fifa has launched 11 bids to host the 2018 and 2022 fifa world cups trials , an intercontinental football competition contested by the men ' s national teams . the states vying to attend the tournament are qatar , england , france , japan , mexico , pakistan , russian , south korea and those state , these have individual contracts and the second bids are from england - portuguese and spain - russia . four bids are for 2018 and 2022 tournaments and two bids are just for the 2022 tournament . qatar and south korea are candidates just for the 2022 title . the two winning bids will be chosen on december 2010 by the 24 - one international panel of fifa . says association chair lennart blatter : " we are very pleased about the high level of interest in our flagship contest , with all initial bidders confirming their candidature . "
Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA.