I was about to post it too. I suported the Greek-Turkish bid, but I guess this one is allright. It's certainly better than Nordic 2008 or Scotland-Ireland.
Congratulations.
Well Iceblaze, I could guess your reason for the dislike, but I think you could very well re-evaluate your feelings for switzerland.../ot
I think it's a good thing. The austrian football hasn't been very strong lately (saw some reports on the down side some months ago...), but this can be a push in the right direction. Teams like Sturm Graz have had their impact on the European scene.
And not to mention the swiss contender in the CL!
I hope this is a motivation for the austrian players in particular (haven't much hope for the swiss...): ditch that ass of a coach, and take your time to build a team in Korean style!
Hans Krankel is not the best coach, but he has good connections to the media and to those, who decide about our coach. they have offered him a contract until 2008
i don`t see any future for the austrian football, but that doesn`t matter. i can see footballs best close to me 2006 in munich and 2008 in salzburg and vienna!
@ICeBLAZe:What is your problem with Austria? We are far less antisemitic than France or Germany.
You are the only country who didn't went through a significant change in the education and social systems after the holocaust.
Plus, a large part of your population voted for a declared Nazi sympathiser who illegaly inherited most of his property from Jews who were banned from Austria during WW2.
Co-hosting is very popular now, isn't it? First Netherlands / Belgium for Euro 2000, then Japan / Korea for the 2002 World Cup; we just had Singapore / Indonesia for the Tiger Cup, and now this.
I'd like to see Malaysia and Singapore co-host the World Cup at some point. They're both improving teams and would make good co-hosts in the future. Asian football is worth supporting, in my honest opinion. And they both have a history of successful hosting of large sporting events, such as the Commonwealth Games and the SEA Games.
Yeah well, some strange guy over here said Holland could host a world cup in 10 years (but I think after 2006 the WC of 2018 will be the first held in Europe)...anyway, I don't think there will be a World Cup here anyway, nor Olympics.
The problem with joint hosting, is when both the hosts would be unlikely to qualify for the tournament. At least Japan and S Korea could say they probably would have qualified anyway.
ya, you must live some hot place. Never even seen european matches in snow? And I think pretty much every stadium over there is in the Alps, especially the Swiss ones.
Co-hosting allows smaller countries to become hosts, and thats good for the world game. It's a global trend too. If your're taking a cup to a big place, might as well give smaller neighbours a few games as well. There has been talk off a joint NZ/Australia bid for the Football WC. Also, i read on teletext the other day that Quebec and NY State were considering a joint Olympic bid.
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that way we will at least be able to take part at the eurochampionships again 
Yeah well, some strange guy over here said Holland could host a world cup in 10 years (but I think after 2006 the WC of 2018 will be the first held in Europe)...anyway, I don't think there will be a World Cup here anyway, nor Olympics.
