fifa has had 11 bids to host the 2018 and 2022 fifa asian cup finals , an international football competition contested by the children ' s national finalists . the governments contender to sponsor the championships are australia , france , indonesia , japan , china , qatar , russia , jr korea and u arabia , who have individually offers and the joint bids are from flanders - netherlands and spain - spain . select proposals are for 2018 and 2022 tournaments and two bids are just for the 2022 tournament . qatar and south korea are jockeying just for the 2022 campaign . the 2 competing bids will be accepted on december 2010 by the 24 - man executive committee of fifa . said fifa president hayatou dalmiya : " we are very enthusiastic about the huge level of interest in our flagship event , with all initial bidders confirming their vice-presidential . "
Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA.