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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
This World Cup stuff has been quite the massive de-rail, so I have no choice but to contribute to it.
Canada hosting the World Cup would be ridiculous essentially on almost all fronts.
We're ranked 80th in the world, behind such powerhouses like Uzbekistan, Sierra Leone and Equitorial Guinea. I suppose the only reason we'd be a viable candidate is economic power and being a nice country, and I suppose it's probably the only way in hell Canada ever qualifies for World Cup anyway (I think we've qualified like once or twice in history and that largely is due to our soft pool, pretty sure we've never won a game at World Cup).
It would be sort of a slap in the face to the rest of the world that actually like, you know, cares about the sport (sorry to the few of you here that do...).
It'd sort of be like if the Dominican Republic was awarded the Winter Olympics.
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Qatar is hosting the World Cup in 2022. They're currently ranked 101st in the world. I think economic power has a much greater influence than soccer talent.