Why is the Qatar Football World Cup being held in Qatar?

Posted by World Wide Tickets And Hospitality on May 25th, 2022

Why is the Qatar Football World Cup being held in Qatar?

FIFA\'s choice in 2010 to honour Qatar Football World Cup has concerned criticism. With the tournament World Cup now just months gone, how did football\'s international leading body come to the choice to honour its prize event to a country not famous for any footballing respect?

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Here 90min takes a look at how Qatar was given the Qatar Football World Cup.

When is the Football World Cup in Qatar?

The Qatar Football World Cup will take place in Qatar and will be played from 21 November to 18 December. It is the first Football World Cup to be held in the Arab world and just the second to take place completely in Asia, after the 2002 edition in South Korea and Japan.

Qatar Football World Cup request process

FIFA\'s choice in 2010 to award Qatar Football World Cup has been very controversial. Qatar\'s football heritage is extremely minimal, and the country is more well-known for being one of the richest states in the world. Then FIFA President Sepp Blatter exposed the committee had obvious to take football to new lands to develop football.

It came as a surprise to many that it was given the Football World Cup, despite rival bids coming from the United States US, South Korea, Japan and Australia. Claims of vote-buying were made, and then a free investigation commissioned by FIFA create no hard indication of any such corruption. Though Qatar has been deprived of allegations of it buying delegates\' votes, a fraud investigation from French experts is still ongoing. The US also suspect three FIFA officials of getting payments in 2020.

Has Qatar played in a Football World Cup before?

The Qatari football side has never before qualified for a FIFA World Cup for either the men\'s or women\'s editions. having been given the right to host the Qatar Football World Cup 2022, Qatar became the first country since Italy in 1934 to play in a Football World Cup without qualifying for it.

Qatar Football Team has been regular in the Asian Cup in recent years and won the 2019 edition in the United Arab Emirates UAE, winning all seven of their matches, scoring 19 goals and yielding just one.

Why is the Qatar World Cup being played in November?

The Football World Cup is typically played in June and July peak months for summer in Europe then it will be played in winter this year. This is since average temperatures in Qatar in June and July are about 41C (106F) and can reach 50C (122F). That is too hot to be outside securely and certainly not cool sufficient for people to play 90 minutes of football.

The agenda income leagues around the world will take disruptions to allow players to play in the rivalry. The Premier League (PL), for example, will start a week previous than usual and finish a week later. No games will be played between 13 November and 26 December.