World Cup Soccer in Eindhoven?

Yesterday 20th April the Dutch government has formally given its support to the HollandBelgium Bid, a joint Belgian and Dutch bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.

The formal approval is important, because world football association FIFA announced earlier that only bids supported by governments will be considered.

The organization behind the HollandBelgium Bid is based in Eindhoven and ambassadors of the project are well known Dutch and Belgian sports men and women such as Johan Cruijff, Ruud Gullit, Guus Hiddink, Edwin van de Sar, Marco van Basten, Dennis Bergkamp, Justine Henin, Eddy Merckx and Eric Gerets.