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Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 2 / Trend /
The world football championship will be held in Russia in 2018 and in Qatar in 2022.
That decision was declared by FIFA after voting in Zurichon Thursday.
Next world championship will be held in Brazil.
England, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands also claimed to host the 2018 World Cup.
FIFA World Cup will for the first time be held not only in Russia, but in Eastern Europe in general. By tradition, the championship hosting country is exempt from the qualifying tournament.
FIFA World Cup, the matches of which take place throughout the month, is the biggest football event conducted every four years. TV audience of the tournament amounts to billions of people.
In 2010 the world championship was held in South African Republic, and the gold medal was gained by the Spaniards, who won Dutch in the final (1:0 after extra time). World Championship 2014 will take place in Brazil.