australia has rejected 11 bids to host the 2018 and 2022 rugby world cup finals , an international futsal championship fought by the people ' s national finalists . the countries eyeing to host the tournament are australia , england , indonesia , japan , germany , qatar , russia , east china and united countries , where have combined bids and the collective bids are from brazil - portugal and italy - portugal . two bids are for 2018 and 2022 tournaments and several bids are just for the 2022 tournament . qatar and south korea are candidates just for the 2022 tournament . the other successful spots will be chosen on december 2010 by the 24 - man executive committee of fifa . said fifa president sepp lennart : " we are very pleased about the fantastic showing of interest in our showcase trophy , with all four bidders proving their endorsed . "
Sepp Blatter is the president of FIFA.