The International Football Federations Thread

[DavidMarrio]

Blatter doing a David Cameron!

If Blatter is Cameron, who becomes Milliband? I can't imagine Figo going "uh" over and over

[Lineker]

Sky sources: FIFA Executive Committee approves 2022 Qatar World Cup Final to be played on December 18th.

Elsewhere, the former head of Russian football says too much is made of racism in the country and has also questioned why monkey chants are assumed to be racist. Russia successfully won the right to host the next World Cup in 2018. Vyacheslav Koloskov, a member of the bid, said: "Monkey chants are believed to be racist. Where is it written?" But Piara Powar, head of campaign group Football Against Racism in Europe, dismissed the claims saying "there is no other meaning of a monkey chant". Earlier this month, the Fare network and the Sova Center highlighted more than 200 cases of discriminatory behaviour linked to Russian football over two seasons.

[MDK]

Great, I can start my monkey chants towards Peter Reid and Gareth Bale again!

[EddieG]

Great, I can start my monkey chants towards Peter Reid and Gareth Bale again!

Not at the World Cup you won't.

[MDK]

Great, I can start my monkey chants towards Peter Reid and Gareth Bale again!

Not at the World Cup you won't.

Clearly. Reid is retired and Bale is Welsh.

[Lineker]

The hosts for the 2026 World Cup will be chosen by the Fifa congress in May 2017, secretary general Jerome Valcke announced on Friday. Confirmed bidders so far include Canada, Mexico and Colombia, while Kazakhstan, Morocco and USA are the other possible bidders named at this moment in time.

[Colly]

If I'm looking at those options I'm definitely thinking Kazakhstan.

[Lineker]

I think after this past AFCON you can rule out Morocco. I'd love another US tournament but you know that if Sepp has anything to do with it, it'll be Kazakhtstan.

[Adam]

US or bust, surely.

It'll definitely end up being Kazakhstan though, or a late entry from the United Arab Emirates.

[DFF]

Do they still have the rule that says that if a country from your continent hosted within the last 2 world cups, you cannot put yourself forward? If so, Kazakhstan are out of the running - they compete in Europe and Russia are hosting 2018.

[stokeriño]

Do they still have the rule that says that if a country from your continent hosted within the last 2 world cups, you cannot put yourself forward? If so, Kazakhstan are out of the running - they compete in Europe and Russia are hosting 2018.

Is it definitely the last *two* World Cups? I ask because Germany hosted 2006 after France had 1998, which would be the same margin between Russia 2018 and a potential Kazakhstan 2026.

[Lineker]

FIFA announced on October 29, 2007 that it will no longer continue with its continental rotation policy, implemented after the 2006 World Cup host selection. The newest host selection policy is that any country may bid for a World Cup, provided that their continental confederation has not hosted either of the previous two World Cups. For the 2026 World Cup, this means that bids from Asia and Europe are not allowed.[3][4]

FIFA formally allowed joint bids once more; they were previously banned in 2002 after the 2002 World Cup, hosted by South Korea and Japan. The reinstated joint bid rule indicates such a bid may have only one organizing committee. The Korea/Japan World Cup bid in 2002 had two different organizing committees.[5]

[DFF]

So Kazahkstan are stumped, as the two previous World Cups will have been from Europe and Asia.

[MDK]

So Kazahkstan are stumped, as the two previous World Cups will have been from Europe and Asia.

Clearly they live in $£land, which isn't a continent.

[Lineker]

David Gill is the new vice-president of FIFA.

[Lineker]

Wales have reached their highest-ever world ranking after climbing to 22nd in the latest standings released by world governing body Fifa. Chris Coleman's side have risen 15 places thanks to their unbeaten start to their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. Scotland are up 10 places to 29th and England - the highest ranked of the home nations - are up three to 14th, with Northern Ireland up one to 42nd. Wales' Euro 2016 qualification rivals Belgium are up to a best-ever third.

Fifa world rankings top 10 - April 2015

1. Germany, 2. Argentina, 3. Belgium, 4. Colombia, 5. Brazil, 6. Netherlands, 7. Portugal, 8. Uruguay, 9. Switzerland, 10. Spain

[Colly]

See Rafa, Brazil are rubbish.

[Rafael]

YOU'RE RUBBISH!

We suck.

[MDK]

Newcastle or Brazil?

[Colly]

Everyone sucks.