The Appointment Of Indonesia To Host A World Sports Event Is Inseparable From The Success Of The 1962 Asian Games

A fireworks display enlivened the 2018 18th Asian Games Opening Ceremony, at the GBK Main Stadium (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The world's prestigious sporting agenda has often included Indonesia in the list of events. It cannot be denied, it all started when Indonesia successfully held the 1962 Asian Games.

Even though it's been a long time, the success seems to be repeated in 2018. This Asian sporting event has again appointed Indonesia as the host.

The 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games were no less successful than the event in 1962, as if they were the gateway for Indonesia to be increasingly looked at by world sporting event organizers.

The success of the 2018 Asian Games can be called as a form of world recognition for Indonesia's progress. A series of world-class prestigious sporting agendas followed behind them choosing Indonesia as the host.

In fact, after the 2018 Asian Games, Indonesia is increasingly busy with regional and global sporting agendas even though the pandemic has made almost all events held in a minimal audience atmosphere unlike what happened before the pandemic.

Of the many world sports agendas, the badminton sector chose to make Indonesia one of the hosts in the 2021 agenda. Unmitigated three agendas were held in a row in Indonesia, appointing Bali as a strategic location for world-level events.

Just some time before the world badminton federation chose Indonesia to host, Indonesia was also believed to be the venue for the world-class racing agenda.

The Mandalika Circuit in West Nusa Tenggara was even deliberately built several years ago before it was finally ready to be used for the 2021 World Superbike (WSBK) and Asia Talent Cup (ATC) racing events.

Even after the WSBK event, the Mandalika Circuit will almost certainly be used again the following year for the MotoGP event. Not only that, the Formula E Grand Prix is also predicted to be held in Indonesia. Just waiting for the exact time when the agenda takes place.

On the other hand, soccer, which is the sport with the most fans in the world, also doesn't want to miss trying out Indonesia as the host. This year, FIFA has actually scheduled the U-20 World Cup to be held in Indonesia.

But the pandemic forced the agenda to be pushed back a year. FIFA's trust has not diminished even though the agenda has been delayed, they are still holding the U-20 World Cup in Indonesia even though it must be held in 2023.

The fact that FIFA still chose Indonesia to host the U-20 World Cup illustrates the high trust that the governing body for the most popular and most popular and most widely watched sport in the world has in Indonesia.

At this time it may be just the U-20 World Cup, but it will actually be the opening door for other FIFA agendas. Maybe after that Indonesia will have the opportunity to host the Olympics and even the FIFA World Cup.