future world cups

[roughyedspud]

bit of a mess about really


lets put together "bids" for future world cups...i'll kick off



CANADA - 4 CITIES - 4 GROUPS OF 4


host cities..

MONTREAL , stadium used for all group A games + one 1/4 final, saputo stadium , cap 20k

WINNIPEG , stadium used for all group B games + one 1/4 final , investorsgroup field , cap32k

TORONTO, stadium used for all group C games,one 1/4 final & one semi final , BMO FIELD ,cap 21k

VANCOUVER, stadium used for all group D games,one 1/4 final,one semi final & RLWC FINAL, BC place , cap 21k/54k

 

[Evil Homer]

A World Cup needs more than 4 venues, I'd add in McMahon Stadium in Calgary and probably Lamport and another smaller Ontario stadium. Temperatures would also be a problem in Winnipeg, the average in November is like -5 C. I'd love to see a WC in Canada though.

 

[Big Sam]

Two of those venues are soccer-sized so in-goals may be dangerously short again. Not that anyone gave a shit about player welfare last year...

 

[Big Sam]

My turn.

MEDITERRANEAN BID FOR 2025 RLWC (16 teams - 4 groups of 4)

MARSEILLE, Stade Velodrome (Capacity: 67,000)
Opening Group Stage Double Header and Final

BARCELONA, Olympic Stadium (Capacity: 56,000)
Semi Final Double Header

NICE, Allianz Riviera (Capacity: 35,624)
Two Quarter Finals

AVIGNON, Parc des Sports (Capacity: 17,518)
Two Group Stage games + Two Quarter Finals

BEZIERS, Stade de la Méditerranée (Capacity: 18,000)
Four Group Stage Games

 

[Big Sam]

PERPIGNAN, Stade Gilbert Brutus (Capacity: 13,000)
Four Group Stage Games

MONTPELLIER, Stade Yves du Manoir (Capacity: 12,734)
Four Group Stage Games

LA SPEZIA, Stadio Alberto Pico (Capacity: 10,150)
Four Group Stage Games (including all 3 of Italy's)

GIRONA, Estadi Montilivi (Capacity: 9,282)
Four Group Stage Games (including all 3 of Spain's)

 

[roughyedspud]

i like that..france as main hosts with games in spain & italy....like that alot

 

[DC_fan]

China

Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, 80,000

Beijing National Stadium, Beijing. 80,000

Workers Stadium, Beijing, 66,000

Shanxi Sports Center Stadium, Taiyuan, 62,000

 

[roughyedspud]

c'mon dude...a country has to have a interest in RL...lol

 

[deal.with.it]

You have to look at economic and societal benefits for a region. You just can't take the odd games to other countries. Ireland was the perfect example in 2013.

 

[RL The greatest game]

What we do need to do is make future world cups the pinnacle of the game.
SOO is fine for Australia, but it won't spread the game in the USA or Europe. World cups will.

 

[whall15]

Pacific Islands

Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby, PNG (25,000)
Half of Group A matches, Quarter Final + Final

Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Noumea, New Caledonia (10,000)
Half of Group A matches + Quarter Final

TFL Stadium, Suva, Fiji (30,000)
Half of Group B matches + Semi Final

Kalabond Oval, Kokopo, PNG (8,000)
Half of Group B matches

 

[whall15]

Apia Park, Apia, Samoa (15,000)
Half of Group C matches + Semi Final

Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago, American Samoa (10,000)
Half of Group C matches

Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Naku'alofa, Tonga (10,000)
Half of Group D matches + Quarter Final

Stade Pater, Pirae, French Polynesia (15,000)
Half of Group D matches + Quarter Final

 

[whall15]

Sixteen team tournament so you could have

Group A
NZ
PNG
Italy
Lebanon

PNG v NZL at Port Moresby
ITA v LBN at Noumea
PNG v ITA at Port Moresby
NZL v LBN at Noumea
PNG v LBN at Port Moresby
NZL v ITA at Noumea

Group B
Australia
Fiji
Ireland
Russia

AUS v FIJ at Suva
IRE v RUS at Kokopo
AUS v IRE at Kokopo
FIJ v RUS at Suva
AUS v RUS at Kokopo
FIJ v IRE at Suva

Group C
England
Samoa
United States
Cook Islands

ENG v SAM at Apia
USA vs COO at Pago Pago
ENG v USA at Pago Pago
SAM v COO at Apia
SAM v USA at Pago Pago
ENG v COO at Apia

Group D
France
Wales
Scotland
Tonga

FRA v WAL at Tahiti
SCO v TON at Tonga
FRA v SCO at Tahiti
WAL v TON at Tonga
FRA v TON at Tonga
WAL v SCO at Tahiti

Quarter Finals
A1 v B2 at Noumea
A2 v B1 at Port Moresby
C1 v D2 at Tonga
C2 v D1 at Tahiti

Semi Final
QF1 v QF3 at Suva
QF2 v QF4 at Apia

Final
SF1 v SF2 at Port Moresby

 

[jim_57]

2021 should be a UK/France split with some big games in France.

I would go with something like:
UK Opening DH: Wembley
France Opening DH: Toulouse (Soccer stadium)
Quarters: Montpellier, Leeds, Wigan, Cardiff
Semis: DH Old Trafford
Final: Marsielle or Paris

Whatever pool France are in play all games in France.

 

[jim_57]

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[DC_fan]

c'mon dude...a country has to have a interest in RL...lol

Its about building an interest in China. If we wait till a country shows even a little interest in the game before we have the world cup there then the game is going no where very quickly.

 

[Wilson1]

The World Cup should be about making as much money as possible. Right now it is the only way the RLIF gets any money at all. Isn't it better to hold it in England/France, make money and then put that into youth development in China then have a couple of weeks in China which the locals don't care about? By all means have fun looking at stadiums but right now World Cups must rotate between the NH and SH on an 8 year basis.

 

[roughyedspud]

we all know that...

for mine i think its gonna be at least 2025-29 before we should even consider taking the world cup to canada,usa,south africa....but in the mean time we need to test the market in those countries with test events like a 4 team comps & 8 team 'federation shield'-type events.......then they get to host the big one

 

[goodplayer]

be very cool to play the rugby league world cup in the USA , CANADA, MEXICO , 1 day

some games played on west coast , some on east coast , south gulf area. mid north,

 

[roughyedspud]

thanks for the input....ok...