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id="toc-Voting_rounds" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voting_rounds"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Voting rounds</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Voting_rounds-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Allegations_of_vote-buying" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Allegations_of_vote-buying"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Allegations of vote-buying</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Allegations_of_vote-buying-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reactions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reactions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Reactions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reactions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CAF)" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)">Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CAF_first_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round">first round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CAF_second_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round">second round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CAF_third_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round">third round</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)">Asia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_first_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round">first round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_second_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round">second round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_third_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round">third round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_AFC_fourth_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round">fourth round</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">Europe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Nations_League" title="2020–21 UEFA Nations League">Nations League</a></li> <li>Group stage <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_A" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A">Group A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_B" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B">Group B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_C" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C">Group C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_D" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D">Group D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_E" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E">Group E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_F" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F">Group F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_G" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G">Group G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_H" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H">Group H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_I" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I">Group I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_J" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J">Group J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_second_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round">second round</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONCACAF)" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)">North and Central America</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CONCACAF_first_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round">first round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CONCACAF_second_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round">second round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_CONCACAF_third_round" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round">third round</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(OFC)" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)">Oceania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)">South America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(inter-confederation_play-offs)" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)">Inter-confederation play-offs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC%E2%80%93CONMEBOL_play-off)" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONMEBOL play-off)">Australia vs Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONCACAF%E2%80%93OFC_play-off)" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off)">Costa Rica vs New Zealand</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" title="2022 FIFA World Cup seeding">Seeding</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Matches</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Group stage <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_A" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group A">Group A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_B" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group B">Group B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_C" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group C">Group C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_D" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group D">Group D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_E" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group E">Group E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_F" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group F">Group F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_G" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group G">Group G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_H" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group H">Group H</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage" title="2022 FIFA World Cup knockout stage">Knockout stage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lusail" title="Battle of Lusail">Battle of Lusail</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2022 FIFA World Cup final">Final</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Controversies</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies" title="List of 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegations_of_corruption_and_bribery_related_to_the_2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="Allegations of corruption and bribery related to the 2022 FIFA World Cup">Allegations of corruption and bribery</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/FIFA%27s_Dirty_Secrets" title="FIFA's Dirty Secrets">FIFA's Dirty Secrets</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garcia_Report" title="Garcia Report">Garcia Report</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case" title="2015 FIFA corruption case">2015 FIFA corruption case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_corruption_scandal_at_the_European_Parliament" title="Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament">European Parliament corruption scandal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticisms_of_Qatar%27s_suitability_to_host_the_2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="Criticisms of Qatar's suitability to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup">Criticisms of Qatar's suitability to host</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_issues_involving_the_2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="Human rights issues involving the 2022 FIFA World Cup">Human rights issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Marc_Bennett" title="Death of Marc Bennett">Death of Marc Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafala_system" title="Kafala system">Kafala system</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_issues_at_the_2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="LGBT issues at the 2022 FIFA World Cup">LGBT issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_B#LGBT_symbol_incidents" title="2022 FIFA World Cup Group B"><i>in</i> Group B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Qatar" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Qatar">LGBT rights in Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OneLove" title="OneLove">OneLove</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis" title="Qatar diplomatic crisis">Qatar diplomatic crisis</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">People</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gianni_Infantino" title="Gianni Infantino">Gianni Infantino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Mateu_Lahoz" title="Antonio Mateu Lahoz">Antonio Mateu Lahoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamim_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani" title="Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani">Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Wahl" title="Grant Wahl">Grant Wahl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2022 FIFA World Cup squads">Squads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_officials" title="2022 FIFA World Cup officials">Officials</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> 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<p>The <b>bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups</b> was the process by which the <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">Fédération Internationale de Football Association</a> (FIFA) selected locations for the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018</a> and <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022</a> <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cups</a>. The process began officially in March 2009; eleven bids from thirteen countries were received, including one which was withdrawn and one that was rejected before FIFA's executive committee voted in November 2010. Two of the remaining nine bids applied only to the 2022 World Cup, while the rest were initially applications for both. Over the course of the bidding, all non-European bids for the 2018 event were withdrawn, resulting in the exclusion of all European bids from consideration for the 2022 edition. By the time of the decision, bids for the 2018 World Cup included <a href="/wiki/England_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Russia</a>, a joint bid from <a href="/wiki/Belgium%E2%80%93Netherlands_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Belgium–Netherlands 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Belgium and Netherlands</a>, and a joint bid from <a href="/wiki/Portugal%E2%80%93Spain_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Portugal and Spain</a>. Bids for the 2022 World Cup came from <a href="/wiki/Australia_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Australia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Japan 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qatar_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Qatar</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="South Korea 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">South Korea</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="United States 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">United States</a>. <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" class="mw-redirect" title="Indonesian 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Indonesia's bid</a> was disqualified due to lack of governmental support, and Mexico withdrew its bid for financial reasons. </p><p>On 2 December 2010, Russia and Qatar were selected as the locations for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups respectively. The selection process involved several controversies. Two members of the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Executive_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA Executive Committee">FIFA Executive Committee</a> had their voting rights suspended following allegations that they would accept money in exchange for votes. More allegations of vote buying arose after Qatar's win was announced. Eleven of the 22 committee members who voted on the 2018 and 2022 tournaments have been fined, suspended, banned for life or <a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case" title="2015 FIFA corruption case">prosecuted</a> for corruption. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2007, FIFA ended its continental rotation policy. Instead, countries that are members of the same confederation as either of the last two tournament hosts are ineligible, leaving <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">Africa</a> ineligible for 2018 and <a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">South America</a> ineligible for both 2018 and 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other factors in the selection process include the number of suitable stadiums, and their location across candidate nations. Voting is done using a multiple round <a href="/wiki/Exhaustive_ballot" title="Exhaustive ballot">exhaustive ballot</a> system whereby the candidate receiving the fewest votes in each round is eliminated until a single candidate is chosen by the majority. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rotation_policy">Rotation policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rotation policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_Map_FIFA2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/World_Map_FIFA2.svg/220px-World_Map_FIFA2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/World_Map_FIFA2.svg/330px-World_Map_FIFA2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/World_Map_FIFA2.svg/440px-World_Map_FIFA2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="415" /></a><figcaption>FIFA's confederations</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the selection of the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 World Cup</a> hosts, FIFA had decided on a policy for determining the hosts of future editions. The six world confederations — roughly corresponding to continents – would rotate in their turn of providing bids, for a specific edition, from within their member national associations. This system was used only for the selection of the <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010</a> (South Africa) and <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 World Cup</a> (Brazil) hosts, open only to <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a> and <a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a> members, respectively. </p><p>In September 2007, the rotation system came under review, and a new system was proposed which renders ineligible for bidding only the last two World Cup host confederations.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proposal was adopted on 29 October 2007, in <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>, Switzerland by FIFA's executive committee. Under this policy, a 2018 bid could have come from <a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a>, <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a>, as Africa and South America were ineligible.<sup id="cite_ref-iht_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iht-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, no CONMEBOL member could make a 2022 bid, and candidates from the same confederation as the successful 2018 applicant would be disregarded in the 2022 selection procedure. </p><p>The United States, the last non-European candidate in the 2018 bidding cycle, withdrew its bid for that year; hence the 2018 tournament would have to be held in Europe. This in turn meant that CONMEBOL and UEFA were ineligible for 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voting_procedure">Voting procedure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Voting procedure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For both the 2018 and 2022 editions of the World Cup, the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Executive_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA Executive Committee">FIFA Executive Committee</a> voted to decide which candidate should host the tournament. The multiple round exhaustive ballot system was used to determine the tournament host. All eligible members of the FIFA Executive Committee had one vote. The candidate country that received the fewest votes in each round was eliminated until a single candidate was chosen by the majority. In the event of a tied vote, FIFA President <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a> would have had the deciding vote. There are twenty-four members on the committee, but two of those were suspended due to accusations of <a href="/wiki/Electoral_fraud" title="Electoral fraud">selling votes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Notes<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>15 January 2009 </td> <td>Applications formally invited </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 February 2009 </td> <td>Closing date for registering intention to bid </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 March 2009 </td> <td>Deadline to submit completed bid registration forms </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 May 2010 </td> <td>Deadline for submission of full details of bid </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 July 2010 </td> <td>Four-day individual applicant inspections begin </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 September 2010 </td> <td>Inspections end<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 December 2010 </td> <td>FIFA appointed hosts for 2018 and 2022 World Cups </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2018_bids">2018 bids</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2018 bids"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eleven bids were submitted in March 2009 covering thirteen nations, with two joint bids: Belgium-Netherlands and Portugal-Spain. Mexico also submitted a bid, but withdrew theirs on 28 September 2009, while Indonesia had their bid rejected for lack of government support on 19 March 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-reject_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reject-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of the remaining nine bids, South Korea and Qatar were only for the 2022 World Cup, while all the others bid for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to the withdrawals of the five non-European bids for the 2018 World Cup, making all remaining bids for the 2018 World Cup were from European nations, and FIFA's rules dictate that countries belonging to confederations that hosted either of the two preceding tournaments are not eligible to host,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all UEFA bids were forced to be for 2018 only. Four bids came from the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asian Football Confederation</a> (AFC), four from Europe's <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>, and one from <a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a>. It had also been reported on the FIFA website that Egypt was entering a bid, but the president of the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Football_Association" title="Egyptian Football Association">Egyptian Football Association</a> denied that any more than an inquiry in principle had been made.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div align="center"> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; border:1px solid black; text-align: left;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="5" style="background:darkblue; color:white; border:1px solid black"><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup"><span style="color:white">2018</span></a><br />bids<br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:0px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgium%E2%80%93Netherlands_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Belgium–Netherlands 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Belgium & Netherlands</a> </td> <td rowspan="10" colspan="5" style="border-bottom:0px; border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black" valign="middle"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bids.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Map_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bids.svg/600px-Map_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bids.svg.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Map_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bids.svg/900px-Map_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bids.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Map_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bids.svg/1200px-Map_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bids.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:0px; border-top:0px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/England_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">England</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:0px; border-top:0px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Russia_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Russia</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:0px; border-top:0px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal"><img alt="Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portugal%E2%80%93Spain_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Portugal & Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5" style="background:#5599ff; color:white; border:1px solid black"><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup"><span style="color:white">2022</span></a><br />bids<br /> </th> <td style="border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:0px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Australia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Australia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:0px; border-top:0px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Japan 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Japan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:0px; border-top:0px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar"><img alt="Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Qatar_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Qatar</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:0px; border-top:0px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="South Korea 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">South Korea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right:1px solid black; ; border-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid black"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="United States 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">United States</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#a244ff; color:white; border-top:2px solid white; border:1px solid black"> Cancelled <br />bids </th> <td style="border-top:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:0px"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Indonesia_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Indonesia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Indonesia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right:1px solid black; ; border-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid black"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="#Mexico">Mexico</a> </td> <td style="border-right:0px; border-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:darkblue; color:white;"> </span> 2018 bid</div></div> </td> <td style="border-right:0px; border-left:0px; border-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#5599ff; color:black;"> </span> 2022 bid</div></div> </td> <td style="border-right:0px; border-left:0px; border-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#a244ff; color:black;"> </span> Cancelled bid</div></div> </td> <td style="border-right:0px; border-left:0px; border-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff6600; color:black;"> </span> Ineligible in 2018</div></div> </td> <td style="border-left:0px; border-top:0px; border-right:1px solid black; border-bottom:1px solid black"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#d40000; color:white;"> </span> Ineligible in both</div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Belgium_and_the_Netherlands">Belgium and the Netherlands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Belgium and the Netherlands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Belgium%E2%80%93Netherlands_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Belgium–Netherlands 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Belgium–Netherlands 2018 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Alain_Courtois" title="Alain Courtois">Alain Courtois</a>, a Belgian Member of Parliament, announced in October 2006 that a formal bid would be made on behalf of the three <a href="/wiki/Benelux" title="Benelux">Benelux</a> countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.<sup id="cite_ref-Benelux_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benelux-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2007 the three countries launched their campaign not as a joint bid in the manner of the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">Korea-Japan World Cup in 2002</a>, but emphasising it as a common political organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luxembourg would not host any matches or automatically qualify for the finals in a successful Benelux bid, but would host a FIFA congress.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Belgium and the Netherlands registered their intention to bid jointly in March 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-twelve_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twelve-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A delegation led by the presidents of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Belgian_Football_Association" title="Royal Belgian Football Association">Belgian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Football_Association" title="Royal Dutch Football Association">Dutch</a> national football associations met <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> president Sepp Blatter on 14 November 2007, officially announcing their interest in submitting a joint bid.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 March 2008 the delegation also met with <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> President <a href="/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Michel Platini</a> to convince him that it was a serious offer under one management. Afterwards they claimed to have impressed Platini, who supports the idea of getting the World Cup to Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former French football international <a href="/wiki/Christian_Karembeu" title="Christian Karembeu">Christian Karembeu</a> was presented as official counselor for the joint bid on 23 June 2009. </p><p>A factor that was against the Benelux bid was the lack of an 80,000 capacity stadium to host the final.<sup id="cite_ref-race20090317_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-race20090317-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the city council of Rotterdam gave permission in March 2009 for development of a <a href="/wiki/De_Kuip#De_Nieuwe_Kuip" title="De Kuip">new stadium</a> with a capacity of around 80,000 seats to be completed in time for the possible World Cup in 2018. In November 2009, the venues were presented. In Belgium, matches would have been played in 7 venues: <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a>, Brussels, <a href="/wiki/Charleroi" title="Charleroi">Charleroi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Genk" title="Genk">Genk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent">Ghent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a>. In the Netherlands, only five cities would host matches: <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eindhoven" title="Eindhoven">Eindhoven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enschede" title="Enschede">Enschede</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heerenveen" title="Heerenveen">Heerenveen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>, but both Amsterdam and Rotterdam would provide two stadiums. Eindhoven would function as the 'capital city' of the World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000" title="UEFA Euro 2000">Euro 2000</a> was also jointly hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="England">England</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/England_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p>On 31 October 2007, <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The Football Association</a> officially announced its bid to host the event.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 April 2008 England finalised a 63-page bid to host the 2018 World Cup, focusing on the development of football worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 January 2009, England officially submitted their bid to FIFA.<sup id="cite_ref-jointfail_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jointfail-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Caborn" title="Richard Caborn">Richard Caborn</a> led England's bid to stage the event after stepping down as Sports Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 October 2008 the <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">Football Association</a> named the executive board to prepare the bid, with <a href="/wiki/David_Triesman,_Baron_Triesman" title="David Triesman, Baron Triesman">David Triesman</a> as the bid chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Triesman resigned on 16 May 2010 after comments were published where he suggested that Spain would drop their bid if Russia helped bribe referees in the <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010 FIFA World Cup</a>, and was then replaced by <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Thompson_(football_executive)" title="Geoff Thompson (football executive)">Geoff Thompson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">British government</a> backed the <a href="/wiki/England_2018" class="mw-redirect" title="England 2018">England 2018</a> bid. In November 2005, <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor</a> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport">Sport Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Tessa_Jowell" title="Tessa Jowell">Tessa Jowell</a> first announced that they were to investigate the possibility of bidding.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That month, <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Bevington" title="Adrian Bevington">Adrian Bevington</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">the Football Association</a>'s Director of Communications, announced the support of the Government and the Treasury in the bid, but put off definite proposals.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown reiterated his support for a bid in March 2006, before England's 2006 World Cup campaign,<sup id="cite_ref-fa66_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fa66-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and again in May 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK government launched its official report on 12 February 2007, in which it was made clear that its support was for an England-only bid and that all games would be played at <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_football_stadiums_by_capacity" class="mw-redirect" title="List of English football stadiums by capacity">English grounds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The venues selected on 16 December 2009 to form the bid were: London (three stadiums), <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> (two stadiums), <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, Bristol, <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, Liverpool, <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunderland,_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland, Tyne and Wear">Sunderland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> officials also expressed interest in an English bid. David Will, a vice-president of FIFA, noted England's World Cup proposal as early as May 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-will_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-will-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Franz Beckenbauer</a>, leader of Germany's successful bid for the 2006 World Cup and a member of FIFA's executive committee, twice publicly backed an English bid to host the World Cup, in January and July 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FIFA President <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a> said he would welcome a 2018 bid from "the homeland of football."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blatter met David Cameron on two occasions to discuss the bid while paying visits to England. The British Prime Minister showed much support for the bid and was hopeful that the "home of football" would host the tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview the leader of Russia's bid, Alexei Sorokin, criticised England's bid citing London's high crime rate, alcohol consumption among young people and English fans "inciting ethnic hatred." England filed a complaint, though the complaint was withdrawn following Russia's apology. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portugal_and_Spain">Portugal and Spain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Portugal and Spain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Portugal%E2%80%93Spain_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p>The President of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Football_Federation" title="Portuguese Football Federation">Portuguese Football Federation</a> (FPF), Gilberto Madail, first proposed a joint bid with Spain in November 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph20071127_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph20071127-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bid intent was confirmed by <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> president, <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a>, on 18 February 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the president of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Spanish_Football_Federation" title="Royal Spanish Football Federation">Royal Spanish Football Federation</a> (RFEF), Angel Villar, announced in July 2008 that it was Spain's intention to submit an individual World Cup bid, and that positive contacts had already taken place with the government, through the secretary of sports, <a href="/wiki/Jaime_Lissavetzky" title="Jaime Lissavetzky">Jaime Lissavetzky</a>. No specifications were made then regarding a joint bid with Portugal.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 November 2008, after his re-election for the RFEF presidency, Villar pledged that one of the fundamental objectives of his term was to bring a World Cup to Spain. While he did not mention whether Spain would present a joint bid with Portugal, he did not rule it out when asked about it.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 December 2008, Angel Villar restated "We need to present a strong, consistent and winning bid for the 2018 World Cup." He further confessed "Personally, I think it should be with Portugal."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, in the aftermath of a RFEF meeting board, Spain and Portugal announced their intention to bid together.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spanish sports newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Diario_Marca" class="mw-redirect" title="Diario Marca">Marca</a></i> advanced some details about the potential bid: Spain would lead a twelve-stadium project with eight of the venues, and the opening and final games would be held in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spain has previously hosted the <a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982 World Cup</a>, while Portugal organised the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004" title="UEFA Euro 2004">Euro 2004</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Russia_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p>Russia announced its intent to bid in early 2009, and submitted its request to FIFA in time.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bid committee also included RFU CEO Alexey Sorokin and Alexander Djordjadze as the Director of Bid Planning and Operations.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fourteen cities were included in the proposal, which divided them into five different clusters: one in the north, centered on <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, a central cluster, centered on Moscow, a southern cluster, centered on <a href="/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi">Sochi</a>, and the Volga River cluster. Only one city beyond the Ural Mountains was cited, <a href="/wiki/Yekaterinburg" title="Yekaterinburg">Yekaterinburg</a>. The other cities were: <a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad" title="Kaliningrad">Kaliningrad</a> in the north cluster, <a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don" title="Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don</a> and <a href="/wiki/Krasnodar" title="Krasnodar">Krasnodar</a> in the south cluster and <a href="/wiki/Yaroslavl" title="Yaroslavl">Yaroslavl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod" title="Nizhny Novgorod">Nizhny Novgorod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazan" title="Kazan">Kazan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saransk" title="Saransk">Saransk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samara,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Samara, Russia">Samara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Volgograd" title="Volgograd">Volgograd</a> in the Volga River cluster.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of bidding, Russia did not have a stadium with 80,000 capacity, but the bid called for the expansion of <a href="/wiki/Luzhniki_Stadium" title="Luzhniki Stadium">Luzhniki Stadium</a> in Moscow, already a <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Elite_stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Elite stadium">UEFA Elite stadium</a>, from a capacity of slightly over 78,000 to over 89,000. Russia hoped to have five stadiums fit to host World Cup matches ready by 2013 – two in Moscow and one stadium each in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazan" title="Kazan">Kazan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sochi" title="Sochi">Sochi</a>, which at the time was due to host the <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2022_bids">2022 bids</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2022 bids"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Australia_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Australia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Australia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p>In September 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Federation Australia">Football Federation Australia</a> confirmed that Australia would bid for the 2018 World Cup finals.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously, in late May 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victorian</a> sports minister, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Madden" title="Justin Madden">Justin Madden</a>, said that he wanted his <a href="/wiki/States_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Australia">state</a> to drive a bid to stage the 2018 World Cup. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lowy" title="Frank Lowy">Frank Lowy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Federation Australia">FFA</a> chairman, stated that they aimed to use <a href="/wiki/List_of_sports_venues_in_Australia" title="List of sports venues in Australia">16 stadiums</a> for the bid.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then Australian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a> announced the Federal Government's support for the bid,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in December 2008, Federal minister for sport <a href="/wiki/Kate_Ellis_(politician)" title="Kate Ellis (politician)">Kate Ellis</a> announced that the federal government would give the FFA $45.6 million to fund its World Cup bid preparation.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rudd met with Sepp Blatter to discuss the Commonwealth Government's support of the bid in Zürich in July 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 2008 FIFA Congress, held in Sydney, FIFA president Sepp Blatter suggested that Australia concentrate on hosting the 2022 tournament,<sup id="cite_ref-2022Bid_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022Bid-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Lowy responded by recommitting Australia to its 2018 bid.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Australia ultimately withdrew from the bidding for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in favour of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on 10 June 2010, following comments from the chief of the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asian Football Confederation</a> that the 2018 tournament should be held in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australia's largest stadiums are currently used by other major Australian sports whose domestic seasons overlap with the World Cup. The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Football League</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">National Rugby League</a> claimed that loss of access to these major venues for eight weeks would severely disrupt their seasons and impact the viability of their clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AFL in particular had previously advised it would not relinquish <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Etihad Stadium</a> in Melbourne for the entire period required.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 May 2010 the AFL, NRL, and FFA announced a Memorandum of Understanding guaranteeing that the AFL and NRL seasons would continue, should the bid be successful. Compensation for the rival football codes would be awarded as a result of any disruptions caused by hosting the World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AFL CEO <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Demetriou" title="Andrew Demetriou">Andrew Demetriou</a> came out in support of the bid, despite initially not supporting the bid.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Franz Beckenbauer</a> indicated that the issue of factional disputes between the <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Federation Australia">FFA</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">NRL</a> and, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">AFL</a> were not considered by the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Executive_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA Executive Committee">FIFA Executive Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although initially Australia seemed to be a popular contender to host the tournament, the final Australian World Cup bid received only one vote astonishing Franz Beckenbauer<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and experts alike. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japan">Japan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japan_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Japan 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Japan 2022 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p>Japan bid to become the first Asian country to host the World Cup twice; however, the fact that they were co-hosts so recently in <a href="/wiki/World_Cup_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="World Cup 2002">2002</a> was expected to work against them in their bid.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Japan did not have an 80,000-seat capacity stadium, its plan was based on a proposed 100,000-seat stadium that would have gone on to be a centrepiece of <a href="/wiki/2016_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Olympics">2016 Olympics</a>, for which <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Tokyo bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics">Tokyo</a> was bidding. </p><p>Japan also pledged that if it had been granted the rights to host the 2022 World Cup games, it would develop technology enabling it to provide a live international telecast of the event in <a href="/wiki/3D_television" title="3D television">3D</a>, which would allow 400 stadiums in 208 countries to provide 360 million people with real-time 3D coverage of the games projected on giant screens, captured in 360 degrees by 200 HD cameras. Furthermore, Japan will broadcast the games in holographic format if the technology to do so is available by that time. Beyond allowing the world's spectators to view the games on flat screens projecting 3D imaging, holographic projection would project the games onto stadium fields, creating a greater illusion of actually being in the presence of the players. Microphones embedded below the playing surface would record all sounds, such as ball kicks, in order to add to the sense of realism. </p><p>The Olympic bid was unsuccessful, coming third in the bidding process that concluded in October 2009. The vice-president of the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">Japan Football Association</a>, Junji Ogura, had previously admitted that if Tokyo were to fail in its bid, its chances of hosting either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup would not be very good.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 May 2010, Japan announced that it was withdrawing its bid for the 2018 tournament to focus on 2022, amidst rising speculation that the 2018 edition will be held in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Japan_2018_withdrawal_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Japan_2018_withdrawal-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qatar">Qatar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Qatar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Qatar_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p>Qatar made a bid for only the 2022 World Cup. Qatar was attempting to become the first Arab country to host the World Cup. Failed bids from other Arab countries include <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> (1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010), <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and a Libya-Tunisia joint bid withdrew in the <a href="/wiki/2010_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 World Cup">2010 World Cup</a> bidding process.<sup id="cite_ref-race20090317_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-race20090317-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, son of the former <a href="/wiki/Emir_of_Qatar" title="Emir of Qatar">Emir of Qatar</a>, was the chairman of the bid committee.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Qatar planned to promote the bid as an Arab unity bid and hoped to draw on support from the entire <a href="/wiki/Arab_world" title="Arab world">Arab world</a> and were positioning this as an opportunity to bridge the gap between the Arab and Western worlds.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bid launched an advertising campaign across the nation in November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some concerns with Qatar's bid deal with the extreme temperatures.<sup id="cite_ref-cool_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cool-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The World Cup is always held in the European off-season in June and July and during this period the average daytime high in most of Qatar is in excess of 40 °C (104 °F), with the average daily low temperatures not dropping below 30 °C (86 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the 2022 Qatar bid chairman, responded saying "the event has to be organised in June or July. We will have to take the help of technology to counter the harsh weather. We have already set in motion the process. A stadium with controlled temperature is the answer to the problem. We have other plans up our sleeves as well."<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first five proposed stadiums are planned to employ cooling technology capable of reducing temperatures within the stadium by up to 20 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the upper tiers of the stadiums will be dis-assembled after the World Cup and donated to countries with less developed sports infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-cool_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cool-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President of FIFA <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a> endorsed the idea of having a World Cup in the Middle East, saying in April 2010, "The Arabic world deserves a World Cup. They have 22 countries and have not had any opportunity to organise the tournament." Blatter also praised Qatar's progress, "When I was first in Qatar<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 400,000 people here and now there are 1.6 million. In terms of infrastructure, when you are able to organise the <a href="/wiki/2006_Asian_Games" title="2006 Asian Games">Asian Games (in 2006)</a> with more than 30 events for men and women, then that is not in question."<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Qatar's bid to host the 2022 World Cup received a huge boost on 28 July 2010 when <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asian Football Confederation</a> (AFC) President <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Bin_Hammam" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Bin Hammam">Mohammed Bin Hammam</a> threw his weight behind his country's campaign. Speaking in Singapore, Bin Hammam said: "I have one vote and, frankly speaking, I will vote for Qatar but if Qatar is not in the running I will vote for another Asian country."<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Qatar has already hosted the AFC Asian Cup in 1988, FIFA U-20 World Cup 1995 and the <a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup">2011 AFC Asian Cup</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Korea">South Korea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: South Korea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="South Korea 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">South Korea 2022 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p>South Korea bid only for the 2022 World Cup. They were bidding to become the first Asian country to host the World Cup twice; however, the fact that they were co-hosts so recently in 2002 was expected to work against them in their bid. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Han_Seung-joo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Han Seung-joo (page does not exist)">Han Seung-joo</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Trade_(South_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (South Korea)">South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs</a>, was appointed as the Chairman of the Bidding Committee in August 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He met with FIFA President <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a> in <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>, Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2010, President <a href="/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak" title="Lee Myung-bak">Lee Myung-bak</a> visited the headquarters of FIFA in Zürich, Switzerland to meet Sepp Blatter in support of the South Korean bid. </p><p>Although South Korea did not have an 80,000 capacity stadium, it planned to upgrade an existing venue to meet that capacity. There are three grounds which can seat over 60,000 people—<a href="/wiki/Seoul_Olympic_Stadium" title="Seoul Olympic Stadium">Seoul Olympic Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seoul_World_Cup_Stadium" title="Seoul World Cup Stadium">Seoul World Cup Stadium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daegu_Stadium" title="Daegu Stadium">Daegu Stadium</a>. Another 70,000 seat <a href="/wiki/Incheon_Asiad_Main_Stadium" title="Incheon Asiad Main Stadium">stadium</a> is scheduled to be built in <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> as the main stadium for the <a href="/wiki/2014_Asian_Games" title="2014 Asian Games">2014 Asian Games</a>. Other venues meet hosting requirements as they were built for the 2002 World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-race20090317_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-race20090317-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 12 cities selected to hold the finals were South Korea to win the bid were selected in March 2010 and were <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheonan" title="Cheonan">Cheonan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goyang" title="Goyang">Goyang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a>, <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a> (2 venues), <a href="/wiki/Jeonju" title="Jeonju">Jeonju</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seogwipo" title="Seogwipo">Seogwipo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> (2 venues), <a href="/wiki/Suwon" title="Suwon">Suwon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulsan" title="Ulsan">Ulsan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="United States 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">United States 2022 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">U.S. Soccer</a> first said in February 2007 that it would bid for the 2018 World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-goff_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goff-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 January 2009, U.S. Soccer then announced that it would submit bids for both the 2018 and 2022 Cups.