Russia 2018 13 votes
The 2018 World Cup hosts made only a “limited amount” of documents available for review because a number of the computers used by the Russian bid team, which were rented at the time, have been destroyed. Russia attempted to retrieve old emails via a request to Google USA but were unsuccessful. The report states that gifts handed out to executive committee members were of “incidental” value and, along with accommodation costs for executive members and their families, did not violate any rules. There was no evidence of collusion between the Russian and Japanese bids.
Spain/Portugal 2018 7 votes
The joint bid from Iberia is the only one not mentioned in the document.
Holland/Belgium 2018 2 votes
Cleared of any wrongdoing, the Euro 2000 hosts provided “full and valuable cooperation” with the report and the investigatory chamber “did not identify any issues” with their bid.
England 2018 Eliminated round one
Heavily criticised for attempting to woo Jack Warner, then a Fifa executive committee member. Warner “showered” the England bid team with “inappropriate requests” and they reportedly obliged, sponsoring a gala dinner in Trinidad, trying to help an associate of Warner find a job in the UK and providing benefits for a football club he owned in Trinidad. The attempts to indulge the Concacaf president “damaged the integrity” of the process according to the report, which criticised the former FA chairman and bid leader Lord Triesman for not cooperating with the investigation.
Qatar 2022 14 votes
The successful 2022 bidders cooperated fully but the report states that the conduct of two individuals who acted as consultants and advisers to the Gulf state “raised concerns”, characterised by a “lack of transparency”. The role of Mohamed bin Hammam is not linked to the bid, with the former AFC president’s payments to CAF officials described as unrelated to the Qatar team and instead connected to his ambitions to become Fifa president. Bin Hammam’s legal payments to Reynald Temarii, which resulted in the removal of one vote, are also dismissed as having “no direct link” to Qatar 2022. The country’s sponsorship of the 2010 CAF congress in Angola created a “negative impression” while a friendly between Brazil and Argentina in Doha also raised concerns.
USA 2022 8 votes
No evidence that the USA entered into an agreement with another Fifa member association or bid committee, despite pulling out of the 2018 and focusing on the 2022 bid. The American gifts made available to executive members were of “symbolic nature” and not aimed at influencing the bid.
S Korea 2022 Eliminated round three
There existed “potentially problematic facts and circumstances” regarding the idea of a Global Football Fund proposed by Chung Mong-joon, a Fifa executive committee member and honorary president of the Korean FA. The $777m development was linked to the bid but not mentioned in official bid documents, creating “at least the appearance of a conflict or an offer of benefits” to executive members.
Japan 2022 Eliminated round two
The value of gifts handed out by the Japanese bid team ranged from $700 to $2,000 each. Japan “provided full and valuable cooperation” but although Fifa’s executive members denied receiving improper gifts from the bid, the report states those explanations are “troubling”.
Australia 2022 Eliminated round one
Report says Australia did attempt to gain the support of a Fifa executive member. The OFC’s seeking of financial support from Australia also undermined the process’s integrity. Report highlights payments from the Football Federation of Australia to Concacaf which appear “co-mingled with personal funds of the then Concacaf president [Warner]”.
