Australia on track for 2015 and 2022
Roar Guru By Australian Football, 24 Oct 2010 Australian Football is a Roar Guru
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Australia's former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and FFA Chairman Frank Lowy center left, at Parliament House in Canberra. AP Photo/Rob Griffith
The bid to bring the AFC Asian Cup 2015 to Australia continues with the host of the tournament set to be announced on January 6, 2011 by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Australian football is poised, in the next three months, to discover whether they will be hosts to two prestigious major international football tournaments: the 2022 World Cup and the 2015 AFC Cup. We have never hosted two major FIFA sanctioned football Cup tournaments on Australian soil before, apart from the under-20 FIFA World Cup. However, this time it will be our senior Australian national team that will take centre stage within seven years of each other.
The decisions will be made at a special conference in Zurich for the World Cup on December 2, 2010, and following that, the AFC Executive Committee Congress meeting to be held in Doha, Qatar on January 6, 2011.
Apart from the World Cup bid book, Football Federation Australia (FFA) Chairman Frank Lowy and CEO Ben Buckley handed over Australia’s bid book to AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam on 29 July, 2010 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The book contained 350 pages of information about how Asia’s largest sporting event would be conducted in Australia.
Australia is the sole bidder for the AFC Asian Cup 2015 and is required to adhere to the formal bidding process as designed by AFC. However, it is most likely a formality now that Australia will win the bid – one down and one to go.
FFA will still be required to deliver its final presentation and respond to subsequent questions from the AFC Executive Committee on 6 January 2011. The AFC Executive Committee will then deliberate and announce the host of AFC Asian Cup 2015.
“Australia has a good track record of hosting successful major events and we believe the AFC Asian Cup 2015 held in Australia would be beneficial to Australia and the entire Asian region,” said FFA CEO Ben Buckley.
“Australia is a sports loving nation and without doubt this tournament would be welcomed by all Australians. Further to that more than 27 per cent of Australia’s overseas-born population is from Asia and 24 per cent of Australia’s longstanding migrants, who arrived before 2002, are Asian-born,” he said.
Australia’s bid to host the AFC Asian Cup 2015 has the full support of the Federal Government as well as the support of the governments of Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.
So what does this mean to us the football family? The Australian football community can rejoice in the knowledge that at international level we have done a marvelous job in getting our Australian national team where it is today because of the very hard work done by Frank Lowy, Ben Buckley and the FFA support staff.
On top of that, the Matildas have made Australian history with ground breaking on field achievements – heading to another World Cup as Asian champions.
However, the cost so far has been enormous to the HAL with neglect, and it has taken a battering from the falling attendances; because so much time and effort was put into Australia’s international football ambitions in bringing these two FIFA sanctioned tournaments to Australian shores under mounting pressure from the football family. Was it worth all the effort and pain?
If Frank Lowy and Ben Buckley can pull both events off and the HAL survives until next season then yes, it will be hailed as the greatest achievement Australian football has managed. Because the real winners here will be the Australian domestic league.
This will give the HAL its springboard that Australian football has never had before – an abundance of financial investment in monitory and media attention for 12 years with a television media deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars – also, drawing upon the best young athletes who will want to be part of something that is truly global with the eyes of Asia and the rest of the world focusing in on Australia.
For those who wonder why the Australian government wants to invest large sums of money in Australian football, well its for what it can bring on the international stage for Australia’s business opportunities, and an elite sporting profile, at the very highest levels, which will reflect that Australia is a “can do” nation, and wants to be out there with the very best.
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October 24th 2010 @ 12:12am
BigAl said | October 24th 2010 @ 12:12am | Report comment
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Good effort AF ! – I don’t agree with one bit of it of course.
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And the picture the editors have chosen with that loser KRudd is a bit ominous.
