POSTED: Wednesday May 12th 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Japan Bid Committee to Focus Exclusively on 2022

Proposes 13 Candidate Stadiums

Tokyo, 11 May 2010 - Japan’s Bid to host the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup today announced the 13 Candidate Stadiums and 64 Team Base Camps that will be included in the Bid Book.

The Bid Committee also announced it will focus its efforts exclusively on bidding for the 2022 tournament. This decision was announced today at the 2nd full meeting of the Japan 2018/2022 Bid Committee and the Japan 2018/2022 Administrative Council.

The Bid Book will be presented by Motoaki Inukai, Chairman of the Japan Bid Committee, to FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter at the Bid Book Handover Ceremony on 14 May. The detailed hosting plans of Japan’s Bid will be made public at a press conference taking place at Japan Football Museum on Monday, 17 May.

List of Proposed Stadiums:

Candidate Host City Stadium
Sapporo - Sapporo Dome
Ibaraki - Kashima Soccer Stadium
Saitama - Saitama Stadium 2002
Tokyo - Ajinomoto Stadium
Tokyo - National Olympic Stadium
Yokohama - Nissan Stadium
Niigata - Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Shizuoka - Ecopa Stadium
Toyota - Toyota Stadium
Osaka - (Tentative) Osaka Ecology Stadium
Osaka - Nagai Stadium
Kobe - Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Oita - Oita Bank Dome

Changes to the Bid Name and Logo:

Official Corporate Name: Japan 2018/2022 Bid Committee (unchanged)
English Designation: Japan 2022 Bid Committee
Web Site:www.dream-2022.jp
Committee Names: Japan 2022 Bid Committee
Japan 2022 Administrative Council

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Keywords · FIFA World Cup · Dream 2022 · Motoaki Inukai

Name: Satomi Tanekura
Organization: Japan 2018/2022 Bid Committee
Email:
Phone: +81-3-3830-1822
URL: http://www.dream2018-2022.jp/en/

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