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Follow on Google News | World Cup Power Index - England Surges; Qatar Improves; Australia Slides(WFI) With less than 190 days until FIFA decides the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, the second edition of the WFI World Cup Bid Power Index shows some significant changes to the last survey carried out in February.
By: Isia Reaves England strengthens its grip on top spot in the bid power index. Qatar and Russia are close behind in second and third. The USA is ranked fourth. Australia is the biggest loser in the bid index, sliding out of the top four from the No.2 position they occupied in the February edition. It has dropped to seventh place and is five points off its 2022 rival Qatar. Across 10 categories, England scores 65 out of 100 possible points (up 1 point). Qatar follows with 63 (up 2 points), with Russia on 62 and the USA on 61 (both up 1 point). (Notching sub-60 scores are Australia, Holland-Belgium, Korea and Spain-Portugal. With 53 points, Japan is languishing well behind. The full analysis is published on WorldFootballinsider.com "Some people might be surprised that England is still leading the World Cup Bid Power Index after the very public demise of bid chairman David Triesman who was forced to resign over bribery allegations he made about Spain and Russia. "But England 2018 dealt with it smartly by quickly naming Geoff Thompson as his replacement. The appointment of the FIFA and UEFA vice president will be well received in football's corridors of power. "Australia loses marks after a difficult few months during which the bid team has struggled to win domestic support and sort out its stadia plans, raising serious concerns about the country's ability to deliver a World Cup," Bisson added. The WFI Bid Power Index is the only regularly published review of World Cup bids that is based on expert analysis and first-hand contact with the bid nations, including interviews with bid leaders and information and figures from each of the bid launches. The rankings are not meant to predict the outcome of the FIFA vote on Dec. 2, 2010, but to show the merits and drawbacks of the bidding nations at regular intervals before the decision. The 10 categories are: bid operations/leadership; The next stop for the nine 2018/2022 bids is the FIFA Bidding Expo that follows the 60th FIFA Congress on June 10 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The bids will also be staging promotional activities through the June 11 to July 11 World Cup. WFI’s newest poll asks: Who will be the leading scorer at the World Cup? Lionel Messi (Argentina) Wayne Rooney (England) Robin van Persie (The Netherlands) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) David Villa (Spain) Have your say now by voting in the poll at: WorldFootballinsider.com To subscribe to World Football Insider, please visit WorldFootballinsider.com and click on 'GET FREE NEWS BULLETINS'. WFI Editor Mark Bisson is available for interviews. Contact Sheila Hula at Sheila@worldfootballinsider.com or call +1 404-874-1603. World Football Insider links • Twitter – http://twitter.com/ • Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ • YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/ About World Football Insider World Football Insider is the go-to source for news about the international football industry. Published by Around the Rings, the pre-eminent source of news about the Olympic Movement, World Football Insider will carry on the tradition of quality and in-depth reporting for which Around the Rings is acclaimed. End
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