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FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

metirish Dec 02 2010 07:23 AM

The results are coming shortly on the voting by Fifa's executive committee for the World Cups of 2018 and 2022. The bids for 2018 are down to Russia, England , Spain/Portugal and Belgium/Holland . Here's how it works, Fifa's executive committee consists of 22 members, down from 24 as two were kicked out, the winning bid needs a majority of the vote....50% + 1....in the event of a tie the FIFA President will have the casting vote .It's anyones bid but it looks like England and Spain/Portugal are favorites Corruption allegations are rife with tens of millions thrown out there in bought votes, The BBC's Panorama had an explosive expose the other night that some feel will hurt England's bid. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11841783 Of bigger consequence could be last nights violence that occurred after Birmingham beat Aston Villa in the big Birmingham Derby, City fans took to the filed to bait the Villa fans and tore up the stadium while they were at it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... lence.html Follow events live here http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog ... 022-zurich The USA are seen as favorites for the 2022 WC....

Frayed Knot Dec 02 2010 08:04 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Fifa's executive committee consists of 22 members, down from 24 as two were kicked out, One has to wonder at the level of corruption that actually got two members kicked out given that a pretty high level of corruption in these international organizations is not only tolerated but accepted and expected. The USA are seen as favorites for the 2022 WC.... I saw a list which had them third betting fave behind both Australia (2nd) and, of all places, Qatar. Mmmmmm, 126 degree weather

metirish Dec 02 2010 08:06 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

From the MBM 3.03pm: Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl tweets: "Qatari delegation members getting handshakes & some hugs from FIFA voters. Hmmmmm....

metirish Dec 02 2010 08:12 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

live http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/bidders/live/index.html

Frayed Knot Dec 02 2010 08:16 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Spain/Portugal's bid apparently tried the suck-up method after corruption was alleged by the British press -- "FIFA is a clean institution. FIFA works honestly," bid president Angel Maria Villar said. "You are all honest, hardworking people." Yeah, OK.

metirish Dec 02 2010 08:22 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Not official but 3.19pm: Times's @owenslot tweets: "England went out in 1st round. News from inside" That would be humiliating

HahnSolo Dec 02 2010 08:26 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

metirish wrote: From the MBM 3.03pm: Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl tweets: "Qatari delegation members getting handshakes & some hugs from FIFA voters. Hmmmmm.... Their bid includes 12 stadiums...nine of which do not exist and will need to be built just for this event from the ground up. I assume that is not the case of the other bidders?

metirish Dec 02 2010 08:32 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Over then years to build them and money to burn, not a problem one would think.

metirish Dec 02 2010 08:33 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Skysports saying it's Russia and Qatar.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 02 2010 08:34 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Where is the 2014 event?

Willets Point Dec 02 2010 08:35 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

metirish wrote: Skysports saying it's Russia and Qatar. I hope they're wrong.

Willets Point Dec 02 2010 08:35 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Where is the 2014 event? Brazil.

Willets Point Dec 02 2010 08:37 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

2018 in Russia.

Willets Point Dec 02 2010 08:41 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Frayed Knot wrote: Spain/Portugal's bid apparently tried the suck-up method after corruption was alleged by the British press -- "FIFA is a clean institution. FIFA works honestly," bid president Angel Maria Villar said. "You are all honest, hardworking people." Yeah, OK.

metirish Dec 02 2010 08:44 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

I like Russia as a host , never been there and a country with a good history in the game. Qatar in 2022

Willets Point Dec 02 2010 08:46 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Time for US Soccer to mover our training camp to the Mojave Desert.

HahnSolo Dec 02 2010 08:46 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

The chick from the Russian delegation in the leopard dress...so hot!

Edgy DC Dec 02 2010 08:57 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Well, that explains Russia. What was the Qatari delegate wearing?

Frayed Knot Dec 02 2010 09:07 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Now all the sports world has to do is agree on a standard way of saying: Qatar. Apparently different dialects of Arabic allow for a fairly wide variety of correct pronunciations and over the years I've heard everything from 'ka-TAR' to something pretty close to 'gutter'

Centerfield Dec 02 2010 09:13 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Who is that between Mugatu and the Joker?

