Has Australia hosted a world cup before?
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No, but they are mentioned often as a possible host country in the future (2018 or 2022). They would be wonderful hosts. I was lucky enough to go to Sydney for the Olympics in 2000 and they really did a perfect job at organizing those Games. The recent Commonwealth Games in Melbourne were reputed to be the best ever. Aussies are a very friendly and hospitable people and would no doubt do a masterful job.
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Twice. Both in 2003. Just before the world cup in June time, then again in the final in the Telstradome.\n\nYes England did beat Australia in 1995 world cup thanks to a Rob Andrew drop goal, but last time I checked, Cape Town was in South Africa, as was the rest of the competition.
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The World Cup has been hosted in the Americas 7 times:\n\n1930 Uruguay\n1950 Brazil\n1962 Chile\n1970 Mexico\n1978 Argentina\n1986 Mexico\n1994 USA\n\nMexico is the only nation to have hosted 2 World Cup Finals.
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The 2014 World Cup was promised to South America to compensate for them giving a half-spot to Oceania to give them a full berth, back in 2002. The half-spot decision was subsequently reversed in 2003, with the Oceania winner once again required to play a sudden death tie with the fifth-placed South American team. Australia (Oceania winner) responded to this by getting revenge on Uruguay (5th South America) and qualifying anyway, doing so for the first time in 32 years.\n\nAustralia could put this forward as a case as to why South America should not be automatically promised the World Cup. FFA has already stated that the South Pacific has not yet hosted a World Cup.\n\nAustralia has many stadiums and could host a football tournament successfully at short notice if an emergency were to arise in the allocated host country.\n\nSydney and Brisbane have good rectangular fields, likely to have three venues between them. However, this isn't the case in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth or the regional centres that may be allocated some smaller matches (Launceston, Cairns, Darwin). In Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, matches would probably be staged on these cities' cricket ovals. Although the crowd would be some distance from the field, it would be not much more than your typical athletics field. For Australia's group matches and the final it would be a tussle between rectangular Telstra Stadium (83,000) in Sydney and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (95,000) - those capacities are somewhat enviable throughout the world (what can I say, Aussies love their sport!)\n\nIt's unlikely funds would be allocated to construct new grounds, though some may be upgraded (temporarily or permanently).\n\nIf the powerful South Americans get their way for 2014, FFA has indicated they will bid for 2018. In any case FFA will be bidding for the 2011 Asian Cup. Considering the other two nations bidding for that one are Iran and India, we stand a good chance.
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I do, but then I'm Australian :D\n\nNo, but seriously.  It just made me so sad.  Having extra time, we could have brought on two more players, and the game could have gone either way.  I am so happy with how the team played over the four matches, and I would have been happy (well, happier) to have seen them lose in an honest fashion.\n\nHopefully being part of Asia now, Australia will qualify for many many more world cups and become less of an easy target for poor referreeing decisions.
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The 2010 Football World Cup will take place in South Africa. After it was decreed the next World Cup would be held in Africa, the five countries which bid to hold the tournament were:\n\nEgypt \nLibya \nMorocco \nSouth Africa \nTunisia \n\nFIFA decided to award an African nation the opportunity to host the World Cup as a recognition of the development of football on this continent, as shown by the performances of Cameroon (Football World Cups of 1982 and 1990), Algeria (beating West Germany in 1982), Nigeria (FIFA World Cups 1994, 1998 and 2002), Senegal (FIFA World Cup 2002), and many others (e.g., FIFA U-21 World Championship or Olympic Football Tournaments).\n\nOn 8 May 2004 Tunisia withdrew its bid when it was made clear that they would not be allowed to co-host with Libya.\n\nOn 15 May 2004, FIFA's Executive Committee voted in Zürich by 14 votes to 10 to award the finals to South Africa over Morocco. Egypt received no votes.\n\nLibya had been disqualified from the vote after it made clear it wished to co-host the event rather than hold it on its own. Libya had also asked to be withdrawn from consideration prior to the vote after it refused to let Israel participate there if selected as host.\n\nSouth Africa will become the sixteenth country (and the first-ever African country) to host World Cup matches.