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October 24th 2010 @ 7:12am
punter said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:12am | Report comment
Ummmm, at least provide a reason……
October 24th 2010 @ 7:56am
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:56am | Report comment
He can’t think of one Punter—–he is still coming to terms with your comment that “Only 7k turning out to see the world’s best Aussie Rules Players was a poor attendance”.. (priceless response Punter
and deserved the hide comment feature that he voted down)
October 24th 2010 @ 6:36pm
BigAl said | October 24th 2010 @ 6:36pm | Report comment
What’s that ‘Only 7k…’ reference all about ?
October 24th 2010 @ 6:53pm
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 6:53pm | Report comment
Demons v Bris Lions in China BigAl, don’t tell me you have forgotten already.? Beautiful line by Punter—I wish I was the one to have said it, but my comments are deleted as soon as they go up on an AFL tab, so I don’t bother anymore, but now and then I will read some of my favourite Football poster’s comments.
punter said | October 19th 2010 @ 12:11pm (4 days ago) | Report comment
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October 25th 2010 @ 7:48am
punter said | October 25th 2010 @ 7:48am | Report comment
Thanks AF.
October 25th 2010 @ 9:44am
BigAl said | October 25th 2010 @ 9:44am | Report comment
Oh that !!! – I must admit that event was always under my radar – I thought you were refering to the AFL’s latest Irish gig.!
Re. the China thing ! – from what I’ve heard the response was pretty much what they were hoping for.
Also, you’ve got me intrigued about the ‘…Beautiful line by Punter’ as I’m seeing nothing ??
– not even any sign of the old…
(Comment deemed poor by Roar community – click to read) message fron Roar !!
I’d be more than happy if you could enlighten me.
October 25th 2010 @ 9:56am
Australian Football said | October 25th 2010 @ 9:56am | Report comment
Ha, ha, Big, Al you must have ADHD you even made a comment on the thread. Do I need to hold your hand to take you back to a thread you claim doesn’t exist..?
Punter—-care to repeat what you said—-if it is voted down again you will directly know who was responsible..
October 25th 2010 @ 10:57am
Norm said | October 25th 2010 @ 10:57am | Report comment
-”Re. the China thing ! – from what I’ve heard the response was pretty much what they were hoping for.”…they musn’t have hoped for much.
October 24th 2010 @ 7:12am
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:12am | Report comment
You don’t agree BigAl..? I am shattered and you have totally caught me by surprise with your statement
October 24th 2010 @ 8:46am
BigAl said | October 24th 2010 @ 8:46am | Report comment
Yes AF , you show with this response that you know where I’m coming from! – you should take your mate punter aside and try and explain to him…
October 24th 2010 @ 8:51am
punter said | October 24th 2010 @ 8:51am | Report comment
BigAl, sorry if I upset you, I just ask for debate from you, instead of jsut not agreeing with AF, please provide your reasoning.
October 24th 2010 @ 2:06pm
BigAl said | October 24th 2010 @ 2:06pm | Report comment
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October 24th 2010 @ 12:18am
Rusty0256 said | October 24th 2010 @ 12:18am | Report comment
“Australian football is poised, in the next three months, to discover whether they will be hosts to two prestigious major international football tournaments: the 2022 World Cup and the 2015 AFC Cup.”
Three FIFA tournaments actually, as if Australia gets the 2022 World Cup we will also get the Confederations Cup the year before; always run as something of a rehersal for each nation about to get the WC. Here in Melbourne I would imaging we can use AAMI Park for that one which should help keep the AFL off our backs.
October 24th 2010 @ 6:40am
Chuq said | October 24th 2010 @ 6:40am | Report comment
The Confederations Cup is a World Cup warm up and therefore the venues used are selected from the World Cup venues.
October 24th 2010 @ 7:19am
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:19am | Report comment
You know what Rusty—-I totally had forgotten about the Confederations Cup, and of course you are 100% correct. I watched the last one in South Africa and enjoyed it immensely; especially that incredible run from the USA to reach the final against the eventual winners Brazil. It was a magnificent effort by the USA..
October 24th 2010 @ 12:55am
Midfielder said | October 24th 2010 @ 12:55am | Report comment
Well done AF … well written .. without doubt will change a few things if we win…
October 24th 2010 @ 7:22am
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:22am | Report comment
thanks Middie and yes indeed it will change a few things when we win—-both..!
October 24th 2010 @ 5:45am
Vinay Verma said | October 24th 2010 @ 5:45am | Report comment
AF, I think the bigger picture is that it will make Australia a bonafide member of the greater Asian community. There is a perception in Asia that Australia is only looking at Asia because this is where the business opportunities lie. Australia’s traditional involvement with America and Europe (England) was predicated by the first immigrants and alliances formed and forged over the subsequent WW’s ,Korea,Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Australians have been insular in the past and reluctant to look beyond the traditional alliances. Post 1990 Australia has engaged with Asia in more than just commerce. It now conducts joint Military and Naval excercises with India and the future engagement points to a greater dependence on the economies of China, India and countries like Indonesia, malaysia and Thailand.
Apart from India,with its cricket,the other Asian countries are more football-centric and it makes good sense for Australia to want the AFC Cup. I would actually like to see more Asian players play in the HAL and they would probably be more affordable than English or European footballers.
But Australian businesses have to learn,just like Frank Lowy did,that Asians value relationships and trust is earned and not demanded.
October 24th 2010 @ 7:44am
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:44am | Report comment
Vinay—-see my reply to you below—sorry about the computer glitch..
October 24th 2010 @ 9:01am
Andyroo said | October 24th 2010 @ 9:01am | Report comment
Vinay
I hope you caught Ray Gatt’s latest piece in the Australian. “A striker in the land of Tendulkar”
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/a-striker-in-land-of-tendulkar/story-e6frg7mf-1225942451500
October 24th 2010 @ 9:05am
Midfielder said | October 24th 2010 @ 9:05am | Report comment
Andy
What a great article …..
October 24th 2010 @ 10:29am
Ben of Phnom Penh said | October 24th 2010 @ 10:29am | Report comment
The article fails to mention the new Australian Centre Back for Mohun Bagan, Okwy Okonkwo Diamondstar
October 24th 2010 @ 11:52am
Vinay Verma said | October 24th 2010 @ 11:52am | Report comment
Andyroo,thanks for that,I read the smh as a preferred newspaper but read the link you sent. The rivalry between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal is not new. The Bengal Football Federation office was in the next block to where I lived in Kolkata (Calcutta). It was regularly stoned by rival supporters. The two clubs once played at the Eden Gardens and the unofficial crowd was 110,000. An unfortunate spectator who happened to be in the wrong section and cheering for the wrong team was manhandled and thrown over the back of the stadium to his death some 200 feet below, They are passionate about their football in Bengal.
Until about 20 years ago football was played intwo 35 minute halves and the Indian team struggled internationally.
Now with sponsors like Nike and Panasonic the I League is thriving and the standard and fitness is improving..they have qualified for the 2011 AFC and also the Asian Games.
As a matter of trivia India finished 4th in the Melbourne Olympics in football.
October 24th 2010 @ 11:55am
Ben of Phnom Penh said | October 24th 2010 @ 11:55am | Report comment
The relegation of Shillong Lajong was bit of a blow though. I really hope they come straight back up as there is a hell of a lot to like about that club and their contribution to Indian football is significant.
October 24th 2010 @ 12:03pm
Vinay Verma said | October 24th 2010 @ 12:03pm | Report comment
Ben,the Hill tribes(including the Nepalese) have a natural affinity to football and have always provided sklilful players. Also their endurance levels are higher. Sadly a lot of these tribal areas are neglected.
October 24th 2010 @ 9:00am
punter said | October 24th 2010 @ 9:00am | Report comment
Vinay, I agree, there should be more a effort to get Asian players into the HAL, I know Sydney has 2, Melb V 1, Adelaide 1.
