Kammala wannan jumla: An watsa shirin ne kwanaki uku kafin a sanar da sakamakon neman kyautar gasar cin kofin duniya na 2018 da 2022. Wannan ya haifar da fargabar wasu mutane cewa zai iya lalata damar Ingila na karbar bakuncin gasar da ta gabata, tare da wasu suna zargin BBC da rashin kishin kasa; duk da haka, BBC ta kare wadannan da'awar. A ƙarshe Rasha ta sami damar karɓar bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA a 2018, tare da Qatar da ke fitowa da nasara don gasar.
Gasar shekara ta 2022. Tambayar ko shirin ya kasance muhimmiyar mahimmanci a Ingila ta rasa gasar ta tashi bayan an sanar da sakamakon.