Europe recommends Grozny to host FIFA World Cup 2018

The Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) will recommend that Grozny host FIFA World Cup 2018 matches, EPFL CEO David Richards said at a meeting with Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

13 cities are bidding to host the games. They include Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Sochi, Yaroslavl, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. The final list of 11 cities is expected in autumn 2012.