2018/2022 FIFA World Cup Selection Live Coverage for B/R

The candidates for the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup will be presented before the FIFA Executive Committee. The presentations will be followed by the decision on who will be hosting the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup.

The following presentations for December 1, 2010 will be in the following order: Australia at 14:00 CET [Central European Time], Republic of Korea 15:00, Qatar 16:00, USA 17:00, and Japan 18:00.

The next day (December 2, 2010) will be the turn of Belgium/Netherlands at 9:00 CET, Spain/Portugal 10:00, England 11:00, and Russia 12:00. The announcements of the winners will be announced at 16:00.

I will be providing live coverage for the Bleacher Report on this historical sporting event second only to the 2010 World Cup. I will be providing updates as the news progresses.

Bill Clinton (Former President of the USA) has just published an article stating the reasons why the US should host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Morgan Freeman and Landon Donovan among others are in Zurich, Switzerland preparing to make the case for the USA.

The Oceania Football Committee has accepted its loss of voting rights in the wake of the FIFA Voting Scandal. The result is that 22 Executive Committee members (instead of 24) will make the decision.

David Beckham is in Zurich with the intention of promoting the cause of England. He stopped at a high school and coached its team.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russian Tennis Player) has declared his support for his country's bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Holland/Belgium have been making their final statements ahead of the presentation.

Vitaly Mutko (President of the Russian Bid for 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup and voting committee member) has declared that a victory for Spain/Portugal and Qatar could lead to accusations of "vote fixing".

FIFA President Sepp Blatter is speaking at the beginning of the FIFA Bidders Presentation. Australia will be the first country to present.

The Governor General of Australia Her Excellency Ms. Quentin Bryce AC along with Frank Lowry AC (FFA Chairman), Ben Buckley (FFA CEO), and Elle Macpherson (artist and guest) will make the case for the land down under.

8:00 AM Eastern Time 14:00 CET

Australia is presenting its bid before FIFA with its dignitaries taking the podium.

9:00AM 15:00 Hrs.

Vladimir Putin (Russian Prime Minister) announced that he will not help Russia's bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The Republic of Korea is presenting its case with the presence of Hwang Sik Kim (Prime Minister), Ji Sung Park (Bidding Ambassador), Dr. Mong-Jung Chung (KFA Honorary President), Sung Joo Han (Bidding Committee Chairman), and Hong Koo Lee (Member) 

11:30AM 17:30

After Qatar finished presenting it case for the World Cup, Bill Clinton and other dignitaries from the USA presented or are currently presenting the case for the USA.

12:30PM 18:30

Japan is presenting their reasons why they should host the FIFA World Cup.