FIFA has awarded Russia the right to host the 2018 World Cup finals after the country’s bid got the most votes from 22 doling out members of FIFA in a ordinary ballot held in Zurich.
Spain-Portugal, Holland-Belgium and England were the three new bids in the fray. The selection process radiant merged rounds of voting, considering the country receiving the fewest votes eliminated in each round.
As many as 15 bids were traditional from countries aspiring to host the 2018 business, and Russia won an outright majority of 13 votes, in the second round of voting, after garnering nine in the first. The Spain-Portugal joint bid confirmed seven votes.
The tournament in Russia will span 13 cities, all in the country’s European region, in a bid to minister to easier entry. In its bid Russia promised to scrap visas during the 2018 tournament and this is seen as a major factor in the vote in the country’s favour.
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The ballot in Zurich with chosen the host of the 2022 tournament, which was awarded to Qatar. The oil-affluent Middle-Eastern country won adjoining challenger bids from the United States, Japan and South Korea, in the stubborn circular of voting. Australia which had along with bid for the 2022 World Cup was ousted in the first circular of voting.
Mexico which had earlier bid to host the 2022 tournament withdrew its bid citing financial reasons.
Neither Russia nor Qatar has hosted the matter back. The awarding of the tournaments to these two countries has brought an decline to a controversial voting process gone allegations of defilement that led to the delay of two government committee members.