Por segunda vez Francia será sede de una copa
mundial en 2023, según el escrutinio celebrado hoy en Londres, donde Francia,
que ya organizó la VI Copa Mundial en 2007, logró 24 votos por 15 de
Sudáfrica, país organizador de la V Copa
Mundial en 1995.
En el juego de intereses, de aliados y de presiones, Francia obtuvo en la primera
votación 18 votos por 13 de Sudáfrica y 8 de Irlanda; mientras que en la
segunda ronda los votos de Irlanda fueron más a Francia que sumó 24, y menos a
Sudáfrica que totalizó 15.
Para el diario francés
‘’L’Equipe’’, los aliados de Francia
fueron: ‘’las confederaciones de Asia y Sudamérica, Europa y África, pero
también Japón, Escocia, Italia, Georgia y Rumania’’. Se necesitaba mayoría simple de 20 de los 39
votos restantes, mientras que Francia, Irlanda y Sudáfrica se abstuvieron.
De lo que se infiere que el hemisferio sur votó
compacto a favor de Sudáfrica con los 9 votos de Argentina, Australia y Nueva
Zelanda, más los 3 de Gales, 2 de Oceanía Rugby y 1 de Inglaterra .
A fines de octubre la World Rugby publicó un informe de evaluación
que decía que Sudáfrica debería ser elegida dado que tenía una calificación
general de 78.97, en comparación con el 75.88 para Francia y el 72.25 para
Irlanda, a través de un a escala de
criterios.
Más allá de las expectativas.
"La semana pasada, fueron las federaciones y las confederaciones las que
se autodeterminaron’’, recordó el operador Claude Atcher, el deus ex machina francés, ‘’en
comparación con lo que les habían presentado con mucha anticipación. "
Esto le ofreció a Francia una importante base de dieciocho votos en la primera ronda (13 para Sudáfrica, 8 para Irlanda), para subir a 24 en segunda ronda con Sudáfrica totalizando 15.
Esto le ofreció a Francia una importante base de dieciocho votos en la primera ronda (13 para Sudáfrica, 8 para Irlanda), para subir a 24 en segunda ronda con Sudáfrica totalizando 15.
"Es el puntaje que gana", enfatizó Atcher,
y luego, la delegación francesa dejó el Royal Garden Hotel en el centro de
Londres para ir a la estación de Saint-Pancras y tomar el tren Eurostar y tras
5 horas celebrar en Marcoussis, el cuartel general de la Federación Francesa de
Rugby en el suburbio parisino.
Según fuentes de L'Equipe, en
la votación para la asignación del Mundial de 2023, los18 votos recibidos por Francia en la primera
ronda fueron de 5 países: Escocia (3) e Italia (3), Japón (2), Georgia (1),
Rumania (1) y 4 confederaciones: África (2), Asia (2), América del Sur (2), y
Europa (2).
En la segunda ronda, se sumaron los votos de Inglaterra (2 de 3), Canadá (1), Estados Unidos (1) y América del Norte (2).
En la segunda ronda, se sumaron los votos de Inglaterra (2 de 3), Canadá (1), Estados Unidos (1) y América del Norte (2).
Los 39 votos son de: 3 de Australia, Inglaterra,
Nueva Zelanda, Escocia, Gales, Italia, y Argentina; 2 de Japón, Asia Rugby,
Oceanía Rugby, Rugby África, Rugby Américas Norte, Rugby Europa, y Sudamérica
Rugby 2; y 1 de Canadá, Georgia, Rumania, y Estados Unidos.
Como decir que en éste duelo norte-sur, ganó el hemisferio norte en
detrimento del hemisferio sur y en momentos que todo el mundo palpita la IX
Copa del Mundo en Japón 2019, primera competencia fuera del 4 Naciones y del 6
Naciones.
Sudáfrica denunció ’’un escrutinio opaco’’, como decir poco claro y para
Mark Alexander, presidente de la Unión Sudafricana de Rugby, "Estamos amargamente decepcionados por
la decisión del Consejo de la World Rugby (la Federación Internacional del
Rugby Union)".
