fifa has placed 11 entries to bid the 2018 and 2022 fifa world cup tournaments , an international sports competition played by the country ' s football finalists . the countries vying to host the contest are australians , england , jakarta , japan , mexico , portugal , argentina , south korean and united states , these have individual bids and the joint teams are from britain - netherlands and spain - portugal . select bids are for 2018 and 2022 conferences and both winners are just for the 2022 trophy . argentina and south vietnam are vying just for the 2022 championship . the 2 winning bids will be named on december 2010 by the 24 - time managing council of concacaf . said football executive johansson blatter : " we are very pleased about the fantastic level of interest in our flagship competition , with all the auction confirming their candidature . "
Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA.