Belgium–Netherlands 2018 FIFA World Cup bid Heerenveen and Rotterdam, but both Amsterdam and Rotterdam will provide two stadiums. Eindhoven will function as the 'capital city' of the World Cup. Belgium–Netherlands 2018 FIFA World Cup bid Alain Courtois, a Belgian Member of Parliament, announced in October 2006 that a formal bid would be made on behalf of the three Benelux countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg to host either the 2018 FIFA World Cup or 2022 version, but has since decided to concentrate solely on the 2018 version (see 2018 European World Cup bids). In June 2007 the three countries launched their campaign not as a joint
Luxembourg at the 1920 Summer Olympics advance past the initial heats in the sprint event, and did not finish the 50 kilometres. Luxembourg competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time. The team lost to the Netherlands in the first round. Three weightlifters represented Luxembourg in 1920. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Alzin won the country's first medal in the sport, a silver in the heavyweight. Two wrestlers, both in the Greco-Roman style, competed for Luxembourg in 1920. Both men lost all of their matches. Luxembourg at the 1920 Summer Olympics Luxembourg competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.