Russian bid personnel celebrate the awarding to Russia the . Football's governing body,  , today announced Russia is to host the , and Qatar is to host the . The decision was made by FIFA's 22 executive members, who conducted a ballot in today. Russia beat England, Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium to host the event in 2018. The Qatar bid was picked ahead of the United States, Australia, Japan, and South Korea to stage the 2022 tournament. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia spoke briefly to react to his country's victory. "You have entrusted us with the FIFA World Cup for 2018 and I can promise, we all can promise, you will never regret it. Let us make history together," he said. Some analysts had suggested that Russia would not win the right to host the tournament, since Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had decided not to travel to Zurich, but remained in Moscow. FIFA President  said of Russia: "I am sure that to organise the World Cup in that region, or that continent, it will do a lot of good for this part of the world."
Russian bid personnel celebrate the awarding to Russia the . Football's governing body, FIFA , today announced Russia is to host the , and Qatar is to host the . The decision was made by FIFA's 22 executive members, who conducted a ballot in today. Russia beat England, Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium to host the event in 2018. The Qatar bid was picked ahead of the United States, Australia, Japan, and South Korea to stage the 2022 tournament. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia spoke briefly to react to his country's victory. "You have entrusted us with the FIFA World Cup for 2018 and I can promise, we all can promise, you will never regret it. Let us make history together," he said. Some analysts had suggested that Russia would not win the right to host the tournament, since Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had decided not to travel to Zurich, but remained in Moscow. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said of Russia: "I am sure that to organise the World Cup in that region, or that continent, it will do a lot of good for this part of the world."
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