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Russia's 2018–2022 World Cup bid logo Russian bid personnel celebrate the awarding to Russia the 2018 World Cup. Russia announced its intent to bid for the FIFA World Cup in early 2009, and submitted its request to FIFA in time. [1] Russia's President Vladimir Putin has taken a keen interest in the bid and has gone so far as ordering Vitaly ...
By the time of the decision, bids for the 2018 World Cup included England, Russia, a joint bid from Belgium and Netherlands, and a joint bid from Portugal and Spain. Bids for the 2022 World Cup came from Australia, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, and the United States.
The second bid is from Egypt. Its Sports and Youth Minister Ashraf Sobhy said that Egypt has considered a bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup. [88] Such a bid should be prepared by the national football association rather than the country. This bid was abandoned when Morocco was announced to cohost the 2030 World Cup. After its failed bid to ...
Russia had asked for a temporary halt to a FIFA competition ban sparked by the country's invasion of Ukraine. Russian Bid To Play In World Cup Soccer Qualifying Is Rejected Skip to main content
FIFA postponed Ukraine’s World Cup playoff semifinal match in the wake of Russia’s invasion, too, as the entire Ukrainian national team is reportedly still in the country and unable to ...
Four years after Vladimir Putin hosted the World Cup party, Russia is off the guest list. While the soccer world focuses on the opening game of the World Cup in Qatar on Sunday, Russia will be ...
Andrey Arshavin with Russian bid personnel celebrate the awarding of the 2018 World Cup to Russia on 2 December 2010. The bidding procedure to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments began in January 2009, and national associations had until 2 February 2009 to register their interest. [ 3 ]
The 2015 allegations and criminal investigations of corruption, including a Swiss inquiry into the bidding process for the 2018 World Cup, intensified the public discussion of the appropriateness of Russia as the World Cup venue. In late May 2015, Russia's president Vladimir Putin said that he viewed the corruption investigations as an attempt ...