“The leaders have support of the region to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034, if possible,” Prayuth said in a concluding news conference of this year first summit for the 10-members Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).
BANGKOK (June 24): Southeast Asian countries will jointly bid to host the World Cup in 2034, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Sunday, after meetings between the region's leaders in Bangkok.
Asia has held the quadrennial showpiece of international soccer only once when Japan and South Korea were joint hosts in 2002 and Qatar will bring it back to the continent in 2022.
