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Local Time: 8/9/2010 3:31:53 AM
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Wed, 8 Sep 2010 01:31:53
FIFA Praises "Balanced" Japan World Cup Bid (22/7/2010)
FIFA's team of inspectors praise Japan's 2022 World Cup bid as a "very balanced project" at the end of its three-day visit.
The way the bid committee and the JFA prepared everything shows the professional way in which football is developing here, and the way in which they work and develop projects," head of the five-man delegation Harold Mayne-Nicholls told a press briefing on Thursday.
“Concerning Japan’s bid, I think it is a very balanced project mixing football traditions, new stadiums, new technology, eco projects and integration with the world—it includes everything."
The Chilean FA president gave a short statement about the FIFA inspection in a news conference at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Tokyo.
With eight more bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup to evaluate over the coming two months, Mayne-Nicholls was careful in his choice of words.
Any criticisms of the bids will only emerge in the evaluation reports the FIFA panel will prepare for the FIFA Executive Committee, which are due to be published in November.
During FIFA's visit to Japan, the delegation inspected various sites in Osaka and Tokyo, including Saitama Stadium, optional team hotels and potential fan fest sites.
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