Soccer: World Cup bid over before it starts

Any slim hopes of Australia and New Zealand bidding for the Soccer World Cup have been shot down by world governing body, Fifa.

Australian Soccer boss John O'Neill has returned from the Fifa congress meeting in Morocco, with dreams over of an Australia-New Zealand Cup bid.

O'Neill had been looking at a joint venture, with the possibility of bidding for either 2018 or 2022.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has ruled out an Australia-New Zealand bid given Australia is about to switch confederations from Oceania to Asia.

After the costly exercise of Japan-South Korea in 2002, Australian officials have been told any plans to co-host between two confederations will not get past first base.

John O'Neill says New Zealand is now out of the equation, so Australia will have to go it alone.

- NEWSTALK ZB