Buoyed by the Matildas reaching the semi-finals of the best-attended Women’s World Cup yet, Johnson’s FA is ambitiously eyeing off bringing a trio of blue ribbon events to the country.

The Women’s 2026 Asian Cup is top of that list, while tentative discussions have taken place surrounding the revamped 2029 Club World Cup and the men’s World Cup in 2034.

At this year’s Women’s World Cup, three of Australia’s five biggest cities have been denied the chance to host games beyond the round of 16.

Perth Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium and Adelaide’s Hindmarsh Stadium do not meet FIFA’s requirements to host games from the quarter-final stage onwards, and each city’s respective oval stadiums were unavailable due to the AFL season.

The criteria is even stricter for the men’s World Cup, with FIFA demanding stadia at the group stage, semi finals and final have a minimum net seating capacity of 40,000, 60,000 and 80,000 respectively.

To make a bid viable, Johnson is hopeful larger oval stadiums could be reconfigured to play host to the world’s best male players.

“If you want to be a part of a bid and get the best content, do you build a new rectangular stadium or do you ‘rectangularise’ a cricket or AFL stadium?” Johnson told AAP.

“Bids occur eight years or so before a tournament, so I think that thinking will happen before we even put a bid forward.

“We’ve got some opportunities with the Brisbane Olympics in 2032. Football is the biggest sport at the Olympics and it’ll be played in and outside of Brisbane.

“Should the infrastructure discussions going on right now around the Olympics include a consideration to gear up for a World Cup bid, that would be sensible to me because it reduces potential wastage.”

Johnson said any potential Australian bid would likely involve New Zealand, with the FA boss also not ruling out the potential to team up with neighbouring Asian countries to make it a reality.

Australia’s failed 2022 men’s World Cup bid was derided by former FIFA president Sepp Blatter because location and timezones made it an unattractive option for football’s global governing body to sell rights to broadcasters.

But Johnson said new FIFA boss Gianni Infantino had shown an openness to spread the game around the world.

“His (Infantino’s) vision is to truly globalise football and I think we are in an excellent timezone for that vision to be realised,” Johnson added.

“Beijing is in the same timezone as Perth, Delhi is three hours behind and if you play in Sydney in the afternoon you hit the west coast of the US in primetime.

“We’re in a region that’s really going to help unleash the power of football in the biggest and most populous markets around the world.”