El consejo anuló una recomendación de
que Sudáfrica sea sede del evento en 2023 y votó a favor de que Francia sea el
anfitrión del torneo en votación secreta.
Alexander remachó: "Produjimos convincente documento de oferta que obtuvo la recomendación unánime de la junta de Rugby World Cup Ltd’’. Pero esa recomendación fue cuestionada la semana pasada por sus rivales, y aceptada por segunda vez por la World Rugby.
"Sin embargo, la opinión de los expertos del World Rugby fue anulada por los miembros del Consejo, quienes pudieron haber tenido otros factores a tener en cuenta. Pero, por el bien del rugby, deseamos que el torneo 2023 sea todo un éxito", sentenció Alexander.
Alexander remachó: "Produjimos convincente documento de oferta que obtuvo la recomendación unánime de la junta de Rugby World Cup Ltd’’. Pero esa recomendación fue cuestionada la semana pasada por sus rivales, y aceptada por segunda vez por la World Rugby.
"Sin embargo, la opinión de los expertos del World Rugby fue anulada por los miembros del Consejo, quienes pudieron haber tenido otros factores a tener en cuenta. Pero, por el bien del rugby, deseamos que el torneo 2023 sea todo un éxito", sentenció Alexander.
Fue la cuarta decepción sucesiva para
Sudáfrica que ya perdió en 2011 (junto a
Japón) la licitación ganada por Nueva Zelanda, en el mundial de 2015 adjudicada
a Inglaterra (frente a Sudáfrica, Italia y Japón) y en 2019, ganada por Japón
ante Sudáfrica e Italia.
"Será para la próxima generación de líderes decidir si compiten por el torneo 2027 o más allá. Estoy seguro de que nuestro país cumplirá el sueño de organizar el torneo una vez más algún día; nuestros corazones sangran de que no será en 2023 ", expresó Mark Alexander.
"Será para la próxima generación de líderes decidir si compiten por el torneo 2027 o más allá. Estoy seguro de que nuestro país cumplirá el sueño de organizar el torneo una vez más algún día; nuestros corazones sangran de que no será en 2023 ", expresó Mark Alexander.
Por su parte Jurie Roux, el CEO de la
Unión Sudafricana de Rugby, descartó cualquier sugerencia de impugnar la
votación: "Hemos dicho que honraríamos tanto la letra como el espíritu del
proceso y ahora consideramos cerrado el proceso de licitación para 2023".
"Sin embargo, en las sesiones de comentarios estoy seguro de que recomendaremos al Consejo Mundial de Rugby que el veredicto del comité de evaluación sea vinculante’’, puso de relieve Roux.
Para resaltar: "La World Rugby llevó a cabo un proceso exhaustivo y transparente durante 15 meses para identificar a la mejor nación anfitriona, solo para que el proceso sea completamente opaco durante las últimas dos semanas".
"Sin embargo, en las sesiones de comentarios estoy seguro de que recomendaremos al Consejo Mundial de Rugby que el veredicto del comité de evaluación sea vinculante’’, puso de relieve Roux.
Para resaltar: "La World Rugby llevó a cabo un proceso exhaustivo y transparente durante 15 meses para identificar a la mejor nación anfitriona, solo para que el proceso sea completamente opaco durante las últimas dos semanas".
"Estoy encantado con Francia, será un
torneo emocionante, ya que y tuvimos tres ofertas excepcionales", señaló el presidente de la World Rugby, el inglés Bill
Beaumont, luego de que se anunciara la decisión.
Beaumont agregó: "Felicidades a Francia por ser elegido anfitrión de la Copa del Mundo de Rugby 2023. Ellos presentaron una oferta muy fuerte y completa, que claramente resonó hoy en el Consejo.
"Tuvimos tres candidatos sobresalientes, que elevaron el estándar y demostraron que eran capaces de organizar una Copa del Mundo excepcional. Había muy poco para elegir y se reflejó en el informe de evaluación auditado independientemente’’, dijo Beaumont.
