And the way Russia and Qatar took benefit of it.

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On December 2, 2010, FIFA introduced the 2022 World Cup would happen in a stunning nation, Qatar. At that very same assembly, additionally they introduced that the 2018 World Cup would happen in Russia. These alternatives set off a brand new chapter in FIFA’s historical past, one the place the general public would have a higher sense on how bribery and corruption have an enormous position in who will get to host this worldwide sporting occasion.

The final 14 World Cup areas have been determined by a gaggle of 24 highly effective males inside FIFA referred to as the manager committee. Their votes meant so much to bidding nations and allegations on bidders bribing members of the committee lingered for many years. These allegations reached a brand new degree when legal investigations have been launched almost 5 years after that FIFA announcement. The fallout of those investigations almost broke FIFA and tainted the World Cup.

Watch the most recent episode of Vox Atlas to know how FIFA corrupted the World Cup host choice course of.

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We discovered this ebook written and edited by dozens of soccer consultants very useful for understanding the monetary historical past of FIFA and the World Cup:

The Enterprise of the FIFA World Cup edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Daniel Parnell
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003121794/business-fifa-world-cup-simon-chadwick-paul-widdop-christos-anagnostopoulos-daniel-parnell

We used this analysis article to create charts exhibiting the World Cup’s monetary success in it’s early days:

Financing World Soccer. A Enterprise Historical past of the Fédération Internationale de Soccer Affiliation (FIFA) by Heidrun Homburg
https://www.jstor.org/steady/40696431

This ebook by one among our consultants within the video is a good primer to understanding how each Russia and Qatar gained their World Cup bids in 2010:

No matter It Takes: The Inside Story of the FIFA Means by Bonita Mersiades
https://www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/merchandise/whatever-it-takes-the-inside-story-of-the-fifa-way

We used these FIFA monetary experiences to find out World Cup income since 2002:

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This desk helped us hold monitor of the variety of votes every bid winner obtained:

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We primarily based our promised stadium maps off areas listed in these bid evaluations:

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For extra context on why soccer is necessary to the Center East, we recommending testing this ebook:

Soccer within the Center East: State, Society, and The Lovely Recreation by Abdullah Al-Arian
https://www.hurstpublishers.com/ebook/football-in-the-middle-east/

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