The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups was the process by which the Fédération Internationale de Football Association selected locations for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. The p
Russian officials celebrate after being awarded the 2018 World Cup. Russian National Team member Andrey Arshavin (center-left) holding the selection card.
Qataris celebrate in Doha after winning the hosting of the 2022 World Cup.
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Joseph Sepp Blatter is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth president of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been suspended from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a r
Blatter in 2015
Blatter (left) with João Havelange, President of FIFA (April 1982)
Blatter at Zürich Hauptbahnhof in November 2013
Blatter with Barack Obama and Jack Warner. In the vote for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, U.S. President Obama said that FIFA made "the wrong decision" in awarding Qatar the tournament in 2022.