Edgy DC Dec 02 2010 09:15 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

I thought it was Dan Rather.

seawolf17 Dec 02 2010 09:47 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

I was thinking Christopher Walken, but it might be the Michael Douglas "greed is good" character from "Wall Street" whose name I'm too lazy to look up.

Edgy DC Dec 02 2010 09:54 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Gordon Gekko. Nah.

HahnSolo Dec 02 2010 10:01 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

DB Cooper on the left?

Edgy DC Dec 02 2010 10:03 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

One thing that strikes me is that Russia has had the talent to win the Cup for a while now, but not having a strong league, their players are scattered all over the world and don't get a lot of time to play together and learn each other's game. This may focus some of the national team's energies and help turn them into the world power they probably should be.

Gwreck Dec 02 2010 10:10 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

metirish wrote: Over then years to build them and money to burn, not a problem one would think. That's going to be a lot of $$$ if they're all going to be inside and air conditioned, as promised.

Willets Point Dec 02 2010 10:15 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

The Russian Premier League is in the process of transitioning from playing in the summer (like the MLS) to playing from August to May (like in most of Europe). I imagine that FIFA's decision was influenced by having the stadiums emptied of club matches in June & July. Still I feel that it's going to be butt-numbingly cold to be a fan in St. Petersburg and Moscow from now on.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 02 2010 11:19 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Gwreck wrote: metirish wrote: Over then years to build them and money to burn, not a problem one would think. That's going to be a lot of $$$ if they're all going to be inside and air conditioned, as promised. If only they had a gigantic tap on some sort of precious commodity with cartel-boosted prices. Also... do they plan to air-condition the outdoors? Or will all games be held between 8 pm and 4 am local time? Not only are they putting 2022 in an unsuitable location with no native league to speak of (much less a world-class one), they've basically decided to essentially cut the event's likely profits at least in half. Calling this process monkeyshines-in-business-suits would be an insult to monkeys-- at least their shit-throwing can be somewhat amusing.

metirish Dec 02 2010 11:35 AM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Edgy DC wrote: Well, that explains Russia. What was the Qatari delegate wearing?

HahnSolo Dec 02 2010 12:02 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

The guy holding the trophy: "Jerry Seinfeld is a berry, berry, berry bad man."

Gwreck Dec 02 2010 12:14 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Also... do they plan to air-condition the outdoors? Or will all games be held between 8 pm and 4 am local time? I presume the plan was to make them all domed stadiums, no?

metirish Dec 02 2010 01:36 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Also... do they plan to air-condition the outdoors? Or will all games be held between 8 pm and 4 am local time? I presume the plan was to make them all domed stadiums, no? This presentation suggests otherwise http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//RTV/ ... TV2346210/ meanwhile this man was there today Freeman narrated the USA bid, even with his voice they still lost.

Edgy DC Dec 02 2010 01:41 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

"And now, representing the United States, the former president of South Africa."

seawolf17 Dec 02 2010 01:59 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

I'm stunned at how many people in my Twitter feed are pretending to care about soccer today.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 02 2010 02:38 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Amazing what happens when you hand an economic/cultural boon to Happiness-in-Fascist-Democracy and Nouveau-Oil-Riche Muslims, Inc.

Frayed Knot Dec 02 2010 02:41 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Freeman narrated the USA bid, even with his voice they still lost. Might have helped if, in the middle of his talk, he hadn't had to stop and restart again after realizing he wasn't making any sense on account of having skipped an entire page in his notes.

Frayed Knot Dec 02 2010 05:13 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

The delegation from Qatar celebrates their hard-won victory

Willets Point Dec 03 2010 06:38 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Edgy DC wrote: "And now, representing the United States, the former president of South Africa and God."

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 03 2010 06:46 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Filip Bondy hammered the Qatar choice in the Snooze today.

Fman99 Dec 03 2010 08:31 PM Re: FIFA World Cup Bids For 2018 & 2022

Soccer is gay. One tenth of you will be dead in 2022 anyway, no offense. I'll miss you.