BANGKOK - Southeast Asian countries will jointly bid to host the World Cup in 2034, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Sunday, after meetings between the region's leaders in Bangkok.
BANGKOK - Southeast Asian countries will jointly bid to host the World Cup in 2034, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Sunday, after meetings between the region's leaders in Bangkok.
"I would like to invite the people of ASEAN to support the soccer associations in their countries in order to realize this dream," he said. The idea of ASEAN hosting the World Cup was first mooted at the beginning of the decade and advocates say the move could help raise the region's profile and integration.
The ASEAN bid would also be competing with China which is widely seen as the front-runner to host the next tournament in Asia.
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