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The 2018/2022 Fifaw REPORT ON THE INQUIRY INTO THE 2018/2022 FIFA WORLD CUP ™ BIDDING PROCESS Michael J. Garcia Cornel Borbély Chairman Deputy Chairman Investigatory Chamber Investigatory Chamber FIFA Ethics Committee FIFA Ethics Committee CONTENTS I. INVESTIGATION OVERVIEW ....................................................................... 1 A. Jurisdiction ............................................................................................... 1 1. Authority to Investigate Under the FIFA Code of Ethics ............ 1 2. Referral from FIFA ........................................................................ 2 3. Expansion of the Inquiry ............................................................... 3 B. Investigative Process ................................................................................ 6 II. FIFA and The World Cup ................................................................................. 8 A. Structure of FIFA ..................................................................................... 8 1. Associations and Confederations .................................................. 8 2. Executive Committee .................................................................... 8 B. FIFA World Cup ..................................................................................... 11 1. Overview ...................................................................................... 11 2. Attendance and Viewership ........................................................ 12 3. Revenue ........................................................................................ 12 4. Selection of Hosts......................................................................... 13 III. Overview of the 2018/2022 World Cup Bid Process ....................................... 15 A. Technical and Legal Requirements ....................................................... 15 1. Entities / LOCs ............................................................................ 15 2. Financing of Bid Activities .......................................................... 16 3. Bid Books ..................................................................................... 17 4. Evaluations .................................................................................. 19 B. Rules of Conduct ..................................................................................... 19 1. FIFA Code of Ethics (“FCE”) ....................................................... 19 2. Other Bidding Regulations ......................................................... 20 3. Declarations of Compliance ......................................................... 21 4. Bid Circular No. 2 ........................................................................ 22 C. Timeline / Summary of Key Events ....................................................... 25 1. December 2008: Decision to Select Two Hosts at Once ............ 25 2. 2009-Early 2010: Registration of Bidders ................................. 26 3. May 2010: Delivery of Bid Books ............................................... 27 4. June-July 2010: World Cup in South Africa.............................. 27 5. July 2010: Bid Circular No. 3 ..................................................... 28 6. July-October 2010: Bid Inspection Visits and Report ............... 29 7. October 2010: Division of 2018 and 2022 Bidders ..................... 30 8. October-November 2010: Ethics Committee Proceedings and Suspensions .......................................................................... 31 9. November 19, 2010: Executive Committee Meeting ................. 32 10. December 1-2, 2010: Final Presentations and Vote .................. 34 IV. Cooperation .................................................................................................... 36 i A. Overview of the Cooperation Requirement ........................................... 36 1. Reform Process and the Stronger Code of Ethics ....................... 36 2. Additional Cooperation Requirements Applicable to the Bidding Process ........................................................................... 38 3. Limitations on the Investigatory Chamber’s Power to Compel ......................................................................................... 39 B. Cooperation of Executive Committee Members .................................... 40 1. Current Executive Committee Members .................................... 40 2. Former Executive Committee Members ..................................... 49 C. Bid Teams ............................................................................................... 54 1. Spain/Portugal 2018 .................................................................... 55 D. FIFA ........................................................................................................ 58 V. Australia 2022 ................................................................................................ 58 A. “Australia Whistleblower” ..................................................................... 58 B. Efforts to Gain the Support of Franz Beckenbauer .............................. 61 1. The 2007 Australia-Germany Agreement .................................. 61 2. Australia’s Bid for the 2011 Women’s World Cup ...................... 62 3. The FFA-DFB MOU’s Effect on Mr. Beckenbauer’s Vote .......... 63 4. Retention of Fedor Radmann and Other Consultants ............... 65 5. Efforts to Mask Ties to Messrs. Beckenbauer and Radmann ...................................................................................... 69 6. Mr. Beckenbauer’s Interactions with Mr. Radmann During the Bidding Process ........................................................ 74 7. Conclusion .................................................................................... 76 C. Peter Hargitay’s Contacts with FIFA .................................................... 76 1. Mr. Hargitay’s Emails with the FIFA President and Secretary General Denigrating Other Bids ................................ 77 2. Mr. Hargitay’s Access to the FIFA Ethics Committee ............... 80 3. Conclusion .................................................................................... 80 D. Football Development ............................................................................ 81 1. OFC Funding ............................................................................... 81 2. CONCACAF and the Center of Excellence ................................. 83 3. The U-20 Trinidad and Tobago Team’s visits to Cyprus ........... 91 4. Targeting African Countries with Ties to Executive Committee Members. .................................................................. 95 5. Conclusion .................................................................................... 98 VI. Belgium/Holland 2018 .................................................................................... 99 VII. England 2018 ................................................................................................. 99 A. Efforts to Gain the Support of Jack Warner ......................................... 99 1. Richard Sebro ............................................................................ 100 2. Joe Public ................................................................................... 104 3. Trinidad and Tobago Youth Teams .......................................... 107 4. Jamaica Football Federation .................................................... 110 ii 5. Longdenville ............................................................................... 111 6. Conclusion .................................................................................. 116 B. Dinner at the CFU Congress ............................................................... 116 C. Memorandum of Understanding with OFC ........................................ 118 D. Lord Triesman’s Allegations and the Dingemans Report .................. 128 1. Lord Triesman’s May 2011 Testimony ..................................... 128 2. The FA Commissions the Dingemans Report .......................... 130 3. The Dingemans Report’s Findings ............................................ 131 4. FIFA’s Response to the Dingemans Report .............................. 139 5. The Investigatory Chamber’s Analysis ..................................... 142 6. Conclusion .................................................................................. 151 VIII. Japan 2022 ................................................................................................... 151 A. Gifts....................................................................................................... 152 IX. Korea 2022 ................................................................................................... 154 A. Global Football Fund............................................................................ 154 1. FIFA’s November 2010 Inquiry ................................................ 154 2. Chung Mong-Joon’s Letters ...................................................... 156 3. The Global Football Fund and Korea 2022 .............................. 158 4. The Investigatory Chamber’s Analysis ..................................... 161 5. Conclusion .................................................................................. 164 X. Qatar bid ...................................................................................................... 164 A. Government Involvement ...................................................................
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