The last two World Cups have been held in Russia and Qatar, meanwhile Egypt, Morocco, China, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia have all been tipped to host future tournaments.
All of them are authoritarian dictatorships, and that is just the way that FIFA likes it.
In this video, HITC Sevens explores why FIFA prefers working with dictatorships to democracies, and some of the problems - from FIFA's perspective - that hosting tournaments in democratic countries presents, ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
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By HITC Sevens
September 25, 2023