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FIFA World Cup bids Controversy

World Cup Controversial

Following an exposé by the British newspaper The Sunday Times, FIFA said it would investigate claims that two members of its executive committee wanted cash in exchange for support of countries bidding to host the 2018 World Cup. The two, Reynald Temarii, a French FIFA vice-president, and Amos Adamu, a Nigerian member on the committee and the president of the West Africa Football Union, were alleged to have told reporters in the guise of lobbyists for the United States, that they could "guarantee" a vote for the US bid $800,000.

2 Cancelled bids, Indonesia and Mexico

Indonesia

2 Cancelled bids, FIFA World Cup

In January 2009 the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) confirmed their intention to bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with government support. In February 2009, PSSI launched "Green World Cup Indonesia 2022" campaign. This campaign included a $1 billion plan to upgrade supporting infrastructure beside stadiums to meet FIFA's requirements. The funds to construct stadiums are to come from

2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids

2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup

The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups was the process by which the locations for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups would be selected. The process began officially in March 2009; eleven bids from thirteen countries were received, including one which was withdrawn and one that was rejected before FIFA's executive committee voted in November 2010. Two of the remaining nine bids applied only to the 2022 World Cup, while the rest were applications, initially, for both. Over the course of the bidding, all non-European bids