U.S. Focuses on 2022 World Cup Bid

The U.S. has officially withdrawn its bid to host the 2018 World Cup, but it remains in the running for the 2022 Cup. With England heavily favored to win the 2018 hosting duties, the U.S. team is hoping for better chances at securing hosting duties in 2022.

Australia, which withdrew its bid to host the 2018 edition in June, joins Japan, South Korea, Qatar and the U.S. as hopefuls for 2022.

U.S. Withdraws 2018 World Cup Bid, Vies With Japan, Korea For 2022 Site
Bloomberg
October 15, 2010

If 2022 Bid is Successful, South Korea Will Offer Some Game Hosting to North Korea

South Korea is reaching out to North Korea, offering to let the country host some of its World Cup games if South Korea wins its bid to host the 2022 tournament. The move is seen as a goodwill effort intended to help mend the rift between the two countries.

South Korea, who co-hosted the 2002 tournament with Japan, are promoting the message that sport, and in particular football, can help relations between the two countries.

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"We don't know exactly what the situation will be by the year 2022, we might be a unified country or we might still be a divided country, either way it will be a good opportunity to bring North Korea into the mainstream of the world and it will contribute good relations between north and south," said Han Sung-Joo, South Korea's bid chairman.

S Korea offer North games in 2022 bid
ESPN
March 31, 2010