<sup id="cite_ref-USA_2018-2022_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_2018-2022-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> David Downs, president of <a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">Univision</a> Sports, was executive director of the bid. Other committee members included president of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">U.S. Soccer</a> <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Gulati" title="Sunil Gulati">Sunil Gulati</a>, U.S. Soccer chief executive officer Dan Flynn, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Don_Garber" title="Don Garber">Don Garber</a>, and Phil Murphy, the former national finance chairman for the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee" title="Democratic National Committee">Democratic National Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vice president of FIFA, <a href="/wiki/Austin_%22Jack%22_Warner" class="mw-redirect" title="Austin "Jack" Warner">Jack Warner</a>, who is also the president of CONCACAF, originally said he would try to bring the World Cup back to the CONCACAF region.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Warner also stated that he preferred the USSF change their plans to make a bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2009, the bid committee identified 70 stadiums in 50 communities as possible venues for the tournament, with 58 confirming their interest.<sup id="cite_ref-70_stadiums_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70_stadiums-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The list of stadiums was trimmed two months later to 45 in 37 cities,<sup id="cite_ref-45_stadiums_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45_stadiums-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then in August 2009 to 32 stadiums in 27 cities.<sup id="cite_ref-32_stadiums_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32_stadiums-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2010, 18 cities and 21 stadiums were selected for the final bid. The cities were <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_Massachusetts" title="Foxborough, Massachusetts">Foxboro</a>), <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville">Nashville</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> The cities with multiple qualifying stadiums were <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a>. With several large <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> stadiums, the 21 venues were to have an average capacity of 77,000; none seated fewer than 65,000. Seven of the stadiums seat at least 80,000.<sup id="cite_ref-18_cities_chosen_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18_cities_chosen-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two proposed stadiums would be used by <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> during the summer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In October 2010, the United States withdrew from the 2018 bid process, to focus solely on the 2022 competition.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cancelled_bids">Cancelled bids</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Cancelled bids"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two countries had to cancel bids for the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cups before individual evaluations began. Mexico cancelled its bid for both cups, while Indonesia was only bidding for the 2022 World Cup. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indonesia">Indonesia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Indonesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indonesia_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Indonesia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Indonesia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid</a></div> <p>In January 2009 the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Indonesia" title="Football Association of Indonesia">Football Association of Indonesia</a> (PSSI) confirmed their intention to bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with government support.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2009, PSSI launched the "Green World Cup Indonesia 2022" campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-hotland_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hotland-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This campaign included a $1 billion plan to upgrade supporting infrastructure beside stadiums to meet FIFA's requirements. The funds to construct stadiums were to come from regional governments.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indonesia had previously made World Cup history when it became the first Asian nation to play in a World Cup, at the <a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1938 FIFA World Cup">1938 tournament</a> in France under its colonial name of the Dutch East Indies.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indonesia also had tournament hosting experience as the co-host of <a href="/wiki/2007_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2007 AFC Asian Cup">2007 AFC Asian Cup</a>. </p><p>In the campaign presentation, PSSI president Nurdin Halid said he believed Indonesia stood a chance to win FIFA's approval to host the 2022 World Cup, despite the relatively poor infrastructure, coupled with the low quality of the national squad compared to other candidates. He said Indonesia had proposed a "Green World Cup 2022", hoping to capitalise on the current green and global warming movement worldwide: "Our deforestation rate has contributed much to world pollution. By hosting the World Cup, we wish to build infrastructure and facilities that are environmentally friendly so we can give more to the planet."<sup id="cite_ref-hotland_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hotland-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bid was launched at a moment when there were strong pressures from Indonesian football fans for Halid to step down from his position as chairman of PSSI. There was no official support from the government of Indonesia until 9 February 2010, the deadline for the country's government to file a letter of support for the bid.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Secretary General of PSSI <a href="/wiki/Nugraha_Besoes" title="Nugraha Besoes">Nugraha Besoes</a> did not deny that Indonesia could be disqualified from the bidding process because the Indonesian government did not support the bid.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 March 2010, FIFA rejected Indonesia's bid to host the 2022 World Cup because the government stated that their concern is for the people of the country and so could not support the bid as FIFA requested.<sup id="cite_ref-reject_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reject-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a consequence, PSSI threw their support behind Australia's bid for the 2022 tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mexico">Mexico</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Mexico"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Former <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Football_Federation" title="Mexican Football Federation">Mexican Football Federation</a> President, Alberto de la Torre, announced their intention to bid for the cup in 2005, but was ineligible because of the rotation policy at that time.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection">Selection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Selection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eligible_voters">Eligible voters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Eligible voters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case" title="2015 FIFA corruption case">2015 FIFA corruption case</a></div> <dl><dt>FIFA President</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a> (banned in 2015 for eight years by <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Ethics_Committee" title="FIFA Ethics Committee">FIFA Ethics Committee</a>, amid a sweeping corruption investigation led by the U.S. in the <a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case" title="2015 FIFA corruption case">2015 FIFA corruption case</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Senior Vice President</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Julio_Grondona" title="Julio Grondona">Julio Grondona</a> (died on 30 July 2014; indicted on 6 April 2020 by the U.S. Department of Justice)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Vice Presidents</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon"><img alt="Cameroon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Issa_Hayatou" title="Issa Hayatou">Issa Hayatou</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chung_Mong-joon" title="Chung Mong-joon">Chung Mong-joon</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago"><img alt="Trinidad and Tobago" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Warner_(football_executive)" title="Jack Warner (football executive)">Jack Warner</a> (indicted for corruption in <a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case" title="2015 FIFA corruption case">2015 FIFA corruption case</a>)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Angel_Maria_Villar" class="mw-redirect" title="Angel Maria Villar">Angel Maria Villar</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Michel Platini</a> (banned in 2015 for eight years by the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> for ethics violations, later reduced to four years)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Thompson_(football_executive)" title="Geoff Thompson (football executive)">Geoff 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michel_D%27Hooghe" title="Michel D'Hooghe">Michel D'Hooghe</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Teixeira" title="Ricardo Teixeira">Ricardo Teixeira</a> (indicted on 3 December 2015 by the U.S. Department of Justice)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar"><img alt="Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Bin_Hammam" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohamed Bin Hammam">Mohamed Bin Hammam</a> (banned in 2011 for life from all football activities for ethics violations)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eenes_Erzik" title="Şenes Erzik">Şenes Erzik</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus"><img alt="Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marios_Lefkaritis" title="Marios Lefkaritis">Marios Lefkaritis</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast"><img alt="Ivory Coast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Franz Beckenbauer</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala"><img alt="Guatemala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Salguero" title="Rafael Salguero">Rafael Salguero</a> (indicted on 3 December 2015 by the U.S. Department of Justice)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt"><img alt="Egypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hany_Abo_Rida" title="Hany Abo Rida">Hany Abo Rida</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vitaly_Mutko" title="Vitaly Mutko">Vitaly Mutko</a></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Prevented from voting</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia"><img alt="French Polynesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Polynesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Reynald_Temarii" title="Reynald Temarii">Reynald Temarii</a><sup id="cite_ref-qa_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qa-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Amos_Adamu" title="Amos Adamu">Amos Adamu</a><sup id="cite_ref-qa_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qa-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting_rounds">Voting rounds</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Voting rounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Russia_2018_World_Cup.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Russia_2018_World_Cup.jpeg/220px-Russia_2018_World_Cup.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Russia_2018_World_Cup.jpeg/330px-Russia_2018_World_Cup.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Russia_2018_World_Cup.jpeg/440px-Russia_2018_World_Cup.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="924" /></a><figcaption>Russian officials celebrate after being awarded the 2018 World Cup. Russian National Team member Andrey Arshavin (center-left) holding the selection card.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">FIFA World Cup hosts</a></div> <p>On 2 December 2010, FIFA president <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a> announced the winning bids at FIFA's headquarters in Zürich. Russia was chosen to host the 2018 World Cup, and Qatar was chosen to host the 2022 World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This made Russia the first <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern European</a> country to host the World Cup, while Qatar would be the first Middle Eastern country to host the World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blatter noted that the committee had decided to "go to new lands" and reflected a desire to "develop football" by bringing it to more countries.