Full breakdown of World Cup voting
Reuters - Thursday 02 December 2010, 17:20
ZURICH - Russia and Qatar both led in every
round of voting by the FIFA executive committee which on
Thursday awarded them the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World
Cups respectively.
Russia won an absolute majority on the second round of
voting against European rivals England and the joint-bids of
Netherlands/Belgium and Spain/Portugal. England were eliminated
after the first round with only two votes from the 22-strong
committee.
Qatar led on each of four rounds against their rivals,
finally obtaining an absolute majority in the final round
against the United States, which they won by 14 votes to eight.
Australia went out in the first round, Japan in the second
and South Korea in the third.
Voting figures:
2018 BALLOT
First round:
Russia 9
Spain/Portugal 7
Netherlands/Belgium 4
England 2 (eliminated)
Second round:
Russia 13
Spain/Portugal 7
Netherlands/Belgium 2
2022 BALLOT:
First round
Qatar 11
South Korea 4
Japan 3
U.S. 3
Australia 1 (eliminated)
Second round
Qatar 10
South Korea 5
U.S. 5
Japan 2 (eliminated)
Third round
Qatar 11
U.S. 6
South Korea 5 (eliminated)
Fourth round
Qatar 14
U.S. 8