World Cup 2018 and 2022: every country which has ever hosted the championship

Russia has been unveiled as the host for the 2018 Fifa World cup, but which countries have had the honour in the past?
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The 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cup hosts have been announced as Russia and Qatar. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

The World Cup host's for 2012 and 2022 have been announced today dashing all hopes for the English bid.

Owen Gibson has written:

Football will not be coming home in eight years time, after it emerged England had crashed out in the first round of voting, securing just two votes, and the tournament was instead awarded to Russia.

The 2018 host has been announced as Russia and Qatar are to host the championship in 2022.

So which countries have held the prestigious World Cup in the past? France, Germany, Italy and Mexico have all hosted twice and the European zone has notched up the most with twelve European countries winning the bids since 1930.

South America follows, managing to win five bids over the past 80 years and holding the honour of hosting the next world cup in Brazil in 2014. Qatar will be up in 2022 - in a first for the Middle East.

We have listed each host country since 1930 along with ISO codes and Fifa geographic zones. Download the data for yourself - and let us know what you can do with it.

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World cup host countries since 1930

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Year
Location
Country
FIFA Zones

SOURCE: FIFA
1930 Montevideo Uruguay South American
1934 Rome Italy European
1938 Paris France European
1950 Rio de Janeiro Brazil South American
1954 Bern Switzerland European
1958 Solna Sweden European
1962 Santiago Chile South American
1966 London England European
1970 Mexico City Mexico North, Central American & Caribbean
1974 Munich Germany European
1978 Buenos Aires Argentina South American
1982 Madrid Spain European
1986 Mexico City Mexico North, Central American & Caribbean
1990 Rome Italy European
1994 California United States North, Central American & Caribbean
1998 Saint-Denis France European
2002 Yokohama Japan/ South Korea Asian
2006 Berlin Germany European
2010 Johannesburg South Africa African
2014   Brazil South American
2018   Russia European
2022   Qatar Middle East

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