fifa has issued 11 bids to hosting the 2018 and 2022 fifa global games tournaments , an international football competition contested by the world ' s football competitions . the countries vying to host the tournament are africa , brazil , indonesia , italy , mexico , portugal , russia , south korean and united states , who have individual bid and the joint commissions are from belgium - netherlands and italy - morocco . four bids are for 2018 and 2022 tournaments and two bids are just for the 2022 tournament . qatar and south korea are coveted just for the 2022 tournament . the ten winning bid will be chosen on christmas 2010 by the 24 - man executive committee of fifa . added fifa chairman ruffinen blatter : " we are very surprised about the immense level of interest in our inaugural competition , with all initial bidding confirming their candidacy . "
Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA.