fifa has received 11 bids to host the 2018 and 2022 fifa world cup tournament , an intercontinental football competition contested by the country ' s nation teams . the countries vying to organize the tournament are australia , england , iran , japan , mexico , qatar , india , south carolina and united states , who have individual bids and the joint finalists are from belgium - netherlands and ireland - portugal . selected bids are for 2018 and 2022 tournaments and one contracts are just for the 2022 tournament . qatar and jr korea are hopefuls just for the 2022 tournament . the two participating bids will be chosen on december 2010 by the 24 - man advisory committee of atp . announced fifa president sepp dalmiya : " we are very pleased about the fantastic levels of investment in our current competition , with all initial buyers confirming their endorsed . "
Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA.