Colombia will formally express its interest in hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Monday which will put them up against the favourite to host the tournament Brazil.
Colombia will present a letter of intent to FIFA and also will confirm its desire host the tournament at a meeting Wednesday of the South American confederation (CONMEBOL), Luis Bedoya, president of the Colombian soccer federation.
"The country can do it and can do it well," he said during a speech to inaugurate the Central America and Caribbean Games in the coastal resort town of Cartagena.
Colombia was scheduled to host the 1986 World Cup but had to withdraw from hosting it in 1982 and the tournament was moved to Mexico six months later.
"What we have presented very clearly is that they let us compete to host the championship," Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos has said.
Luis Bendoya said the government already has guaranteed its support which is a FIFA requirement .
"The idea is that South America does not present a single candidate. The ideal is that it puts forward two or three countries and includes the intention of Brazil and Colombia," Bendoya told local Radio Caracol.
FIFA's executive committee is expected to announce the host of the 2014 World Cup in November 2007.
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