Blatter said he wanted to control costs for the 11 official candidates.

 

They are Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Qatar, Russia, South Korea and United States, plus joint bids from Belgium-Netherlands and Spain-Portugal.

 

Qatar and South Korea have applied only for the 2022 finals, while the other nine candidates are in both races.

 

FIFA's ruling 24 executive committee members will select the two winning bids in December 2010.

 

Blatter said: "There shall be no exhibitions of the candidature until the [2010] Congress in South Africa."

 

FIFA have ruled that the bidding teams can have three accredited people attend the Congress, which is due to be held between May 31 and June 3 in the Bahamas, and three tournaments being played in Africa this year - the Confederations Cup in South Africa, the under-20 World Cup in Egypt and the under-17 World Cup in Nigeria.

 

Blatter said: "They can work but we don't want an exhibition.

 

"It is time-wasting and very expensive."

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