There was a Indonesian trialist & an Indian trialist at a couple of the clubs earlier this year, but neither player was signed.
October 24th 2010 @ 9:03am
punter said | October 24th 2010 @ 9:03am | Report comment
Newcastle has one as well, there may be more.
October 24th 2010 @ 11:53am
Ben of Phnom Penh said | October 24th 2010 @ 11:53am | Report comment
The better Indian players are on quite high salaries which is problematic. This has been as issue for Asian football as good players with potential are less inclined to move overseas to further develop their game given the salaries and life style they enjoy in their home countries. I’m keeping half an eye on the young striker Ahmad Khalil, who should really be snapped up by a European club however is currently starring for Al Ahli in UAE. Hopefully he doesn’t end up spending his entire career in the Gulf states.
There are some decent Syrian and Yemeni players on pretty low salaries who would be worth investigating.
Interestingly if you go through the teams in SE Asia there are a very large amount of Japanese players, particularly in Thailand, plying their trade. A lot of the Japanese who have determined they will only ever be J2 or JFL players come to SE Asia for the lifestyle. It is a smart move as a number of them move on to post-playing careers in coaching/administration/agency etc in the region.
October 24th 2010 @ 7:33am
Ramirez said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:33am | Report comment
It’s about who pays more, in the most corrupt way.
Football, the development of the game, etc doesn’t matter at all. 2018 is back to Europe and 2022 is going to be in some rich oil-laden emirate where stadiums are always empty.
October 24th 2010 @ 7:40am
Chuq said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:40am | Report comment
You obviously didn’t hear FIFA’s statement after the Qatar inspection that the bid poses “logistical issues” and also missed the news in the last couple of days that the Spain/Portugal and Qatar bids were under investigation from vote swapping allegations?
October 24th 2010 @ 7:48am
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:48am | Report comment
Chuq—-yes I saw and heard the same thing..
October 24th 2010 @ 7:41am
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:41am | Report comment
Yes indeed Vinay, it is the big picture that really interests me too. Being part of a bonafide Asia is very important to me as well. I see great things happening in this Asian Region of ours and we have been very slow to embrace it fully here. However, let’s hope that staging the AFC Cup in Australia can add a bit more understanding with a bit more acceptance from those Australians who in the past have been slow or have failed to see the big picture or how important it is to unite Australia fully with Asia.
October 24th 2010 @ 11:09am
Midfielder said | October 24th 2010 @ 11:09am | Report comment
Vinay
Astute Observation .. the Asian connection… a good example of what you say is the Under 20 match Aust V NK … I watched the game streamed … and it was broadcast in Arabic from a Middle Eastern country…
Some things that amazed me about the broadcast… first it was broadcast across the Middle East, second the studio where they went for the panel discussions had the Australian & NK flags on screens everywhere … but most was they seemed to have a knowledge of all the Australian players …
Until I watched this stream my knowledge of what being in Asia was limited … across the Middle East with Arabic voices the Australian flag flew and Australians were shown in a positive light…
A mate of mine I told this to watched the match from China were it was also broadcast live… he said the general feeling by most was a feel good towards Australia…
Without doubt the big business and government is watching …
October 24th 2010 @ 12:01pm
Vinay Verma said | October 24th 2010 @ 12:01pm | Report comment
Middy, Properly handled Australia can position itself favourably to share in the future money that is going to be available in Indian Football. It means FFA have to forge the right and meaningful relations with India. In most cases the first contact is NOT throught the Sports Authority of India as many think.
There is an IPL type Hockey league in India and there is no reason why football will not follow suit. It is some distance in the future but you want to get on the bandwagon sooner rather than later. Australia in many cases has been a slow learner compared to countries like Brazil,France and Germany.
