How FIFA corrupted the World Cup
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- Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2022
- And how Russia and Qatar took advantage of it.
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On December 2, 2010, FIFA announced the 2022 World Cup would take place in a surprising country, Qatar. At that same meeting, they also announced that the 2018 World Cup would take place in Russia. These selections set off a new chapter in FIFA’s history, one where the public would have a greater sense on how bribery and corruption have a huge role in who gets to host this international sporting event.
The last 14 World Cup locations were decided by a group of 24 powerful men within FIFA called the executive committee. Their votes meant a lot to bidding nations and allegations on bidders bribing members of the committee lingered for decades. These allegations reached a new level when criminal investigations were launched nearly five years after that FIFA announcement. The fallout of these investigations nearly broke FIFA and tainted the World Cup.
Watch the latest episode of Vox Atlas to understand how FIFA corrupted the World Cup host selection process.
Sources:
We found this book written and edited by dozens of football experts very helpful for understanding the financial history of FIFA and the World Cup:
The Business of the FIFA World Cup edited by Simon Chadwick, Paul Widdop, Christos Anagnostopoulos, Daniel Parnell
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e...
We used this research article to create charts showing the World Cup’s financial success in it’s early days:
Financing World Football. A Business History of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) by Heidrun Homburg
www.jstor.org/stable/40696431
This book by one of our experts in the video is a great primer to understanding how both Russia and Qatar won their World Cup bids in 2010:
Whatever It Takes: The Inside Story of the FIFA Way by Bonita Mersiades
www.fairplaypublishing.com.au...
We used these FIFA financial reports to determine World Cup revenue since 2002:
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This table helped us keep track of the number of votes each bid winner received:
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We based our promised stadium maps off locations listed in these bid evaluations:
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For more context on why football is important to the Middle East, we recommending checking out this book:
Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and The Beautiful Game by Abdullah Al-Arian
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/...
Lets be real, when someone says "Lobbying" it usually means bribing... especially when we are talking about politicians.
politicians and global corporations play a different game than the rest of us... Superbowl, FIFA, UFC, F1, owning a sports team, Media broadcasts, weapon manufacturing, and individual influencers are shopping baskets for them. However, sporting decision doesn't have any impact on ordinary citizens, however, things like media and weapon manufacturing do.
No, it's only referred to as "bribery", when it happens in the Global South.
In the Global North, it's lobbying.
lobbying is just legal bribing
Qatar learned Lobbying from the US politicians.
@@jesusofnazareth3507 They didn't learn it from anyone. They'd do it regardless of what the US does.
For FIFA it's NOT about the sport. It's about making money and filling their pockets.
but for us Football fans it really doesn't matter where it's going to be held,
@@Pfyzer that's why they get away with the corruption
Isn’t that what the whole is doing 🤔
EA approves.
@@Fischerrrrrrrr i think hes talking abt football, like the american one
“Lobbying” was a term created for no purpose other than normalizing bribery.
Yep, #1 issue with many political systems
Good way to put it
Germany
Israel is no 1 in lobbying
All countries have this issue. Also why no country outlaws it. They all take about “change” and “fixing corruption” but they won’t make it illegal to accept bribes.
I feel that every person in power is corrupt wether it be in a sporting event or in a political sense
There are exceptions.
So if you have power, will you be corrupted as well?
Or are you suddenly an exception?
This is hasty overgeneralization. Yes, corruption is widespread but it's not the case for every leader, lawmaker, or politician to have ever lived.
This is the dumbest take I've ever heard. Learn to think logically mate.
i feel that you dont know anything about politics or corruption
I really appreciate Vox calling the game 'football' instead of 'soccer'!
I know right!
and temperature in Celsius
Thats your only POINT??? THe fifa is corrupt and youre probably a soccer fan. TRASH if thats all you focused on.
Yeah they value science and non-retardnesss more than patriotism and tradition I guess
I was smiling from ear to ear
The Australian taxpayers are still waiting for the return of $50million from FIFA, considering there was zero chance Australia could actually win the bid.
Man, I'm so sorry for you. A world cup down under would have been so great. Aussies brought so much positive energy in all games I've seen.
if you don't believe your own country to win, then it shalt not
@@Pfyzer They didn't say that they didn't believe in their country to win, they meant that they didn't believe in FIFA to deliver a fair result. I'm from the UK and we had exactly the same problem with our 2018 bid.
@@Pfyzer This is an embarrassing comment.
Didn't you win Olympics in Brisbane?
A lot of people and apparently Vox have forgotten that Mexico, who is in North America and not South America, hosted the world cup twice in 1970 and 1986. Which would mean that the first time Fifa hosted the world cup outside of South America and Europe was in 1970.
The West, the West... anything that does not suit the West is bad, corrupt etc. We have sanctions against any non-European country that does not tow the line.
I want to believe that Vox is referring to the Americas in general.
@@georgiosioannispappas6311 in the video they say that they began to accept bids outside of Europe and South America, with the 1994 and 2002. And if they were talking about the Americas in general then the US has to be put in that category as well.
Mexico is Central America
@@martyfleckson3104 you obviously failed geography. México is in North America, go ahead and look it up because it is the only way you would believe me. By the way, the countries we say are located in central America are actually still in North America. Because Central America is not a continent.
I find it funny how they just admitted that literally every world cup bid since the beginning had been illicit but still kept on talking about only Russia and Qatar :3
True. Football is not even that popular in USA but they wanted to be involved and control everything.
Yes because Qatar against the 'country' that shall not be named
Yeah they only noticed this time 😂
This is western's hypocrisy in glory.
Yes, double standards nothing new.
Great example for how power and lots of money ALWAYS corrupt people.
So if it was held in west then it wouldn't be called as corruption. But since its against in the interest of US its corruption?
I am still looking for Saddam's WMD's.
It’s more like people corrupt power and money it’s not the money and power forcing them to become corrupt. They’re just disgusting people
Power and money reveal. If the people turn out corrupt, then they always were, they just couldn't afford to show it.
Money just shows ppl true colors, that’s it
Qatar was actually colonized by the British. Qataris were brutally suppressed every time they wanted freedom. Their resources were plundered. To this day, no apology has been issued.
This was an absolutely fascinating breakdown of FIFA, I knew it was corrupt but this is on a whole other level.
you all have no one but yourselves to blame for blindly supporting every bread and circus crumb the elites allow you
@@MajorMlgNoob Thank you for the hint! Really appreciate your advise to watch this series! Just found it and looking forward to watch it asap!
Somehow everyone became so bothered about when the Cup went to Qatar. Quite hypocritical actually. All this silly noise with armbands etc is designed to just hold back the up-and-coming nations, not mich different from Britain and other colonial powers trying to hold Germany back before WW1.
@@JN-wr9he facts they don't like the idea of middle eastern and religious countries hosting it however it is interesting how qatar do stand up to the critics from the west.
802 likes and 5 comment? Lemme fix that :)
Anywhere there's alot of money there is corruption somewhere
like fr every country is corrupt some are just more secretive about it
@@ro21cy the more sophisticated, a country is the better they can hide it, and the more they blame other people for the wrongdoings
This was something made blatant to me when Rio/brazil won the bid for the Olympics for 2016 and the world cup in 2014. A city and country notorious for decimating human rights. They destroyed entire favelas for stadiums without any new emergency housing construction and now their stadiums are literally derelict. Considering the Olympics IOC is also an organisation based in Switzerland and it works eerily similar to the FIFA exec board. Corruption in sport is blatant.
Wasn’t Brazil the only host after Colombia withdrew?
First rule of Western media: If it’s not Russia, China or Middle Eastern, then it's ok
The media criticized the Brazil hosting the games, what are you talking about. Even in this video they allege that Germany hosting the world cup was due to corruption. They are criticizing everything. What makes this hypocritical?
The head of Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil went to jail here in Brazil. But the "decimating human rights" was not even close to what happened in Qatar.
@@FallenLight0 my guy what is this what aboutism. We aren't seeing who is the worst at disobeying human rights 😂
This goes into the history of FIFA better than FIFA's own United Passion.
The 2026 FIFA world cup will be held in the US. The same US that ended thousands of Children's future in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan.
And will keep calling is the S word
@@jesusofnazareth3507 every county has killed people to get in the place they are now
Unsurprisingly
@@jesusofnazareth3507, shut up, Jesus.
Very strange to not even mention 2014 cup here in Brazil... altough I can imagine it would derail the conversation to other topics equally bad, like useless infrastructure abandoned after the event or forcefully moving away communities to build stadiums. Not to mention that we're in a very hot time politically over here
A lot of that was covered by Olympics reports
I’m pretty sure they have a video on the 2014 World Cup alone
2014 world cup most likely Brazilian Government have more corruption then Fifa itself
When was Brazil ever NOT in a hot time politically?
Because no other country put a bid in for 2014, so there was no bribing required
They don't just corrupt the event, but also the matches. As long as their pockets are lined they will continue this shameless practice.
I feel real sorry for Ronaldo
@@uki5259 why
100% agreed
@@enchantedsooya because fifa corrupted the 2022 tournament for Argentina to win
cut back on the copium bruh
In 2026 it will be in the US, does that mean that there was honesty in that choice? No corruptions for being in the US?
There will be "no corruption" in Fifa decision for chosing US for the 2026 world cup 😁. Imma bet the western media will try justify the US's host in 2026 world cup to be fair and share with zero corruption at all
Corruption has always been a feature not a bug in this system. Has there ever been a time when FIFA has not been accused of corrupt practices?
you all have no one but yourselves to blame for blindly supporting every bread and circus crumb the elites allow you
Maybe it was but a really loooong time ago. 😅😁
Yes, but when it involves Russia its worse apparently 🤣
The US never corrupted anything🤞
back before WW2
@@FSUSean2112not even then 1930 Uruguay was accused of stealing hosting rights from England and they were also accused of forcing Argentine players to lose on purpose. 1934 Italy was accused of cheating their way to win the World Cup.
I think the public were willing to overlook Russia as they have a healthy domestic league with good teams that can compete in Europe, a real football culture, and a strong international team with some well known players who play for prestigious clubs. Just from a football perspective, it makes sense that Russia could host a World Cup.
Qatar being awarded the World Cup is just so obviously ridiculous on its face, even to people unaware of the backdoor shenanigans.
