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Qatar and the World Cup
Qatar, a country with no real history in soccer, competed with Japan, South Korea, Australia, and the United States. The US does have some history, particularly modern history of soccer now. Qatar was announced the winner at the same time as Russia were made hosts of the 2018 World Cup. David Beckham and Prince William even ran the campaign for England, but got just two votes out of 22 while Russia ran away with it.