También Beaumont se refirió a los perdedores: "Me gustaría rendir homenaje a Irlanda y Sudáfrica por dedicación en proceso riguroso y transparente, y espero que hagan una nueva oferta. Ahora esperamos trabajar con Francia para una Copa Mundial muy exitosa en 2023".
Beaumont agregó: "Felicidades a Francia por ser elegido anfitrión de la Copa del Mundo de Rugby 2023. Ellos presentaron una oferta muy fuerte y completa, que claramente resonó hoy en el Consejo.
"Tuvimos tres candidatos sobresalientes, que elevaron el estándar y demostraron que eran capaces de organizar una Copa del Mundo excepcional. Había muy poco para elegir y se reflejó en el informe de evaluación auditado independientemente’’, dijo Beaumont.
También Beaumont se refirió a los perdedores: "Me gustaría rendir homenaje a Irlanda y Sudáfrica por dedicación en proceso riguroso y transparente, y espero que hagan una nueva oferta. Ahora esperamos trabajar con Francia para una Copa Mundial muy exitosa en 2023".
Las ocho copas que se llevan disputadas, comenzaron en 1987 con
Australia (11 partidos) y Nueva Zelanda (21), en 1991 con Inglaterra (7), Gales
(7), Escocia (5) e Irlanda (5), en 1995 Sudáfrica (32), en 1999 con Gales (9),
Inglaterra (9), Francia (8), Escocia e Irlanda (7).
En 2003 fue Australia (48), en 2007 con Francia (42), Gales (4) y
Escocia (2), en 2011 con Nueva Zelanda (48), y en 2015 con Inglaterra (40),
Gales (8).
In the dance of interests, France for the second
time, host world cup 2023.
For the second time, France will host a world
cup in 2023, according to the vote held in London today, where France, which
already organized the VI World Cup in 2007, won 24 votes out of 15 from South Africa,
the organizer of the V World Cup in nineteen ninety five.
In the game of interests, allies and pressures, France won 18 votes for South
Africa and 8 for Ireland in the first vote; while in the second round the votes
of Ireland were more to France than it added 24, and less to South Africa that
totaled 15.
For the French newspaper '' L'Equipe '', France's allies were: '' the confederations of Asia and South America, Europe and Africa, but also Japan, Scotland, Italy, Georgia and Romania ''. A simple majority of 20 of the remaining 39 votes was needed, while France, Ireland and South Africa abstained.
From which it is inferred that the southern hemisphere voted compact in favor of South Africa with the 9 votes from Argentina, Australia and New Zealand, plus 3 from Wales, 2 from Oceania Rugby and 1 from England.
At the end of October the World Rugby published an evaluation report that said South Africa should be chosen given that it had an overall score of 78.97, compared to 75.88 for France and 72.25 for Ireland, through a scale of criteria.
Beyond expectations. "Last week, federations and confederations were the ones that determined themselves," recalled operator Claude Atcher, the French deus ex machina, "in comparison with what they had been presented with much anticipation."
This gave France an important base of eighteen votes in the first round (13 for South Africa, 8 for Ireland), to go up to 24 in the second round with South Africa totaling 15.
"It's the score that wins," Atcher emphasized, and then, the French delegation left the Royal Garden Hotel in central London to go to the Saint-Pancras station and take the Eurostar train and after 5 hours to celebrate in Marcoussis, the headquarters of the French Rugby Federation in the Parisian suburb.
According to L'Equipe sources, in the voting for the 2023 World Cup assignment, the 18 votes received by France in the first round were from 5 countries: Scotland (3) and Italy (3), Japan (2), Georgia (1 ), Romania (1) and 4 confederations: Africa (2), Asia (2), South America (2), and Europe (2).
For the French newspaper '' L'Equipe '', France's allies were: '' the confederations of Asia and South America, Europe and Africa, but also Japan, Scotland, Italy, Georgia and Romania ''. A simple majority of 20 of the remaining 39 votes was needed, while France, Ireland and South Africa abstained.
