FIFA will visit Australia this week as part of a whirlwind two-month tour to inspect the candidate cities for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, according to Australian media.

After starting in Japan the five-member FIFA team will move on to see South Korea, Australia, the Netherlands-Belgium (joint bid), Russia, England, Spain-Portugal, the United States and Qatar to view stadiums, facilities and presentations of the candidates. ' After the inspections world soccer's governing body will draw up reports on the feasibility of each bid.

FIFA's 24 executives will choose the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts on December 2 in Zurich.