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Sydney beats Melbourne to final
Melbournians might think they live in Australia's sporting capital but the city has missed out on hosting the Asian Cup final in 2015.

Teddy wrote:"I think we've got to understand that this is an Australian event, it's going to be good for Australian soccer," Mr Baillieu told reporters on Thursday.

"I don't think we're going to be ungracious about that, this is an Australian event, we'll play an important part of it."

FFA wrote:FACTS:
• Some 655 million viewers tuned in to the AFC Asian Cup 2007 (held in Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia) with 748 million viewing the 2004 edition (held in China)
• There was a 434 per cent growth in broadcast coverage hours between 2004 (902 hours) and 2007 (3916 hours)
• Domestically, 2.5 million viewers tuned into Fox Sports over the 160 hours of the AFC Asian Cup 2007 telecast
• The Australia v Japan quarter-final broke Pay Television records with an average audience of 419,000 throughout the match
• FFA has undertaken extensive government liaison coordinated through the Football World Cup Bid Government Taskforce (established for both the 2022 FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup 2015 Bids)
• 32 matches (24 group stage / 8 knockout) will be played across four (4) States and Territories (QLD, NSW, VIC, ACT) during the 23 day long tournament, currently scheduled for January 2015
• A number of ancillary events will also be conducted in Australia including the Preliminary Draw, Final Draw, Opening and Closing Ceremonies and Team Workshops
• The eight (8) Stadiums proposed in the Bid Book include Suncorp Stadium, Skilled Park, ANZ Stadium, Sydney Football Stadium, Parramatta Stadium, Canberra Stadium, Etihad Stadium and AAMI Park

• AFC requires a minimum of four (4) and a maximum of five (5) Stadiums and in conjunction with FFA will undertake a Stadium selection process following the announcement of the Host Country
• More than 27 per cent of Australia’s overseas-born population is from Asia and 24 per cent of Australia’s longstanding (arrived before 2002) migrants are Asian-born.
• Sixteen teams from the 46 member associations of the Asian Football Confederation will participate.

Boba Fett wrote:Logically you would have to think ANZ Stadium for the final, Etihad Stadium for the opener, Suncorp Stadium and SFS for the semis and maybe add AAMI Park as the 5th stadium.

cam wrote:6 games at ANZ? That 80,000 venue in Sydney's outer-west? Seriously what crowds are we expecting for games not involving the Socceroos and the final? Especially in a city where their domestic team struggles to attract over 7,000 to games. They'll turn up to the 'event' games like the final and hopefully the Socceroos games, but i'd say any other game ANZ will be far less than half full. Play the majority at the SFS or North Sydney Oval. On a serious note, the final was always going to be in Sydney, with FFA's form. In any case, it's all about the opening game.

the crow wrote:

cam wrote:6 games at ANZ? That 80,000 venue in Sydney's outer-west? Seriously what crowds are we expecting for games not involving the Socceroos and the final? Especially in a city where their domestic team struggles to attract over 7,000 to games. They'll turn up to the 'event' games like the final and hopefully the Socceroos games, but i'd say any other game ANZ will be far less than half full. Play the majority at the SFS or North Sydney Oval. On a serious note, the final was always going to be in Sydney, with FFA's form. In any case, it's all about the opening game.

That's why Smaller venues like Parramatta, Bruce AAMI Park and Robina stadiums were selected