August 25 – All nine nations bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups have confirmed their attendance at Leaders in Football, the world’s most exclusive football business event, taking place for the third time at Chelsea Football Club on October 6 and 7.
With Leaders in Football taking place just eight weeks before the official decision by FIFA’s ruling Executive Committee in Zurich on December 2, it is the perfect opportunity for each bidding nation to influence the key decision-makers in world football.
Australia, England, Japan, Qatar, Russia, South Korea, United States, Holland/Belgium and Spain/Portugal will all be represented to help in their bid to host the world’s greatest sporting event.
With Andy Anson, chief executive of England 2018; Harry Been, chief exeuctive of Belgium/Holland 2018; Sunil Gulati, chairman of USA 2018/2022 World Cup Bid Committee; Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the chairman of Qatar 2022 World Cup Bid, Alexey Sorokin, the chief executive of Russian 2018 World Cup Bid Committee; and the respective Bid Leaders from Japan 2022 World Cup Bid Committee and Korea 2022 World Cup Bid Committee, all confirmed to speak, the day guarantees to offer a fascinating insight into the race for football’s most valuable prize.
With the conference broadcast live all over the world, and with the BBC, Bloomberg, ESPN, BSkyB, ITV, Al Jazeera, ESS and over 100 more media organisations in attendance, the day guarantees to offer a global platform to the bidders in their attempt to win the right to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.
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