FIFA World Cup Host 2018 and 2022?

Who will host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup events? The 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup Finals hosting rights will be decided today in Zurich, Switzerland.

How the selection of the host will unfold:

Presentations for 2018 bidders

8am – GMT Belgium/Netherlands
9am – Spain/Portugal
10am – England
11am – Russia

1pm – Fifa executive committee voting process* behind closed doors
3pm – 2018 and 2022 World Cup Host Nations Announcement

Fifa’s Voting procedure:

· The 2018 vote will take place first, then the 2022 one. The vote will be by secret ballot and all eligible members of the FIFA Executive Committee can vote in both ballots

· To win the right to host the competition, a bidder must obtain an absolute majority (50% + 1) of the votes of the FIFA Executive Committee members present

· In the event of a tie when only two bidders remain, the FIFA President will have the casting vote

· For any voting round in which an absolute majority is not achieved, the bidder with the lowest number of votes will not progress to the next voting round

· If there is a tie for the lowest number of votes in any round, an intermediate voting round will be conducted to determine which of the tied bidders does not progress

· When the final decision on the host has been taken, the results – without prior communication of the results – will be immediately sealed by the KPMG observer and the notary, who will bring it to the “Messezentrum Zurich”. The notary will then hand over the envelopes to the FIFA President for the announcements.