- Qatar have made a shock bid to host the finals of the Nations Championship
- Lusail Stadium, which held the soccer World Cup closing, is being thought-about
- The tender claims that the three-day occasion might be a ‘Superbowl of rugby’
Qatar have made a shock bid to host the finals of the brand new Nations Championship from 2026 in a three-day pageant they’re billing as a “Superbowl of rugby.”
Mail Sport has realized that Qatar’s tender relies on staging six play-off matches between the Six Nations and southern hemisphere sides over one weekend each two years from November 2026 at a number of venues in Doha together with Lusail Stadium, the venue for the 2022 soccer World Cup closing.
The Qatari bid staff are understood to have despatched a proposal promising business returns of as much as £800million over eight years to the Six Nations and Sazaar unions final week, giving them seven days to enroll to a two-month interval of unique negotiations.
Below the proposals the top-ranked European staff following the six group matches performed by all sides would face the main southern hemisphere staff in a grand closing to find out the Championship winners.
As well as the second-ranked Six Nations facet would play the second staff within the southern hemisphere desk, with third taking part in third and so forth all the way down to sixth vs sixth.
Qatar have made a shock bid to host the finals of the brand new Nations Championship from 2026
Lusail Stadium, which hosted the 2022 soccer World Cup closing, is on the coronary heart of the bid
The preliminary proposal is believed to be for eight years, protecting the primary 4 editions of the Nations Championship between 2026 and 2032.
World Rugby confirmed plans for a biennial Nations Championship starting in 2026 final 12 months, with the Six Nations to tour the southern hemisphere for 3 matches each different summer season earlier than taking part in three dwelling video games in opposition to the opposite southern hemisphere sides within the autumn.
Fiji and Japan are anticipated to hitch New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina in going through the European nations, with the perimeters being ranked on ends in two six-team tables.
Qatar’s bid relies on the nation being the proper impartial venue for a closing collection providing enormous business returns and is accessible to the groups and followers.
The gulf state is positioned nearly midway dwelling for the southern hemisphere nations who might be travelling again from Europe, has seven world class stadia positioned inside a 33-mile radius of Doha, and with winter temperatures within the low 20s affords glorious taking part in circumstances for rugby.
Qatar are understood to be working at the side of advertising and marketing and sports activities rights company Pitch Worldwide, who’ve beforehand offered TV rights on behalf of the entire Six Nations.
Whereas the Nations Championship was unveiled by World Rugby final October the event is owned by 10 stakeholders – the Six Nations unions plus New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Argentina – who will make the ultimate determination on whether or not to just accept the Qatari supply.
Qatar’s preliminary pitch is believed to have been well-received by the unions, with additional talks deliberate for later this week.
The Qatari authorities wish to construct on the World Cup by internet hosting extra main sporting occasions
The brand new event’s 10 stakeholders will determine whether or not to just accept the Qatari supply
The Qatari authorities stay keen to construct on staging the 2022 World Cup by internet hosting extra worldwide sporting occasions, significantly given the emergence of neighbours Saudi Arabia as a world sporting powerhouse.
Subsequent 12 months’s World Aquatics Championships will happen in Qatar, as will the 2027 Basketball World Cup, whereas a bid for the 2036 Olympics can be being thought-about.
The Six Nations and Pitch Worldwide weren’t out there for remark.
