The final touches to Australia's Bid for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup have been completed and the Bid Book is ready to be submitted to FIFA this Friday, Football Federation Australia announced today.
The Bid contains unified Australian Government support and the unified support of the other major sporting codes after the final agreements required by FIFA were signed over the weekend.
FFA can confirm that the Bid will be fully compliant when it is submitted to FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday May 14.
"We have the unified support of the nation behind our Bid and we are ready to host the biggest sporting event in the world," said FFA Chairman Frank Lowy, AC.
"This is great news for football and great news for the whole country as everyone will benefit if we win the right to host a FIFA World Cup.
"I would especially like to thank the Government Taskforce, Federal Sports Minister Kate Ellis and the State and Territory Governments for their tireless work in bringing everyone together."
Australia has an extremely compelling case to hold a FIFA World Cup with a technically excellent Bid that will provide the best experience for fans, teams and FIFA, said FFA CEO Ben Buckley.
"We are a safe pair of hands and have the experience, stability and certainty to hold such a major event," Buckley said.
"The host cities and stadia we are using in our Bid will showcase Australia to the rest of the world and combined with our sports loving culture and the friendliest volunteers in the world it will be a fantastic FIFA World Cup.
"I would like to thank all of the parties involved to this point for approaching negotiations in good faith and for the constructive manner in which they worked through the issues."