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2034 World Cup: Indonesia discusses joint bid with Australia

Indonesia is in discussions with Australia for a joint bid to host the 2034 World Cup, despite the Asian Confederation's (AFC) support for Saudi Arabia, the president said.

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2034 World Cup: Indonesia discusses joint bid with Australia

Indonesia is in discussions with Australia for a joint bid to host the 2034 World Cup, despite the Asian Confederation's (AFC) support for Saudi Arabia, the president said. of the Indonesian Football Federation, Erick Thohir.

After the designation earlier this month of Spain, Morocco and Portugal as hosts of the 2030 edition, the International Federation (Fifa) launched a call for applications for that of 2034, limiting it to the Asian and Oceanic confederations , in the name of the principle of rotation. Unsurprisingly, Saudi Arabia, which was already targeting the 2030 World Cup and investing massively to carve out a place in world football, confirmed that it would be a candidate, receiving almost immediate support from its continental federation, the AFC.

But she could not be the only one in the running, according to the words of the president of the Indonesian Federation, according to whom the idea of ​​a joint candidacy of his country with Australia has been under discussion since the last FIFA congress in March in Rwanda. “At that point, the Australian side said: Let's go together, and I said OK, we're in,” billionaire Erick Thohir, who is also a member of the Indonesian government and formerly owned the club, reported on Tuesday. Italian of Inter Milan in the 2010s.

The deadline set by Fifa for October 31, 2023 led the two parties to accelerate this dialogue, he added, drawing on the support of Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The Australian Football Federation confirmed last week that it was exploring the feasibility of a bid to host the 2034 World Cup, but without mentioning a joint approach with Indonesia.

According to Erick Thohir, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), other countries such as New Zealand, Malaysia or Singapore could join a joint candidacy. “We remain open to these options as we still have a few weeks ahead of us,” he said. His country will, however, have to convince Fifa that it has learned the lessons of the tragedy of October 1, 2022, in the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, on the island of Java, where a stampede left 135 dead.

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