During its meeting held on 26 and 27 January in Lausanne, the FAI Executive Board decided, with regret, not to continue with the selection procedure for the organisation of World Air Games in 2005.

The two final bidders, Malaysia and Poland, have been informed of this decision. The Board judged that insufficient time remained available between now and the target date in mid-2005 to solve the various organisational problems that had been identified.

This decision did not in any way denote a lack of confidence in the two bidding countries. Both have been thanked and congratulated for all the work they put into their candidacies, and invited to consider submitting bids for events in future years.

The FAI Board looks forward to launching a new invitation to bid as soon as the necessary consultations and evaluations amongst the different Commissions within FAI have been successfully completed.

For more details contact:

Jean-Marc Badan
Tel: +41.21.345.10.70
Fax: +41.21.345.10.77
press@fai.org