cups. After the FFA’s recent entry into the AFC in 2005, neither China nor India would be able to bid for the 2026 tournament if the FFA were successful for 2022.
The FIFA executive would also be reluctant to give the World Cup to Asia in 2030.
The politics involved in the bid process are also now against Australia as a result of these rumours. Executive members are likely to bid such that their confederation has an increased likelihood of hosting a tournament in the future.
With China’s huge population and gigantic potential for growth in football, it is almost certain to host a World Cup in the near future. This high likelihood means that other confederations would rather give the bid to China as soon as possible.
A successful FFA bid would give a high probability of two out of the next four World Cups being from the Asian Confederation.
A China FIFA World Cup brings a host of benefits, including the further cultural enrichment of football in the whole Asian region, improved FIFA finances, improved cohesiveness of Chinese and Western culture, and greatly increased GDP.
Another major issue that is said to negatively affect the bid is the high number of oval stadiums included in the bid book. This situation was unavoidable due to the much higher popularity of Australian Football.
The FFA need to use their best political spin to ensure that this cyclone does not negatively affect their bid.
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