[applause]
[whistling and cheering]
[intriguing music playing]
[applause]
[Sepp Blatter in French] Now that you have a new president,
my greatest wish is to unite the family.
It was an election campaign
in which sometimes we played with…
[cheering]
[Blatter] …certain things that were allowed or not allowed.
You know, sometimes on the pitch, we kick, we pull on a shirt.
[crowd groans]
[Blatter] I wouldn't say we tackle from behind
because that one is not allowed anymore.
But more importantly, we now need the unity of football to be upheld.
[supporters chanting]
[Blatter] The big football family, FIFA, will be united going forward.
That is my goal. That's all. Thank you very much.
[applause]
[in French] I don't know whether I should say…
see you again
or goodbye.
[Blatter in English] Then at the sudden, I was president.
And then I have realized the power that…
[Havelange in French] Thanks to you and with you, I learnt to be patient.
I learnt what it is to unite.
[speaking French]
[Blatter] But I was…
I was a little bit surprised myself, the power that I was given.
[in French] See you again, but also goodbye. Thank you.
[applause]
[wind blowing]
[shouting and cheering]
[crowd cheering]
[David Conn] FIFA is really powerful because it's got the World Cup.
And countries fall over themselves to try and host the World Cup in their country.
It gives their country image building
that you just can't achieve with anything else.
[cheering]
[Jérôme Valcke] The World Cup is the only one event in the world
which is broadcasted in the majority of countries.
I don't think you can imagine about something else
bringing one million people in the street.
[cheering]
And the World Cup is the number one way for FIFA to make money.
[cheering]
[Conn] So, because of the power of the biggest football event
around the world every four years
that gives FIFA and the FIFA president real power
and so much leverage over actual countries.
[crowd cheering]
[Conn] But that power is a trap for corruption.
[children shouting]
I started to develop the idea of João Havelange.
He said football shall not only be for Europe and South America,
but all around the world.
So, when I was elected,
I started my, uh… mission.
In 1998, FIFA presented itself as a force for good around the world.
It was doing development programs all around the world.
It was this great global football body
that had nearly every country in the world as part of it.
It was sort of the UN of football.
[distant children shouting]
[Valcke] And that's when the Goal Program started.
[intriguing music playing]
The Goal Project was an idea, an initiative of President Blatter.
[Blatter] The so-called Goal Project,
which is a tailor-made project,
which will go directly to the roots
of those national associations that are really in need.
[David Borja] The first idea was that every country
should have a national headquarters.
And then there was-- $400,000 was the budget for such a project.
[distant shouting]
It was about stadiums.
It was about artificial pitch. It was about educational program.
[in French] For Platini, the Goal Program, he saw it as something that was wonderful
because he was going to distribute money.
And for him, it was the politics of football
that he had dreamed about.
As for everything that happened behind the scenes,
things that were less glorious and even a bit shady,
Platini didn't want to hear about that.
There's a lot of stories that money went to associations
and then what was supposed to be built wasn't built
and that money maybe went missing.
[reporter] This building was meant to be the hub for football activities in Kenya.
[chickens clucking]
These chicken are entering what was meant to be the main conference hall,
complete with a kitchen, but they are now calling it home.
It is one of the projects which were funded
by the world governing body, FIFA,
to the tune of 35 million shillings.
Currently, the silence is loud.
[man in French] Corruption is rampant when you're dealing with poor countries
and when people can't make ends meet.
And the unfortunate thing was they, FIFA, didn't ask for reports or evidence,
which meant that no one knew what happened to the money.
[Valcke, in English] When FIFA started to describe itself as a bank…
And it was a bank. FIFA was the bank for the member associations, in a way.
Yeah, for sure, you create… you create some issues.
[dramatic music playing]
[Conn] This is meant to be the core of what FIFA's about,
and we have to recognize that the game does hugely expand
and also become much, much more lucrative.
There is a legacy of development from Sepp Blatter's presidency.
And those were the promises that he'd made that had got him the vote
in the election of the FIFA president.
[in French] How many players come from the African continent?
How many players from the Caribbean?
How many players from Asia?
This is how you have to see the future of football.
The future of football must remain this great expression of hope
for youngsters around the world.
[applause]
[Valcke, in English] That's where he got this strong base of countries saying,
"We know that we can trust him."
But then there's the cynical view that it's a political organization
and you know that if you make sure the money keeps flowing,
that's what's gonna win you the votes.
[Blatter] Not only the participants in the World Cup
shall benefit of the income of this competition,
but the whole FIFA family will be directly affected
to the development programs,
going back to you, national associations,
and going also back to you, the confederations.
[Conn] It was in Sepp Blatter's first term
that one of the monumental issues happens,
which is the collapse
of International Sport and Leisure, ISL, in 2001.
The company that had originally been set up by Adidas owner Horst Dassler
to buy up marketing rights,
television rights,
and the sponsorship rights
and sell them around the world
had this almighty financial collapse.
[Valcke] FIFA lost everything.
I mean, they lost their bank. ISL were the bank.
[Ken Bensinger] When that money stopped coming through,
there was no quick remedy to it.
There's a huge mess left behind,
and it's a mess that has both economic,
um, and political consequences for FIFA.
FIFA were dependent on ISL for all this money that they needed
to make sure that all the different mouths were fed.
And they suddenly have, like, an urgent financial crisis.
And it has to fix this very quickly.
The most powerful man in world football is facing a battle to keep his job.
Sepp Blatter…
[reporter] Sepp Blatter is facing a series of questions
which read more like allegations concerning his judgment,
even his integrity, in dealing with the firm ISL.
[Guido Tognoni] Blatter had wanted to hide,
and they could hide it for a certain while.
And then a certain avalanche started to…
to roll against FIFA.
[dramatic music playing]
[inaudible conversation]
[Conn] Michel Zen-Ruffinen was a Swiss lawyer.
[applause]
[Conn] And when Blatter won the '98 election,
he promoted Zen-Ruffinen
to be the secretary general of FIFA.
But in 2002,
he started to ask some questions.
He had compiled a document
which he said showed mismanagement on a huge scale
under the Blatter presidency.
[Tognoni] I still remember how we opposed Sepp Blatter.
It was unique. It was like a Fellini movie. It was unbelievable.
[camera shutters clicking]
[mischievous music playing]
[Michel Zen-Ruffinen] We have identified a lot of problems.
Misleading accounting practices,
some conflicts of interest.
They also show that there could be corruption within the organization.
[Bensinger] Zen-Ruffinen puts together a coalition of ExCo members
who are gonna demand better financial accountability
and also demand that Blatter either deal with it or step down.
We believe FIFA President Blatter has overstepped his authority.
I want people to know
that the FIFA finances are in a serious situation.
Nobody seems… Nobody seems to take this seriously.
[Conn] They did have a criminal complaint made,
but he denied all the allegations.
I have not committed any things
which a court should consider as an offense.
I have done nothing against the statutes of FIFA.
I have done nothing… nothing against my conscience.
It becomes very political,
and friendship is more important.
I would like to give the floor to Mr. Chuck Blazer.
[applause]
Quite frankly, I'm somewhat surprised
that the chairman of the Internal Audit Committee
has walked into a crowded theater and yelled, "Fire."
[clicks tongue] There is no fire.
I guess, Mr. President,
that all of this noise
really should be a credit to you,
to the work that you have done,
which has now been relegated to this divisive political campaign
that has occurred over these last few months.
[Olsson] When you see this happening, you understand
that those who are representing the national associations
in a FIFA congress,
they don't know anything about finances.
Blatter could go to the stage and present to the members of FIFA
that there was absolutely no problem with the money,
because he had cash in the pocket.
But he was actually selling future competitions
to be able to show that.
He is very convincing, charming.
If it would have been a private company, it would have gone bankrupt.
Nothing happened. It was like a smooth, uh, summer wind.
[Conn] Blatter was seriously challenged again in 2002.
This time, the Europeans back Issa Hayatou.
-[man] Bonjour, Mr. Hayatou. -Bonjour, bonjour.
[Conn] He is from Cameroon.
They think he's gonna be more of a vote winner
to the African countries and countries outside Europe.
[Bensinger] They lost in '98.
Now they see another opportunity to get anyone other than Blatter.
It is like a football match.
You have to learn to win, and you have to learn to lose,
but I do hope that I'm going to win.
[indistinct chatter]
[camera shutters clicking]
[Bensinger] The strategy of putting Hayatou in is interesting
because they think perhaps putting an African will get out the Swiss guy.
They can put in someone they can control.
[tense music playing]
[Tognoni] It's always difficult to beat an incumbent president.
It's nearly impossible.
A FIFA president is too strong, and his backyard is too big.
The candidate elected as FIFA president for the next term of office
is Mr. Joseph S. Blatter.
[applause]
[inaudible]
[Conn] He won a resounding election victory,
and then he took his revenge on Zen-Ruffinen.
[Blatter] And concerning the general secretary,
he will be out of any responsibility which could happen to FIFA.
So, let him there where he is.
Now, I… I am now…
[applause]
Michel Zen-Ruffinen,
a countryman
who I had brought in,
really, with pleasure.
And then I had to get rid of him.
[applause]
[in French] Yesterday, I was hoping for democracy.
Unfortunately, today, you members of the congress
and those of us on this podium didn't get it.
[Mel Brennan, in English] A lot of people say, "Zen-Ruffinen's a FIFA elite."
"He was about power, influence, authority, just like everybody else."
Well, it wasn't just like everybody else. That's simply incorrect.
[inaudible]
[Mel] I'm looking at the communications where the accountability effort
is being undertaken, and I wasn't seeing that anywhere else.
So there was something different about what he was trying to do.
Let's hope, sincerely, let's hope for FIFA because this, uh, this congress has shown
that the organization is really in a very bad shape.
-[man] Thank you very much. -Thank you.
[inaudible]
[Blatter] My dear friends…
it is… really…
[Conn] Sepp Blatter's come through incredible challenges.
He's come through the collapse of ISL,
and he's come through this absolutely elemental battle
that's been waged by people on the Executive Committee
and his own secretary general against him.
I register your deep trust,
your deep trust in FIFA and in me!
[applause]
[Conn] Having won a battle like that,
he's very, very well set to be the president of FIFA,
king of all he surveys, really.
Let's work together, and let's forget what has happened in the past months.
-[applause] -[Blatter] Thank you!
[Conn] Every country's football has a football association,
and then they're all signed up to the continental federation,
which is called a confederation.
Each of those confederations then elects a number of members
to sit round the table in the governing body of FIFA.
It was called the Executive Committee, and it had 24 members altogether.
[man] Just stand on this side.
[Bensinger] They would meet periodically a few times a year
to make high-level decisions for FIFA.
[Conn] And this one key political event,
a vote for which country hosts the World Cup,
that decision was taken by the Executive Committee.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Michel D'Hooge] It was indeed the most powerful institution of football,
as it was, in fact, the top of the pyramid.
I had that feeling at certain moments that the executive of FIFA,
of a president who brought everybody good together,
was, in fact, a world power, yes.
[music fades]
[Bensinger] The ExCo is not the most buddy-buddy place in the whole world.
It's a bunch of very power-hungry people,
all of whom are ready and willing to put a knife in each other's back
whenever they can.
[background conversation]
[Mohamed Bin Hammam] There was no talk about football.
Only talks about, uh… fight, you know. Fight for fight.
These people turn out to be like children.
No limit for their, uh, nonsense, you know.
[Blatter speaking French]
[greeting each other in French]
[Bensinger] I think most people were there for not particularly savory reasons.
Most of these people were running the sport
because they saw it as a business,
a family business they can make money out of.
Jack Warner was ideal for that
because Jack Warner was a consummate politician
who understood exactly how to make people happy
and to get what he wanted, which was higher and higher positions of power.
By that time, Jack Warner had moved up
to a very senior position in international football.
There was nobody else with the power and authority that he had.
He said to me,
"If you look at the composition of the FIFA executive now,
you would see that I am the most experienced person
on the FIFA executive."
"But there are some problems."
"My country, Trinidad, is one of the only countries,
from people on that executive, which has never been to the World Cup."
[Jack Warner] All my life, that's my dream.
Everything has been geared towards qualifying for a World Cup.
And no country has the kind of grit, guts, determination to succeed
and to qualify for a World Cup final as we have.
And we shall reach there very soon.
[whistle blows]
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] The final whistle has blown.
Trinidad and Tobago have made it to the promised land.
They will be in Germany 2006.
Dennis Lawrence, magnificent header.
[players shouting]
[Brent Sancho] Looking back at the World Cup,
and even talking about it now,
we never spoke about playing for Liverpool and Manchester United.
We spoke about playing for Trinidad in a World Cup.
That was the discussion. That is the pinnacle for every player.
[players laughing and shouting]
[Shaka Hislop] When the final whistle went in Bahrain, I totally broke down.
I just couldn't contain myself.
But I tell you, we shall… we shall,
in a sense, light up Germany in a way that no country has ever done.
[crowd cheering]
[Sancho] We gave everything for our country.
Qualifying for a World Cup was our life.
[chanting and cheering]
[Sancho] We were given that opportunity because of the sacrifices we made.
I played at a very, very fortunate time for Trinidad and Tobago
because of Jack Warner.
-[camera shutters clicking] -[inaudible]
[Sancho] He was everything that was Trinidad and Tobago football.
He was everything that was Caribbean football.
Every decision for the Caribbean was made right here in Trinidad,
in Jack's office,
and he was the power base for football on this side of the world.
That aura, that presence that surrounds him
was just… for me as a young footballer, was just surreal.
[inaudible conversation]
[Hislop] Jack made all the decisions around our football for quite some time.
He wanted to have an influence on people's careers.
We saw him solely as this man that was trying to help us.
Once we had qualified for the World Cup,
we started to talk about what happens next.
What do players get paid per World Cup game?
What… what happens? You know, what… what do they do?
Do you get a qualification bonus? What is that?
We decided to call a meeting with Mr. Warner.
And we have a list of demands as well.
So, the first thing we decided on was a split of 70/30
for the commercial, uh, revenues that were derived from the World Cup.
We were like, "No, we can't ask…"
"Nobody's gonna give us 30%. That's just ridiculous."
[Sancho] Jack said, "Done. No problem."
So, we all looked at each other, like, "Okay."
We expected some sort of pushback.
We moved on to the next point, which was the qualification bonus
that FIFA gave to each nation for qualifying for the World Cup.
That was where things started to get a little bit sticky.
He started to get a bit agitated in the discussions,
but we wanted it to be 50/50, and he agreed on 50/50.
We just went into a meeting with the most powerful man in football
and got him to agree with us.
We won.
That probably was the most joyous conversation we had
when it comes to finances.
After that, things started to go very, very downhill.
[cheering]
[triumphant music playing]
[commentator] Trinidad and Tobago, how high can they lift themselves
for the biggest match of their lives?
Who knows? It could be a romp. It could be a rout.
It could be the greatest day
in the short history of Caribbean football.
[Trinidad and Tobago national anthem playing]
[Sancho] Walking out the tunnel, lining up,
and hearing your national anthem play,
that was easily my proudest moment in sport,
being able to sing my country's national anthem
at the world's biggest stage.
[cheering]
[Sancho] And somehow I was able to see my parents in the stands,
and my dad, and the emotion that they carried.
It didn't matter what happened afterwards.
That's how it felt standing on the pitch
and being part of the World Cup.
[supporters singing and cheering]
[Sancho] Many of us dealt with Mr. Warner for quite a long time.
If we saw him, he would say, "Yes, excellent game. You did well."
But at some point, someone would say,
"Remember that spreadsheet you… you told us about?"
"What's happening with that?"
A spreadsheet that shows us the commercial gains,
the commercial revenues that were coming in.
I started seeing deductions for accommodations in Austria
and accommodations in Germany
and airfare being deducted from the commercial revenues.
[Hislop] "This is what your cut amounts to, roughly 800 US."
I wasn't buying it.
[supporters chanting]
[Sancho] All the trust and all the faith that we had in Mr. Warner
went immediately out the door,
because how dare you take away our only moment we had of… of joy,
playing in the biggest sporting occasion?
It felt like that ripped that away from us.
[cheering and applause]
[Sancho] After the World Cup, I remember the coach,
he called me and he said, um, "I see you're doing well with your club."
"I just wish I could have you with my team."
[cheering and applause]
[Sancho] And he said, "But I can't select you."
"You are blacklisted."
"We're not allowed to pick any of the guys that's involved in the bonus dispute."
[supporters singing]
[Sancho] That's when I realized that we were being punished
for asking for the truth.
[distant horns blaring]
[Hislop] Eventually, the government settled, some eight years later.
It just became too much of an embarrassment.
They offered to settle, um, so we settled.
There is still 100 million TT dollars, so, roughly 15 million US,
that is totally and completely unaccounted for.
Jack never really had to account for where that money went.
[Sancho] And because we're not able to give a proper account
of what he did and did not do,
you now find yourself in a situation
that the murky waters of yesteryear
is now flowing down the drains into the present situation.
[helicopter whirring]
[reporter] International media and the crowd getting excited.
There's Mr. Mandela, Mr. Nelson Mandela, a free man,
taking his first steps into a new South Africa.
[sirens wailing]
Democracy and freedom for all is the only way to peace.
[Bensinger] Blatter made a lot of promises to a lot of people.
One of the things he talked about a lot
was that if he were elected FIFA president,
he would do everything he could to get a World Cup to Africa.
He would support that in some way.
If we go back to the history
of Havelange running for FIFA president and making a big issue out of apartheid…
[cheering]
…and then we see the end of apartheid,
and we see Nelson Mandela come up to become this important world figure
and a symbol of getting past oppression
and getting to a more equal world,
FIFA's very eager to latch onto that.
[in Portuguese] I can state that, at FIFA, what I did do was stand forcefully
against apartheid in South Africa.
[chanting and singing]
[Havelange] So much so that, when Mandela was elected president,
I went to Johannesburg,
and I went to offer him congratulations in the name of world football.
[in English] Mr. Mandela.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
[Blatter] The one person I will never forget
is Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela, when I speak about him,
I am always full of emotion.
Because the first time I met him,
I was secretary general at the time,
he looked at me,
and he gave me a hug.
I'm…
And he said, uh,
"Call me Madiba."
[inaudible]
[Bensinger] I think Blatter envisions himself as a peacemaker.
And so he thinks he's gonna become an important world figure
beyond just football,
as some sort of international diplomat, by getting the World Cup to Africa.
[dramatic music playing]
[distant cheering and applause]
From day one, Blatter wants the World Cup to happen in South Africa.
From day one, he has been a friend of Africa.
From day one, he has been supporting all the small countries.
And in 2002, I was asked to join FIFA.
They ask me, "We need more money,
so you need to build a new commercial program,
and we give you three years
to rebuild the commercial structure of FIFA
for the… the next World Cup.
[Bensinger] When the next World Cup round of bidding comes up,
South Africa is trying to get it again, as is Morocco.
And these two countries,
they're sort of vying with each other to get it.
Morocco was making their best effort.
They fly Blazer and Warner, among others, to Morocco,
give them the royal treatment, they treat them incredibly well.
But South Africa was really determined to win it,
and they're willing to, uh, often pay, it turns out, a great price to have it.
An international game played in any country
has immense benefits.
Uh, South Africa is now part of the global world.
We first met Nelson Mandela when we went to South Africa
as part of our tour for who was gonna get the World Cup.
The first visit was to Morocco,
the second was to Egypt, where they both laid out the red carpet.
Then we get down to South Africa, and Mandela is there.
Incredibly kind and gracious
and with an aura about him almost like a force field.
You could feel this presence around him.
We would have breakfast and dinner with him,
and he would be chatting.
And then there was the, um, infamous trip to Trinidad
on the 22-hour plane trip with him.
[Conn] On the front page of Chuck Blazer's blog
was Chuck with his friend Nelson Mandela in the plane going over to Trinidad.
Essentially, what we've got there is one of the greatest men ever in history,
Nelson Mandela,
with the dishonorable Chuck.
[reporter] Nelson Mandela arrives in Trinidad and Tobago tonight,
now here on an historic visit for two days.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter also came outside
as he and CONCACAF President Jack Warner waited to escort Mandela to the Oval.
Then we got to Trinidad and were immediately brought out onto the stage,
and Mandela was so sick, he was so tired.
They brought him out, put him in a chair, and paraded all around him
and did dances and singing.
[Conn] Jack Warner had his three votes to wield
in that voting round at FIFA for who was gonna host the World Cup.
And so it was all to do some PR,
which would obviously be reflected kudos for Jack Warner.
For me, I have no… I've no ego.
My whole purpose in bringing them here
is for people here to get a chance to see these great world leaders,
uh, which… which, for me, is once in a lifetime.
He wanted to show how powerful he was,
and this was one way of… of proving that he was… the chief.
It wasn't until I got there and I went, "Why is he doing this?"
"He's a very sick man."
"You can't do that to somebody old and sick."
[Tognoni] Everybody who wants the World Cup has to play with the rules
of the member of the Executive Committee.
It's not the problem of the country because they cannot do different.
They must deliver.
[applause]
[Tognoni] Jack Warner could do what he wanted.
It was, for the Executive Committee meeting this morning,
a very good achievement to say,
"Yes, we are proud."
-[applause] -"We are proud of Africa."
I discover it with you.
Connu?
The 2010 FIFA World Cup…
will be organized…
[crowd cheers loudly]
[horn blows]
[Conn] When you're gonna have a World Cup in South Africa, the symbolism was huge.
[crowd singing]
[Conn] And it was very, very apparent when the tournament was on
about apartheid having ended
and the new post-apartheid South Africa showing its best face to the world.
That was the pitch for it.
[distant shouting]
[Thabo Mbeki] This has been a struggle that's taken seven years.
And what we will do, what we must do,
is to make sure that what FIFA said,
that this will be an excellent World Cup,
we must make sure that indeed it becomes an excellent World Cup.
[crowd cheering]
[horns blowing]
[Emmanuel Maradas] That region of football becomes a sort of passion.
It's like you give opium to people,
they smoke, and they are happy for a few moments.
[cheering and chanting]
[Maradas] When they wake up and then, "Oh…"
They're learning to their own problem.
It is a sort of healer for… for deep down issues.
[whistle blows]
[commentator] It's a really good ball. It's Tshabalala!
Goal, Bafana Bafana!
Goal for South Africa!
[cheering]
[Valcke] The World Cup was given in 2004 to South Africa.
And when I first heard about this payment
which was due to, uh, CFU
and Jack Warner by South Africa,
three years later, in 2007 or 2008.
[Bensinger] South Africa negotiated just for the three votes
that Warner could control, which would be his own, Blazer,
and a third CONCACAF representative on the ExCo.
They said it would be money awarded
to fund the African diaspora in the Caribbean.
[children singing]
[Valcke] There was a lot of pressure from Jack Warner
to proceed with the payments.
He came to Blatter, Blatter to me.
[Bensinger] Documents went through FIFA,
approving money to bank accounts controlled by Jack Warner
in the amount of $10 million.
He took in the money.
He was supposed to give 10% of this to Chuck Blazer.
[Mary Lynn Blanks] South Africa offered ten million,
of which one million was supposed to go to Chuck.
That's when I knew, and I said, "You're kidding me."
"Jack Warner gets $9 million. You get a million."
"What are the other guys getting? How much money does South Africa have?"
"And is this really how it's done?"
[Fekrou Kidane] When you know the person who has a habit of taking bribes, uh…
Now we know those ten million dollars also vanished.
That's just a fact.
Other members of the Executive Committee knew exactly what Jack Warner was doing.
Nobody stopped him. This was the perception of these guys.
They believe they can do everything and we have no limits.
These people believe they have the right to make money out of a World Cup.
[Conn] There doesn't seem to be any question about the fact
that it was paid to Jack Warner for the African diaspora,
for Africans who'd been taken…
[horns blaring]
…away from Africa originally through slavery,
and a lot of people still living in quite impoverished circumstances.
There could hardly be a more valid cause on earth.
And the fact is, there was no legacy built with that $10 million.
[indistinct conversation]
South Africa, they've tried to absolve themselves.
We therefore wish to categorically deny
that our country and government have bribed anyone to secure the rights
for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
At the onset, we dismissed the allegations…
That was a dark spot for them, considering the merit of their bid.
Uh, it deserved… They deserved to host the World Cup.
They didn't deserve to do all these other things.
[Tognoni] It is the problem of FIFA.
If the highest body is corrupted,
it's not the problem of the people who apply for the World Cup.
It's a problem for the people who decide about it.
I remember that, uh, in the best times after the World Cup in South Africa,
it was a real big start.
My predecessor told me one day,
"Sepp, now you have created a monster."
And at that time, I wouldn't believe him,
but looking back, I would say he was… he was right.
[birds crying]
[distant conversation]
[Valentino Singh] You have to understand, when you're part of a culture,
that's a way of life.
The FIFA's culture was a way of life.
This was a group of people who felt
that they were accountable to no one.
Mr. President, the floor is yours.
[Blatter] This event, FIFA's World Cup,
is the number one sporting event in the world.
[Singh] If you exist with all of that money, power,
in your mind,
nobody is coming to interfere with what you are doing.
And so many contenders want to have the World Cup 2018.
The United States of America,
England,
Russia,
Qatar…
[Singh] All your systems are in place
so that you become untouchable.
[Blatter] So, what I will propose,
that we will open the bid
for the World Cup 2018 and 2022.
But to make it together,
and then to give the FIFA Executive the possibility to make the best choice.
[applause]
[Harold Mayne-Nicholls, in Spanish] It was a decision based
upon the TV rights market.
When you arrange to decide both World Cup A and World Cup B,
which would be held four years later, you can sell both tournaments in one go.
And that generates more income.
[Valcke, in English] Was it a wrong decision to give two World Cups together?
Commercially speaking, I don't think, but in terms of "corruption",
because that was a big question, uh, maybe.
[tense music playing]
[Amanda Davies] Ahead of the awarding of 2010,
there were meant to be 24 ExCo members, but there were only 22 voting.
[newscaster] Soccer's governing body, FIFA,
has suspended two of its Executive Committee members.
The bans follow allegations
the Nigerian and Tahitian delegates tried to sell their votes
during the bidding process.
They'll take no further part in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup host country decisions.
[Davies] Those stories just kept on coming.
I don't think FIFA were expecting them,
and I don't think they knew how to handle them.
We have a structure, the Ethics Committee,
which was appointed since day one to monitor all the bid process.
This Ethics Committee has not only monitored,
but they have made decisions.
There were some members who were suspended, but people are so stupid.
It's… it's insane how people are stupid.
People who were in such a powerful position at FIFA
give something for nothing.
But it's so human. It's so… so cheap and so human.
[Blatter] The decision we have taken to put two World Cups together,
and I think it was not the right thing to do,
but now we are in the situation where we have to go on.
[suspenseful music playing]
[reporter] Politicians, royalty, and football royalty,
the face of the England bid hoping to work their magic in Zurich.
[Bensinger] 2018, it was ultimately decided,
would go to a European nation,
and 2022 was gonna go to some nation from some other part of the world.
Huge credit to Prince William, who's really put so much effort in,
and to David Beckham and the whole team.
We've just got to convince the people in there that we could do a great job.
Thanks.
[in Spanish] In England, there was amazing support from the community in general,
stadiums and football of the highest standard…
[in English] I think we can trust every one of the members.
At the end of the day, they're football people.
And they're gonna want a World Cup in the best country
that they think could host the biggest sporting event in the world.
[Harold Mayne-Nicholls, in Spanish] And then there was Russia.
But the roads and the internal transportation system
weren't right for a World Cup.
And I remember President Putin promised to improve that.
[reporter, in English] Mr. President, how confident are you feeling
of bringing the World Cup to the USA?
[in Spanish] And for 2022, the US presented us with the best stadiums,
the best infrastructure and hotels…
It was all the best.
We're just gonna make the best presentation we can.
I think it'd be good for FIFA and good for the sport worldwide.
We certainly thought, if you looked at 2018,
that the country whose bid was the strongest was clearly England.
And if you looked at 2022,
the bid that was clearly the strongest, was the US.
I hope to have the chance to welcome all of you in 2022.
And there was no way
that any of the other bidders were gonna fulfill all those expectations.
A FIFA World Cup in Qatar would provide unrivaled commercial opportunities.
[Hassan Al Thawadi] We knew it was an uphill battle.
We knew that the United States was,
you know, the… the… the front-runner.
We recognized that.
[applause]
The FIFA Executive Committee has undertaken the voting a few minutes ago.
The president will announce the results of the voting.
[Dominik Schmid] Awarding a World Cup should definitely not have been
an exclusive decision of the ExCo
because they abuse their power to the nth degree.
Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, fans of football around the world…
[Schmid] If you don't have any governance in play,
if you don't have checks and balances,
if nobody controls what you're doing,
and you're not responsible to justify it to somebody else,
it's a free lunch.
[dramatic music playing]
[Blatter] The 2018 FIFA World Cup,
ladies and gentlemen, will be organized in Russia.
[cheering]
We all were kind of cynical about motivations.
Do these people really care about the game?
Or do they care about the game only in the context
of what it means to them?
[Blatter] And now, ladies and gentlemen,
the winner to organize the '22 FIFA World Cup
is Qatar!
[cheering]
When Sepp pulled out the envelope, a gasp went up.
I remember Chuck looked at me. He was devastated.
[Mayne-Nicholls, in Spanish] The first thing I did was look to my left.
The look of disappointment on their faces was immense.
[in English] I wasn't shocked, but I was bitterly disappointed and… angry.
[applause]
[Valcke] Blatter was not in favor of Qatar.
I remember. I was on stage with him.
He hit my… my side and say, "Smile, smile."
[Tognoni] It was for him a defeat, and he knew
that there will be a lot of criticism pouring into FIFA.
[Maradas] I told Sepp, I said, "Listen, we're in trouble here."
And obviously, boom!
[closing theme music playing]