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Originally Posted by joveblue
Anyway, 3 countries capable of hosting a Games?
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"Capable of hosting" is probably a better measure.
All of the Americas probably includes 4 countries 'capable'... US/Canada/Mexico and Brazil (probably only recently).
All of 'Asia' also probably includes 4 countries 'capable'... Japan/China/Korea/Australia
Taiwan might have the economic strength, but would never get them (politics with China)...
A few more years and Thailand/Malaysia/Indonesia/Singapore might have a crack, but at the moment are probably not 'capable'
India probably has a decent chance, but I'm not sure if they have the will or desire, let alone infrastructure
Africa and Middle East (again only recently)...
SA maybe (if they pull off the World Cup seamlessly)
UAE or a few Gulf states might have cash/stadiums but 50°C weather makes Summer Games brutal,
Israel/Iran too much politics to get approved
That leaves Europe... plenty of countries 'capable', and although Greece probably can't afford them anymore, that still leaves 9 or 10 candidates
But nobody said the IOC was deciding based on logic.
