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1. • • Qatar is awarded the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first country in the Middle East to do so.
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     Qatar timeline: From winning the World Cup bid in 2010 to now

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   Why did Qatar win the 2022 FIFA World Cup?

   • Qatar won the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup by placing its bid at the centre of its national and foreign policy strategy. Qatar’s huge oil and gas reserves have, in the space of four decades, taken it from backwater to the richest country on earth per capita.

   Football Diplomacy: How Qatar won the 2022 World Cup

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   Will Russia host the 2022 World Cup?

   • Once Russia were confirmed as hosts of the 2018 World Cup FIFA rules meants that members of UEFA (European countries) would not be eligible to bid for the 2022 tournament. Many football experts thought Qatar a strange choice to host a World Cup. That left five competing bids from Australia, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, and the United States.

   How did Qatar win the opportunity to host the World Cup - and why was

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   Why is the 2022 FIFA World Cup so important?

   • The Al Thani Royal Family has used the cash generated to expand its geopolitical influence to become a major regional player in the most geopolitically chaotic region in the world, projecting power that belies Qatar’s size. The 2022 FIFA World Cup is an extension of this geopolitical influence.

   Football Diplomacy: How Qatar won the 2022 World Cup

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   What is the 2022 FIFA World Cup?

   • The 2022 FIFA World Cup is an extension of this geopolitical influence. For millennia, sport has been used by states to “show off” off their superiority to rivals and from the 20 th century onwards this has included hosting sport events, especially the Olympics and FIFA World Cup.

   Football Diplomacy: How Qatar won the 2022 World Cup

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   Should Qatar host a World Cup?

   • Many football experts thought Qatar a strange choice to host a World Cup. That left five competing bids from Australia, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, and the United States. On December 2, 2010, the FIFA Executive Committee met in Zurich to vote on the bids, with the country receiving the lowest number of votes dropping out after each round.

   How did Qatar win the opportunity to host the World Cup - and why was

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   How much money did Qatar spend on a 2022 World Cup bid?

   • We don’t know exactly how much money Qatar spent on their 2022 World Cup bid, but The Guardian estimates the amount to have been slightly less than $200 million in public funds. Any private money that was spent is simply untraceable. Australia, by comparison, spent just $42.7 million on its bid; the United States spent less than $5 million.

   How Qatar Won the Right to Host the 2022 FIFA World Cup

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › sport › footballWorld Cup finals: Why is Qatar 2022 controversial? - BBC Sport

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   Nov 18, 2022 · Qatar is expecting 1.5 million football fans to visit during the World Cup finals. But the decision to host the tournament in the Gulf state has drawn widespread criticism.

4. www.cnn.com › 2022/11/23 › footballHow Qatar ended up hosting the World Cup - CNN

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   Given the minimal infrastructure Qatar had in place at the time it was awarded the hosting rights to the World Cup, seven new stadiums have been erected ahead of the tournament, as well as new...

5. www.irishtimes.com › sport › soccerHow Qatar secured the 2022 Fifa World Cup – The Irish Times

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   Nov 18, 2022 · “World Cup votes for sale,” declared The Sunday Times in October 2010, two months before Russia secured the 2018 tournament and Qatar won the 2022 rights. The newspaper’s insight team, led ...

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   Nov 24, 2022 · We explain how Qatar won the rights to World Cup 2022 in one of the most controversial decisions ever reached in the soccer.

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   Nov 25, 2022 · It was back in January 2009 when FIFA invited countries to bid for the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Russia eventually won a vote to hold the 2018 competition, beating bids...

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   Sep 30, 2013 · Following are six factors Qatar used to its advantage, and leaving the bribery allegations for a day when FIFA’s vault of secrets is pried open for a fair, verified analysis there are the items...

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   Qatar won the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup by placing its bid at the centre of its national and foreign policy strategy. Qatar’s huge oil and gas reserves have, in the space of four decades, taken it from backwater to the richest country on earth per capita.