The CFA officially issued a bidding notice on June 14, stipulating that June 20 and July 5 are the deadlines for local football associations to submit bids for China's Top 18 home matches. According to a report by the Beijing Youth Daily on the 24th, more than 10 cities have already submitted letters of intent to the CFA through their local football associations, and Beijing is one of them. It is reported that the Beijing Municipal Football Association intends to take the Beijing Workers' Stadium and the National Stadium (Bird's Nest) as candidate venues for hosting two home matches for the national football team's Top 18 matches.
Recall that during the 36-team tournament, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Shenyang successfully hosted three of the national football team's main matches, which not only boosted domestic soccer fever, but also brought lucrative economic returns to their respective cities. This success has inspired other cities to host the National Football League 18 matches.
Since the release of the notice of the Football Association, many cities have expressed the desire to bid for the home stadium of the National Football League 18 matches. Until the 20th, more than 10 cities have submitted the intention to bid. These cities include not only Shenzhen, Tianjin and Qingdao, but also Dalian, Changsha, Chongqing, Nanjing, Changchun, Jinan and many others, which have hosted home matches of the national football team or other international events.
The Beijing Municipal Football Association also submitted a letter of intent to bid on time, which is since the beginning of May 2015 to bid for the 2018 World Preliminary League Asian Zone 40, Beijing once again put forward an application to bid for the official international matches of the national football team. The Beijing Municipal Football Association (BFA) clearly pointed out that the Beijing Workers' Stadium and the National Stadium (Bird's Nest) will be the candidate venues, and the specific application for which match will take into account the needs of the national football team's preparation, climate and other factors.
Beijing has hosted many home matches for the Chinese men's soccer team, but the last time the national soccer team made a home appearance in Beijing was 11 years ago. on June 11, 2013, the Camacho-coached national soccer team faced the Netherlands in the pre-renovated Workers' Stadium in Beijing, and although it ended in a 0-2 loss, the quality of the match was quite high, and the Workers' Stadium stadium audience was packed.
It is widely recognized in the soccer community that Beijing has a strong soccer atmosphere, and with its repeated hosting of international soccer matches and comprehensive sporting events, Beijing is trustworthy in terms of the hardware conditions, services and management level of its venues. In addition, the high popularity of the Beijing Guoan team among the Beijing fans also makes the Beijing Municipal Football Association and the local sports management department confident in the success of hosting home matches of the national football team. It is worth mentioning that, after the reconstruction of Beijing Industrial Stadium, with the first-class soccer facilities and service level, the attendance rate has been maintained at a high level, which has become a recognized domestic "gold medal" popularity of the match area.
