65th FIFA Congress
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The 65th FIFA Congress was held at the Hallenstadion in Zürich, Switzerland, from 28–29 May 2015.
The congress was preceded by the arrests in Zürich of several officials associated with FIFA who were expected to be extradited to the United States to face various corruption charges.
Two nominees, Sepp Blatter and Prince Ali bin Hussein, received the necessary nominations to be eligible for the FIFA Presidency. Frenchman Jérôme Champagne declared his intention to run. In February 2015, however, he failed to receive the requisite five nominations.Luís Figo and Michael van Praag withdrew from the race before the elections. The Asian Football Confederation has expressed that it opposes any move to delay the elections and reiterated its support for Blatter for presidency.
Neither party received the necessary two thirds majority of votes from the first round with Blatter receiving 133 to Al-Hussein's 73. According to FIFA rules, a second round should have been held for the two candidates, with a simple majority being sufficient for victory. However, before the second round of voting commenced Al-Hussein announced his withdrawal, handing Blatter victory by default.
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