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In each round a majority of twelve votes was needed. If no bid received 12 votes in a round, the bid with the fewest votes in that round was eliminated, and accordingly each remaining bid should receive no fewer votes in subsequent rounds than in preceding rounds. Multiple bids received fewer votes in voting round 2 compared to voting round 1 (Netherlands/Belgium, Qatar and Japan), at least 2 voting members in each of the 2018 and 2022 votes changed their votes between voting rounds despite their initial bid not being eliminated in voting round 1. The actual votes cast were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;"> <caption>2018 World Cup host vote results </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Country </th> <th colspan="2">Vote </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <th>2 </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#90EE90"> <td align="left"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Russia</b> </td> <td>9 </td> <td><b>13</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span>Spain/<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span>Portugal </td> <td>7 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Netherlands/<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Belgium </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span>England </td> <td>2 </td> <td bgcolor="#F08080">– </td></tr> <tr> <th align="left">Total Votes </th> <th>22 </th> <th>22 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center;"> <caption>2022 World Cup host vote results </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Country </th> <th colspan="4">Vote </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <th>2 </th> <th>3 </th> <th>4 </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#90EE90"> <td align="left"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span>Qatar</b> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>11 </td> <td><b>14</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States </td> <td>3 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>South Korea </td> <td>4 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td bgcolor="#F08080">– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Japan </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td bgcolor="#F08080">– </td> <td bgcolor="#F08080">– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span>Australia </td> <td>1 </td> <td bgcolor="#F08080">– </td> <td bgcolor="#F08080">– </td> <td bgcolor="#F08080">– </td></tr> <tr> <th align="left">Total Votes </th> <th>22 </th> <th>22 </th> <th>22 </th> <th>22 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allegations_of_vote-buying">Allegations of vote-buying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Allegations of vote-buying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Garcia_Report" title="Garcia Report">Garcia Report</a> and <a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case" title="2015 FIFA corruption case">2015 FIFA corruption case</a></div> <p>Shortly after the voting in December 2010, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> published allegations linking Qatar's successful bid to Football Dreams, a youth development program that channeled money from the Qatari government to football programs in 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia—six of which had representatives on the FIFA executive committee.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2011, Blatter admitted that the Spanish and Qatari bid teams did try to trade votes, "but it didn't work".<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2011, the former England 2018 bid chief <a href="/wiki/David_Triesman,_Baron_Triesman" title="David Triesman, Baron Triesman">Lord Treisman</a> told a <a href="/wiki/Select_committees_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Select committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">House of Commons select committee</a> that four FIFA committee members approached him asking for various things in exchange for votes. Among the accused were FIFA Vice President <a href="/wiki/Jack_Warner_(football_executive)" title="Jack Warner (football executive)">Jack Warner</a>, who allegedly asked for £2.5 million to be used for projects, and <a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Leoz" title="Nicolás Leoz">Nicolás Leoz</a>, who allegedly asked to be knighted.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Sunday Times</i> further reported that month that <a href="/wiki/Issa_Hayatou" title="Issa Hayatou">Issa Hayatou</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Anouma" title="Jacques Anouma">Jacques Anouma</a> were given $1.5 million in exchange for their votes in favor of Qatar.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 May 2011, <a href="/wiki/FIFA_President" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA President">FIFA President</a> <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a> rejected the evidence in a press conference, while Jack Warner, who had been suspended that day for a separate ethics violations pending an investigation, leaked an email from FIFA General Secretary <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Valcke" title="Jérôme Valcke">Jérôme Valcke</a> which suggested that Qatar had "bought" the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Valcke subsequently issued a statement denying he had suggested it was bribery, saying instead that the country had "used its financial muscle to lobby for support". Qatar officials denied any impropriety.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Theo_Zwanziger" title="Theo Zwanziger">Theo Zwanziger</a>, President of the <a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association">German Football Association</a>, also called on FIFA to re-examine the awarding of the Cup to Qatar.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2012, FIFA appointed former U.S. Attorney <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Garcia" title="Michael J. Garcia">Michael J. Garcia</a> to investigate allegations of vote-buying in the selection process. He submitted <a href="/wiki/Garcia_Report" title="Garcia Report">the report</a> in September 2014, which FIFA at the time declined to release in full. Instead, FIFA released a summary that Garcia described as "materially incomplete," leading Garcia to resign in protest. FIFA ultimately published the report in 2017, after German tabloid <i><a href="/wiki/Bild" title="Bild">Bild</a></i> announced they would publish a leaked copy. The report detailed dozens of allegations but didn't provide hard evidence for vote-buying.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2015, as members gathered in <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a> for the <a href="/wiki/65th_FIFA_Congress" title="65th FIFA Congress">65th FIFA Congress</a>, U.S. federal prosecutors disclosed cases of corruption leading to the arrest of seven. More than 40 individuals were indicted, including 2018 and 2022 voters <a href="/wiki/Luis_Bedoya" title="Luis Bedoya">Luis Bedoya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Blazer" title="Chuck Blazer">Chuck Blazer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Leoz" title="Nicolás Leoz">Nicolás Leoz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Salguero" title="Rafael Salguero">Rafael Salguero</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Teixeira" title="Ricardo Teixeira">Ricardo Teixeira</a>, and Jack Warner.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case" title="2015 FIFA corruption case">resulting cases</a> led FIFA to suspend many members, including <a href="/wiki/Issa_Hayatou" title="Issa Hayatou">Issa Hayatou</a>, and the end of Sepp Blatter's presidency of the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2020, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> unsealed further indictments against voters Nicolás Leoz, Ricardo Teixeira, <a href="/wiki/Julio_Grondona" title="Julio Grondona">Julio Grondona</a> of Argentina, and Jack Warner. The indictments spelled out how <a href="/wiki/Shell_corporation" title="Shell corporation">shell corporations</a> and sham consulting contracts were used to pay voters between $1–5 million for their support. Other voters who had previously pleaded guilty to accepting bribes, including <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Salguero" title="Rafael Salguero">Rafael Salguero</a> of Guatemala, aided in the indictments, which when included with previous cases, mean that more than half of the voters were accused of wrongdoing related to their votes.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voter <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Franz Beckenbauer</a> has also been accused by Swiss prosecutors of embezzlement and money laundering related to voting in the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup#Bribery_and_corruption_allegations" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 FIFA World Cup host selection</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Mar%C3%ADa_Villar" title="Ángel María Villar">Ángel María Villar</a> was arrested in July 2017 for embezzlement, after previously being fined for failure to cooperate with investigations into vote-buying in the 2018 and 2022 host selection.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_and_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qatar2022_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Qatar2022_001.jpg/246px-Qatar2022_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="246" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Qatar2022_001.jpg/369px-Qatar2022_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Qatar2022_001.jpg/492px-Qatar2022_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Qataris celebrate in Doha after winning the hosting of the 2022 World Cup.</figcaption></figure> <p>In reaction to the announcement there were celebrations on the streets of Russia and Qatar.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Qatar_Stock_Exchange" title="Qatar Stock Exchange">Qatar Stock Exchange</a> responded strongly with increased participation in trading following the announcement.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Iranian President <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad" title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a> told his Qatari counterpart that hosting the tournament "is a big athletic event which can promote football in the Persian Gulf area and Middle East region." He also said Iran was ready to help Qatar in hosting the event, while saying he hoped its neighbours "could achieve a reasonable share to attend the games." al-Thani "underlined [a] necessity of cooperation between regional countries to use and take advantage of the sport opportunity." He also added that Qatar's initiative would motivate its neighbours to "promote and develop their football."<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Roger Burden, who had been acting chairman of England's Football Association, withdrew his application for the permanent post days after the vote, saying he could not trust FIFA members due to their actions.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England's bid executive Andy Anson said "I think it has to [change] because otherwise why would Australia, the United States, Holland, Belgium, England ever bother bidding again?"<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was also a backlash from the media in the losing countries; the majority of British newspapers alleged that the World Cup had been "sold" to Russia, and the Spanish <i><a href="/wiki/El_Mundo_(Spain)" title="El Mundo (Spain)">El Mundo</a></i>, Dutch <i><a href="/wiki/Algemeen_Dagblad" title="Algemeen Dagblad">Algemeen Dagblad</a></i>, and the Japanese <i><a href="/wiki/Nihon_Keizai_Shimbun" class="mw-redirect" title="Nihon Keizai Shimbun">Nikkei</a></i> made comments about the financial power of Russia and Qatar's commodity and energy reserves.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American newspapers the <i><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Times">Seattle Times</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i> alleged collusion and corruption. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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bid">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Japan 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="South Korea 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="United States 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-size:90%; line-height: 1em; padding-right: 0.75em;box-shadow: inset -0.5em 0 0 0 #a244ff;">Cancelled bids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Indonesia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Mexico">Mexico</a></li></ul> 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title="1930 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1930</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uruguay_1930_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uruguay 1930 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Uruguay</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hungary_1930_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hungary 1930 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italy_1930_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Italy 1930 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands_1930_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Netherlands 1930 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spain_1930_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spain 1930 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sweden_1930_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sweden 1930 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Sweden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1934</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italy_1934_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Italy 1934 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Italy</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sweden_1934_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sweden 1934 