Australia's bid to host the 2018 World Cup : Aussie Football, A-League Australia

The Race is on to Host the World Cup 2018

Australia has enjoyed huge success in hosting major sporting events. The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, the 2003 Rugby World Cup matches were held in the main Australian cities and most recently the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne.

Australia has never hosted the World Cup. Of the 10 stadiums required to host the tournament, Australia has 9 already: the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Telstra Stadium (Sydney), Telstra Dome (Melbourne), Suncorp Stadium (Brisbane), AAMI Stadium (Adelaide), Sydney Cricket Ground, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Aussie Stadium (Sydney) and Subiaco Oval (Perth).

However seven of these facilities are in 3 cities, breaking FIFA's rule of two stadiums per one city. If Australia were win the 2018 bid Australia would need to make some changes and increase the capacity of few of the stadiums. The MCG and Telstra Stadium are both high capacity venues, each accommodating crowds in excess of 100,000.