Today the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang writes about how the Norwegian and Swedish goverment not will give any support to host the European Championship in 2016. And that's great. This is the two best reasons why Norway should not host EC 2016:
- Too long distance between the stadiums
Norway is a long country with great mountains, fjords and things like that. The infrastructure on the other hand is not great at all. Between Norway's two biggest cities, Oslo and Bergen, a train trip takes 7 hours. Oslo-Trondheim takes about the same time. If you are going to travel 300,000 people from Oslo to Trondheim or Stavanger, it will be a mess.
- The national team sucks
In fact, Norway haven't been to a European or World Championship since 2000. There is 9 (!) years since their last participation in the World Cup, which might give the Norwegian people something to think about. The national team has nothing to do in World Cup or European Championship.
The future might look a bit brighter now that Stale Solbakken has taken over as the national coach from 2012, but until then.. no chance for the norway nation team in football.
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You say that Norway has nothing to do in a World Cup or European Championship, but what about South Africa? They have nothing to do in a World cup either.
SvarSlettI haven't said that I think South Africa is ready to host a World Cup. You need SO much more than big stadiums to host a great championship. The two most important things are:
SvarSlett- Good infrastructure
- Enough police and security
And South Africa have zero infrastructure, enough of corrupt police and well, the security... hehe, don't get me started
SvarSlettAtom: "The future might look a bit brighter now that Stale Solbakken has taken over as the national coach from 2012."
SvarSlettSorry, don't see anything even remotely bright about the future of Norwegian football. Another two plus years with Egil Olsen, which is all about killing the spirit of football to get immediate results, subsequently followed by his protégé for another few years does not bode well.
Olsens success with the national team in the 90s has unfortunately sidetracked football development in this country ever since. Being "best without the ball" as his mantra goes, accounts for precious little as other footballing nations have developed tactically and physically while further increasing the edge on all technical attributes. I'm afraid Norwegian football is in for a long walk in the desert yet unless the leadership open up for new impulses.