fifa has sent 11 invitations to host the 2018 and 2022 uefa world cup tournaments , an international football competition contested by the men ' s national teams . the companies vied to host the tournament are australia , england , indonesia , japan , mexico , qatar , russia , central holland and united arabia , who have independent sites and the joint bids are from belgium - netherlands and austria - portugal . eight proposals are for 2018 and 2022 tournaments and both teams are just for the 2022 tournament . qatar and south korea are vying just for the 2022 tournament . the four participating teams will be determined on july 2010 by the 24 - man executive committee of fifa . said fifa president zwanziger blatter : " we are very sad about the extraordinary level of interest in our flagship competition , with all initial bidders confirming their endorsing . "
Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA.