FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will be the 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament contested by the men’s national teams of the member associations of FIFA once every four years.
It will be held in Qatar between November 21 and December 18, 2022.
Introduction
The FIFA World Cup is an international tournament and the world’s most prestigious football competition. The first FIFA World cup was in 1930, with the most recent one being in 2014. For this post, we are focusing on the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
This will be the first time that a Middle Eastern country will be hosting a FIFA event and it is estimated to cost $200 billion to build all of the necessary infrastructures for this event.
The games themselves will take place from November 21st-December 18th with 32 teams competing for world cup glory. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people from all over to come together and celebrate as a whole.
Venues
The stadia for the FIFA World Cup 2022 will be located around Doha, with the final match to be played at Al Rayyan Stadium.
The stadium will have a retractable roof and an air-conditioning system that can cool the building down to 19°C in a matter of hours. The 30,000-seat capacity stadium will also feature two smaller, covered stands on either side of the pitch and a number of other high-quality amenities.
Besides being able to host football matches and concerts, it is also planned for Al Rayyan Stadium to become an iconic landmark in Qatar’s capital city. With these features and more, FIFA World Cup 2022 should not disappoint.
Qualifying
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will be the 8th edition of the FIFA football world cup. The tournament will take place in Qatar in November and December of 2022.
With 12 teams qualifying to play, this year’s world cup is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable as a result of its new format. The first round is set up with 4 groups where 2 teams from each group advance and they are then drawn into round 16, playing on 7 different days.
The final will be played at a time that is convenient for TV broadcasting all over the world; either 14:00 or 20:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time).
Format
FIFA is the world’s largest sporting organization and tournaments such as the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup offer global audiences a chance to experience the excitement of international football from a host country.
The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held between 21 November and 18 December 2022 in eight stadiums around Doha, with construction commencing at the end of 2016. For those who can’t make it to Doha, all matches will be broadcast live on screens in public squares across QATAR
The new format of 48 teams competing together in six rounds has been introduced for this edition, replacing the old format of sixteen teams grouped into four pots.
Teams
The tournament will take place in two phases. The first round of matches, or group stage, will be contested by 32 teams in eight groups of four. The top two teams from each group will then advance to a 32-team knockout phase. The final match will be played on December 18th, 2022.
The opening ceremony took place on November 21st and the stadiums were inaugurated at an event on November 30th and December 1st.
There are 12 new stadiums being built for the FIFA World Cup 2022 including the Lusail Iconic Stadium where the opening and final matches will be played as well as some of the quarter-finals.
Conclusion
The country of Qatar has seen a lot of changes in recent years and the country is looking forward to hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022.
It will be interesting to see how this event impacts their culture and economy. The current construction of infrastructure is taking place on a large scale with many stadiums being built all at once which could lead to cost overruns.
Hopefully, they are able to get everything done in time before the opening match!