It's also worth remembering that in 2010 when the WC was awarded to Russia, there were no glaring issues, they didn't invade Crimea until 2014 for example, and Russia appeared to be progressing and becoming less authoritarian, so people were more willing to accept it. That isn't the case with Qatar, FIFA has no excuse for that.
@@zaphod4245 so Putin is ok with you? And you know the world cup took place in 2018 and so the 2014 invasion is somehow excused? Hypocrisy at its best.
@@miss42310 bro read properly he said from the perspective of someone in 2010 and after a place for the cup is chosen IT CANNOT BE CHANged.
@@miss42310 nah bro back in 2010 Russia was a pretty good country for europe so it wasn't that bad but imagine the surprise of the citizens who at the time probably would have never hear of Qatar their entire lives. They must have been shocked.
@@miss42310 “so Putin is ok with you?” ..he didn’t.. write that?
2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 were shady as well. They even investigated against Franz Beckenbauer for the World Cup in Germany. "mysteriously" nothing came out of it and now he is too sick for a year long trial anyways
You said it only now. It happens for a long time. Mainly the players that are connected with all kinds of messed up things. The Brazilian 2014 world cup was one of the most corrupt. Panis et circenses. It is all a big show for the herd.
Don't forget, FIFA has the tax status of a "Verein" (Association) in Switzerland which means they get taxed like a local jodel club, 4.25% tax rate on the federal, 4% on the cantonal level.
If you have a problem with that, I would mind FIFA and UEFA paying 4.25% tax in my country.
@@RedStarKB don't worry, the next country over will take only 3%. And the next 2.5%. And another one even less. Let's race to the bottom faster!
Isn't fifa registered as a non profit. I think they've literally never had to pay taxes to the country hosting the wc
The IOC is the same it's a registered Swiss association.
I don't think you can show Beckham as a booster of England anymore, he's owned and operated by Qatar now.
Oh shut up
Similarly for Australia Tim Cahill is also owned by the highest bidder and in this case it has been Qatar. He was trying to encourage Australians to go over to Qatar to support our team.
How so? Idk.
@@Aussie-boi showing support to AU? chad move
@@Michaelengelmannhe was hired to do several promotional fluff pieces for qatar
Its called the world cup, it should be played in different countries not the same countries....
Facts
Funny how Russia and Qatar are the only countries talked about when corruption in fifa is talked about I get it it’s basically the popular thing rn to hate on those two countries but come on did we really forget about 2002
What happened in 2002?
At least in 2002, the World Cup was held into two western-like democratic states. In the past two World Cups, this hasn't been the case.
@@georgiosioannispappas6311 yet western countries are the biggest terrorists the world has ever seen, so where is this double standard coming from?
@@georgiosioannispappas6311 Lol, why the World Cup should take place into "western-like" states?
@@xBornChampionx Worker’s abuse in Qatar and Russians being suppressed in Russia.
Now if only we could get sports fans to care more about the political consequences than their enjoyment of sports, as this whole system has gone off the rails. I feel the same way about the Olympics. We spend so much money internationally on these things, and nations do this for political capital, with a willingness to take major fiscal losses.
Boo keep your hypocrisy and politics to yourself
is the usa or France any better ? two imperialist lying countries , the truth is :no country in this world is morale or clean
@@mochalo4912 That's right! Not to mention "a major country"'s intervene in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, led to over 7000 of civilians death in Iraq in the name of finding "a weapon of mass destruction" which they didn't find any after aerial bombing the whole country of Iraq~ Calling for human rights and justice
Are you guys saying these things like it counters anything I am saying? I am not saying that America is all-deserving of, anything. I'm not American on top of that.
Just because no nation is perfect that means that this unusually high level of corruption is okay? Laws are neat in your mind. I don't expect host nations to be perfect, far from it. I think it reasonable to set a base level of "well that's too much corruption", but hey, defend wrongdoings because America went to war in Iraq... Absolute top notch logic 🤦🏼♂️
Idc about fiscal losses, the cost on the climate for a useless prestige program however…
Sepp Blatter and his crew. Those people should be jailed, but instead they used their bribe money to eventually sweep their scandals under the Fifa rug and avoid any harsh punishment.
That’s what Maradona has been saying for a long time, now ppl are starting to recognize.
Every major organisation is full of corruption. Read about Unesco and Audrey Azoulay for example. Or the UN. All the same.
If england and us ware picked, then fifa is not corrupted, right
No 1 US sponsor channel
I still absolutely love Sepp Blatter's face being thumped with wads of cash.😂
How USA corrupted FIFA. ...slowly, FIFA will make changes that favor the USA...
With respect to your research, i can say two things with high certainty: 1 it's because of the money. 2 look into f1, Olympics, or ANY organization. Our downfall is our greed.
but does it affect ordinary watchers?
"For the love of money is the root of all evil"
sure, but FIFA is much, much more corrupt than even the Olympics or the NFL or whatever. it's been very well-documented.
out of curiosity when was the last time you at IOC's process? 20 years ago?
Its our fault, fans, that these things happens
Fifa will not be called corrupt if wc was held in europe and america
Why don't you talk about the first time when Italy hosted the world cup under the pressure of their government before the second world war and they paid money to the referee 😊
Because that's so obvious. Everyone already knows it's rigged
Because they’re arrogant they cant bare the thought of a middle eastern country hosting a sporting event
Because they’re arrogant they cant bare the thought of a middle eastern country hosting a sporting event
I hope Vox should also make a video about the corruption on the Olympics as well.
sure, but they'll do it when the Olympics are happening. also it's not anywhere close to being as corrupt as FIFA.
Ye North Korea wasn’t too bad of a olympics
Yeah they'll do if it is hosted by a muslim country
They will... When it's a muslim country
@@FS-me8mj no
FIFA President even said recently that he is open to the idea of North Korea hosting a World Cup.
This would legit be the funniest thing ever for me
Finaly, north korea can use that 200.000 stadium for something then cannobal execution
Would depend if North Korea had enough money to bribe
@@asha8443 they could donate a nuke to them
This is misinformation... the FIFA President has submitted the idea of an organization with North and South Korea to unite the countries under the emblem of football.
It is disgusting of just how much power a bunch of football nerds was able to acquire and how much they’ve abused it since
Nerds? they are out there making money whilst you sit here and comment on a dying channel.
who is really the "nerd" here really?
@@OedipusVonFaustthe football nerds
@@OedipusVonFaust the football nerds
@@OedipusVonFaust why are you in such a rush to defend a bunch of corrupt millionaires
@@OedipusVonFaust the football nerds
To be honest Qatar has been one of the most fun to watch world cups in 2000's
Why?
@@MrBeklager Upsets on upsets
@@pedrosalazar6310 nah 2010 was the best so far,
Followed by 2014 and then 2002
@@work90 I never said this World Cup was the best or better than any other previous World Cups. I just stated why the original commenter said this has been one of the most fun World Cups
Yeah, thanks to the teams in it
Why Brazil's Cup wasn't mentioned? We built a lot of stadiums that there is no team to maintain it and was one of the most expensive WC in history.
Thats what I thought! I guess it because LULA was in chage and the world press dont want to expose him right now
Just curious. But doesnt FIFA provide funds for stadium building/preparation?
Of course not. But Brazil decided to build these stadiums far away (Amazon, West, etc) to show the entire country to the world. It's like the US deciding that Alaska should host a game in the 2026 WC. Total absurd.
How much exactly
FIFA Declared that 2014 be a South American Tournament so only those nations could bid and in the end it was just Brazil who had their bid so no need to buy votes when Brazil was the only candidate
1:25 "How did FIFA go from organizing one of the most beloved sporting events in the world ...to corrupting it?" I can tell you in ONE WORD!
GREED
they def watched Gordon Gekko's speech
The same thing could be said about any government in the world
yeah basically money
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
It’s hard to put into words just how much of a disservice it is, to the billions of football fans around the world, that the sports largest governing body is so incredibly corrupt. It’s a total racket.
no
Besides the corruption Let's also not forget what fifa has done for the Football, help the poor country's like mine i live in mauritania and without the fifa's donation we wouldn't have any pitch or a Football team. back then the players weren't even getting a salary and now every mauritanian footballer owna house and a car and a good salary all this because of the fifa's donation as they did to many other country's
Depending on foreign aid from FIFA doesn't help your country. You black people still depend on the white man aid instead of seeking true independence yourself. Your presidents are corrupted and take all the money that supposed to go through sports etc. Wake up!
You are an "Apologist"
What's next? Are corporations going to be allowed to make bids?
"The 2026 World Cup will be hosted by Amazon"
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I assume you say it half joking, but I can actually see such thing happening.
Please delete this comment. This is inception level
underrated
Hosted by facebook in metaverse would be better
considering Amazon kinda is global, I feel like they'd do a better job than Fifa themselves (I might be wrong though)
This and Johnny Harris video explain the situation really well. Glad this topic is covered more.
Literally worst video about this tragedy that dude is so in love with himself lol
no, the good ones are by tifo and HITC sevens, two channels that acutally understand football and go in depth on the issue for a couple of hours truly exploring the topic instead of 10 minutes of infographics and buzzwords.
I think John Oliver did it better
Tifo >>>
@@1998Cebola this
That corruption leads to the best and safest WC ever 😂 congratulations to Qatar 🇶🇦
Bro ur wrong, thousands of workers literally😊 died building stadiums that are now abandoned since the World Cup is over and no one watches Qatari Football
@@cac1455i mean, workers dying isn’t nothing new, it’s been a problem for world cup hosts since 2010. since qatar has also banned alcohol from the events, there was also a lot less violence during the world cup
Qatar wc was one of the best tbh
the best. not one of best
Just because FIFA took the bribes, is no excuse for countries like The USA, France, and The UK, to accept the invitation to play. If the developed world was as outraged by the corruption as they pretended to be, they would simply not go. Their presence at this event speaks volumes. The corruption is accepted, if not endorsed by all countries attending.
Exactly
Thing about UK is that it's made up of 4 national teams, Wales obviously wouldn't deny the chance to go to the world cup because of the 64 year wait, England on other hand could of
I tend to think the same, bu this is all way too complex for a country to decide... is like boycottig Olympics.
Most players, for example, would go no matter what... they whole careers depend on this sort of things.
And this is why being corrupt in this sort of organizations is so miserable....
Qatar has a lot of investment in all the of the countries mentioned, Do you really think Western politicians will bite the hand that feeds?
@@AshrakAhmed absolutely not. That is why I say the aforementioned countries are complicit in the corruption.
Was waiting for VOX video on the controversy and here it is 👍🏻
Just finding this page and might be one of my new faves
So for USA 2026 its not corruption 😂i see
Why would it be
The fact that only a couple of dozen people get to decide where the tournament is held is what leads to the situation.
Lol when you realize literally every world cup was corrupt and not voted for at all 🤗😂
Thank you guys for the likes etc, I wasn't really expecting anything my comment, it goes to show how strong people's thoughts are on corruption 👍
How USA corrupted FIFA. ...slowly, FIFA will make changes that favor the USA...
But people are angry at Qatar suddenly
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9718 The media pick and choose what they want people to consume hence why people have only started to hate on Quatar and not the previous countries. It's annoying.
every single one!
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9718 this
Today i felt i was watching a movie script .. Argentina vs France
That’s ridiculous and what you think the players are all in on it😂😂😂
You are one of them conspiracy theorists 😂😂😂 what a freak
@@bluecloudd4144 Referees, fundamental decisions around the match.. You can actually really influence it to an extent
@@ritagmarinhofrance got 2 penalties
@@YeTism Still so obvious Argentina and Netherlands penalties and France another penalties not a coincidence all programmed
As usual, Vox has beautifully summarised the situation.
They copied Johnny Harris who did a much better in depth version over two weeks ago…
@@scottbeaulieu8192 didn't Johnny Harris use to work for Vox?
@@scottbeaulieu8192 Johnny Harris video is too long. He made two videos totalling 50 mins. Vox summarized it neatly
@@jeep0 just say you like simple things
@@scottbeaulieu8192 Quite agree. Jhonny Harris covered the Qatar situation extremely well. Amazing journalism.
"Today I feel hypocritical"
- Gianni Infantino
man woke up and choose violence
You can't spell his name without "infant".
At this point, that's the reason why I don't trust him.
@@jyhan1q94 he's not that bad
this is what happens when one organisation has a monopoly on something this lucrative. It's why the super league should've happened. A competing organisation is a must. Now it unfortunately will never happen.
what ever you say, Fifa WC 22 was the best worldcup ever organized.
As a South African, the 2010 was a hard loss for the country's economy.
Brazil also feels with you
Nobody cares about that, since there is no accountability on anyone’s part for the after-effects.
@@scrambaba I don't know about South Africa but Brazil definitely cared lol
@@ghosty0612 Right, I meant more that nobody cares at the time the palms are greased and the decisions are made. The losses and harm suffered as a consequence do make people who care about such things angry, I agree. The crooks almost never pay the price, nor do the greedy organizers who are driven by money and power as well.
@@ghosty0612 But whole world knew about Brazil culture after that, just bad accountants
FIFA hosts world cup in a non-western country: the entire western world suddenly realizes fifa is corrupt
If that’s true, then they should’ve realized that back in 2018.
We blame FIFA for corruption for decades. I never forget World Cup 2002 South Korea Vs Italy.
It’s really wrong; yet I imagine that if I was in the same spot as the EXCO members and had a 5 million dollar check sitting right in front of me, I’d think about all the ways the world is unjust, and cash that check. There’s shadiness everywhere, and it’s hard to make it in this world. Sometimes the cards play right into your hands, but more often than not, they don’t. I would have taken it too. Just a thought.
Nah dude , it’s the principles. Those corrupted EXCO have no proper principles to live the life no matter how unjust the world is. If they are a good man, they wouldn’t bend to that. Not to mention as someone who’s sitting at one of the most powerful positions, the proper principles are more important for them, yet they bent.
The funny thing is that they call themselves a “non-profit organization”
Netflix released a documentary on FIFA too. You should watch it for in depth info on the level of corruption it brought to football.
Whats the title?
@@martogambir FIFA Uncovered. ⚽
@@specsli8931 take Politcal Science... it'll uncover a lot of things and why FIFA is like this
Many channels coordinated a same timed attack. Love it when they expose themselves
@@GEliteG There's also a similar documentary released last year, available on HBO Max, called The Man Who Sold the World Cup. ⚽💵
It's definitely a hot topic!
Thanks for the use of football and Celsius! As a European I truly appreciate it!
I call it soccer and I'm not from the America. Only Europe calls it football. In rest of the world it's called soccer.
@Achyuth Thouta no, only people who haven't been influenced by America do. Imagine your country/continent invents a sport, another country changes the name of that sport, has no further interest in it, then the rest of the world is just like "sounds good to me". Oh, and it's called football bc you use your feet, it's not rocket science
@@achyuththouta6957 uy from Africa?
Nobody asked
@@14hm83 iladies did
They basically gave the World Cup to Argentina
9th month of deadbabynaldo fans crying
No
@@alan82777 no
It's only corrupted when it's the Russians and Arab's turn 😂😂😂😂😂😂 yeah they were angels before these two editions
Questions people don't ask when it comes to hosting a World
1. If your country is in debt why would you say you want to host the world cup
2. If you previously hosted a World Cup and did not generate Revenue to stimulate your country's economy why would you be giving the opportunity again
3 what specific criteria did they need to host the World Cup other than winning the favor of the members of the board
Public sports events never generate profits for the countries. The Olympics are always a huge loss.
It’s more about the soft power you gain. The whole world looks at your country.
1) The WC brings in tourists who also travel around the country, generating more views and word of mouth experiences. This is what brings in the revenue.
3) The main thing you need is to be able to sure you have or are willing to build the infrastructure necessary to allow the games to go smoothly.
@@lunayen it's all about playing the long game and if you think about it the temporary stimulation of the economy is a short fix and won't have long lasting effect
Almost every country is in debt - especially all the big countries with big football culture.
@@nehalilisays yes there is a great deal of countries in debt but from a logical standpoint if you're in a bad financial position you should not be living outside your means. If you can't invest in your people you should not be investing in the World Cup especially since it's not going to generate more income than you're going to spend
Very well made and explained. Thank you
"Football has now such a following that no government can afford to ignore it."
Indian government: "Allow me to introduce myself"
India focused more on cricket rather than football
So the US lost the bit and the fbi launched an investigation 😂😂😂
Couldn't help but think of the similarities between FIFA and the U.S. congress with its "lobbyists"
At least the Senate isn’t the only chamber with the power to pass legislation. And I do believe that this sort of lobbying will inevitably be common to all countries that aren’t either direct democracies or absolute monarchies or dictatorships.
Bullseye Steven!.
When FIFA does it, it's "corruption".
When US congress & democrat politicians do it, it's "democracy in action" lol
U.S is just salty cuz Qatar is lucky to have massive oil reserve, envy at play here
Qatar bribed FIFA.
@@aycc-nbh7289 the senate can’t pass anything without it going through congress so you should of used congress as an example not the senate
Funny how when Germany does it, it barely has a reaction, but when Qatar or Russia do it, everyone loses their mind.
Probably because workers in Qatar and unpopular opinions on Russia
Because Hollywood tells me they are evil
@@joccerca9051
What about workers in Qatar?
@@haneef4189 They are saying that workers are being mistreated because of Qatari law and workers dying making the stadiums for the world cup
There was quite a reaction in the media here in Germany, a big public discussion and people involved were disgraced publicly
whether you like it or not, Qatar 2022 was the best ever
🤣
Only the final
qatar getting booted from the group stage was simply beautiful. absolute joke of a national team that was only accepted for the sake of 2022. back to irrelevance and flopping they go
They were the Worst Team 😂
Why 2014 Brazil bid was skipped? Nothing shady in that one?
Western Nations need to be friends to with Brazil?
@@lamchunting856 Brazil is a western Nation.
They skipped the explanation that FIFA used to have a rule of one conferderation allow to bid in a World cup for 2010 and 2014. That's why Brazil won the hosting right since no other South American wants to host for 2014
I'd like an explanation video on the FBI's international powers, because you hear in this video of them accusing and arresting FIFA people, but how do they have the jurisdiction to do that? Unless this is a different "FBI" at work here?
Earth is Americas jurisdiction
when the US Government wants you, there is no Jurisdiction.
The FBI was pretty involved in the impeachment of President Dilma in Brasil and operation Lava Jato
They act like the CIA
The bribe-taking and bribe-giving I think happened in New York City. Under Interpol rules, if a crime happens in U.S. territory and there is strong evidence--video evidence, witness evidence, etc.--showing said crimes occurred within the U.S., then the FBI and other U.S. authorities can then call for those alleged criminals to be hailed back to the U.S. to be tried in U.S. courts. All signatories to Interpol are allowed this privilege. So if criminals commit crimes on Swiss soil, and those criminals then escape to the U.S., then Swiss police authorities can demand that the U.S. hail those criminals and send them to Switzerland to bring them to justice in Swiss courts.
If I remember correctly, some of the deals involved were done through US banks and one of the big players at the time was Chuck Blazer.
I know I'm told to hate Qatar, but the 2022 World Cup was the greatest World Cup I had the pleasure of spectating in my entire life. All that corruption and whatnot, but I can't deny my fond memories of the event
You're not told to hate anything here. You're just given the facts, do as you will with them
2022 was best WC ever. Anyone would prefer WC in Qatar and Russia rather than USA .
It’s not safe in the USA. Let alone Mexico
So the Usa 2026 bid was fair and honest ??
Of course not, no bid is. It can't be, if someone is going to win. But your whataboutism doesn't change what has been happening for decades. This is a FIFA corruption problem, first and foremost. Try to stay on topic.
@@PaulGuy How is it whataboutism that your country is as corrupt as those you accuse it of? When will you clean house?
We all know FIFA is corrupt, but pointing out single countries for it is ludicrous
Yes.
Of course it wasn't! Vox is a US media company so they will just say we are the civilized people who won't bribe FIFA and won the bid with honor lol
thats the purpose of video. To justify and glroify USAs bid
Wow amazing video! Clear and concise, straight to the point. Much better than the many other videos about this topic that is twice as long just coz
Far away of the point.
1. There are no evidence that Qatar paid for votes, it's all rumours
2. After WC 1994 there where votes to organize soon a new WC in the USA. Strange that only 2006, 2010, 2018 and 2022
3. Chuck Blazer
4. Missing the corruption about bid 2026
Russia World Cup 2018:- *CORRUPTION*
America World Cup 2026:- *DEMOCRACY*
Apparently, only developed and Western countries get to host the World Cup, right?
The only reason FIFA got exposed is because USA wasn't choosen as a host for 2018 or 2022.
You forgot the Brazil bid which wasn't without problems either and that the vote for 2018 and 2022 was held on the same day which was not common before
They didnt forget, cannot go against your own narrative about the former president Lula and now elected for 3th time. Not to mention the Olympics which was hold in Brazil too. At the time with notices about over billed stadiums in a country with poor public health, schools and infrastructure Ronaldo said " We cannot host a Wold Cup with hospitals". Just the Lula government can make a full documentary.
They only mentioned 2006 and 2010 due to the selection process having bribes
There was 1 candidate for 2014
I would prefer a World Cup in Qatar or Russia than in England any day 🤷🏻♂️
why not England?
England would be much better than Russia but politics aside Qatars stadiums and presentation for 2022 was fantastic
You're not even addressing the bribery around Argentina. They just HAD to win.
You still think Argentina payed refs to win in 2022? Or are you talking about 1978? Or something else? Just curious
@@JP711_ Both are very suspicious.
@@BalboaBaggins 1978 is 100% rigged, but the myth about 2022 being rigged is just pure nonsense.
@@JP711_time to wake up bro and admit it you know it was just look at his head coach rn
6:45 If I remember correctly it wasn't Germany as a country but their football federation, the DFB who did it...
This is mentioned though, earlier in the video. Even so, that money still had to come out of Germany's coffers, so the government is also partially to blame.
@@lunayen The money the DFB has singular control over isn't really.
It wasn't Germany as a country, but their Foreign Minister. It wasn't Germany as a country, but the Parlament. It wasn't Germany as a country, but the Prime minister...... THe money comes from the same place.
@@framegrace1 Which Prime Minister are you talking about?
Actual German here. Blackwater 49 is correct and the commenters insinuating that the money used by the DFB to bribe FIFA officials was tax money or saying that "the money comes from the same place" are embarrassing themselves with their ignorance. If you don't know anything about the facts, why comment at all?
The World Cup isn't corrupt when the host is a western nation but when the countries you don't like get to host it, it becomes corrupt. If you want to have a separate World Cup, maybe you guys should organize your own World Cup filled with your own teams while the "corrupt" countries that are left out host their own World cup.
32 countries play in the World Cup. Europe gets 13 slots, which is almost half of the available slots and half of the number of countries in Europe. Meanwhile, Africa, which has 54 countries (the most in the world), gets just 5 slots. If that isn’t corruption, then tell me what is.
Genocidal maniaca
Fax, 5 in AFC as well, CONCACAF has 4, CONMEBOL has 4 as well
Ur slow
Yee hee I'm a western power, I'll accuse someone of corruption whenever they support Russia and I'll use the media to back my viewpoint.
who is here after Argentina vs Croatia and Argentina awarded free penalty ? Got to love these fixed games . Amazing part is that there are still humans out there that think football matches are not fixed :) I am from Croatia and i know Croatia sold so far 2 games in history of world cups. We even know how much money was given to who and who made the deals .. France vs Croatia semi finals sold to France for 17 million euro and political help for Croatia during our post war time. France vs Croatia finals sold for 32 million euro and back up to entering EU community. My dears the world cup is nothing but a political market . what i find strange is that in 2022 after so many documentaries on how all world cups were fixed people still watch it and think something will change..
Ne bi me cudilo, ali me iskreno zanima odakle ti taj info?
Svaka cast svima govorim kako je utakmica jucer bila namjestena pa dovoljno je Lovrena vidit sto je cinio cijelu utakmicu pogotovo kod 3gola. Znaci nitko me ne moze razuvjerit da nasi bez bitke i puno zutih kartona i prekrsaja mogu onako olako izgubit ako nije u pitanju nesto drugo. Svi pricaju o penalu a to je samo paravan jer mi smo za poraz dobili vise love nego sto bi dobili za pobjedu. Ovo je svjetsko ruganje (nogomet opcenito) i nadam se da ce kad tad istina izac na vidjelo ! Svaka cast mislio sam da sam usamljen u svom razmisljanju.
Te ganamos 3 a 0. No llores.
Mexico is in North America, making it the First Nation outside of Europe and South America to host the World Cup in 1970.
I mean it's still america
also Mexico is so close to south America in football it really shouldn't count
@@artemnoelgames nope
Don't think people would be safe there with their mass $hooting.
@@yeahyeahhhhh698 talking about the US of course
@@lexezlao 😅 great guess
Corruption is everywhere. But why same country who hosted wc before want to host again? And is WC is only for USA and EU??
qatar wc was probably the best
it is best nor probably
The construction workers died
After watching this i am thinking again my Friend's conspiracy theory about Qatar Final between Argentina and France..
You noticed all the penalty’s given to Argentina ? Yellow cards hardly being given to Argentina throughout the tournament ? And Especially the match against The Netherlands where Messi should have got a yellow card for hands-ball and a yellow card for shooting the ball to the Dutch bench (if not red directly) When he cried & complained the referee blew his whistle..
@@warinspruit7428 Facts penalties with the Netherlands and another penalties with France so obvious. They don't even hide it
@@warinspruit7428 exactly, the referee must've been paid millions, such desperate people, sheesh
Would it be helpful if it's based on scoring system instead of just plain vote? And whoever get the highest score will be the host. The score can be divided to different components: Venues, Accommodation, safety & security, prospect ticket sales and sponsors, etc. At the end, all scores must be published. So everyone will know scores for each components. If it's sus, everyone will know about it.
Edit: and also Heatlh component, as well as safety for the workers
If you do that, the WC would be hosted only by a couple countries
@@ravikallan6836 countries that are capable to host without bribery? Sounds ideal
Great idea but i think you should remove safety and prospects ticket sales.
Because that's extremely subjective and hard to measure.
no way a big organisation like FIFA can be so raw and honest
Even then Qatar qualifies in all those categories. It has good infrastructure, great accommodations, and high safety and security.
I don’t think Russia was a bad choice . Hear me out . Bid took place in 2010 before a massive international conflict with Ukraine . Russia has a football culture with a lot of fans and a lot of top1-top2 tier European clubs so it was absolutely reasonable to pick russia at the moment . The woman asked is they are ok with what’s happening now , but like cmon , they cannot predict the future .. WC went great in russia and was one of the most organized WC in this century . Meanwhile Qatar had human rights violation , no football nation , hot weather . In my opinion Russia wasn’t a bad pick , but Qatar was awful
so russia invading ukraine isnt a human right violation
Yes but they did annex Crimea & basically stole the land from them in 2014. Which is what they're currently trying to do to the rest of Ukraine.
@@erinnichinneide5226 But in a 2010 perspective, Russia was a growing country becoming more friendly with the west, and once a country gets the place you can't really take it away therefore the 2018 WC went ahead
Russia in 2010 was led by Medvedev, so it seemed back then Russia was going in a more open direction.
@@erinnichinneide5226 Still, that was 4 years after the bid.
Thank you Vox!
It's interesting to see that, if Russia and Qatar organize the world cup, the system is corrupt...
Isn't it a sporting event that needs to go beyond politics and, if we analyze the case of Qatar, develop the sport in that country. Of course the USA could host a great world cup, but let's not forget the 2nd and 3rd world countries, too...
it is corrupt though. did you just ignore the facts from the video? Qatar doesn't deserve a world cup if they're paying and bribing to do it. especially a country that has no football culture does not need to be hosting a football event when their own people have no interest in football. hosting it in egypt or turkey or morocco for example would all make much more sense because they actually care about football and they even have a chance to get picked without corruption and bribing
Both Russia and Qatar are authoritarian nations which climbed their way via bribes and corruption. The comparison with US 🇺🇲 is nonsensical
To be fair the world cup has never been hosted in the middle east and Russia before. It's a world cup so should be allowed all over the world. England and USA have hosted it already. It can't always go round to the same countries
That's true and Russia was wierd but not the worst. Quatar was strange. I mean nobody is doing football in 50 degrees.
@@doenietzo
Exactly no one is that's what it is in winter time with AC built in stadiums. Today for example during Wales vs England the temperature was 26 degrees outside and 21 degrees inside the stadium
Basically west countries bribing fifa = good, anyone else = bad 👍
Exco? More like ExCONMEN, am I right?
In all seriousness though, this corruption needs to be dealt with. Billions of people watch and play football as part of their life, and FIFA's here throwing it's (and the host of their cup's) reputation in the trash with scandals left and right. At this point, FIFA only exists to benefit the wallets of those in control.
Are they not enjoying it now?
minus the ex as well.
I mean, think about it, does it concern us? It doesn’t effect us at all, for me at the end of the day I’ll be watching the WC on a television on my couche wherever it is held at, football matches will still happen and that’s all that matters, this corruption thing rlly only effect businessmen and other rich ppl, basically rich people problem, for ppl like us it does nothing
@@I_Am_Not_Rayyaan it could effect the fairness of the game let me explain some nations are more corrupt than others and in some nations it would be way easier to get away with doping your players making the playing feild unfair.
@@ahmedzain5720 it could effect the fairness of the game let me explain some nations are more corrupt than others and in some nations it would be way easier to get away with doping your players making the playing feild unfair. I don’t think anyone enjoys a unfair game.
Imagine receiving one million dollar as a bribe only to learn later that another exco member received five million.
EXCO play countries against each other for decades, now Russia play EXCO members against each other.
But south africa and germany both also bribed the fifa officials, and this video didnt focus on them at all negatively. It only focused on qatar and russia negatively due to them not suiting their agenda.
Thats the liberal way
USA: gets picked
this video: never exists
USA got picked and this video still exists!
@@phoenix5054 bro? He said 2018 and 2022 like what are you on
@@MonkeSquid69 Canada, USA and Mexico will host 2026 FIFA World Cup. Also US did host the 1994 World Cup.
@@phoenix5054 So they bought it
Yeah american media just hypocrasy