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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a bid to host the [[FMRL World Cup]] in 2019. The preparations started in late 2017, after the [[Florian Republic]] was stripped of its hosting rights for the [[2018 FMRL World Cup]].
The [[Florian Republic Rugby League]] is yet to hand in the bid. 
==World Cup bid==
===Bid committee===
===Proposed Venues===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" 
|-
!Stadium
!Location
!Home<br>sports team
!2017<br>capacity
!2019<br>capacity
|-
!colspan=5| Final package
|-
|[[Northcliff Stadium]]
|[[Northcliff]]
|[[University of Northcliff Cowboys|Northcliff Cowboys]]
|109,901
|125,000
|-
!colspan=5| Semi-Final/Third Place package
|-
|[[Northcliff Arena]]
|[[Northcliff]]
|[[Northcliff Vikings]]
|colspan=2|75,000
|-
|[[Red Bear Park]]
|[[Dragonmoor]]
|[[Dragonmoor FC]]
|colspan=2|60,000
|-
!colspan=5| Quarter-Final package
|-
| [[City of Blackoak Stadium]] || [[Blackoak]] || [[Blackoak Giants]] || 55,097 || 57,000
|-
| [[Thunder Park]] || [[Oldhaven]] || [[Southern Storm]] ||N/A|| 74,000
|}
===Group Stage Venues===
<center>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Ostville]]
! [[Meadowedge]]
! [[Newmarsh]]
! [[Birmingham]]
|-
| [[Ostville City Stadium]]
| [[Meadowedge Stadium]]
| [[Newmarsh Olympic Stadium]]
| [[Eastpak Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''31,000''' 
| Capacity: '''45,500''' 
| Capacity: '''60,000'''
| Capacity: '''34,500'''
|-
| [[File:Mountain Road.jpg|200px]] 
| [[File:Warriorssportarena.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Olympic Stadium.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Eastpack.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[Northsilver]]
! [[Oldhaven]]
! [[Newhedge]]
! [[Stonehall]]
|-
| [[Panthers Stadium]]
| [[Oldhaven Park]]
| [[Ketchup Field]]
| [[The Jungle]]
|-
| Capacity: '''25,586'''
| Capacity: '''68,000'''
| Capacity: '''69,690'''
| Capacity: '''26,500'''
|-
| [[File:Panthersarena.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Oldhaven Park.png|200px]]
| [[File:Ketchup Field.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Thejungle.jpg|200px]]
|}</center>

===Knock-out stage venues===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
![[Northcliff]]
! [[Dragonmoor]]
! [[Blackoak]]
! [[Oldhaven]]
|-
|'''[[Sports City]]'''
| '''[[Red Bear Park]]'''
| '''[[City of Blackoak Stadium]]'''
| '''[[Thunder Park]]'''
|-
| Capacity: '''1114,000'''
| Capacity: '''60,000'''
| Capacity: '''55,097'''
| Capacity: '''74,000'''
|-
| [[File:Sports City.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Red bear Park(2).jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Stonebrewerystadium.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Thunder Park.jpg|200px]]
|}

==Team Bases==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Base camp
|-
|{{Team flag|Florian Republic|rugby league}}
|[[Ostville]]
|-
|Qualifier 1
|[[Northcliff]]
|-
|Qualifier 2
|[[Newmarsh]]
|-
|Qualifier 3
|[[Dragonmoor]]
|-
|Qualifier 4
|[[Oldhaven]]
|-
|Qualifier 5
|[[Newhedge]]
|-
|Qualifier 6
|[[Northsilver]]
|-
|Qualifier 7
|[[Blackoak]]
|-
|Qualifier 8
|[[Northsilver]]
|-
|Qualifier 9
|[[Blackoak]]
|-
|Qualifier 10
|[[Havenbarrow]]
|-
|Qualifier 11
|[[Westlake]]
|-
|Qualifier 12
|[[Stonehall]]
|}

==Fixture list==
===Group phase===
====Group A====
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| stadium   = [[Thunder Park]]
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| date      = 
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| team2     = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} '''A3''' 
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| stadium   = [[Panthers Arena]]
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| team2     = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} '''A4''' 
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| stadium   = [[Newmarsh Olympic Stadium]]
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| team2     = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} '''A2''' 
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| stadium   = [[Oldhaven Park]]
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====Group B====
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| date      = 
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| team1     = '''B4''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''B1'''
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| stadium   = [[Meadowedge Stadium]]
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''B3'''
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| stadium   = [[Eastpak Stadium]]
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| team1     = '''B1''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''B3'''
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| stadium   = [[The Jungle]]
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| team1     = '''B3''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''B4'''
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| stadium   = [[Newmarsh Olympic Stadium]]
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| team1     = '''B1''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''B2'''
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| stadium   = [[Panthers Arena]]
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}}

====Group C====
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| date      = 
| time      = 
| team1     = '''C4''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
| score     = 
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''C1'''
| points1   = 
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| stadium   = [[Ketchup Field]]
| attendance= 
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| team1     = '''C2''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''C3'''
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| stadium   = [[Ketchup Field]]
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| date      = 
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| team1     = '''C1''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
| score     = 
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''C3'''
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| stadium   = [[Oldhaven Park]]
| attendance= 
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| date      = 
| time      = 
| team1     = '''C4''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''C2'''
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| stadium   = [[Eastpak Stadium]]
| attendance= 
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| date      = 
| time      = 
| team1     = '''C3''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
| score     = 
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''C4'''
| points1   = 
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| stadium   = [[Ostville City Stadium]]
| attendance= 
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| date      = 
| time      = 
| team1     = '''C1''' {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
| score     = 
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| team2     = {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}} '''C2'''
| points1   = 
| points2   =  
| stadium   = [[Meadowedge Stadium]]
| attendance= 
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}}

===Knockout phase===
====Quarter Finals====
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|date         = 
|time         =
|team1        = Winner Group A {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
|score        = &ndash;
|team2        = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} Winner Group C
|points1       =
|points2       =
| stadium   = [[City of Blackoak Stadium]]
| attendance= 
| referee   = 
| manofmatch= 
}}
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date         = 
|time         =
|team1        = Winner Group B {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
|score        = &ndash;
|team2        = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} Runner-up Group C
|points1       =
|points2       =
| stadium   = [[City of Blackoak Stadium]]
| attendance= 
| referee   = 
| manofmatch= 
}}
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date         = 
|time         =
|team1        = Runner-up Group A {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
|score        = &ndash;
|team2        = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} Third place Group B
|points1       =
|points2       =
| stadium   = [[Thunder Park]]
| attendance= 
| referee   = 
| manofmatch= 
}}
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date         = 
|time         =
|team1        = Runner-up Group B {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
|score        = &ndash;
|team2        = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} Third place Group A
|points1       =
|points2       =
| stadium   = [[Thunder Park]]
| attendance= 
| referee   = 
| manofmatch= 
}}

====Semi Finals====
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date         = 
|time         =
|team1        = Winner quarter-final 1 {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
|score        = &ndash;
|team2        = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} Winner quarter-final 4
|points1       =
|points2       =
| stadium   = [[Red Bear Park]]
| attendance= 
| referee   = 
| manofmatch= 
}}
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date         = 
|time         =
|team1        = Winner quarter-final 2 {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
|score        = &ndash;
|team2        = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} Winner quarter-final 3
|points1       =
|points2       =
| stadium   = [[Red Bear Park]]
| attendance= 
| referee   = 
| manofmatch= 
}}

====Third place playoff====
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date         = 
|time         =
|team1        = Loser semi-final 1 {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
|score        = &ndash;
|team2        = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} Loser semi-final 2
| points1   = 
| points2   =
| stadium   = [[Thunder Park]]
| attendance= 
| referee   = 
| manofmatch= 
}}

====Final====
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date         = 
|time         =
|team1        = Winner semi-final 1 {{Team flag-rt|No|notext=yes}}
|score        = &ndash;
|team2        = {{Team flag|No|notext=yes}} Winner semi-final 2
| points1   = 
| points2   =
| stadium   = [[Northcliff Stadium]]
| attendance= 
| referee   = 
| manofmatch= 
}}

==Broadcasting==
All broadcasters listed below are provisional.
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
!Country !! TV Broadcasters !! Radio Broadcasters
|-
|[[File:Flag of Craitland.png|25px|border|Craitland]] [[Craitland]] || VVision || ''none''
|-
| {{Team flag|Florian Republic}} ||[[FBC Sport]]||[[FBC Sports Radio]]
|-
| {{Team flag|Freeland}} ||PRF1 TV ||Radio PRF1<br>Radio PRF2
|-
| [[File:Kingdom of coria flag.png|25px|border|Kingdom of Coria]] [[Kingdom of Coria]]<br>{{team flag|Nohavland}}|| StadioSport ||StadioSport Radio
|-
| [[File:Senya flag.png|25px|border|Senya]] [[Senya]] || [[Senya TV Sport]] || ''none''
|-
| [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] [[Mercury]] || RLM24 || RadioMercury
|-
| Worldwide ||colspan="2" |Florian Super League Live Pass*
|}
*Only available to countries which do not have a broadcasting deal for the [[Florian Super League]]. Coverage will be provided by [[FBC Sports]].
==Transportation infrastructure==
The [[Florian Highway]] connects most large cities in the country, being part of the transportation system in the country. Additionally, the privately owned [[High Speed Floria]] connects all the proposed host venues included in the bid. 
===Airports===
The country's international airports in [[Northcliff]], [[Birmingham]] and [[Dragonmoor]], will be available. Flights will be discounted for fans. 
==Accomodation==
Sufficient accommodation will be provided for all parties involved in the event. The Florian Republic has a wide range of budget and luxurious hotels in all candidate host towns and cities. Accommodation will be discounted and will meet the desired requirements. 
==Support==
===Rugby League Confederations===
*[[Apollonian Rugby League]]. On the 27th March 2018, the [[Apollonian Rugby League]] expressed support towards the bid.

===FMRL Members===
===Public opinion===
Many members of the public support the bid and many believe that hosting the World Cup would benefit the sport in the [[Florian Republic]].

===Government support===
The Florian government has stated it fully supports the bid to host the [[2019 FMRL World Cup]].
==Marketing==
[[File:2019 FMRL World Cup Logo.png|thumb|right|The proposed logo for the tournament.]]
The bid logo was launched in April 2018 and includes the colours of red and gold.

==Festival of World Cups==
Five stadiums will be used for the Festival of World Cups. The stadiums which will be used are [[Newhedge Sports Village]], [[Blackoak metropolitan Stadium]], [[Kings Way Park]], [[Green Lane Community Stadium]] and for the finals of each competition, [[Newmarsh Olympic Stadium]].

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[[category:Rugby league]]
[[Category:Sports bids]]