France has been chosen to host the World Cup in 2016, leaving Turkey’s hopes thwarted for a third time.
The vote by the UEFA executive committee was announced on May 28 in Geneva, with France receiving seven votes, one more than Turkey. Italy was ruled out in the first round.
This is the third time Turkey has been rejected as a site for the World Cup. The Turks were outvoted by Switzerland and Austria in 2008 and Ukraine and Poland in 2012.
France hosted the World Cup in 1998.
According to reports, UEFA president Michel Platini showed disrespect for the Turkish president.
When French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at the conference in Geneva, Platini stood up and introduced him to the executive committee members.
But when president Abdullah Gul arrived, Platini didn’t get out of his seat. The media in Turkey is treating Platini’s rudeness to Gul as an offense to the Turkish people.
hey so its not the world cup that they will be hosting its
“Euro 2016″ thats a competition between only european national teams. the next world cup is 2014 in brazil the next one is 2018
this just goes to show how little people in america know of world football ha
You’re right. We don’t care about soccer.
I think you mean Euro cup…
its the european championship, not the world cup. the world cup comes every four years, hence 2010,2014,2018. soccer research? i didnt think so
I stand corrected. Thank you for pointing it out.