Full results of voting rounds for FIFA bids
Here are the full results of the voting rounds:
22 members of the FIFA Executive Committee were entitled to vote. 12 votes were needed for an absolute majority and therefore to obtain the right to host the FIFA World Cup.
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/russia2018/media/newsid=1344971/index.html
geeeeeeeez FIFA, if you're going to do something shady at least take the time to make it look legitimate.
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QATAR by all means deserved it.... I wish it nothing but all the best !!!
yes what we ought to do is support them... by any means
Thanks
Qatar played it cards right. But there is no doubt that there is corruption within FIFA. Technically Qatar was the most high risk within the FIFA bid evlaution reports. Technically both Australia and the USA were highly fancied, but the decision was to award both World Cups to oil producing countries where the press is muzzled.
The truth is QATAR has won the FIFA bid..So let's just forget about the backlashes..
Wish good luck for QATAR for 2022 preparation...
Some people around the world are talking about bribes and influences, but i dont see any of these true. just look at some factors:
2022 bid voting was very competitve. it took 4 rounds for Qatar to win.
Honestly and neutraly speaking Qatar's bid was the most strongest one and presentation was the best.
Financial support is very important for this kind of events, and Qatari Government has guaranteed every thing.
Qatar has already arranged some famous big events successfully.
Middle east has never got worldcup before, although football is the most famous sport here.
In my point of view Qatar's FIFA 2022 bid win was very much fair and Qatar deserves this.