World Cup 2018 and 2022: Site Selection

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Don't know about 2018.

2022 should be interesting. My initial uninformed notion would be that Blatter et al would prefer the US - giving another push at the big-money market they really want into.

I don't get why S Korea and Japan are even bidding - they can't seriously go back to either so soon...can they?

One would think that the Ozzies could host reasonably well.
Qatar would presumably be insanely (maybe unfeasably?) hot.

England and the USA because they are both Anglophone nations so I will still understand what is going on.  And, hopefully, these nations will filture out the annoying buzzing sound in their broadcasts.

You have trouble following what's happening in sports when they are played in non-Anglophone places?   Do you insist on listening to vernacular commentary or something?

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If Spain/Portugal win 2018, watch out for Qatar to do well for the 2022 bid.

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Bonhomie masks World Cup bid brutality, FT

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Wow...England got crushed...

2018 Bids	Rd1	Rd2
Russia	9	13
Spain/Portugal	7	7
Belguim/Netherlands	4	2
England	2	-

But not quite as badly as Australia did...

2022 Bids	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4
Qatar	11	10	11	14
USA	3	5	6	8
South Korea	4	5	5	-
Japan	3	2	-	-
Australia	1	-	-	-

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Quite aside from any off-pitch issues, it also means this gang automatically get one of the thirty-two spots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLvoT6TlRec&feature=related

I'm betting that between now and then the Qatari Football Association take advice from the Qatari Olympic Committee on how to put together a team capable of competing.

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Qatar says it would allow Israel take part - eurosport

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Manama 2022 will be a month of fail though.

*cough* Doha *cough*