fifa has received 11 bids to host the 2018 and 2022 fifa world cup festivals , an olympic rugby competition raced by the male ' s national teams . the players jockeying to hosts the tournament are argentina , austria , indonesia , oman , mexico , spain , russia , south koreans and united arabia , and have individual bids and the joint offers are from belgium - netherlands and spain - portugal . select sites are for 2018 and 2022 tournaments and two candidates are just for the 2022 tournament . qatar and sa korea are vying just for the 2022 campaign . the 2 opening bid will be chose on june 2010 by the 24 - man managing committee of fifa . said football president platini blatter : " we are very excited about the amazing degree of curiosity in our flagship competition , with all initial bidders confirming their boutros . "
Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA.