And the role to be played by Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium - to be renamed Otago Stadium for the event - already had Fifa representatives excited, Mr Beeche said yesterday.
''You've got one of the best stadiums in the southern hemisphere ... Fifa are very excited about bringing the tournament here.''
Mr Beeche made his comments during a visit to Dunedin, its roofed stadium and training facilities by Auckland-based tournament organising committee members yesterday.
The trip aimed to introduce organisers to some of the key groups within Dunedin that would help run the event, including representatives from the Dunedin City Council, Dunedin Venues Management Ltd and FootballSouth.
Dunedin would host seven of the tournament's 52 matches, including six group games and a ''pool of 16'' match, although the draw would not be known until January 2015.
Mr Beeche said yesterday's trip was a chance to discuss key planning issues and to inspect the three training facilities - Logan Park, University Oval and Caledonian grounds - that would be used in Dunedin.
He was quick to declare the city's facilities, accommodation and airport passed muster, but also took the chance to try to ramp up enthusiasm for the event nearly two years before kick-off.
''These guys are young, they're passionate, but half of them are professional... and they play a fantastic skilful style of football.''
He predicted colourful crowds from around the world, including Africa and Central America, would add to the spectacle.
''They come along with their drums and their dancing and their singing and it brings that real football vibe to the stadium, and with a roofed stadium like this it's going to be a fantastic, noisy atmosphere.''
About 9000 international fans were expected in New Zealand for the event, and Australia was likely to be a key market for tournament organisers.
''If Australia qualify it will obviously be a key focus for us, but Australia houses a lot of people from Greece, Turkey, Italy [and] Croatia.
''We'll be going hard on that market to try and attract them over and support their teams.''
Organisers would be encouraging teams to travel to New Zealand earlier to acclimatise, he said.
Fifa would send about 150 staff to New Zealand for the tournament, and up to 1500 volunteers would be recruited to help, including about 100-200 in Dunedin, he said.
