Massive Attack Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship 2007 Wednesday, May 04, 2005 Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, and Victoria Join Edmonton and Toronto as WYC 2007 Hosts Ottawa, Ontario –At a media conference held today in Toronto, ON, FIFA Vice President and CONCACAF President, Jack Warner joined Canadian Soccer Association President and National Organizing Committee (NOC) Chair, Andy Sharpe to announce that Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, and Victoria will join Edmonton and Toronto as hosts of the FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007. “We are extremely pleased with the quality of the submissions received and I would also like to thank all groups who expressed interest in working with the CSA in hosting the championship,” said Sharpe. “The criteria needed to become a successful host city were set very high and as a result only four cities were able to match and surpass the standards we had set out. All four cities during the past two days presented outstanding bids. We were pleased to endorse these submissions and are delighted with the balance of representation across the country. As of today, we will begin our detailed preparations for what promises to be among the premier sporting competitions ever held in Canada.” As part of the submission requirements, all sites will have a stadium which has a minimum seating capacity of 10,000 combined with an optimal natural grass playing surface or a FIFA Recommended artificial grass playing surface. Stadiums to be utilized are led by the 61,000 seat Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, and the new 20,000 seat York University stadium in Toronto. The other four stadiums are Centennial Stadium in Victoria, the 29,000 seat Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa, either Centre Claude Robillard or a new replacement facility in Montreal, and either in an expanded 13,000 seat Swangard Stadium or a temporary 13,000 seat facility in downtown Vancouver. Vancouver’s organizing committee will determine its final stadium location by the end of 2005. “After Canada’s outstanding organization of the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship in 2002, I look forward to what will unquestionably be an exciting edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship,” said Warner. “I am certain Canada will again showcase their ability to stage one of the world’s most prestigious sport competitions.” Canada was unanimously awarded the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship in August of 2004 by the FIFA Emergency Committee, at a meeting held in Zurich. Quarter Final Matches Warner and Sharpe also announced that Montreal and Vancouver will join Edmonton and Toronto as hosts of quarter final matches of the FIFA World Youth Championship Canada 2007. Edmonton and Toronto will host semi final matches with the location of the final and 3/4 matches being confirmed in July. FIFA World Youth Championships The FIFA World Youth Championship is a three-week, 24 nation, and 52-match tournament featuring the best youth (Under-20) players in the world. It is the second largest event staged by FIFA, following the FIFA World Cup. Graduates include: Bebeto, Thierry Henry, Luis Figo, Diego Maradona, Michael Owen, Ronaldinho, and Javier Saviola, as well as Canada’s Craig Forrest and members of the current Men’s World Cup Team, including Julian de Guzman, Iain Hume, Atiba Hutchinson, and Paul Stalteri. Last held in the CONCACAF region of Mexico in 1983, Canada’s most recent participation in this event occurred last December when its squad had its best ever finish, losing to eventual silver medalist Spain, on a golden goal in the quarter finals held in the United Arab Emirates. The Championship is proposed to take place from July 1-22, 2007. http://canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=2150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosehead Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Seems like Montreal has now become the SSS leader, which I thought Vancouver was ahead of the game on. What is this temporary facility downtown? How much would that cost to build a temporary facility of that size. Vancouver, I guess likes to build temporary sports facilities given that its winter olympic facilities such as ski jumping and speed skating will be temporary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurosawa1555362267 Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 And what about Victoria, where will they play??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Centennial Stadium in Victoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Let's hope that the cities get their act together as far as building and renovating stadiums. At the moment the only cities with stadiums that won't be a national embarrassment for us to host an international soccer tournament are Edmonton and Ottawa. Imagine the quarter finals of the tournament being played at Claude Robillard and Swangard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analyst Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 The 13,000 seat temporary stadium in downtown Vancouver will likely be Swangard Stadium, which is in Burnaby, and it 5,800 but can be expanded to 14,000. But maybe the taxpayers can be persuaded to fork out $ that would otherwise go to hospitals and schools, and atemporary facility can be built, for a two week event. I know its BC, and people elsewhere in Canada think BC residents smoke too much BC Bud, but this idea won't fly even here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC supporter Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 quote:The 13,000 seat temporary stadium in downtown Vancouver will likely be Swangard Stadium, which is in Burnaby, and it 5,800 but can be expanded to 14,000. But maybe the taxpayers can be persuaded to fork out $ that would otherwise go to hospitals and schools, and atemporary facility can be built, for a two week event. I know its BC, and people elsewhere in Canada think BC residents smoke too much BC Bud, but this idea won't fly even here.Gee, I don't know. They call it "Spirit of 2010 Stadium" and the current BC government'll probably give 'em some dough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC supporter Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 BTW, kudos to the Victoria people who put together a winning bid. I'm not a fan of Centennial Stadium, but maybe something can or will be done to make it a little more fan-friendly venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 I thought there were Environmental concerns that prevented an upgrade of Swangard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosehead Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 well, the impact can build their stadium in time, why not Vancouver? Is Keerfoot getting coldfeet (no pun intended). The land prices in Vancouver are just going to go up and up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosehead Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 well, the impact can build their stadium in time, why not Vancouver? Is Keerfoot getting coldfeet (no pun intended). The land prices in Vancouver are just going to go up and up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 quote:Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, and Victoria Join Edmonton and Toronto as WYC 2007 Hosts This isn't a surprise as we figured it out beforehand. I don't want to be pessimistic (not that there isn't plenty of reason to be), but I hope that everything works out, because it seems the CSA had no choice but to go with these cities even if there were shortcomings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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