We all know the money that is avaiable in Indian broadcasting..the BCCI has a 2.5 billion dollars deal for the IPL and Champions League and a seperate deal for a Billion dollars for Test and ODIS. This over a ten year period but that equates to 335 million dollars a year. India’s middle class is growing by 8% a year and by 2020 it is tipped to be in excess of 500 million.
That is bigger than the USA and Europe(combined..I could be out in my figures but I have not checked them and stand to be corrected with regard to Europe..the USA is pretty accurate)
Like in sport it does not pay to play catch-up in business. I feel Australia may be behind the play already.
October 24th 2010 @ 12:37pm
Midfielder said | October 24th 2010 @ 12:37pm | Report comment
Vinay
The growing wealth of the Indian middle class will influence much of the world over the next few decades … food is the best example … Indian food is sold everywhere now …. wealth brings the ability to choose to some extent what pleases you …
Sport will grow in India… a mate explained the relationship between cricket and football once and I would welcome your comments…
He said cricket was the Indian game for the upper working class, the middle class and the ruling class … it takes money to play cricket even if small …. whereas football was the game of the street and the cost and room you needed was less…
He said football had a huge following with the poor…..
I also remember an article by Jessie Fink about how middle class Indian boys wear EPL shirts today… a massive change from earlier eras.
October 24th 2010 @ 1:40pm
Vinay Verma said | October 24th 2010 @ 1:40pm | Report comment
Middy,you have asked a question that I can only answer in point form otherwise it would be thousands of words:
: India’s TV audience is only some 120 million households and if you multiply that by four a potential audience of around 400 million
: Pay TV is only around 20% of these households..so an audience of around 100 million
:there are over 200 channels(some say 500 but a lot of this is misleading)
:affluent kids do sport EPL team shirts as the quality of these games are thought to be higher whwreas in reality only a small percentage of the premier league clubs play attractive football.
:the mix in cricket and football is getting closer..the Indian Captain Dhoni comes from a lower middle class family..the Pathan brothers are the sons of muslim priest…football players come from poorer families and also the Police and Armed forces..and mine workers in the Goa area.
:grassroots academies are needed for the villages and hill areas..there is no coordinated coaching for coaches..no National vision for football…corruption and nepotism are rife..the AFC should invest in proper structures and fund part of these if India is to grow as a football nation
: there are some of the richest corporates in India but they are all cricket centric and are not interested in grassroots
: I believe if the AFC and FIFA want to grow football in India they would be better off joint venturing with clubs like Mohun Bagan,Dempo,Pune and East Bengal in fostering academies and coaching…it has to be a ten year plan..nothing happens overnight
The only sure thing is that India will grow and a lot depends on connectivity in rural areas and access to the internet.
October 24th 2010 @ 1:43pm
Midfielder said | October 24th 2010 @ 1:43pm | Report comment
Thanks Vinay
October 24th 2010 @ 1:05pm
The Special One said | October 24th 2010 @ 1:05pm | Report comment
and the 2018/2022 world cup bribery scandal deepens…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/oct/24/fifa-alleged-bribes-voting-world-cup
October 24th 2010 @ 1:41pm
Midfielder said | October 24th 2010 @ 1:41pm | Report comment
What a Farking mess … I wonder if this will delay the vote as some have suggested …
If true you would think Qatar & Spain would be kicked out of the bid …. FIFA is a world upon itself..
October 24th 2010 @ 7:26pm
mds1970 said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:26pm | Report comment
The bid that succeeds will be the one that does the best job in keeping their extensive record of graft, bribery and corruption under wraps until after the vote.
October 24th 2010 @ 7:55pm
punter said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:55pm | Report comment
Yawn, go back to the AFL threads.
October 24th 2010 @ 8:08pm
slickwilly said | October 24th 2010 @ 8:08pm | Report comment
you keep out of ours and we’ll stay well away from yours…
October 24th 2010 @ 10:32pm
Mister Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 10:32pm | Report comment
I think we all know who he is referring to when he says: the biggest gangster on Earth.
