03 December 2010

World Cup Host: RUSSIA (2018), QATAR (2022)



The hosts for FIFA World Cup was announced in Zurich on 2-12-2010. Its official that Russia will host World Cup in 2018 and to the surprise of everyone Qatar will be hosting it in 2022.

England, the early favourite for the 2018 World Cup, got voted out in first round of voting with only 2 votes! Russia got the absolute 12 out of 22 votes in the second round.
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From the result it was obvious that, FIFA Executive Committee members want to bring World Cup hosting to place that never been before (Russia and Qatar will be hosting it for the first time).
Russia will be hosting first major football tournament since Soviet Union time and first time for a Middle Eastern & Arab & Muslim country, Qatar to host FIFA World Cup.

Full results of 2018 voting:


Round 1: England 2 votes, Netherlands/Belgium 4 votes, Spain/Portugal 7 votes and Russia 9 votes.

Round 2: Netherlands/Belgium 2 votes, Spain/Portugal 7 votes and Russia 13 votes (Russia obtain absolute majority)


Full results of 2022 voting:


Round 1: Australia1 vote, Japan 3 votes, US 3 votes, South Korea 4 votes and Qatar 11 votes.

Round 2: Japan 2 votes, South Korea 5 votes, US 5 votes and Qatar 10 votes.

Round 3 South Korea 5 votes, US 6 votes and Qatar 11 votes.

Round 4 US 8 votes and Qatar 14 votes (Qatar obtain absolute majority)



Loved the excitement waiting for the results and quite surprised with it.
p/s: Stadium for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will be equipped with air conditioning. Great isn't it?

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