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FIFA president Gianni Infantino says he would be open to North Korea hosting a World Cup to help “unite the world”.

Infantino gave a lengthy, wide-ranging speech on the eve of the controversial World Cup in Qatar, hitting back at criticism, claiming to empathise with marginalised groups and accusing western media of “hypocrisy”.

The Swiss-born chief said it was not beyond possibility that football’s showpiece event could one day take place in North Korea — and admitted he had previously tried to convince the isolated dictatorship to be involved as a FIFA tournament host.

Infantino, who is set to be re-elected for a third term, said: “FIFA is a global football organisation. We are football people, not politicians, and we want to bring people together.

“Any country can host an event. If North Korea wants to host something…
“I actually went to North Korea some years ago to ask the North Koreans if they were ready to host part of a Women’s World Cup with South Korea. Well, I was not successful, obviously, but I would go another 100 times if it would help.

“Only engagement can bring real change. We’re a global organisation and want to remain an organisation that unites the world.”

Japan and South Korea jointly hosted the 2002 World Cup but North Korea has never hosted a major football tournament. Kim Jong-un heads one of the world’s most secretive states and North Korea has this year increased its missile testing around the divided Korean peninsula.

Infantino had previously told all 32 competing nations to “focus on the football” but used his news conference to defend Qatar and urge “understanding” of different beliefs.
“I’m still convinced that this World Cup will open the eyes of many people from the western world to the Arab world,” he said.

“We’re living in the same world, we have to live together. We have to understand each other but also understand that we’re different too, with beliefs, different history, different backgrounds, but the same world. And we have to get along with each other.
“That’s why if you come here and see something wrong, say it, but also say how we can rectify it, please, so maybe we can help.”

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North Korea could host a World Cup, says Infantino

FIFA president Gianni Infantino says he would be open to North Korea hosting a World Cup to help “unite the world”. Infantino gave a lengthy, wide-ranging speech on the eve of the controversial World Cup in Qatar, hitting back at criticism, claiming to empathise with marginalised groups...
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It's not like they have a lengthy track record of kidnapping foreign nationals or anything
 
Its not like Qatar has been an complete shitshow disaster that demonstrates how fucking moronic it is to host the world cup (frankly any "international" sporting event, looking specifically at the Olympics) outside of developed western nations.

But yeah, try to do it in North Korea if only to see how many FIFA morons end up in NK work camps for an "indeterminate" amount of time.
 
Maybe they could get the remaining surviving participants of the Collision In Korea event to make some reunion and co-host the event


Japan and South Korea jointly hosted the 2002 World Cup but North Korea has never hosted a major football tournament.
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I remember they made their respected pop stars perform this


If North Korea hosts they should have NK sing their own rendition together with WCW/NJPW Talent. But Bischoff's singing talent is well
 
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Yes. And I would actually in favor of that.
The sports movement in the 19th century, and after that, had PEACEFUL competition between countries, peoples and ideologies as a goal.
A way to ease strained relationships through a common goal: striving for physical excellence and competition therein.
If you exclude countries from that, this central goal is broken.

This is a moot protest from my side, of course.
Sports are commercialized, political correct garbage now, who hate their own fans.
 
I'll be honest lads, I want them to do it.
>North Korea gets a big dumb stadium that goes to rot as soon as euros get done playing footsies in it
>Drunk bongoloids being sent to work camps for hitting on "the li'l oriennal birds"
>Dumb rich liberal westerners get to seethe about "one of the bad guys" getting to host the World Cup
>Right wingers begin supporting North Korea solely because it makes liberals mad, initially as a joke but eventually Juche just becomes a regular part of online discourse
>Wacky videos of people getting executed for taking pictures of the stadium because every piece of astroturf has Kim Jong-Il's face microprinted on it
>Bizarre pictures of North Koreans working Burger King stands and serving Budweisers with military efficiency
Make it happen, FIFA.
 
Sure, why not? Either it works and ends some of the craziness in North Korea or, more likely, it’s a total shitshow and ends some of the craziness in FIFA. That’s win win in my book
 
I fail to see the downside here. It will probably cause a mess in Best Korea which China will have to spend money and time to clean up. Europe will be humiliated which is also a big plus.
 
The next one is USA/Canada/Mexico. The lack of globohomo in Qatar means that it will be ramped up to 11 in the US.
 
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