October 24th 2010 @ 10:33pm
Mister Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 10:33pm | Report comment
I wonder at what point the Government starts to get nervous about taxpayer money heading towards some of these shysters?
October 25th 2010 @ 12:04am
jimbo said | October 25th 2010 @ 12:04am | Report comment
You mean the shysters from the AFL and VFL Pip?
We’re very nervous up here in NSW and Sydney in particular, about how much of our taxpayers money is going to help kick start another loss making Australian Rules team in Sydney.
October 25th 2010 @ 12:42am
TCunbeliever said | October 25th 2010 @ 12:42am | Report comment
lol.. While the Swans aren’t the most profitable sporting club, do you fail to notice that they attract by far the largest attendances to their games of ANY Sydney based sporting code?
You can blindly support Association Football as much as you want (and good luck to you and your code, I’d much rather us all be working together but if you want to be bitter go ahead) but don’t try and suggest the Swans don’t have good figures!
October 25th 2010 @ 8:15am
Fussball ist unser leben said | October 25th 2010 @ 8:15am | Report comment
TCunbeliever
How do you reconcile the consistently poor tv ratings in Sydney for Swans matches?
E.g.
Round 1, 2010: Sydney v St Kilda (2nd best AFL team in 2009),
Sydney TV audience – on Free-to-Air television!! = 82k
Round 2, 2010: Sydney v Adelaide
Sydney TV audience (FTA TV) = 54k
I won’t go through the whole 22 rounds.
Source: http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings
October 25th 2010 @ 12:09pm
TCunbeliever said | October 25th 2010 @ 12:09pm | Report comment
Fussy, read what I wrote, when re-read your response. Is there any relevance? No. I never said that AFL was the biggest or strongest code in Sydney.
Jimbo said that the Swans were unsuccessful, and my point is that despite the AFL having a smaller support base than the NRL in Sydney, the Swans attendances at their games is significantly higher than the attendances for any other football club of any other football code in that area. This year their lowest attendance in Sydney was 23,000 and their highest (non event/final) was 43,585. An avg 0f 30 k.
Compared to the average of the most popular Sydney NRL clubs (20k Canterbury, 18 k Wests, 16 k St George) and A-League (9 k Sydney FC, Newcastle 8k.) there is a pretty strong argument that the Sydney Swans are the biggest and strongest sporting club in Sydney.
October 25th 2010 @ 12:33pm
Fussball ist unser leben said | October 25th 2010 @ 12:33pm | Report comment
TCunbeliever
The reason I mentioned the TV ratings is b/c something smells fishy to me about the very large Swans attendance figures.
I don’t live in Sydney, but used to visit regularly for business. During the AFL season, I have never met a single Sydneysider, who ever knew who the Swans were playing that week-end.
Whilst I have no evidence, ever since the AFL took over management of the Sydney Swans from the former owner Geoff Edelstein there have been consistently strong rumours that 25-40% of the Swans home attendances are the result of free tickets being handed out in the Sydney market.
As I said, I have no evidence, but we know that the TV ratings can’t be wrong … or, at least, if they are wrong, then, in the absence of “foul play”, errors in the TV ratings should be “systematic errors” that won’t discriminate for, or against, any particular television event.
October 25th 2010 @ 5:50pm
TCunbeliever said | October 25th 2010 @ 5:50pm | Report comment
Alright Fussy..
If you think there’s something a bit iffy about the crowd figures I’m not going to be able to sway you. I’m in Melbourne currently but this year managed to go to Sydney and attend a game at the SCG for the first time. It was a wet afternoon but despite the rain there was a huge amount of people there in the red and white! Just under 30,000 was the official attendance (pretty good for a wet day) and it seemed about right..
But frankly, while the AFL may own the Swans, they do NOT own the SCG. The SCG is independent of the AFL and measures and records attendances itself, without AFL input, supervision or control.
