Three FIFA executives who will help decide the the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts were accused of corruption in a BBC documentary aired just days before the crunch vote in Zurich.
The long-awaited edition of the British Broadcasting Corporation's Panorama programme, whose timing has been condemned by England 2018 chiefs, said senior FIFA officials were involved in a wide-ranging bribery scandal.
The three members of FIFA's executive committee -- Ricardo Teixeira of Brazil, African football chief Issa Hayatou and South America's Nicolas Leoz -- are alleged to have received secret payments from a sports marketing firm.