They don’t need co-hosts but it helps drive appeal to the bid. Helping 2 smaller countries by footing the bill looks good on them. They are still hosting 75% of the tournament. Not having to build stadiums to host all the opening round games will also probably save them money and there’s a chance they can use existing infrastructure in the other countries.
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They don’t need co-hosts but it helps drive appeal to the bid. Helping 2 smaller countries by footing the bill looks good on them. They are still hosting 75% of the tournament. Not having to build stadiums to host all the opening round games will also probably save them money and there’s a chance they can use existing infrastructure in the other countries.