From which it is inferred that the southern hemisphere voted compact in favor of South Africa with the 9 votes from Argentina, Australia and New Zealand, plus 3 from Wales, 2 from Oceania Rugby and 1 from England.
At the end of October the World Rugby published an evaluation report that said South Africa should be chosen given that it had an overall score of 78.97, compared to 75.88 for France and 72.25 for Ireland, through a scale of criteria.
Beyond expectations. "Last week, federations and confederations were the ones that determined themselves," recalled operator Claude Atcher, the French deus ex machina, "in comparison with what they had been presented with much anticipation."
This gave France an important base of eighteen votes in the first round (13 for South Africa, 8 for Ireland), to go up to 24 in the second round with South Africa totaling 15.
"It's the score that wins," Atcher emphasized, and then, the French delegation left the Royal Garden Hotel in central London to go to the Saint-Pancras station and take the Eurostar train and after 5 hours to celebrate in Marcoussis, the headquarters of the French Rugby Federation in the Parisian suburb.
According to L'Equipe sources, in the voting for the 2023 World Cup assignment, the 18 votes received by France in the first round were from 5 countries: Scotland (3) and Italy (3), Japan (2), Georgia (1 ), Romania (1) and 4 confederations: Africa (2), Asia (2), South America (2), and Europe (2).
In the second round, were added the votes of England (2 out of 3), Canada
(1), United States (1) and North America (2).
The 39 votes are from: 3 from Australia, England, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales, Italy, and Argentina; 2 from Japan, Rugby Asia, Oceania Rugby, Rugby Africa, North Rugby Americas, Rugby Europe, and South America Rugby 2; and 1 from Canada, Georgia, Romania, and the United States.
Like saying that in this North-South duel, the Northern Hemisphere won to the detriment of the Southern Hemisphere and at moments that everybody is beating the IX World Cup in Japan 2019, the first competition outside the 4 Nations and the 6 Nations.
South Africa denounced "an opaque scrutiny", as it is unclear and for Mark Alexander, president of the South African Rugby Union, "We are bitterly disappointed by the decision of the World Rugby Council (the International Rugby Union Federation)."
The council annulled a recommendation that South Africa host the event in 2023 and voted in favor of France hosting the tournament by secret ballot.
Alexander riveted: "We produced a convincing bid document that won the unanimous recommendation of the Rugby World Cup Ltd board." But that recommendation was questioned last week by rivals, and accepted for the second time by World Rugby.
"However, the opinion of World Rugby experts was canceled by the members of the Council, who may have had other factors to consider, but for the good of rugby, we want the 2023 tournament to be a success", sentenced Alexander.
It was the fourth successive disappointment for South Africa that already lost in 2011 (next to Japan) the bid won by New Zealand, in the 2015 world cup awarded to England (against South Africa, Italy and Japan) and in 2019, won by Japan against South Africa and Italy.
"It will be for the next generation of leaders to decide whether to compete for the 2027 tournament or beyond, I am sure that our country will fulfill the dream of organizing the tournament once again one day, our hearts bleed that it will not be in 2023," he said. Mark Alexander.
Meanwhile, Jurie Roux, the CEO of the South African Rugby Union, ruled out any suggestion to challenge the vote: "We have said that we would honor both the letter and the spirit of the process and now consider the bidding process closed for 2023."
The 39 votes are from: 3 from Australia, England, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales, Italy, and Argentina; 2 from Japan, Rugby Asia, Oceania Rugby, Rugby Africa, North Rugby Americas, Rugby Europe, and South America Rugby 2; and 1 from Canada, Georgia, Romania, and the United States.
Like saying that in this North-South duel, the Northern Hemisphere won to the detriment of the Southern Hemisphere and at moments that everybody is beating the IX World Cup in Japan 2019, the first competition outside the 4 Nations and the 6 Nations.
South Africa denounced "an opaque scrutiny", as it is unclear and for Mark Alexander, president of the South African Rugby Union, "We are bitterly disappointed by the decision of the World Rugby Council (the International Rugby Union Federation)."