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Sweden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1938</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_1938_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="France 1938 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">France</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Argentina_1938_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Argentina 1938 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germany_1938_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Germany 1938 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Germany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1942 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1942</a><sup>†</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazil_1942_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brazil 1942 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germany_1942_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Germany 1942 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Germany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1946<sup>†</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>None</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1950</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazil_1950_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brazil 1950 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Brazil</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1954</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Switzerland_1954_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Switzerland 1954 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Switzerland</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1958</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sweden_1958_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sweden 1958 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Sweden</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1962</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chile_1962_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chile 1962 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Chile</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Argentina_1962_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Argentina 1962 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Germany_1962_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Germany 1962 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">West Germany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1966</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=England_1966_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="England 1966 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">England</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Germany_1966_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Germany 1966 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">West Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spain_1966_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spain 1966 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Spain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1970</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mexico_1970_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mexico 1970 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Mexico</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Argentina_1970_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Argentina 1970 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Argentina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1974</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Germany_1974_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Germany 1974 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">West Germany</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italy_1974_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Italy 1974 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Netherlands_1974_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Netherlands 1974 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spain_1974_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spain 1974 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Spain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1978</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Argentina_1978_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Argentina 1978 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Argentina</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mexico_1978_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mexico 1978 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iran_1978_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iran 1978 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombia_1978_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colombia 1978 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Colombia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1982</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spain_1982_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spain 1982 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Spain</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Germany_1982_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Germany 1982 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">West Germany</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1986</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mexico_1986_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mexico 1986 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Mexico</a></b></li> <li><s><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombia_1986_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colombia 1986 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Colombia</a></b></s><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canada_1986_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canada 1986 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_1986_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States 1986 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1990</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italy_1990_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Italy 1990 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Italy</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Austria_1990_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Austria 1990 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=England_1990_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="England 1990 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">England</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_1990_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="France 1990 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">France</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greece_1990_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greece 1990 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Union_1990_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Soviet Union 1990 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Germany_1990_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Germany 1990 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">West Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iran_1994_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iran 1994 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yugoslavia_1990_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yugoslavia 1990 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1994</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_1994_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States 1994 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">United States</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazil_1994_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brazil 1994 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morocco_1994_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morocco 1994 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">1998</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=France_1998_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="France 1998 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">France</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morocco_1998_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morocco 1998 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Switzerland_1998_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Switzerland 1998 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Switzerland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">2002</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Korea%E2%80%93Japan_2002_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Korea–Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">South Korea–Japan</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mexico_2002_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mexico 2002 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Mexico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">2006</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Germany_2006_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Germany</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazil_2006_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brazil 2006 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_2006_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="England 2006 FIFA World Cup bid">England</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morocco_2006_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morocco 2006 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Africa_2006_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Africa 2006 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">South Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_FIFA_World_Cup_bids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2010 FIFA World Cup bids (page does not exist)">2010</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Africa_2010_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">South Africa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Egypt_2010_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Egypt 2010 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Libya%E2%80%93Tunisia_2010_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Libya–Tunisia 2010 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Libya–Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morocco_2010_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morocco 2010 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_2010_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nigeria 2010 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Nigeria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2014 FIFA World Cup bids">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brazil_2014_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Brazil</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colombia_2014_FIFA_World_Cup_bid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colombia 2014 FIFA World Cup bid (page does not exist)">Colombia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2018</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Russia_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Russia</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium%E2%80%93Netherlands_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Belgium–Netherlands 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Belgium–Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal%E2%80%93Spain_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Portugal–Spain 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">Portugal–Spain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2022</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Qatar_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Qatar</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Australia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Japan 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="South Korea 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="United States 2022 FIFA World Cup bid">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2026 FIFA World Cup bids">2026</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid">Canada–Mexico–United States</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco_2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid">Morocco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2030_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2030 FIFA World Cup bids">2030</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Morocco%E2%80%93Portugal%E2%80%93Spain_2030_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Morocco–Portugal–Spain 2030 FIFA World Cup bid">Morocco–Portugal–Spain</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay%E2%80%93Argentina%E2%80%93Chile%E2%80%93Paraguay_2030_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Uruguay–Argentina–Chile–Paraguay 2030 FIFA World Cup bid">Uruguay–Argentina–Chile–Paraguay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2034_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2034 FIFA World Cup bids">2034</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_2034_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Saudi Arabia 2034 FIFA World Cup bid">Saudi Arabia</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>Notes: <b>Bold</b> entries are those chosen as hosts</li> <li><sup>†</sup>Event cancelled by World War II</li> <li><sup>‡</sup>Colombia withdrew after being awarded the event, which was re-awarded to Mexico</li></ul> 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World