Watchmen Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Free kick said: FIFA has a non compete clause for their events. In other words, they request that no other major sporting event (or even no other major non-sporting event) occurs in the city hosting a fifa event during that time of the FIFA event. This is nothing new, this applied for the U20 WC in 2007 when it was held in Canada. Yeah, Vancouver's withdrawal was purely about funding. Montreal's withdrawal was both funding and events. It does make Montreal's decision a little more understandable (I think the Jazz and Comedy festivals would also have been impacted). Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Yeah, Vancouver's withdrawal was purely about funding. Montreal's withdrawal was both funding and events. It does make Montreal's decision a little more understandable (I think the Jazz and Comedy festivals would also have been impacted). Which was what i was going to get at in my post that i deleted above because my figures were wrong. But yes, Compared to Vancouver, Montreal’s reasons for withdrawing always seems more logical and reasonable at the time of the announcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 19 hours ago, theaub said: As per page 140 of the bid book, the split would be City 1: 4 games (Canada match #1, two other group matches, R16 match) City 2: 3 games (2 group stage matches, R32 match) City 3: 3 games (2 group stage matches including Canada match #2, R32 match) The R32 match in City #2 and R16 match in City #1 would feature 1A (aka Canada's group) if they were to advance to that stage. https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3c077448dcd5c0ab/original/w3yjeu7dadt5erw26wmu-pdf.pdf That is why I absolutely don't buy this whole '2 match promise' BS. I personally am extremely looking foward to the debates when (insert city here) is named as City #1 over (insert other two cities here). e: to save everyone a trip here is the schedule Why do they refer to the third round as Round of 32 when there are only 32 teams? ardsa and Cheeta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardsa Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 sarcasm? 48 team world cup. 16 groups of 3 teams each - 32 teams move on from the group stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ardsa said: sarcasm? 48 team world cup. 16 groups of 3 teams each - 32 teams move on from the group stage. Ahh, thought this was for 2022. Whoops Edited February 10, 2022 by johnyb ardsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Watchmen said: Yeah, Vancouver's withdrawal was purely about funding. Montreal's withdrawal was both funding and events. It does make Montreal's decision a little more understandable (I think the Jazz and Comedy festivals would also have been impacted). Jazz fest happening at the same time as the WC would be glorious. A real opportunity to combine all those things to make Montreal a unique and magic hosting city. Easier said that done logistically obviously. Opportunity would have been there to do something epic though. I have no problems with Vancouver coming on board, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver is a great spread and hopefully means more games in Canada than just two host venues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 15 minutes ago, toontownman said: I have no problems with Vancouver coming on board, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver is a great spread and hopefully means more games in Canada than just two host venues. Let be careful. Despite the words from the Premier, there has been nothing from Montagliani nor FIFA. There were similar stories coming out 1-2 months ago but they were shot down when Montagliani said they are going ahead with two venues for Canada. toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 22 minutes ago, Free kick said: Let be careful. Despite the words from the Premier, there has been nothing from Montagliani nor FIFA. There were similar stories coming out 1-2 months ago but they were shot down when Montagliani said they are going ahead with two venues for Canada. My intelligence tells me that the initial move to get Vancouver back in actually came from FIFA. TGAA_Star 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 6 hours ago, SthMelbRed said: My intelligence tells me that the initial move to get Vancouver back in actually came from FIFA. Even so, Vancouver will be one of the places to be come 2026. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 7 hours ago, SthMelbRed said: My intelligence tells me that the initial move to get Vancouver back in actually came from FIFA. I'm not going to read anything too much into that. Just letting BC know the door is still open if they want in on the show. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. No hurt in talking about it one last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre_03 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I wasn't sure if I should post this here or Canada 2026 thread... Speaking of Gov't funding. Interesting piece and timing from local Edmonton news. https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/b641d778-8adf-11ec-8293-0242ac110005/?jwsource=cl Certainly not a done deal in Edmonton without provincial support. Free kick and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 31 minutes ago, Dre_03 said: I wasn't sure if I should post this here or Canada 2026 thread... Speaking of Gov't funding. Interesting piece and timing from local Edmonton news. https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/b641d778-8adf-11ec-8293-0242ac110005/?jwsource=cl Certainly not a done deal in Edmonton without provincial support. If they're struggling to get funding when it might have been 5 games, 3 games seems like an even tougher sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre_03 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 True but in fairness I think Edmonton was interested when we initially had 3 cities as hosts anyway so while 5 games would've been a bonus, don't think they anticipated more than 3 when they bid. nfitz, Free kick and TGAA_Star 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstone2 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Dre_03 said: I wasn't sure if I should post this here or Canada 2026 thread... Speaking of Gov't funding. Interesting piece and timing from local Edmonton news. https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/b641d778-8adf-11ec-8293-0242ac110005/?jwsource=cl Certainly not a done deal in Edmonton without provincial support. Adding to this. https://edmontonsun.com/sports/soccer/jones-is-jason-kenney-burying-edmontons-world-cup-chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) When Horgan said the words "Three or Five Games", that's the first hint I got that should trigger concerns about the Alberta support and the Edmonton Bid. The word "five". No way would he have even hazard to mention 5 knowing full well that it would mean 3 games (very max 4) if there were three cities. Edited February 12, 2022 by Free kick TGAA_Star 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Dre_03 said: I wasn't sure if I should post this here or Canada 2026 thread... I completely hear and share your frustration or confusion! There is whole thread on this topic with old stories and discussion that are relevant given that this is going to be topic that will be alive with stories and discussion for 5+ years. SO IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE CONTINUITY OF DISCUSSION IN ONE THREAD SO THAT THINGS DONT HAVE TO BE REPEATED FROM WHAT WAS SAID A WHILE BACK and so that you could easily reference and followup on old info. And find relevant links. Unfortunately, someone (who I shall not name) in his infinite wisdom or possible laziness had to go ahead a start an new thread for this one piece of news. 😖 @admin Or mods: is it possible to merge these four pages this thread into the the Thread dedicated to 2026 discussions and news? Thank you Here is the main thread: Worry for Canada's 2026 bid?..... and while we are at it, why not rename it, since there is no worry for 2026 Edited February 12, 2022 by Free kick Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 18 hours ago, Free kick said: I completely hear and share your frustration or confusion! There is whole thread on this topic with old stories and discussion that are relevant given that this is going to be topic that will be alive with stories and discussion for 5+ years. SO IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE CONTINUITY OF DISCUSSION IN ONE THREAD SO THAT THINGS DONT HAVE TO BE REPEATED FROM WHAT WAS SAID A WHILE BACK and so that you could easily reference and followup on old info. And find relevant links. Unfortunately, someone (who I shall not name) in his infinite wisdom or possible laziness had to go ahead a start an new thread for this one piece of news. 😖 @admin Or mods: is it possible to merge these four pages this thread into the the Thread dedicated to 2026 discussions and news? Thank you Here is the main thread: Worry for Canada's 2026 bid?..... and while we are at it, why not rename it, since there is no worry for 2026 This is a separate and distinct issue and deserves it's own thread which is why I started it. We don't always have to have threads that go on for 100's of pages. BearcatSA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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