Poland and Ukraine explore joint FIFA World Cup bid

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Ukraine and Poland are exploring a joint bid to host the men’s FIFA World Cup in the 2040s, Kyiv’s sports minister Matvii Bidnyi told POLITICO. Bidnyi said the nearest open World Cup date is in the 2040s and pointed to Ukraine’s co-hosting of Euro 2012 with Poland as a precedent, arguing a joint bid could “invite investors’ attention.” Any bid would be conditional on a dramatic improvement in Ukraine’s security environment; the country faces reconstruction and recovery needs estimated at nearly $588 billion over the next decade, according to a joint assessment by the Ukrainian government, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the United Nations. Russian forces continue to attack Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, and U.N. General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock told the assembly there was “no safe space left” in Ukraine, with civilian casualties in the first half of 2026 up 114 percent versus the same period in 2024. The Donbas Arena in Donetsk illustrates infrastructure challenges: the stadium hosted Euro 2012 matches but was damaged after separatists seized parts of the region in 2014 and FC Shakhtar Donetsk has not returned. Bidnyi said a formal push would need to come from the sports community or football federations and that planning must begin now if the countries aim for the 2040s slot.

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🇺🇦🇵🇱⚽️ Ukraine and Poland are exploring a joint bid to host the FIFA World Cup in the 2040s, reviving their successful Euro 2012 partnership, - POLITICO

16445d ago

The Ukrainian Review

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🇵🇱🇺🇦🥔Poland closes airspace near the borders with Ukraine and Belarus The restrictions will not apply to passenger aircraft flying at significantly higher altitudes. From September 10 to December 10. The official reason is increased air defense operations.

12645d ago

POLITICO Europe

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EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine and Poland are weighing up a joint bid to host the biggest sporting event on the planet: The men’s FIFA World Cup.

4445d ago

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Darek Ćwiklak8

Lata 2040, więc jako emeryt... ;)

Scott Horton

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Poland's formerly governing PiS party is now split in half between factions that are pro- and anti-Ukraine. Meanwhile the former PiS defense minister suggests that in the event of a Russian invasion of the Baltics, Poland would not come to the defense of the Baltic states no matter what NATO says.

1346d ago

Etunimi Sukunimi3

PiS is pro-Russia, pro-Putin. There is no going around that.

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Krakas18

Na świecie już wszyscy widzą że PiS to prymitywna, odrażająca 🇷🇺 agentura! Nie widzą tego tylko niestety 🇵🇱 służby i elektorat Polskiego prawicowego nieuctwa 🤷‍♂️

SlavaUkraini033

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Ukriane has announced that Poland and Ukraine are weighing a joint bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2038. The countries hosted Euro 2012 together

1744d ago

Militarnyi

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🇵🇱Poland has reduced the no-fly zone along its borders with Ukraine and Belarus. militarnyi.com/en/news/pola...

1545d ago

Gerardo Fortuna

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SCOOP: Ukraine and Poland are weighing a joint bid to host the men’s FIFA World Cup in the 2040s. Don’t be put off by the timing, this means: a huge reconstruction opportunity for the EU + an expectation the war will be over before the real work begins www.politico.eu/article/ukra...

745d ago

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Jakub Jaraczewski14

Given that one of the biggest investments Ukraine made for Euro2012, the Donbas Arena stadium, has not held a game since 2014 and its team, Shakhtar Donetsk, will probably never set a foot in there, I wonder where the enthusiasm is coming from on the Ukrainian side.

Garvan Walshe2

Misguided. We need to spend on guns not Blatter.

Jakub Jaraczewski

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Sadly, with the governments of both countries being led by football fans, elections around the corner in Poland (and increasing calls for one in Ukraine), and the most salient voter cohort in both countries being men in middle life crisis, this just might happen.

945d ago

Samuel Spade

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"Ukrainians are seen as competing on the Polish labor market — and Ukrainian women on the dating market as well. Polish farmers resented that Ukraine could export its grain to the European Union tariff-free, and they blocked its trucks on the border." 1 / www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

545d ago

TVP World

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Poland's sports ministry has denied holding talks with Ukraine about a joint bid to host a future FIFA World Cup, contradicting an earlier report that cited Ukraine's sports minister and a Polish government official.

445d ago

CNA - Channel News Asia (Unofficial)

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Infantino attendance uncertain as FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup opens in Poland - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/infantino-attendance-uncertain-fifa-u-20-womens-world-cup-opens-in-poland-6362636

145d ago

Notes from Poland

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Ukraine wants to co-host the men's football World Cup with Poland, its sports minister has told @politico.eu, which also reports that "Poland is discussing the prospect". The two countries previously co-hosted the 2012 football European Championships.

345d ago

Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦

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If today we say, "It’s only Ukraine," someone in a few months, a year, or two will say: "Again, it’s only Poland."

245d ago

Wessel van Rensburg

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Whoa! I might even go to a football World Cup if that happens.

245d ago

A Reader of the FT

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Ukraine eases tensions with Poland over second world war exhumations—The move marks a shift in Kyiv’s approach to one of the most painful chapters in Polish-Ukrainian history: the legacy of… www.ft.com/content/630c... @fabricedeprez.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

146d ago

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Poland and Ukraine explore joint FIFA World Cup bid

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