For those unsure on the merits of the two countries to be holding the next World Cups...
|| ||Russia||Qatar||
||Rivals || Two of the 4 favourites to win the last World Cup || Two countries holding the tournament in the last 20 years and one who can't pay people to go to club matches ||
||Temperature || Warm but mild in summer || Hot enough to make a Brazilian baulk ||
||Population || 141m || 1.4m ~3x the amount of people who will attend English professional football each week ||
||National Team will... || Play impressive football but lose bravely in the semis || hopefully still exist by then but even in 10 years will be worse than Austria were ||
||Fans will...|| Hopefully turn out in numbers pending FIFA ticket policy, European fans will help numbers|| Presumably be shipped in ...