Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 Win World Cup Bids

Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup, defeating a bid by the United States in a vote by FIFA's executive committee Thursday.

Qatar will make history by hosting the first World Cup in the Middle East. Australia, South Korea and Japan were also bidding for the 2022 tournament.

FIFA also awarded Russia its first World Cup in a vote for the 2018 tournament host. Twenty-two FIFA executive committee members cast their votes by secret ballot in Zurich. The other contenders for 2018 were England, Spain-Portugal and Belgium-Netherlands.

FIFA approved an ambitious bid by Qatar that includes a plan to spend $4 billion on air-conditioned stadiums in a country where summer temperatures typically exceed 118 degrees.

2018 and 2022 Vote this week Amid Bribe Allegations

On Thursday, December 2, 2010 in Zurich, football's world governing body Fifa will announce the countries it has chosen to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022.

There are four bids on the table for the 2018 World Cup, with England hopeful of beating Spain/Portugal, Netherlands/Belgium and Russia for the right to host the competition for the first time since 1966.

Five bidders are vying for the 2022 tournament: Japan, Australia, United States of America, South Korea and Qatar.

What is especially interesting is that:

The BBC Panorama, broadcast on Monday, alleged that Fifa officials Issa Hayatou - Confederation of African Football chief, from Cameroon - Nicolas Leoz, from Paraguay, and Ricardo Teixeira, from Brazil, took bribes from a sport marketing firm which was awarded lucrative World Cup rights.

The men will vote this week on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids.

Top 10 World Cup Soccer / Football Highlights 2010 South Africa

Top 10 World Cup Soccer / Football Highlights 2010 South Africa

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL (SOCCER) 2010 SOUTH AFRICA *June 11 - July 11, 2010: FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa Official Theme Song-Wavin' Flag and Shakira - Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)

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South Africa to bid for 2020 Olympics But what about Vuvuzelas?

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Logo for 2014 World Cup in Brazil

At the opening ceremony of the logo (July 8, 2010), the president of FIFA explained the reason why FIFA picked Brazil from South America to host the 2014 World Cup later. “Brazil is a soccer country. They’ve won the cup five times, but they last hosted in 1950. Football is like a religion in Brazil. Now it’s time again to CONMEBOL, and now it is time to return to South America,” explained Blatter length.

FIFA President added, “Like here, in South Africa, to mingle with the soccer community. As President Lula also said, football is not just kicking the ball alone. It’s the culture. This is life. I am delighted that the President of Brazil was willing to be present at the launch This World Cup logo. ”

2010 World Cup SOCCER Final Results and Awards

World Cup 2010 Results

	Winners:
	1st place		Spain
	2nd place		Netherlands
	3rd place		Germany

Awards

There are currently six awards:

• the Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player;
• the Golden Boot (also known as the Golden Shoe, commercially termed "adidas Golden Shoe" from 1982, although now referred to again as the Golden Boot) was first awarded in 1930 for top goal scorer;
• the Golden Glove Award for best goalkeeper (first awarded in 1994);
• the Best Young Player (currently commercially termed as "Hyundai Best Young Player") award for best player under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2006.
• the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play (first awarded in 1970);
• the Most Entertaining Team award for the team that has entertained the public the most, during the World Cup final tournament, as determined by a poll of the general public, first awarded in 1994.

An All-Star Team (currently commercially termed "Mastercard All-Star Team") comprising the best players of the tournament, is also announced for each tournament since 1990.

Since FIFA and adidas became partners over 30 years ago, the award's official name is " adidas Golden Shoe"

2010 South Africa

Diego Forlán

Wesley Sneijder

David Villa

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot or Golden Shoe Award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup.

2010 South Africa

Thomas Müller

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David Villa

5

Wesley Sneijder

5

Best Young Player (first awarded in 2006)

2010 South Africa Thomas Müller [11] 20

2010 South Africa Thomas Müller [11]20

Golden Glove

The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournamen

World Cup	Golden Glove Award winner
2010 South Africa	Iker Casillas

FIFA Fair Play Trophy

The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the World Cup final tournament. Only teams that qualified for the second round are considered. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.

2010 South Africa

Spain

Most Entertaining Team

The FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team is a fairly new accolade for the FIFA World Cup. It is a subjectively awarded prize for the team which has done the most to entertain the public with a positive approach to the game. The award is always organized through public participation in a poll.

to be announced

World Cup 2014 When and Where

On 7 March 2003, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since Argentina hosted the competition in 1978, in line with its policy of rotating the right to host the World Cup amongst different confederations. On 3 June 2003, CONMEBOL announced that Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia wanted to host the 2014 World Cup finals. By 17 March 2004, the CONMEBOL associations had voted unanimously to adopt Brazil as their sole candidate. Brazil formally declared its candidacy in December 2006 and Colombia did so as well a few days later. The Argentina bid never materialized. On 11 April 2007, Colombia officially withdrew its bid, Francisco Santos Calderón the vice president of Colombia announced that instead Colombia would be hosting the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. With this Brazil was the only official candidate to host the event in 2014.

Brazil won the right to host the event on 30 October 2007 as the only country to enter a bid.

As the host nation, Brazil qualifies automatically.

According to current FIFA practice, no more than one city may use two stadia, and the number of host cities is limited between eight and ten. The Brazilian Confederation requested permission to assign twelve cities hosting World Cup Finals. On 26 December 2008, FIFA gave the green light to the 12-city plan.

Even before the twelve host cities were selected, there are few doubts that the chosen venue for the final match will be the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, which also hosted the final match for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Originally the CBF's intentions were to have the opening match at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil. However, on the 14th June 2010 the stadium was excluded from hosting games in the tournament due to a failure to provide financial guarantees for the improvements needed to have it as an eligible venue. Despite the desire of the CBF to still have São Paulo as one of the 12 host cities, there are still no defined plans to have a proper venue in the city.

The twelve host cities for the 2014 World Cup were announced on 31 May 2009.  Belém, Campo Grande, Florianópolis, Goiânia and Rio Branco were rejected.

	Belo Horizonte Brasília Fortaleza Porto Alegre São Paulo Rio de Janeiro Salvador Natal Cuiabá Curitiba Manaus Recife