Blogs | Hong Kong dare to dream as they look for World Cup glory ... in 2034
- HKFA wants our team to qualify for the 2034 Fifa World Cup finals in an ambitious plan that is raising eyebrows
- Hong Kong team’s performances on the international stage are not encouraging after their tame exit at last year’s EAFF tournament
Hats off to the Hong Kong Football Association. Wanting to qualify for the 2034 Fifa World Cup is a bold goal but it’s more dream than reality.
It’s up there with China’s ambitions to qualify, host and win a World Cup by 2050 and if the expected happens and China is host of 2034 then Hong Kong might have an easier path to qualifying.
An extra Asian place being up for grabs and lord knows how many teams as the competition keeps expanding are going to help with that.
The 2034 World Cup is the goal of the HK2034 Project but if they can’t make that then the 2038 World Cup will do. Already there are moving goalposts and backup plans as if disappointment is inevitable.
The project was among the new measures announced as the HKFA’s five strategic goals. The others are an ever-improving representative team; a professional league with stable teams; football for all and increased participation; and financial sustainability and good governance of the association.
