With the heating up of the World Cup 2010 which set kick off in South Africa for less than a month time or to be more exactly on this 11 June, the bidding war for the 2018 2022 FIFA World Cups is currently underway. Eleven bids were submitted in March 2009 covering thirteen nations, with two joint bids: Belgium-Netherlands and Portugal-Spain. While Mexico and Indonesia were in the cancellation lists, three of the remaining nine bids, South Korea, Qatar, and Japan are only for the 2022 World Cup, the others are bidding for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

About Holland Belgium Bid
Under the slogan, “Together for Great Goals”, Holland and Belgium promise to deliver a brand new concept of eco-friendly tournament to the world football fan. Their past successful experience in hosting EURO2000 will demonstrate that the joint candidacy is more than feasible to host a FIFA World Cup together.

The Green Concept that Holland Belgium Aim to Bring to the World

1. The Most Sustainable FIFA World Cup Ever
The compactness of the tournament venue will dramatically reduces the need for transport during the games. As claimed by the Holland Belgium bidding team, 2 millions free bicycles will be provided free for commute purpose during the tournament to reduce the emission of green house gas while the to be implemented Environment Protection Plan will help to ensure the optimized public transport are in placed.

Together with a set of new eco-measurements, Holland Belgium guarantees a FIFA World Cup with an environmental impact that is 50% lower. According to bidding team, “We have created a unique World Cup Ecological Footprint – a new method to measure the ecological impact of a major football event. Thanks to this instrument we know that we will ‘save’ 50% on the environment. We will offer this concept to FIFA.”

The Holland/Belgium World Cup Bid delegation, including Ruud Gullit, Johan Cruyff, and co-chairmen Michael van Praag and Francois De Keersmaecker, arrive at FIFA House by bicycle.

2. All the 14 FIFA World Cup Stadiums are Green and Sustainable
Holland Belgium wish to deliver to the world a standard for sustainable stadiums. Thanks to the newly developed guidance for sustainable stadiums, Holland Belgium are pioneering towards creating a stadiums that are green beyond any imagination.

To ensure this, countless new concepts and techniques are being applied e.g. the Sustainable Stadium Toolkit, was introduce to football world.

For more info on the Sustainable Stadium and Sustainable Stadium Toolkit, please visit TheBid

Our home “Earth” really need much of our attention now, a greener and eco-friendlier games should always be the main priority for it sustainability. So go for it Holland Belgium we will support you!

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