Cup seeding">Seeding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2022 FIFA World Cup squads">Squads</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Official symbols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adidas_Al_Rihla" title="Adidas Al Rihla">Al Rihla</a> (ball)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_Qatar_2022_Official_Soundtrack" title="FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Official Soundtrack">FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022</a></i> (official soundtrack)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hayya_Hayya_(Better_Together)" title="Hayya Hayya (Better Together)">Hayya Hayya (Better Together)</a>" (song)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tukoh_Taka" title="Tukoh Taka">Tukoh Taka</a>" (song)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/La%27eeb" title="La'eeb">La'eeb</a> (mascot)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1962 FIFA World Cup">Chile 1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">England 1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">Mexico 1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">West Germany 1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">Argentina 1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">Spain 1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">Mexico 1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">Italy 1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1994 FIFA World Cup">United States 1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">France 1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">South Korea / Japan 2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">Germany 2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">South Africa 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">Brazil 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">Russia 2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">Qatar 2022</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2026 FIFA World Cup">Canada / Mexico / United States 2026</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2030_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2030 FIFA World Cup">Morocco / Portugal / Spain 2030</a></i><sup>1</sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2034_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2034 FIFA World Cup">Saudi Arabia 2034</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="FIFA World Cup qualification">Qualification</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1930</span><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1934 FIFA World Cup qualification">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1938 FIFA World Cup qualification">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1950 FIFA World Cup qualification">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1954 FIFA World Cup qualification">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1958 FIFA World Cup qualification">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1962 FIFA World Cup qualification">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1966 FIFA World Cup qualification">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1970 FIFA World Cup qualification">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1974 FIFA World Cup qualification">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1978 FIFA World Cup qualification">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1982 FIFA World Cup qualification">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1986 FIFA World Cup qualification">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1990 FIFA World Cup qualification">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1994 FIFA World Cup qualification">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2002 FIFA World Cup qualification">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2006 FIFA World Cup qualification">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2014 FIFA World Cup qualification">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2018 FIFA World Cup qualification">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2022 FIFA World Cup qualification">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2026 FIFA World Cup qualification">2026</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_finals" title="List of FIFA World Cup finals">Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1930 FIFA World Cup final">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1934 FIFA World Cup final">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1938 FIFA World Cup final">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_v_Brazil_(1950_FIFA_World_Cup)" title="Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)">1950</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1954 FIFA World Cup final">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1958 FIFA World Cup final">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1962 FIFA World Cup final">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1966 FIFA World Cup final">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1970 FIFA World Cup final">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1974 FIFA World Cup final">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1978 FIFA World Cup final">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1982 FIFA World Cup final">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1986 FIFA World Cup final">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1990 FIFA World Cup final">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1994 FIFA World Cup final">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1998 FIFA World Cup final">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2002 FIFA World Cup final">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2006 FIFA World Cup final">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2010 FIFA World Cup final">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2014 FIFA World Cup final">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2018 FIFA World Cup final">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2022 FIFA World Cup final">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="2026 FIFA World Cup final">2026</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Squads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1930 FIFA World Cup squads">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1934 FIFA World Cup squads">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1938 FIFA World Cup squads">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1950 FIFA World Cup squads">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1954 FIFA World Cup squads">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1958 FIFA World Cup squads">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1962 FIFA World Cup squads">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1966 FIFA World Cup squads">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1970 FIFA World Cup squads">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1974 FIFA World Cup squads">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1978 FIFA World Cup squads">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1982 FIFA World Cup squads">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1986 FIFA World Cup squads">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1990 FIFA World Cup squads">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1994 FIFA World Cup squads">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="1998 FIFA World Cup squads">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2002 FIFA World Cup squads">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2006 FIFA World Cup squads">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2010 FIFA World Cup squads">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2014 FIFA World Cup squads">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2018 FIFA World Cup squads">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_squads" title="2022 FIFA World Cup squads">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Final draw</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" title="1998 FIFA World Cup seeding">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" title="2002 FIFA World Cup seeding">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" title="2006 FIFA World Cup seeding">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" title="2010 FIFA World Cup seeding">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" title="2014 FIFA World Cup seeding">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" title="2018 FIFA World Cup seeding">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_seeding" title="2022 FIFA World Cup seeding">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Broadcasters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2002 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2010 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2018 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2022 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2026 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2026</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_hosts" title="FIFA World Cup hosts">Bids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2014 FIFA World Cup bids">2014</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2018</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2026 FIFA World Cup bids">2026</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2030_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2030 FIFA World Cup bids">2030</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2034_FIFA_World_Cup_bids" title="2034 FIFA World Cup bids">2034</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_referees" title="FIFA World Cup referees">Officials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_officials" title="2010 FIFA World Cup officials">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_officials" title="2014 FIFA World Cup officials">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_officials" title="2018 FIFA World Cup officials">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_officials" title="2022 FIFA World Cup officials">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_team_appearances_in_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup">Team appearances</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asian_nations_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup">AFC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_nations_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="African nations at the FIFA World Cup">CAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North,_Central_American_and_Caribbean_nations_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="North, Central American and Caribbean nations at the FIFA World Cup">CONCACAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_nations_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="South American nations at the FIFA World Cup">CONMEBOL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceanian_nations_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="Oceanian nations at the FIFA World Cup">OFC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_nations_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="European nations at the FIFA World Cup">UEFA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_records_and_statistics" title="FIFA World Cup records and statistics">Overall records</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Player records <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winning_players" title="List of FIFA World Cup winning players">winners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_players_who_have_appeared_in_the_most_FIFA_World_Cups" title="List of players who have appeared in the most FIFA World Cups">top appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_red_cards" title="List of FIFA World Cup red cards">red cards</a></li></ul></li> <li>Goalscorer records <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_top_goalscorers" title="FIFA World Cup top goalscorers">top</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_final_goalscorers" title="List of FIFA World Cup final goalscorers">finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_hat-tricks" title="List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks">hat-tricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_own_goals" title="List of FIFA World Cup own goals">own goals</a></li></ul></li> <li>Manager records <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winning_managers" title="List of FIFA World Cup winning managers">winners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_managers_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="List of managers at the FIFA World Cup">all appearances</a></li></ul></li> <li>Match records <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_opening_matches" title="List of FIFA World Cup opening matches">opening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_penalty_shoot-outs" title="List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs">penalty shoot-outs</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_awards" title="FIFA World Cup awards">Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_official_match_balls" title="List of FIFA World Cup official match balls">Balls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:FIFA_World_Cup_controversies" title="Category:FIFA World Cup controversies">Controversies</a></li> <li><a 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