fifa has received 11 offers to conduct the 2018 and 2022 fifa world cup tournaments , an individual football match held by the man ' s national teams . the countries vying to hosting the tournament are qatar , ireland , australia , japan , mexico , qatar , russia , south korea and united states , who have individual bids and the joint sponsors are from belgium - netherlands and ireland - portugal . select bid are for 2018 and 2022 tournaments and all offers are just for the 2022 tournament . qatar and south korea are vying just for the 2022 campaign . the only receiving candidates will be chosen on december 2010 by the 24 - man executives body of fifa . claimed fifa head beckenbauer blatter : " we are very pleased about the great level of interest in our flagship event , with all initial bidders confirmation their candidature . "
Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA.