2018 World Cup to Russia, 2022 to Qatar

• gorocks99

  

  Coming soon from the FIFA heads will be the announcement of the locations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups - USA is in the running for 2022.
• like_that

  

  Qatar better not get it. They hosted the African Nations Cup (or whatever it is), and apparently he was a complete disaster.
• buck

  espn reported england is out of the running, i am going to say 2018 games go to spain/portugal
• gorocks99

  

  2018 goes to Russia
• buck

  2018 games go to RUSSIA
• like_that

  

  WOW Russia won, and they didn't even show up to give a presentation.
• gorocks99

  

  Has Russia ever hosted? Now they have the Olympics and the WC in the next 10 years.
• buck

  gorocks99;584763 wrote:Has Russia ever hosted? Now they have the Olympics and the WC in the next 10 years.

  
  no, it was the 2nd bid
• gorocks99

  

  In Soviet Russia, ball kicks you
• like_that

  

  Russia doesn't have the olympics?
• buck

  like_that;584769 wrote:Russia doesn't have the olympics?

  
  they have the 2014 winter Olympics
• like_that

  

  Ohhhh, Winter Olympics. I never pay attention to those games, so i wouldn't know. Makes sense now.
• gorocks99

  

  Here we go w/ the 2022 announcement ...
• gorocks99

  

  Qatar. Ghey. That will be an uber disaster.
• buck

  really QATAR?
• like_that

  

  SMH. They haven't even qualified for the World Cup.
• gorocks99

  

  So, South Africa, Brazil, Russia, Qatar. I suppose Haiti and Iraq are the next logic step on FIFA's list?
• wkfan

  like_that;584778 wrote:SMH. They haven't even qualified for the World Cup.

  Well...now they will qualify for the 2022 Cup.
  
  what a load.....
• derek bomar

  

  by the way...got this from a friend...
  
  It is a punishable offence to drink alcohol or be drunk in public in Qatar.
  Offenders may incur a prison sentence or deportation. Alcohol is,
  however, available at licensed hotel restaurants and bars, and
  expatriates living in Qatar can obtain alcohol on a permit system. You
  should not carry alcohol with you, including in your car ...(except to take
  it on the day of collection from the warehouse to your home).
• Laley23

  

  Fuck Sepp Blatter. Eric Wynalda hit the nail on the head twice. First he said:
  "I fear for the USA because Sepp Blatter is riding off into the sunset. This is his final stand, and he wants that Nobel Peace Prize. Bringing the World Cup to Qatar would go a long way towards his legacy."
  
  Then:
  "I'm not even sure if this is about soccer anymore, because Qatar just bought the World Cup."
• gorocks99

  

  I like Bill Simmons' comment:
  
  "Any time you can hold a World Cup in a hot Middle East country that's smaller than Connecticut + has no soccer tradition, you have to do it."
  
  SMH, what insanity is this. It's a traveshamockery.
• gorocks99

  

  We've qualified for at least one World Cup. Automatically more soccer tradition than Qatar.
• Iliketurtles

  

  All I can do is just laugh right now. Qatar is such a fucking joke to host the WC. I mean I'm disappointed like many others that the US didn't get it but they could have given it someone else who actually deserved it.
  
  derek, that is just funny.
• killer_ewok

  

  Horse shit.
• End of Line

  

  Qatar really?