They really should alternate it between east and west Asia. Australia is east Asia (based on the ACL groupings), so taking it to the west makes more sense. Iran would be interesting
Very good news for the Iran bid, could help their case a lot if applied for football...
Iran to let foreign women watch men's volleyball tournament
(Reuters) - Iran will allow foreign women watch men play volleyball when it hosts an international championship this year, but Iranian women will still be banned, the state news agency said on Wednesday.
Iran's Islamic law bars women from watching men playing sports such as volleyball and football and an Iranian-British woman was sentenced to a year in jail last year for protesting outside a volleyball venue.
Ghoncheh Ghavami was released on bail in November after spending five months in detention awaiting trial in a case that raised international awareness of the issue.
As Iran prepares to host the 2015 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship, it said some women would be let in to a specially created women's section at Tehran's 12,000-person arena.
"Foreign women as employees of embassies, the families of foreign teams or other foreign women living in Tehran are permitted to attend the men's volleyball competitions," the head of Iran’s Volleyball Federation, Mahmoud Afshardoust, told the IRNA news agency.
who are we kidding... UAE has the capacity to host everything in 2 Cities for now (2015 time) and in 4 or more cities in 2019 ..... Iran is way out of the comparison..... and regarding the name... Persians they can call the gulf Persian and arabs call it Arabian..
Quick Info about UAE:
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Bidding Country and Host Cities
UAE has a population of 9.2 million, distributed over 7 emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Umm Al-Quwain, Ajman, and Fujairah. UAE has a diversified community with more than 140 nationalities.
1.Abu Dhabi: is the capital city and largest emirate with a population of 1.4 million people and it's the cultural city of uae
2.Dubai: the largest city in UAE with a population of 2.2 million and it's the touristic capital
3.Sharjah: the 3rd largest city in uae with a population of 940,000 people and it's the Islamic capital in uae and no night clubs or drinks allowed
4.Ajman: is one of the smallest emirates with a population of 237,000 people and gambling is allowed in this city
5.Al-Ain: is the 2nd largest city in Abu Dhabi Emirate and considered to be the historic city of uae with a population of 631,000 people
6.Fujairah: is the north most and the only emirate on the east cost of the Arabian Gulf with a population of 192,000 people
7.Ras Al-Khaimah: the mountainous city of uae and one of the touristic cities with a pop of 231,000 people
8.Umm Al-Quwain: the smallest emirate in size and population with just 70,000 people
IMO, countries with no freedom and human rights, discriminating women and other kinds of discrimination, should never host any major international event. Who want to host that, must provide normal conditions as free world enjoys and requires.
Can we just change the name of the thread to "2019 AFC Asian Cup" since we know who is going to host the tournament? Or is there a seperate thread for that?
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