I have heard nothing about ‘free tickets’ being available in my time there, and pretty much everyone I saw seemed to be wearing something that identified themselves as a supporter of either side, so whether they paid or not they were still there because they wanted to see one side win!
James has a good point though.. I never take much notice of TV ratings because they are based on such a small population sample. If they could actually detect through the network transmissions exactly who was watching what, then there might be something in them.. Furthermore, a great many sports enthusiast likes to watch their games in a pub / bar environment.
But the more we go on the further away we get from whatever it is this thread is about.. Umm..
The AFC Championship in 2015?
October 24th 2010 @ 4:26pm
Joe FC said | October 24th 2010 @ 4:26pm | Report comment
Australian Football do you know if in its AFC 2015 bid book the FFA stated during which months the tournment would be staged?
October 24th 2010 @ 4:36pm
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 4:36pm | Report comment
Sorry Joe I don’t—I searched for it but could not find anything yet, but I would think it would be in our summer season here in Australia but not 100% sure of that.
October 24th 2010 @ 6:16pm
Chuq said | October 24th 2010 @ 6:16pm | Report comment
All media reports I’ve seen have suggested January – which is ideal for weather, crowds and stadium availability!
October 24th 2010 @ 6:37pm
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 6:37pm | Report comment
Thanks Chuq—-I think your are spot on with that.
October 24th 2010 @ 6:24pm
Fussball ist unser leben said | October 24th 2010 @ 6:24pm | Report comment
According to this source (http://www.goal.com/en/news/808/australia/2010/07/29/2046659/australia-submit-2015-asian-cup-bid), the 2015 Asian Cup would be held over 23 days, in January 2015 – the middle of summer and middle of school holidays … a mouth-watering prospect for football fans and casual observers!
Some other facts:
* More than 27 per cent of Australia’s overseas-born population is from Asia and 24 per cent of Australia’s longstanding (arrived before 2002) migrants are Asian-born.
* The 2004 (China) and 2007 (Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia & Malaysia) tournaments attracted a TV audience of 748 million and 655 million viewers respectively
* In Australia, the 2007 Quarter Final: Australia v Japan broke Pay Television records with an average audience of 419,000
* 4 or 5 of the following stadia will be used: Suncorp Stadium, Skilled Park, ANZ Stadium, Sydney Football Stadium, Parramatta Stadium, Canberra Stadium, Etihad Stadium and AAMI Park
* The 2015 hosting decision will be made in Jan-2011, during the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.
October 24th 2010 @ 7:05pm
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:05pm | Report comment
Thanks Fussball I couldn’t find anything on the FFA website on that.
October 24th 2010 @ 9:13pm
Joe FC said | October 24th 2010 @ 9:13pm | Report comment
Thanks for the info gents. Jan would seem the most logical time although will there be a problem getting European players released from their clubs?
October 24th 2010 @ 10:17pm
Chuq said | October 24th 2010 @ 10:17pm | Report comment
I don’t think so – the African Nations Cup is in January every second year and their players (including big names like Eto’o, Drogba, Essien etc) generally get released. In fact I just had a quick skim down http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_squads and it may surprise to see how many African players are at big Euro clubs!
October 24th 2010 @ 11:37pm
jimbo said | October 24th 2010 @ 11:37pm | Report comment
The Asian Cup and African Nations Cup are FIFA listed tournaments and players must be released for it.
October 24th 2010 @ 6:58pm
Neutral Fan said | October 24th 2010 @ 6:58pm | Report comment
The Asian Cup will be the perfect test run for the World Cup once Australia gets it. I’m extremely confident it will happen bring on 2022.
October 24th 2010 @ 7:12pm
Australian Football said | October 24th 2010 @ 7:12pm | Report comment
Yes it will be a fantastic tournament to have here in Australia. We have so many fine youngsters now to step up for it and prove their worth. Osieck will work wonders with the current under 19′s and mould therm into a formidable outfit that will do Australia proud. I’m sure he will be around for that after 2014 in Brazil.