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David Beckham will hand over the 1,752-page book outlining England's bid to stage the 2018 World Cup on Friday.Eight other proposals will also be submitted by candidates hoping to stage the finals in either 2018 or 2022, with Fifa reaching a decision by 2 December.
Europe is expected to get the 2018 tournament with England up against Russia and joint bids from Spain and Portugal and from Holland and Belgium.
Other bidders are Australia, the United States, Qatar, South Korea and Japan.
In 2005 Beckham played a part in helping Britain win the right to stage the 2012 Olympics and the former England captain has published a letter outlining the strengths of the 2018 bid.
"It shows how passionate we are as a nation for football, how our society is amongst the most diverse in the world with communities ready to welcome every team," said Beckham.
"We already have fantastic stadiums, training grounds, transport and hotels which will enable us to stage a festival of football creating the most commercially successful World Cup ever."
In a nod to the success of the 2005 Olympic bid, when Amber Charles, then a 14-year-old basketball player from the borough of Newham, helped present London's case for 2012, Beckham will be joined in Zurich by three teenagers.
"Football has the power to change lives and these youngsters are able to learn valuable lesson through their love of the game," said Beckham.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has already spoken in glowing terms of England's bid which includes 12 towns and cities from Sunderland to Plymouth.
But he has also described the plans put forward by Russia as "remarkable."
Dutch legend Johann Cruyff has endorsed the bid from Belgium and Holland, who jointly hosted the European Championships in 2000, while the combined efforts of Spain and Portugal have been relatively low key to date.
Other contenders for the 2018 tournament are Australia and 1994 World Cup hosts the US.
Japan withdrew its candidature to concentrate on the 2022 after Blatter reportedly hinted that the 2018 finals would be most likely heading to Europe.
Australia and the US have also put their names forward to host the 2022 tournament, where they face rival bids from Japan and South Korea - independently of one another, having jointly hosted the 2002 World Cup - and Qatar.
Each country's bid documents will set out detailed breakdowns of potential host cities and venues, infrastructure, and financial estimates for how much the tournament would cost and how much it would generate.
After the challenge 2010 hosts South Africa has faced getting facilities ready for the continent's first World Cup, and with 2014 hosts Brazil having already been criticised for falling behind schedule, England will hope they catch the eye of Fifa by representing a safe pair of hands. And Blatter has admitted England have "the easiest bid in the world".
However, in its early stages, England's bid was been dogged by in-fighting, with former board member Karren Brady admitting it was "fair comment" to say it looked like a shambles.
But in November 2009 the campaign received a boost with Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, who had previously criticised the bid, saying it "is England's time", after what he called "an exceptionally good meeting" with then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Fifa will have a lot of reading to do with the American bid detailed in a 1,250-page five-volume set, Russia submitting a three-volume 1,100 page-document, and Australia's presentation document running to 760 pages.
The submitted bid books will be the starting point for Fifa's decision-making process, with a team of inspectors visiting each country later in the year, before reporting back to the 24-member Fifa executive committee, which will have the final say.
America's bid makes a point of stressing how many of the facilities are already in place and ready to use.
"The highlights of the bid would be the enormous amount of infrastructure that's already existing in the United States and the flexibility that we have to choose," said US bid committee executive director David Downs.
Everyone will benefit if we win the right to host a World Cup
Russia's much-lauded proposals promise to open new markets for football in the former Soviet Union.
"The World Cup should go to new regions, and open new frontiers," stated Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko, who will be part of the team presenting their document.
And Australia's bid has the backing of all the country's main sporting bodies, after the government managed to secure a memorandum of understanding from Australian Rules Football (AFL), rugby league and rugby union authorities over the use of the nation's best stadiums should the country win the right to hold the event.
"We have the unified support of the nation behind our bid and we are ready to host the biggest sporting event in the world," commented Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy.
"This is great news for football and great news for the whole country as everyone will benefit if we win the right to host a World Cup."
If Australia were to host a World Cup, it would have to be played in the coldest time of the southern hemisphere winter to avoid clashing with the European leagues.
That would put it up against the seasons of the other major sports in the country, who have long-term deals over access to the major venues, which was one of the stumbling blocks.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.