The council annulled a recommendation that South Africa host the event in 2023 and voted in favor of France hosting the tournament by secret ballot.
Alexander riveted: "We produced a convincing bid document that won the unanimous recommendation of the Rugby World Cup Ltd board." But that recommendation was questioned last week by rivals, and accepted for the second time by World Rugby.
"However, the opinion of World Rugby experts was canceled by the members of the Council, who may have had other factors to consider, but for the good of rugby, we want the 2023 tournament to be a success", sentenced Alexander.
It was the fourth successive disappointment for South Africa that already lost in 2011 (next to Japan) the bid won by New Zealand, in the 2015 world cup awarded to England (against South Africa, Italy and Japan) and in 2019, won by Japan against South Africa and Italy.
"It will be for the next generation of leaders to decide whether to compete for the 2027 tournament or beyond, I am sure that our country will fulfill the dream of organizing the tournament once again one day, our hearts bleed that it will not be in 2023," he said. Mark Alexander.
Meanwhile, Jurie Roux, the CEO of the South African Rugby Union, ruled out any suggestion to challenge the vote: "We have said that we would honor both the letter and the spirit of the process and now consider the bidding process closed for 2023."
"However, in the comments
sessions I am sure we will recommend to the World Rugby Council that the
verdict of the evaluation committee be binding," Roux emphasized.
To highlight: "The World Rugby conducted a comprehensive and transparent process for 15 months to identify the best host nation, just to make the process completely opaque during the last two weeks."
"I am delighted with France, it will be an exciting tournament, as we had three exceptional offers," said World Rugby president Bill Beaumont after the decision was announced.
Beaumont added: "Congratulations to France for being chosen host of the 2023 Rugby World Cup. They presented a very strong and comprehensive offer, which clearly resounded today in the Council.
"We had three outstanding candidates, who raised the standard and demonstrated that they were able to organize an exceptional World Cup, there was very little to choose from and it was reflected in the independently audited evaluation report," said Beaumont.
Beaumont also referred to the losers: "I would like to pay tribute to Ireland and South Africa for their dedication in a rigorous and transparent process, and I hope they make a new offer, and now we hope to work with France for a very successful World Cup in 2023."
The eight contested cups began in 1987 with Australia (11 matches) and New Zealand (21), in 1991 with England (7), Wales (7), Scotland (5) and Ireland (5), in 1995 South Africa (32), in 1999 with Wales (9), England (9), France (8), Scotland and Ireland (7).
In 2003 it was Australia (48), in 2007 with France (42), Wales (4) and Scotland (2), in 2011 with New Zealand (48), and in 2015 with England (40), Wales (8).
To highlight: "The World Rugby conducted a comprehensive and transparent process for 15 months to identify the best host nation, just to make the process completely opaque during the last two weeks."
"I am delighted with France, it will be an exciting tournament, as we had three exceptional offers," said World Rugby president Bill Beaumont after the decision was announced.
Beaumont added: "Congratulations to France for being chosen host of the 2023 Rugby World Cup. They presented a very strong and comprehensive offer, which clearly resounded today in the Council.
"We had three outstanding candidates, who raised the standard and demonstrated that they were able to organize an exceptional World Cup, there was very little to choose from and it was reflected in the independently audited evaluation report," said Beaumont.
Beaumont also referred to the losers: "I would like to pay tribute to Ireland and South Africa for their dedication in a rigorous and transparent process, and I hope they make a new offer, and now we hope to work with France for a very successful World Cup in 2023."
The eight contested cups began in 1987 with Australia (11 matches) and New Zealand (21), in 1991 with England (7), Wales (7), Scotland (5) and Ireland (5), in 1995 South Africa (32), in 1999 with Wales (9), England (9), France (8), Scotland and Ireland (7).
In 2003 it was Australia (48), in 2007 with France (42), Wales (4) and Scotland (2), in 2011 with New Zealand (48), and in 2015 with England (40), Wales (8).
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