World Cup Voting Today
 

So, FIFA is voting on who gets to host the World Cups in 2018 and 2020, the first time they have voted on two World Cups at the same time. Who is going to win the voting? Any ideas out there?



2018 Candidates

England, Russia, Spain/Portugal (joint bid), Netherlands/Belgium (joint bid)





2020 Candidates

Qatar, USA, Australia, Korea, Japan

Been watching FSC and Gol TV a little more lately and they make it sound like Russia has more chances...

If it's england,spain/portugal or Netherlands/belgium, i will probably go for a couple of games.

2020 Would love for the US to win it

Russia!


Think Becks and Prince William are more than a little bummed right now...

Qatar, you have got to be fucking kidding me

corrupt fifa strikes again, it should fit well with corrupt russia hosting.

money talks

WorldCups are every 4 years.

I agree.

yep, I was trying to type too fast...lol

can't believe Qatar beat the US. Really stunning.

now, to see how those stadiums are actually going to look...

http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecac...les/qatar2.jpg

http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecac...les/qatar1.jpg

http://smartasssports.com/wp-content...rt-stadium.jpg

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/photo...761.html?img=0

How does a joint bid work? Do they have some games in one country and other games in the other?

yeah, Korea Japan did it in 2002, worked pretty well. Some of the smaller nations have been trying it to make the costs a bit easier. I think the next Euro tournament is joint with Poland and Ukraine

their stadiums look impressive...but 110f summers don't sound like a whole lot of fun

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...content.1.html

interesting to see how the votes played out


2018 FIFA World Cup?

Round 1: England 2 votes, Netherlands/Belgium 4 votes, Spain/Portugal 7 votes and Russia 9 votes (as no absolute majority was reached, the candidate with least amount of votes, England, was eliminated)

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


2022 FIFA World Cup?

Round 1: Australia 1 vote, Japan 3 votes, Korea Republic 4 votes, Qatar 11 votes, USA 3 votes (Australia eliminated)

Round 2: Japan 2 votes, Korea Republic 5 votes, Qatar 10 votes and USA 5 votes (Japan eliminated)

Round 3: Korea Republic 5 votes, Qatar 11 votes, USA 6 votes (Korea Republic eliminated)

Round 4: Qatar 14 votes and USA 8 votes (Qatar obtained an absolute majority)

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/bidders...d=1344971.html

Told you it was gonna be Russia!

Round 1 - 11 votes, ahaha. Oh man.