Bids: England, Germany, Morocco, South Africa
Voters: The 24 members of the executive committee of FIFA.
Voting procedure: The vote is secret. Every member has one vote. The winner needs an absolute majority. There will be a maximum five rounds of voting.
Round 1: If a country gets 13 votes, it is over. Otherwise, the country with the fewest votes drops out. In case of a tie, a vote decides which candidate disappears.
Round 2: The 24 members now vote for three candidates. Round 3: The final between the two remaining bids. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has the casting vote in case of a tie.
Timetable (all times GMT):
1130: The executive committee members arrive in Zurich's Messe Hall, where the vote takes place. 1200: Blatter announces the winner at a news conference.
FIFA executive committee:
President: Sepp Blatter (Switzerland)
Vice-presidents: Julio H. Grondona (Argentina), David A.
Will (Scotland), Lennart Johansson (Sweden), Issa Hayatou (Cameroon), Antonio Matarrese (Italy), Chung Mong-Joon (South Korea), Jack Warner (Trinidad and Tobago) Members: Abdullah K Al-Dabal (Saudi Arabia), Slim Aloulou (Tunisia), Michel D'Hooghe (Belgium), Isaac D Sasso Sasso (Costa Rica), Ricardo Terra Teixeira (Brazil), Per Ravn Omdal (Norway), Mohammed Bin Hammam (Qatar), Senes Erzik (Turkey), Charles Dempsey (New Zealand), Chuck Blazer (U.S.), Worawi Makudi (Thailand), Nicolas Leoz (Paraguay), Ismael Bhamjee (Botswana), Amadou Diakite (Mali), Angel Maria Villar Llona (Spain), Joseph Mifsud (Malta).