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The inaugural World Cup tournament, held in Uruguay in 1930, was participated in by 13 nations (seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America).\n\nIn the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina, 4-2, in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and became the first nation to win a World Cup.
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Depending on how you define "not playing in the previous world [cup]".\n\nItaly won in 1934, but did not take part at all in 1930. Uruguay qualified for the 1938 finals, but did not take part, and won in 1950. West Germany did not take part in qualifying for the 1950 World Cup, but won in 1954. France took part in qualifying for the 1994 WC, but did not make the finals.\n\nSo for my money, the only teams to really fit your answer are the Italians and the West Germans (I consider playing in qualification as part of the World Cup). Granted, there are migitating circumstances in both - 1934 was only the second WC, and transport links were nowhere near as developed as today, and the small matter of WWII and West Germany being not a member of FIFA.
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I don't see why not.  Soccer Australia relaunched this year as Football Australia, in-line with most other countries in the world.\n\nSoccer football is likely to overtake all the other codes in Australia in terms of participation following the World Cup Qualifiers.
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2011 world cup will be in India, Pak, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh where 8 venues will host matches in india, 4 in pak, Colombo and Kandy in SL and dhaka in bangladesh...\n2015 world cup will be held in Australia, New zealand\n2019 world cup will be held in England
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No.  Best chance for Africa is 2010 when it is hosted in South Africa.  Most of the African teams that are in the Tourny this year are new to the World Cup.
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South Africa are hosting 2010 world cup
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Each part of the world is broken down into regions. For 2 years prior to the World Cup each region plays a tournament with all it's countries to determine which ones will represent that region in the World Cup. In the end, 32 teams will have qualified. The country that hosts the tournament gets an automatic bid (Germany this year), as does the defending World Cup champions (Brazil).  The remaining 30 teams that play in the World Cup came from the regional tournaments.
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup will provisionally take place in Brazil. On March 7, 2003 FIFA announced that the cup would be held in South America for the first time since Argentina hosted it in 1978, in line with its policy of rotating the right to host the World Cup amongst the different confederations. On March 17 the CONMEBOL associations voted unanimously to adopt Brazil as their sole candidate. The final decision as to hosting will be made sometime in 2008. However, on April 13, 2006 Sepp Blatter said that does not necessarily mean that the tournament would be in Brazil. "For the time being, I don't think Brazil has a stadium for the Cup." But it should be noted, that he had only visited stadiums in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Porto Alegre. Blatter also brought up the topic of co-hosting, suggesting that Argentina and Chile launch a joint bid.\n\nFor Brazil to host the 2014 World Cup, the country would need a lot of investment in security and infrastructure.
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32 countries have played in the cup since France 98.  Stadiums vary, but in this one the average is between 40-50 thousand I would say.  Brazil was the pre-tournament favorite, but France knocked them out in the quarterfinals.  No, it is not the 80th world cup, the FIFA World Cup began in 1930, and is held every 4 years, and was not held between 38 and 50 due to WWII.  So there was a tournament in 30, 34, 38, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 02, and now in 06.  So this cup is the 18th.  Regardless of who wins this tournament (because both are previous winners), only seven countries have won the world cup.  Uruguay in 30, Italy in 34, Italy in 38, Uruguay in 50, West Germany in 54, Brazil in 58, Brazil in 62, England in 66, Brazil in 70, West Germany in 74, Argentina in 78, Italy in 82, Argentina in 86, Germany in 90, Brazil in 94, France in 98, Brazil in 02, and either Italy/France in 06.  For more information go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup.
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The first FIFA World Cup was staged in 1930. The tournament was played in Uruguay, the Olympic champions at the time, since they were celebrating the centenary of their independence. As well as being the first ever hosts, Uruguay also became the inaugural champions, beating Argentina in the final, 4 – 2.
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Only once its was in 1930. in that very year the hosts(Uruguay) won the world cup.Again in 1950 uruguay again lifted up the trophy when host was Brazil.